American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-03-23
For the Citizen
The Modern Democrat.

Alasi Ahsl how all things change,
Times fashions creeds and places
Young ladies names their dresses too, .
And cen our neighbours faces.
1t used to be q bow would do,
kneel down in the dust or two,
A kiss or something Of the kind
To Southern men of Southern mind,
But now 1t takes far more than that,
To make modern Democrat.
They used to bend to Southern will,
And worship slavery standing still,
But now when worship it they must
They cast themselves down in the dust,
Flat ON their bellies $50 ts said,)
Aud crawl around Ia Copperhead;
They walow in the filthy mre
OF politics, and ne er aspire
To lOfteT sents than those assigned
To themsby menOf groveing mind,
Who would be leaders If they could
Vide, SeeBlour, Val, Fernando. Would.
Seats from which they'll never rise,
BY bowling for Compromise.
Accused rebellion, bloody war,
That set our Union all ajar;
Down with traitors hear them cry,
While from their filth they roar away
Up like stencil their howls arise,
For Southern rights, and compromise
Arm the Slaves let Sambo fight
For freedoms cause; its Just and right
That he should earn the blessed boon,
That he will be enjoying soon.
Aye. hurl them or the Traitor band,
With cannon, battle.ax and brand
"Arm the Darkey'sl this their prayer,
But cry; "unholy Niger war"
They cry: Sustain the Government"
tAlthough on its destruction bentJ
"Rebellion's wrong still we must give
Rebellion yet a chance to live;
At least few short months, fur peace
Would lose to us the golden fleece
Beyond adOubt, If il were won
Before Abe LiHc0Lg's term is done.
They give their money, what's it fori
To carry on this bloody war,
TUhirc recruits to swell our ranks,
Now campe1 on each South rivers bank;
Then how can they with open eyes,
Cry ont aloud for compromise
If S0rp's their game, Wen let them sec,
That sharp and sense may disagree.
70" Hang Lincoln" they have often said,
And heaped their curses ON his head,
And once, We mind, not long ago,
They swOTe and wished him-sO and 80,
When he Proclamation sent,
OnmsEcys godlike errand bent,
They cffed out" Wsgaiiiyl"
UHc0nsttati0H1inyl
TredS0Hi IyrdH! Usurped p0iUeri
Irhumdn monster of Hehomi.
Yet when they probed 1t to the core,
They found 1t humane, If not more,
Then said: 81 sposc, that it must be
military necessity"
But oh! it struck too hard they thought,
uDon some Re5e! tender spot,
II struck chord that ran between,
Them and their Southern Friends" wccn,
And laid thom all upon their back
At least, it upset Litis Mtc,
And spoiled the goods he had in store
All cut and dry for sixty four.
The Loco ranks were bad enough
Before they met the great rebuff,
A; Charleston, South Carolina, where
They split upon single hair,
They split it seems, by heaven decreed
To give to Loyalty It's need
They've changed they say, all for the best,
Some have,-but Heaven help the rest
They're changed AS all the nation sees,
From fearless gHdts to cowardly Geds
They've changed upon their tortuous road,
But from tad-pole tOa toad.
General CAN'T has told tale,
That made another Lincoln rail
That they can neither he I'd nor break,
Although their bones from labor ache.
They do qute.well to trim their rack,
To feed and satten Litle Htc.
But they need more Little Macs thanono,
To undo what Old Abe has done.
Then let them fl7unt their banners high,
BE Mac Of Macs their battle cry.
Do what they will, wen not refuse
To giver their hero all his dues,
That OstentatiOus man Of note
Who that great latch Of nonsense wrote.