Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-04
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From the N. Y. Evening Post.l
JOTHAM TWlTTER'S REILLY TO
HOSEA BIGLOW.


Extrack from Mr., Hosea Biglow's Poem in tn AT
LANTIK NUNTHLr ON Reconstrukshun.
Speakin Of the South, Mister Biglow says:
'Ez for dependn' on their Oaths an thet.
II wun'J bind 'em more n the ribbin rOun' my het
heared table once from Othnel Starns,
Thet pints il slick ez weathercOcks do barns: ..
Once on time the wolves he'd certain rights
Inside the fold. they used to sleep their nights,
An boin' cousins o. the dogs, they took
heir turns ct wat3hin', regular ez book;
But somehow, when the dogs he'd gut asleep
Their lOyeO mutton beat their love O. sheep,
Till graiilly the shepherds come to see '"
Things warnt agOin eZ they'd Ough' TO be;
so they sent off deacon tO demonstrate
AoDg'th the wolves an' urge 'em TO go straight
They did'n' seem to set much by the deacon
Nor prcachin' did'n' COW cm, nut u speak on;
Fin ly they swore thet they'd 60 out ant stay,
An hey their fll O mutton every day.
Then dogs an shepherds arter much hard dammin'.
Turned tn an give en- tOrmented lamnln',
An seZ, 'Ge shan't go out, tue murrain rot ye,
To keep us wastin' halt our time " watjh yeV
Bat then the question come, How liv5 together
,IhOut lOsln sleep, nor nary yeu nor whether!
Now there wuz some dogs (noWAys with their keep
Ihet sheered thei cousins taste an sheered the
-, sheep,
40 ef they backsiide. let 'em swear agn;
Jes' let 'em put on sheep skins whilst they're
swearin';
To ask for more 'ould be beyond all bearin''
BE gin'rOus for yourselves, where you're to pay,
lhets he best practice seza shepherd gray;
,Ez or their Oaths, they wun't be wuth button.
IN amt but one solid way, howe er you puzzlG;
Til they're convartsd, let 'em wear muzz!e.'"
Dear Mister Biglow, mebby your all right
But sumhOw I doesn't seem tOsuit me quite;
YOur mutton argument smells rnther strOng
Aud don like strong mutton, right or wrong.
PrdDs SOutherners Is wolves" Ms your great poem
In sick smooth worJs o rme contrves TO show EN-;
But OF they be sich, 'twon't do marry good,
For muzzlin" wolves don't make 'em hate their
f.Od;
Twill only make em hungrer and then you
Will find they'd sumhow like to eat you too.
Fact j., these ere restrictions strS thelrblle-
Night well try TO put out lire with lie.
kf a chap hates you, 1t won change his mind
10 git arOpe aud tic his hands behind;
Plaps nOthn will, bu. ef there's eny cure.
It's human kindness, that Pm strtin sure.
| When a boys bad, il ginr'lly makes hin wus
To try the prison dispn on the Gus;
Jest turn him off aud send hun to the bad,
Or Use use mOrrl swashun with the lad;
Lea.t wa,s when once you've caed him he will see
/ That your hrs master. and yer mean to be-
Arter he's nOwn, il taint no use to lick,
jest leave him be, and he'll gitaAful sick
llf his derned nonsense: materially at fust
He'll be rantank rlus like as If he d bust
Iaint nOthin but thJ p son wurkin out,
Which kind o makes the sore TO swell and pOut,
So don't git anxious. bym by he'll sec
That come TO- think ont. nights well agree,
And take things NJ they il: $ longs don't pay.
Folks amt sl"h fools S to a Icrs go one way:
The South II find the \ North don't want thing
That aint all sqpae for both, an that II bring
Out % the darkness sCh food o light
That nobody ii know there's ever bin tight.
] know there's black sheepIn that southdOwn lot,
But they III die out O. fever or the rot
Taidt yOurn, nor mIne, nor mans single powers,
But the null peOple rules this land Of ours
An they, you know, hev spoke right out like thun-
der
What God has jned let 10 man put asunder
And no man can't do nuthin o the kind
So don't fear o thai rile up yer mind,
Jest trus; don't be scared, they amt all fules,
And good and bad ha' got Z obey the rules.
Ef was pannin for to rob TILL
And master 20 ttahsd me would rob it STILL
But Of he said, "Jonatham'Sa u man ] trust,
Here, take the keys"-Cf I'd Steelthen, I'm Gust.
That airs my theory, howsoero you mix it,.
And that's the way the people u have toiix it.
know it's risky. but SOS all things risky,
Aud nater's like h rse that's young aid trisky;
Keep him tied down, ~ you'd tie down the South,
And put pesky ga inter his mouth
An take my word for t, t'll come to Iass
You We made yer horse stubbn, dOggcd ass.
My idee is ter love 'em-nOt to" lOathe em:
Then they'l love as, dyer see?
Yours treuly,
JOTHAM.
Ne,0 York, ApriI, 1866.