The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-07-20
Volume l3-Number 10,

bin some time, chawin husks. We
run out after them twin liarlots, Sla.
very and State Rights, ard they've
cleaned us out. Our pockets arc
empty, No more doth the pleasant
half dollar jingle in sweet unison agin
its fellows Our wallets is barren NV
postal currency, and the grocery
keepers mourn and refuse To he com
iortcd becoz we are not. We hey
got to the husk stage NV our woe, and
wood be tcndin hogs cf the armies
wlch pnst through these countries he'd
lett Us any. We hcv KUN hack In
rags and dirt we hev wendcd our way
to Washington and ask To be taken
back. Now, why don't our Father,
the Government, fullll the skiip,crt
Why don't it see us afar off and run
out to meet gsS Why don't it put
onto us n purple robe2 where's The
ring for our finger, and the shoes for
our fcctY and where's the iatted Calf
he ought t. kill2 My brethren them
Ablishnists is worse than inGdles-
while they preach the gospel they
wont practice il. For my part, /"
At this point a sargent bclongin TO
that internal Burow, WHO was In the
'awticncc with enough NV soldiers To-
make opposin Nv him unpleasant, sed
ho he'd bin n sort Nv an eNhorter in
his day, and desired to say a word
in explanation Nv that parable, ez ap,
piicnblc to the present time, and scz
he "cf am interrupted, remember |
belong 10 the church military, wicl
is, just now, the church triumphant"
And cockin his musket he proceeded,
very much uninterrupted. .'' .
"Thc Prodigal Son." sez he, "wuz
received by the old man with consid
cradle doins, but my worthy friends
he went out dcccntly. lie didn't, cz
soon cz lac withdrawed from the house,
turn around and make war onto the old
gcntleman--hc didn't burn his house,
and barns, tear up his garden, burn
his fences and knock down the bal
aucc NV the children. Not any. lie
went away pcaccably, a misguided
good for nothing, hut yet n pcaccablc
good- for nothing. Secondly he come
back NV his own akkurd. The old
man didn't go after him and fight for
four years at cost NV half his sub
stance TO subduc him aud bring him
back, but when hc had run through
his pile and squandercd his share NV
the estate and got hungry he came
back like n whipped dog.
My friends, lctmc draw q small l,ar
allcl between these cases. . -.
| The prodigal son went out--so did
the south--thus far the cases is alike.
The Prodigal didn't steal notlnn.
The Confedcracy took everything il
Good lay its hands on. ...'
The Prodigal spent only what wuz
his to spend. The Confcdcracy spent
not only all it stole, but all in Good
borrcr, when it knowd its promises
to pay wuzcn, wur,h the mizcrablo
paper they wuz printed onto.
The Prodigal, when he did come
back, come cz pcnitcnt cz the con
sciousncss that he he'd made n fool NV
hisseli Good make him. The Confcd.
cracy wuz whipped back, but it still
swcars hcfty oa;hs that il wuz righ,
all time.
The Prodigal didn't demand veal
pot pies and purple robes, and sich,
but begged to be n servant unto the
more sensible brethren wich stayed
The South comes back dcmandin of
flee, Nv wich the fattcd calf and rings
and purple robes is typical, and con.
sidcrably more share in the govern
ment than il he'd before il kicked ovel
the traces and went out like the los
: ir.bcs nv Israel. ... ...........
}, Spozn the Bible prodigal he'd stop
ped his paricnt and remarked TO hin
thus: "l am willin To come back OF
conditions. 700 must pay my debts
| you nsist give me an ckal share a,
J, the farm with the other boys--yoC
must treat me in all rcspccks just c;
eff hadn't gone out, and--tlis i,
r csscnti;l--yoo must take with me al
5 the sharpcrs who ruined me, all IA,
+, gamblers and thieves with whom
/ lcll in while wuz away, and max,
3 them head men on the place, an,
+ above all, l hcv with me the tw,
1 harlots wich wuz the prime cause u
my ruin, and they must hev cleve
. OF the best rooms in the house, an
I must be treated ez your daughcrs, =
D TO avoid displcasin the others II
\ dress en- in different clothes, hut her
4 they must stay. Otherwise I'll z
n out again" ..' .t... .'.. '.'t'-
e Probably the old gentleman WOO
II hey become indignant, and wood he
Z remarked to him 10 go aud never lc
y him see his audacious face agi;., o
l. rather, he would hev straneled th
:, harlots, scattered the black legs, an,
+ choked the young sprout into sui
II mission. Them's me. am anxiou
4 TO kill that lattcd calf. and am ais
d anxious to put on 700 robes AM
+ shoes But alas the calf suffered irol
IL want nv attention SO long dooiin th
II lat0 isundcrstandins that he S to
n poor--the robes WIZ all cut mp int
is bloo kotes for the soljcrs We sent OF
J u fetch 700 in--thc SHOES they woi
o ont, and The rings--Jcif sou DAY
N wore the only style We hev,. Who
II 700 come back in good shape yo'
is lind us ready To meet you, but ii
,r then cbaw hus KS" ..r .f ...
II Lookim around, this armed tyral
,r remarked that there would he l
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