Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-04-11
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spirit of the nations bloody dream There
is not so much murkiness--so much threat
ening in the air as there was. There is
not so much wool thrown on the Goals as
few years since.
Lincoln was . good man and went TO
Heaven That is 10 say If we say he
went ,aere. folks say We speak in sarcasm.
If we cay he went 10 The oIher place, down
there, they say we are prejudiced. Bui he
vert somewhere.
Now listen!
There are not so macy sneakine, beg
ging, lying, lhiesing minions of tyranny
about asihers were lew years since to
spy around corners, to peep into windows.
TO tamper with servant girls-,o open lei
ters ard earn few dirty dollars for doing
the dirty work of cowardly adminisIra-
tion.
There ara not SO many state prison birds
in federal Uniform as there was. There are
not so many People-rohbing, ignorant, dun
der-headed, platter Drained. conceied and
drunken provost msrshals and deputies 20
be seen as there were oncs.
Soldiers do not 60 about shooting demo-
Gratis, mobbing democratic printing Offices,
abusing strangers and raising The dickens
as they did not long since There is moi
so much cry OF '..coprerhead" as there was
nor are people so rampant for blood as they
were a year or two ago.
Il is very still We can hear ne echo of
the footballs OF Boo,hs mare as hey palier
on The road to Maryland! We can almost
hear The spirii Of Lincoln as it rdp5 al st
Peters gate We can quite disunctly hear
The faifooted ghost OF marIyred John Blown
as be lramps, wandering Jew like over the
horse pastures OF the spirit land looking Tor
some chance 10 seal one or more equines
II is very slll So sill ii is almos, pain
ful We used 10 denounce The President
Not This man, 5u' that other man
We said he was ,yrani.
We said he was not brase.
We said be was no statesman.
We said he was good story teller.
We said he was man OF wax in the
hands of bad men.
We said he was naturally honest,
but nodded 10 suit The wicked ideas of
others.
We said be was the head Of a eis-union
party
We said what we believed TO be true
AMI " hat time has proved most wondrou>
lrue 10 he very letter OF argument For
telling he I:u;h we were called traitor.
We were branded as reoeI, but, rebe;
is no coward
We were waylaid, ihsol;ed ,mobbed, shot
al, arrested, denounced as an enemy OF our
country.
We we're pointed at as traitor, simply
for defending the constitution and standing
by the people.
We were told that 10 differ from Pyesi-
dent tgas teason-
That the President, even il story teller,
! was the government-
That the President was accountable TO no
one
Tha,iI was treason, rank and bold, 10
L
That TO war against President was lc
war against our country.
We were told that cowardice was bra.
very
! That ignorance was ability
Tha, the art OF stealing was the arl o.
wal
That fool was better than a wise man
Thsl lheil was better than an homes
! man
That the generals who stole cotton, rob.
bed deienceless women oil silyerHare, anc
orphans of their inhe riraaces were beaer
meh than Washington
Thar patriotism consisted not in honora
bic 6shling bu, in stealing, robbing, swim,
ding, and murder
| We differed from The lying whelps whc
bod The sW adding of the Col and rnoralii,
/ party, and came near losing life and prop
I eny score of Imes
IL is reg still nopO /!
The bloody towards of then do not con
verse so freely as once There is not sc
much laughing NJ on the 'front.' seats The
game OF blood treason aud plumber is over
/ with, and into the eau6 IN Intelligent, law
/ loving Constitution defending people or,
! grinding 10 powder The element that med
/ died with that which concerned him mol
J detied the Iaw-iusulIed their hrlbren-rob
ted1hose they owed so much ro-blaspnem
I ed GoD-wronged maa aud lickleG lhe vac
lims other cowardice with bsyonels point
et with haze.
We stood by the laws, when to stan,
there was 10 snap youf finger undsr the nos,
OF death.
Thousands OF brave men in The coun,r,
slood by the Constitution in the dark hour
full OF hope in The future which is nov