The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-22
PotticOat Speaker.

PetticOat Speaker.
Last Monday night we were invited IN the
Theaaer to zee or hear or something Of thai
sort The "eOming man." We went, but we
didn't zee the cunning man. but we did see what
was evidently intended fur q man. but which
BY some freak of nature-nature sometimes
plays fantastic tricks and this was one Of EN-
got spoiled in the making. We saw "mas'
culine female" who played her part Indifferent.
ly well. The delicate task of introducing her
to the audience was gracefully performed by
N. A. Hamilton. Esq. who seemed cnnsciou,
OF the absurdity Of his position. With exqui.
site nonchalance Miss Emma HardinRe stepped
to the footliRhts and informed the impatient
crowd that she was an English woman and 9
foreigner" She is a spiritualist lecturer by
profession and political speaker for profit
She 10 employed BY the Shoddy State Centra
Committee to travel through the State and
teach "loyal Americans" their duty, sing the
praises of Abruham LincoIn, and calumniate
tho South. Approaching the dignity Of her
mission and conscious she was addressing an
intelligent audience, she INDUCED in the most
extraVaRant statements and, with charming
simplicity, contradicted her own statements!-
She announced herself "Gnd's own prophet -
aud called Lincoln Goo 8 Son Of Light !" She
Sneered at Christianity. Enubbed loyalty and
with bitter irony Knocked the bravery Of " the
Yankees" She said. ION the 23d Of JULY,
1851, George B. Mcclellan. with from one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred thousand brave
and iuviucible Yankee soldiers started for Rich
mond, and Magruder, with seventy five hun
dred Southerners, kept them at bay"l Ger.
tAinly complimentary to the "brave and in vim.
chile" two hundred thousand! Emma assured
her hearers that " from the Esd Of July, 1851
to the sth Of March. 1862. Mcclellan was bury.
Ing his brave Yankee soldiers in the swamps
Of the Chickahominy"! As the Committee on
the Conduct Of the War forgot tn put this re-
mATkable and damaging fact { y in their Re
port, We would suggest to them to revise it,
with Emma's assistance. and add her embel.
HShment to it. 1t 10 equally as reliable and
much more romantic. II elected storms Of up-
plause from intelligent loyalists who are sup.
posed tn be familiar with their cnuntry's histo.
~. Emma's speech was full of such fragrant
flowers, and she frequently modesily told her
loyal and intelligent friends. "you didn't know
this before, but now you comprehend it," OF
course. Wasn't she sent ~ instruct them p
Could the "free and enlightened Northeners'
vote undeFstaudinglY without being taught by
can English woman and foreigner? The
idea is prepnster"us!
Emma said she "partook Of the hospitality
and Was surprised at tha elegance and splendor
Of the merchant princes Of the North, and she
discovered that their wealth, elegance and
Splendor sprung frnm labor-labor which they
respected. The Yankees were all industrious,
educated and rich they all worked and were
not ashamed Of it; labor Was their idol; they
thought II sweet to labor" and moro Of the
Same sort. Emma then went South. enjoyed
the same hospitality. and saw the same won
drouS wealth. elegance and Hplender. She
could not imagine-sh 10 not imaginative
where il ell came from. No one worked. At
length the "Christmas holidays came and then
she made the astounding discovery that the
wealth Of the South came from the labor Of the
slaves. She made this discovery while she was
At dinner. enjoying Southern hospitality, and
with sickening sensation at her heart she
prayed tO God to choke her"!! This piece nf
tragic intelligence, so consistent, so pathetic
aud % natural, brought down the house. Her
prayer, it seems, was disregurded. Emma of
ten witnessed, whether with pleasure or horror
she neglected to inform us, Southerners place
their own children on the block and sell them.
As Emma 10 employed to traduce the South she
ought to have invented new tale of horror,
and not repeated old and exploded Abolition
and Exeter Hall ISLANDERS. 1t is Hat, stale and
Improbable, Emma, and unworthy your in
ventive genius.
Emma bates ths South and il 10 natural. The
Father of bis country was Southerner and q
rebel TO her Government. The author of the
Declaration Of Independence was Souiherner
and rebel to ber Government. Henry, the
mStchless orator who aroused The Colonies 10
resistance, was Souiherner and q rebel 10 her
Government. Lord CORVALLIS, with an army
Of her countrymen, surrendered to Southern.
Or on Southern soil. His surrend.r cloSed the
war Of Independence, lowered the pride of her
native country. and freed the Colonies from
its rule. At = later period Southern General
With Southern army, poorly equipped aud
made up Of raw volunteers. and on Southern
soil, gained the most splendid victory that his
tory records over the flower Of the British ar
my. 1t iS natural that Emma, ian EngliSh
woman and foreigner" should hate the
6ouTheFnsrs. She cannot forget or forgive the
humiliAting defeat of her countrymen at New
Orleans. It is not improbable that some Of
her TeIatiVes we're 10 that battle, for the English
army was composed Of the brightest and
braveSt - well a. basest of her countrymen,
Emma's gestures we're theatrical, her voice
bsrsh, her assurance charming, her ignorauce
Of politics and history supreme, and her ego
tism superb. She exempliHed the latter quail.
ity ~ frequently assuring her loyal "friendS"
tbss siR0~ you cDmpFehsnd your duty and
BY SacrtiegtnnSly pF0cIaiming heFself "GOd's
own prophet J" She 10 q fluent speaker and
has learned the aFt nf humbngRing 10 periec.
tSnn. and exercised It to its fullest extent here.
where the Ioyalists sre uOt remarkable for
diSeerument.
NcCLELtAx CLUB.-Hon. 8. B. Axten will
address the Mcclellan Clue of this city at the