Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-03-14
NEW SERIES-VOL. VINO. 81.

i Did Mr.. Cox say that, old Tamma-
ny, and did you clap your hands and
say "ongkhorcY" 7"
\ ave are to-day arrayed against the
contention concerning the black race,
and are looking forward to the white
race for the welfare and greatness of
our country"
And dndent you say that, too, old
Tammany2 and didcnt all hands jew
balee and exclaim ssthat's it, them's
EN-, that's the doltterine, the nigger
, may be n big fish. but the white man
is whale" And didont you all take
another drink on that, Mr. Tammany?
Wish some of us rebs had been there,
old fel, Jest to have techd tumblers
with you. Thank the Lord that there
arc good men North of Dixey. There's
n heap of 'cm here, Mr.. Hall, and
their hearts are jumpin and bumpin
and thumpin as big as yours. Their
hearts were castles, and their buzzums
} sitadels, but you have taken 'em.
: Don't be alarmed, don't reseed, don't
take back nuthin; be kahn and &C.
rcen, and we of the rebcllious South
will wipe out the last spark of hatred
TO such as YOU We are now wipin
away the curses that were upon our
lips We are risin up from our hu-
initiation, and like strong men are
shakin the dust from our garments.
Think of 1t, Tammany. What q glo-
, rious sight TO see brave peepul lifted
up--a whole nation of white folks
rekonsiled. What spirit, what gost,
what inspiration told you how to teach
us? How did you know that we was
weak where we was strong, in the
same secret corner of our buzzums
, You've got us, Tammany, and vel
respond to you, wen reinforce you
We've said some hard things, Mr..
Hall; we've tried to skorch, and bis
/. ter and excoriate, but you See we
were goaded, Rored by buls-Trum-
bulls and Republican bulls. They
bellercd and we paved dirt They
punched MS in the cage, and we growl-
ed. They put tax under our saddles
and we kicked What else could we
T, doY jest think oft Tammany. Ru-
: ined and desolate, the people in mour-
: min and their homes in ashes-no lux
: uries, no comforts, no Christmas worth
cuss, no Santa Claws, no nuthin
Could we lick the hand that laid us
4 low 7 Nary time-no, never. While
I we was strugglin to rise from out the
: wreck, TO breathe tho AIR above us, to
take an invoice and see if there was
cnuff left to live for, our enemies were
a shoutin hit mm, kick him, mash
him, smash him agin.
We were then at the bottom, Tam
many. We didn't know there was
, any lower deep, but our enemies were
huntin, and they still are huntin some
! deeper pit to put us in, and some pen
: dulum of Poe 60 swing and cut us.
Well, we aint heathens, we've been
to mcetin, we've seen misshionerys,
: we've got churches and sermons, aud
/, hymn books and prayers. We've got
pious old men and wimmen, and brave
boys and maidens. who are finished
Fl all the way up like the corners Of a
: temple God bless 'em, Tammany
= lpartickler them last, for in connection
!, with them arc centered the hopes OF
y postcrity and the joys of our life
i We've all got hearts, old Tammany,
), and there's many good Samaritan
j among us who wouldent pass you by
q and 90 over on the other side. We've
5 got charity, too, aud long suffering,
9 and patience, aud hope in abundance
i though we cant believe them Radicals
u will walk right straight into heaven
without knockn at the door. That
!. dockuinc of elclx,ion is n powerful
X thing, Tammany, but as shore as you
; ure born It looks sorter unconstitu
u i,unal 10 us for them fcliers TO enter
the celestial city. They may pass
e Amendments cnuf to do Il, aud / reclI
on that's why they are tinkerin al
the old document so long; but some
how or other when hear one of en-
& dyin, my thoughts Materially have
:. q downward tendency. ] cant help
= II, Iammanny.
c But maybe wc'l get over sich feel
! ins. My wife says we will dfteriohile
+ We are all right towards you old Hall
and our Legislature have been tryiu
:. for about two months to harmonizc
d things generally, and any reasonable
J. man ought TO be satistide with the
;. efforts they have made. But we can't
! satisfy them ,RaGikals, ] don't care
; what we do. We elekted Mr.. Stevens
c and lIershcl Johnsin TO the Senate
= and they arc mad about that. They
d wanted Josh Hill and Jeems Johnsin
t becaus they was Uaioa. Well now,
/ Mr., Tammany, its better always to
n take men whohave done sumthin than
c men who have done nuthin. Mr.. Hill
delivered his farewell address before
N ho wne haf and he eoil ha xvonli liko