American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-12-26
Communications.
For tho Citizen.
A Farewell Sermon for 1896.
The Travelling Ageni for the New
DtspeRsatfon.


tion of my extempore remarks, in the
sevenh verse of the Seoenh Chapter of
the New Gospel of Peace according to
st. Andy the Apostate
"And tohen thou shalt hear the roice of mighty Tail
in the Wilderness, crying, Dead Duck hen, thou
shalt kn0t1 that journey for another country, and
thou shah go betore-n
The conspired ritter of these consola>
tions, was no loss a parsonage, my be-
loved brethran, than the graft, am, COM
monty called "My Policy" In his car
niverous excellence and internal wisdom,
he sawed that we could'ent alwase abide
here that the Abolitionists, Presby.eri-
ans, Methodists, and the Republicans,
would take this country, and we would
have to journey farther.
These words were spoken to Vallan-
digham. He is the man that is designa,
ted by the prophet to go before Yes,
brethren, you may we'll be proud of your
leader; on days more potent with danger
than now, he bravely scaled the walls of
Fort Lafayette, turned his ba OK upon the
Stars aud Stripes, bid defiance to the
"boys in blue" and safely reached the
border of peace, and found protection in
her Majesties' Crinoline
To-day, you hear the voice of your
master crying in the wilderness, do not
be ashamed to put on the crinoline.-
When your master had been haunted
from city to city, and prosecuted by a
merciless gang of Lincolu's Hirelngs, he
nobly wrapped himself in the graceful
folds of female attire, Do not be asham.
ed to do as this noble martyr did He
that is ashamed of our father, Jetfie. of
hiw will the mighty Tailor be ashamed I;
aud be she'll live 20 longer at the cross
roads.
Brethren, the time is come for you TO
be awake. But | fear there is a Black
Republican mist over your eyes, Can it
be rossible that you are dead ? Do you
not hear the still small voice in the wiI>
derness crying, ,"Dead Duck? May it
not be heard from the Sea shore to the
Rockey Mountains. 20 thousand in Pa
40 thousand in Ohio, Is thousand in In,
joanna, Iowa and New York, and the Lord
knows how mary in Massachusetts, Be.
loved brethren, by the grace given me,
| speak to you for the last time. We
can torment an existence no longer in this
country. DO you suppose that | will per-
nit my lungs to be contaminated by the
Republican air of the Keystone State
Do you suppose that l will permit my
wife and children to be insulted, by the
cry of "Geary and the Union, while
these brave men that murdered Mr.. Force
Mr.. Stewart, Mr.. Campbell; and humid
reds more of my neighbors remain un-
represented in Congress.
Gross injustice! | can never stop in
this country! Thanks be to the Lord,
there is country where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary be at rest.
Bre h en-, stand fast by the faith as given
you by the great Apostate'
We have fallen upon evil days, and we
must prove ourselves to be the salt of the
earth.
The other da I called at my neighbor's
house to light my pipe, and discuss the
topics of the da, and what do you think!
| found him crying. Says he, Did yor
hear from Ohio? Yes. And Injeanna
Yess And Iowal Yes. And Maine ano
Connecticut? Yes. And Butler county.
Yes The old man paused and sighed
and then ne resumed-iid Moo jersey
ratify the Niger Laws 2 Yes. Wher,
in the name of the Cross Roads will W,
goY" ] consold the old gentleman b,
reading the portion Of Scripture contain
ed in my tex, t,aud he rejoiced to hear tha
We journeyod for another country.
He SAID that he had always been
member of the United States Church Oi
the Andrew Jackson school, but tn
Preacher had jiDed the Black Rippnbli
cans and was scandalizing the Dimocrat
ic party, so | couldn't stood it, my blco'
billed, and told him, he was a son Of
b.. And what do you think our black
smith, who was one of old Abe's hire.
lings was going to hang me, aud | al
most live in terror of my life. | remin
ded the old man that we journeyed tu
another country. Oh says he, an
thank God, there is another country, fo
who would live here, where the cusset
preachers cant explain Psalm withou
abusing the Dimoeratic party, and cailini
JEFF Davis and James Buchanan traitors
The old man related his past life. Ii
had always been piece man. Oppose
this cruel war from the first, and te
! yaarS n 80 ,oarbano ouf dnwa n D;nuhl