The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-06-12
A SARMINT.
By julius C. Snow, Esq. late of the
Freedman's Bureau, Boston.

De tex on dis stressin 'casion am desc
stirrin and heart Dustin Observations:
Whar's de Freedman's Buro nowi
Ny Culled 'Sciples: Julius, de Ameri-
can of African scent, am heah befoah de
house OBJ extreme encouragement. De
culled popylashun has been skewished by
Mr.. Johnsing whose first name is Ander
His vetoes have stepped on our aspiration
and de Freedman's Buro ana clean done
gone. busted. De kloven huff Of de indi.
widual whose last cognomen is Johnsing,
hab been made distinkly visible to De
unkivered optics OBJ de public. Dat is tc
say-you can see it wild de naked eve
widout de aid of a telyskepe. He is de
Moses Iscariot oh desc degenerated days
My Culled frenz, who's dis Johnsingf
|say. He was muffin but tailor, yes
gemmen and folks, he came from low
straxhum, and his parunts on his fathers
side was old johnson, and.
Whar's de Freedman's Buro nowf
Dis is de very uukindest cut OBJ all, as
spokeshaye say. Dis is de midnight oh
de mid-winter OBJ our diskontent.
De smashin OBJ de Buro, [ consider de
most greatest and exceedingest mightiest
kalamity OBJ dis age! I am orator, I
acknowledge, but whar's de language to
do justice to de extreme proportion, OBJ de
|nrodigiousness OBJ de magnitude OBJ de
enormousness OBJ de universal amplitude
OBJ de-de-
Whar's de Buro nowi
My frenz. You'll excuse de wrath and
indignashun dat's in de veins OBJ de an.
cient and honorable culled speaker who is
now speakln stitch burning eloquence in
your midst-dat's to say me- But can
not distrain de powerful ideas which am
leapin and wrestlin into my brain. De
krisis has cum. De sister OBJ de krisis
and all their sisters have arriv, and the
very earth quakes, de stars emit flashes OBJ
indignant thunder,de very universe trem-
bles, and boindless immensity echoes
back the dire question,
Whar's de Buro now?
My hearers. De ole man eloquent must
rest here, he has fought de good fte, but
he's gone in. Look at desc tattered gar
ments, all worn to shreds in de noble
cause OBJ de Freedman's Buro which John
sing tramped into wild de-as I may say,
de stern heel OBJ despotisml Wherefore
dis excitement, you may ask. De answer
am here. Overpowered sentimentality,
everburdened with hefty griefl My day
is run, my occupashun gone, for de tex
says,
Whar am de Buro now9
But my followers. Nebber glib up de
ship. Julius will nebber fail. When de
earthquake shall have ceased, when de
storm shall have spent its fury, and the
tempest hushed into zephyrs. When the
floods shall have retreated and the giant
of terror, dismay and distraction have
returned to de dim caverns OBJ deir abode,
dere in de midst OBJ de ruin shall be seen
dis hummel Individual umbrel in han, hat
under de hankerchief in de rear pocket
OBJ de narrative OBJ his swaller tailed coat,
yellin eloquence to de natives, dis tex,
% Whar am de Buro nowi
Brudder Greely will proceed to collect
de revenue in de usual way, while de con-
gregashun jines in dis highly edifyin
hymn,
Oil giggle google jump across,
Dat am berry fine,
Den dis niger steal horse
And off to Caroline!
Jiggle, Joggle, possum fat,
Hop de doeden dooI
rse got levely Thomas Cat,
0! don't you want one too?