Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-23
MIR. Nasby waiIeth over MOO
Gersev.

last night. All wuz peace with me- fer afte,
beip buffeted about the world for thre skore
years, Mt last it seemed to me az tho for
chune, tired of persekootin q upforchinil
bein, had takon me into favor. he'd a sol
emu promise from the Demekratio State
Central Committy in the State of Moo Ger
sey, that ez soon ez our candidate for Gov.
ernor was dooly. elected, shood hev the
position OF Dorekeeper to the House of the
Lord (which in this State means the Capu
tai q which is certainly better than dweiliu
IN the tents NV wicked grosery keepers, on
tick, ez de) and jeodishus exhibition Nv
this promise he'd .prokoored for me unlimi
ted facilities for borein, wich improved,
muchly., ..-'4 =. -
On Wednesday mite wuz sittin in nv
ROOM aenjoyin the ,pleasin reflection that
in few days | should be placed above won't
4 beyond the contingencies NV fortune.
Wood oh wood that had died then and
there, before that dream Nv bliss wuz roodly
broken. A wicked boy cum runnin past
with paper which he had brot from the
next town where there lives a man who takes
one. de flung it thro the window to me &
past on. ] opened it eagerly, and glanced
at the he'd lines - ..'...
moo GERsEY-5,O00 REpUBuIKIN. y
One long and piercin shreek was heard
thro that house, and wen the inmates rush.
ed into the room they found me inanymate
on the floor. The fatal paper lay near me,
explainen the cause of the catastrophe. The
kind hearted landlord, after feelin NV my
pockets and diskverin that the contents
thereof wood not pay the arrearages NV
board, held hurried consultation with hi.
wife as to the propriety NV bringin me to, he
insisting that it was the only chance NV git
tin what wuz back-she insistin that eli
was brung to I'd go on runnin up the bill
and bigger, and never pay at last. While
they was argooiDg the matter pro and con,
happened to git good smell NV his breath,
wlch restored me to consciousness towunst,
without further assistance
When in trouble my poetic sole alus finds
vent in song. Did ever poet who delted in
tembs, and dark rolen streams, and con.
sumption, and blighted hopes, ard decay,
and sich themes, ever hev sch pick Of
subjects ez [ hev at this time? The follor-
in may be a consolation to the few Dino.
krats OF the North, who have gone so far
into copperheadism that they can't change
their bacs:
VALE!
In the mornin VIC 60 forth rejoicn in our
strengthen the evenin We are bustid and
wilt ... ~.
Man born NV woman land most men are)
is NV few days, Il them is so full Nv trouble
that it's skarsely worth while bein born at
all. u.,... ...r.. l....
In October l waded in woe knee deep,
and now the waters Nv afHckshun are about
my chin. Ga. ., .......... ..
l look to the east, and Massychusets rolls
in Ablishun.
To the west turn my eyes, and Wiscon-
consin and Minnesota and Illinoy ansers
Ablishun.
Southward l turn my implorin' gaze, and
Maryland sends greetin-Ablishun.
In New York we had 'en, for 10 we run
a scljer, who fought valiently, and we put
him on platform wich stunk with niger
yes, the savor thereof was louder than the
Ablishun platform ITSELF ..,t ... .
But behold the people jeer and fout,
and say 'the platform stinketh loud enough,
but the smell thereof is not the smell NV the
Airlkin--it is the rotten material NY wich
it is composed, and the corrupshun they
hev placed on it'-and New York goes Alb
lishun. tr -.,-.
Slocum held hissef up and sed come and
buy And our folks bought him and his
tribe, but he getteth not his price. ae
Moo GBRsEY-ABLIsHUNl
jobs cattle wuz slain by murrain and hol
ler-horn and sieh, and not livin near Moo
York, the flesh thereof he conll not smell
But Job had suthin left--still he Good
sell the hides and tallow - sr.
Lazarus he'd sores, but he he'd dorgs to |
lick them. ~ rp..r. ...,
Moo Gersey wuz the hide & tallow Nv the
Dimocrisy, and 10, that is gone.
What little is left Nv the Dimocrisy is all |
sore, but where is the dorg, SO low as to lick
it2 .a. ,..n. r
Moo Gersey wus our eve lamb--lo the
strong hand Nv Ablishun hez taken it.
Moo Gersey wuz the Aryrat on wich our
ark rested-behold | the dark waves uv Alb
lisltnism sweep over it ..H,e a-a
Darkness falls over me, like pall-the
shadder Nv woe encompasseth me.
Down my furrowed cheeks rolleth the
tears NV anguish, vRryin in size from q large
Pea to q small tater. ..' .t
Moo Gersey will vote for the Constoosbnl
Amendment, and To-! the Niggers will pos,
sess the land. .. .Hr- =. .t..' BOT,
j see horred visions! .. ... ....,.
On the Camden and Amboy nigger brakes
men--snd at the polls, niggers r.. -.i /. Fl.
Where shall we find refuge2 a
In the North? Lo! it is barred agin us
by Ablishnism. .i. .t't.. ,..
In the South2 In their eyes the North
ern copperhead findeth no favor p .fu
In Mexico? There Is war there and wo
might be drafted sni ,t a..-
Who will deliver us? Who will pluck US
from the pit into which we have fallen2
Where shel | go the Lord only knows,
but my impression il. South Karliny will
be my future home Wade Hampt mis- ee,t
sd Governor, certain, and in that noble