Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21
Swapping IIOrses---A little
story.

The illustrious widow makernow enthron-
ed at the White House in Washington,
has made joke into an aphoriom, and for
the third time in his life calls up the story
of swapping horses while crossing stream.
To judge from the elongated monarch sly
reference to the equine quadrupcd one
would infer that he was born in a stable,
which may account for his unstable charac-
ter. He says it is bad time to swap hor-
ses when crossing stream, yet has applied
his argument to others in full reversal We
are willing to agree with Abe that ordnar
y speaking it is bad to swap horses while
crossing. But when the horse insisted that
he could cross in three months-when the
keeper of the horse assured the country
that no one would be hurt while crossing
when the three months has gone into four
Iycars-whcn instead Of crossing the stream
directly he has been carried far below the
starting point, and lost sight of the land
marks he struck out tor-when he has
changed his course, and instead Of making
across the stream goes pmnging wildly down
it to the sea of dcstruction-whcn million
of his groomsmcn have been lost by him
when the granary of his keepers is exhaus-
ted-when every original plan except my
plan is lost sight of, we think it time to
swap. When crossing the stream it may
be well enough to hold on-but When going
down the stream, and each day the stream
is growing wider, till its banks are lost in
the distance, it is time to swap.
But let rs see if the national sexton has
lived up to his triplctcd IDEAS When this
war broke out he snapped the counscls of
Douglas for those Of Seward He snapped
the vigor of America for the emasculatcd
weakness Of Spain. lie snapped Mcdowell
for Mcclellan crossing the Potomac. He
snapped Mcclellan for Burnside crossing
the Rappahannock. He snapped Burnside
for Hooker crossing the same stream. He
snapped Hooker for Meade crossing the
Potomac lie snapped Meade for Grant
crossing the Rapidan. He snapped Butler
the beast for Banks the blundcrer crossing
the mouth of the Mississippi. He swap
ped Banks for Candy crossing the Red riv-
cr. lie snapped Curtis for Schofcd cross
ing the upper Mississippi, He snapped
Hunter for Gilmore crossing the bar at
Charleston. He snapped Dupont for
Dahlgrcn before Fort Sumpter He swap
ped Fremont for Curtis in the river before
st. Louis, He has snapped the sword for
an outlandish proclamation when crossing
the Hellespont. He has snapped Hamlin
for johnson when crossing the Rubicon. -
He has snapped gold for worthless paper
currency when crossing the river of pros
perity and plunging into the gulf Of nation
al bankruptcy and national ruin. lie has
snapped the Constitution of our country
for the bodlamite mouthings of fanatics =
lie has snapped the Goddess of Liberty
our national figure head-ior the pate and
wool Of niger, lie has snapped Il lane
Of peace for a desert Of graves. lie has
snapped prosperity for taXationyioy iol
tain ruin. lie has snapped all these as h,
once snapped jokes in an old saloon in Hi
nois, yet has the face to say to the country
in this hour of trial, when jokes scken tho
heart, that it is no time to swap him fo
any other horse-or asS.-LacrosSe Demo
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