The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-02
TIE DAILY EMPIRE.
Our Country.

The Southern Ne,ci5B Of wedowee, Ala-
bama, let this OF about Gye years ago. It
is born again and Is now going the nonnds.
The country still iips though the paper is
dead; ,aft Isar ..tt.
There's not the least shadow of a doubt
otthe mattcr--Ours isemphatically, undcni-
ably, incontrovertibly, positively, compaI-
atiVely, and stperlativeiy, great aud glOri-
ous country. The annals Of time furnish
nothing to compare With II (; Greece wasn't
Circumstance; ROme was no whera
Venice couldn't hold AS a candle; while all
modern nations sink into insigniRcance be-
fore our country. II has longer rivers
and more Of them, mnddicr, deeper and
run faster. and go farther, and make more
noise, and rise higher and fall lower, and
do more damage than any body else's rivers.
Ii has more lakes, and they are bigger and
deeper aud clearer than those of any other
nation. lt has more cataracts. and they
fall further, and go faster and harder, and
roar louder, and look grander than all other
eataraets. IT has more mountains, and
higher ones, and more snow on EN- and
they are harder 10 get mp, and epsior to fall
down. than al other mountains. Ii has
more gold, and it Is heavier and brighter.
and Is worth more than the gold of other
nations. Our rail cars are bigger and run
faster andlpitCh OF the track ofitcner. and
Kill more peOplolthan all other cars. Our
steamboats, are longer aud carry bigger
londs, aud bile their busters oftener and
the captain swoars harder than In any
other country. Our men are bigger. aud
longer, and higher. and thicker, aud ean'
light harder and faster, aud can drink more
whisky, chew more tobacco. spit more and
further, kick up their heels higher, and do
anything else mOre. and better, aud Oftener.
than men in all other countries combined
(lIr IuIipa
more money, break more hearts.wear bigger
hoops than all other ladios. Our politicians
can spout louder lie harder make e,ls fastep
dodge quicken turn ofleneP. mike more
noise and do less work than EVERYDAY
else politicians. Our niggers are bhlcker
work harder, have thicker skulls smell
louder and need thrlshing ofteneE than
other niggeis. Our children stpial louder.
grow faster, and get too bic for their trOws-
er5 quicker shan any other children.
ut rs great country IL Is the corner
stone OF nations, It is the top of tile pile.
the head man of the heap, the last button
on Gahriel's coat, the crowning Jewel In the
diadem, the capital of the column the last
link in the chain, the observed of all OBJ
servers. L. will eat mp all other nations
faster than Pharaoh's lean kline ate up the
fat ones. When all other nations are mum
bered among the things that were, it. win
just be rejoicingin in strength. lt will Kick
all other nations. ont of existence, IL will
lick them up "a a COW liGketh salt u has
now thirty-tlFec States, and more q coming
II covers more territory thnn all other ma
tions. And finally, ii has louder thunJlcr
faster lightning bigger hail, colder Ice
than can be found in any other part of the
inhabitable globe! Hurrah lIurrah Hur-
rahl Three cheers for the pro -di-ei-otfs
constellation of Free States. Hang man
that won't praise his own eountryh blp