The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-22
@1isfellaneons.
Mr.. sAsBY wAILETH OVER NEW
Jersey.
OK THE WING, Nov. Q, l9'

N.,s, VIM in 20 pleasant irnne Nv h'"'
q, last night. AL was peace with me, 'or s'eI
-. h,,fystrd about the world Tor tnree score
..ar. Al last il seemed 10 me en- tho ,orcnuue,
I'D NV persekootiD q uniorchni' oe'n. nad
,.k,o mo into favor. ! had . solemn P'om'se
tro,, the Demekratie State Centrai oomm,''y
In the great Stat nv Moo Jersey, ina, ca soon
ar our candidate for governor was dooiy e'ec'eo
eAo', Raw the position Of Dorekeeper to the
,,v the Lord, (which in this State means
no" q. a,,aI a which is certainly better than
tne n the tents Nv the wicked grosery
49, 49,. ON tick, en- do) and joodishus ex-
xul,;or nv this promise bad prokoored Tor me
"i;,n;,sd facilities for borrerin, which i'm
proved muchly; ia, 7 v,, .;,.;, IN INV
VI . sn;oyin the plcasin reflection that in u
% a... i should DO placed above want, and
r.nJ the contingencies nv fortune. Wood
!",.od that had died then and there,
~ ~" that dream Nv bliss wuz roodly broken.
a w;,ked boy cum runnin past with paper
.h;ch he had brot from the next town where
.hsrs lives man who takes one. He flung il
,hro tho window to me and past on. opened
Il eagerly, and glanced at the head iines!-
"Noo GrRsxY-5.OOO RKruBLrxN."
One long and piercin shrek va. heard thro
that house, wen the inmates rushed into the
room they found mo inanymate on the door.
The fatal paper lay near me. explaining the
cause NV the catastrophe. The kind.hearted
landlord, after feelin nv my pockets and diskiv.
erin that the contents thereof wood not pay
the arrearages NV board, had a hurried consul
tat,on with his wife rs to the propriety Nv
briny,n mo to. he insisting that II wuz the only
chance NV gittin what wuz back-she insstin
that ef WAS brung to l'dgo on runnin up the
bill bigger and bigger, and never pay ut last.
While they was argooin the matter pro and
con, happened to git good smell Of his
breath, which restored me to consciousness to
wunst, without further assistance.
When in trouble my poetic sole allnz finds
vent in song. Did ever poet who dellted in
tombs, an dark rollin streams, and consump-
ton, and hlighted hopes, and decay, and SIGH
themes, ever hev SIGH pick OF subjects en-
have mt this time? The follorin may be
consolation 10 the few Dimokrats nv the North
who have gone so Ear into copperheadisu that
they cant change their base -
VALE!
Tn the nornin we 90 forth rejoicin in our
Strengthen tho cycnin We are bustid and
wilt
Man born NV woman land most men are) is
nv few DAYS, & them is 50 full nv trouble that
its skarseiy worth while bein born ut all.
In October waded in woe knee deep, and
now the waters NV aillickshun arc about my
chin. 1C
look to tho east, and MASSACHUSETTS rolls in
Ablishun. 800.
To the wet turn my eyes, and Wisconsin
and Minnesota and lllinoy answers Ablishun.
Southwark I turn my lmplorin gazc, and
MARYLAND srnds greetin-Ablishun.
In New York we had 'em, for 10 Z! we run a
solir, who fought valiantly, md We put him
on platform which stunk with ngger-yea,
the SAVIOR thereof was louder than the Abllshun
platform itslf.
Bot behold! tho people jeer and bout, and
say, "The platform stinketh loud enough, but
the smell thereof is not the smell NV the Atrl'
knit il Of the rotten material Nv which 1t Is
composed, and the corrupshun they hey placed
ON it,"-anl new York goes Ahlishun.
Siocum h. ID hisself up, and sed Come and
buy" And our folks bought him and his tribe,
but he gette,h not his price.
Moo GKmsEY-ABLisuuS.
Jobs cattle wuz slain by murrain and hol-
lerhorn and Sich, and not livin near Mo- York,
the Gesh thereof no could not sell.
But job had sunthn leit-still no Good sell
the hides anil tallow
Lazarus he'd sores, but no had dorgs to lick
them.
Moo Ger-cy wuz the hide & taliow Of the
Dimocrisy, and 10 ! that is gone.
What little Is left NV the Dimocrisy Is all
sore, but whore is the dorg 50 low as to lick y!
Moo Jersey was our eve lamb-lo the
strong hand NV Ablishun has taken IL.
Moo Gers wux the Aryrat on witch our ark
rosted-behold! the dark waves Nv Abolishun
sweep over 10
Darkness falls over me, like pall-the shad-
der NV woe cncompasseth me.
Down INV iurrowed cheeks rolieth the tears
NV anguish, varyin in siIe IRON large Pea 10
n small later.
Non Ger-sy will vote for the Constooshn-l
Amendment, and 10 the Niger will possess
the land - ~ r...-r-. H-..r-rr
see horrid visions
On the Camden and Amboy, niger brakes
m.n-and at the polls, niggers
Where shall we find refugee
In the Nurth3 Lo! it is barred agin us by
Ahl,shnism.
In the South? In their eyes the Northern
coppcrhead Iindeth no favor.
Ia Mexico3 There is war there, and we
might be Dir ,fted.
Who will deliver us, Who viii pluck us
from the p, into which we have fallen
Where shell 20 the Lord only knows, but
my Impression is South Karliny will DO my iu-
ture home. Wade Hampton is electid Governor
certain, and in that noble State one may per-
haps preserve enough OF the old Dimocratic
States Rites leavin to leavin the whole lump.
aTm ancse-rm snces
- ca Ut On the ,lark rolin So"
And into what harbor fate will drive my
weather D. ten bark, tho undersigned cannot
trooly say. -, m ~
Moo Gersey-farewcll! The world may
stand |, year or two, but doubt il
Mournfully and sadly,
PEIRoLKuN V. Nasty,
Iait Faster nv the Church Nv the Moo Dspen-
slshun.
SuALLI lx,RN To Overwhelmingly, by all
,-,.o. H,,nmenc, With tina Ouickstep' out