Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-25
Hesea Btglow on Reconssrucsiea.

Hosea Biglow on Reconseruction'
, Prof. James Russell Lowell, of Cambridge
8 Mass, contributes one of bis famous Biglov
I Papers to the May number of the atlantic. l,
4: 10 in the original Yankee tongue, and full OF
original Yankee sense. The hits at President
g Johnson and his plan Of reconstruction are full
/; of pith and wit, and the logic could not have
been better If it had been put in the language
Of speech in Congress. We copy below the
, best part Of this Paper, which "Hosea' pre-
, faces with this '.argymen."
"Intsrduc.hir, witch may be skip,. Begins
by taikin' about himself tibet s Jest natur' an
most gin'alIy allus pieasn', b'leeve | We no
, fist, to one of the cumpany. an tibet s more
than wut you can say OF most speshes of talk
in. Mex comes the gittin' tbs good will of
the orjunce by lettin' EN- gether from wut you
kind of x'dentalIy let drop that they air about
East, one, an no mist.ik, skare 'em up and
, take EN- as they ri'e. Spring interdooced
with few approput fours. Speach finally be-
gins witch nobody need mt feel obligated TO
) read as | never read 'sm an never shell this
7 one AZ In. Subjick stated, expanded, delay
ted, extended. Pump lively. Subjick stated
a gin SO g to avids all mistaks Ginale
marks con inooed kerried on pushed fur
der kind O gin out. Subjick restaited die
looted /; stirred up permiscuous Pump az in.
Get e back 10 where he SO, out. Can't seem
to stay THAR. ketches into Mr.. Seward .
hair. Breaks loose ag in an stats his subjict /;
stretches il; turns ii folds it; ontolds it !;
folds it sgin so . I no can't find il. Ar
COOS with an imedginary bean tibet amt aloud
10 say nothin' in repleye. Gives him a real
good dIessin' n is settys6de he 5 r.le. GIFTS
, INTO Johnson's hair. No use tryin' to git into
mis- head. Gives it up. Hez to staff his sub
Jick az in does it back ards, sideways, eend-
wrys, criss cross, bevellin' noways. GIFTS finally
J red on it. Concloods. Concoods MORE
Reads sum xtrax. Sees his subjlck nosin'
round arter him az II. Tries to avide it
) Wun't do. .Hisstates it. Can I conjsctur'
no other p!awsible way of etaytin on it. Tries
pump. No tx. Yeels the foore.
You cae spall and punctooae thei you
please. | aIus do. 1t kind o. puts 3 moo
3 SCOT of close onto word, this funatiok
spellin' docs an takes EN- out Of the priIzen
dress they wair in The Dictionary. Ell | squeeze
the cents out of em it g the main thing, an
wut they WOE made for wut s left = jest pum-
J mis.'
, Aprul come back the swellin buds of oak
Dim tho fur hilisdes with purplish smoke;
uS UrOOks arc iOOee dn singing W oc oecu,
like gals, make all the hollers soft an green
Inc birds are here, for all the seasons late /;
They take the suns height an don' never wait
: Soon z he officially declares it's Spring
Their light hearts lift 'em on northard wing,
An th'ant an acre, fur ez you can hear,
Can't by the music tell the time O year
D But tibet whit dove Carliny scared away,
t Five year ago, jes' seen Aprul day;
r Peace, that hoped 'ouId come an build Iss,
yesr
An coo by every housedoor is Mt here
No, nor MT never be, for all our Jaw,
> Till we're e. brave in pol tics ez in war
q Lord eff folks wuz made so Is I they could
The bagnet-pint there 10 to idee
len times the danger 10 = m tn is in steel
They run your soul thru an you never feel,
; But crawl about an seem TO think you're Twin
; Poor shells O. men, nut with the Lords forgv-
in,
: Till yer come bunt agin real live fact,
= An go to pieces when you'd ough' 10 act
: rhet kind o begnet 8 wut we're crossin' now
: An no man, tit 10 nevvigate a scow,
Ould stan expectn help from Kingdom
Come,
While I. other side druv their cold iron home
: My frien, you never gethered from my mouth
n No nut one word ag IN the South ez South,
- black,
: Gaddern wut | should be TO take EN- back ;
l. But all ask of Uncle Sam is fust
n 10 write upon his door, no goods trust ;"
!. Give US cash down in exile laws for all,
- And tkey'll be snug inside afore mex fall.
I Give wut they ask, an We shell hev Jamaker,
It With minus some consid'able an acre
b Give wut they need, an we shell git fore ion.
nation all one piece, rich, peeceile, strong t;
Nska
ID To love their country ez they loved their sin;
e Let 'em stay Southun, an you've KEEP a sore
Ready to tester ez il done afore.
No mortal man can boast OF perfec ylslon,
e. But the one moleblin thing is INDIGESTION,
4 An tn amt no futur' for the nor state
Thet out Of J-u-s-t can't spell great.
= Some folks 'ould call that riddikle do you :
e II wuz common sense afore the war wuz thru
lie Thet loaded all our guns an made 'em speak
4 So st Europe heard en- clearn acrost n
creek
% "They re drivin o their splles down now,
ly SEE she,
r "To the hard grennit o Gods fust idee;
y Ell they reach Ihet, Democ'cy need mt tea.
The tallest earthquakes tDe can get up here
re Some call >, insultn' to ask 1ry pledge,
es An say I will only set their teeth on edge,
: But folks you've Jest licked, fur z ever | see,
Are bout ez mad ez they know how TO be;
It's better than the Rebs themselves expected
! Fore they see Uncle Sam wilt down henpect
ed
Be kind Z you please, but fu,ly make fthin &
10 fast,
l. For plain truth 3 all the kindness thet IL last
Ell treason is crime, ez some folks say,
10 How could We punish il a mllder way
70 Then sayin' to 'em, s'Brethren, lookee here,
10 We ii lest divide things with we. sheer al
ID sheer,
% An' sence both come o. pooty strongbacke
dadd es,
You take the Daraies, we We took the Pad
~ dies
10 Ign rant and poor we took em by the hand,
d An the re the bones ard sinners of the land.
| ain, one y those tibet fancy there e loss o.
> Every iuve'ment that do Mt start from Boston
= But know this our moneys safest trusted
In sunthn, come wut will, Ihet can't be busted
An tibet s the o'd AmerlEin idee,
Is 10 make man a A an an let him be
g. Ez for their Iy atty, don't take goad TO I
=, By letten' 'em believe that they Can ri,
More n wut they lost, out OF our little wit ::
i | tell We vat, IN afraid We II diff to leewar
I'd 'ThouI We can put more s,ifenn' into Seward
He seems to think Columby d better act
Like a scared wilder with boy stitf-necked
Tnet stomps an s~ears he wun, come In t
i, supper
She mus set up for him, ex weak ez Topper,
W ksepin' the CONSTRUCTION on to warm,
ot Till he III accept her 'pologes in form;
q The neghbors tell her he q . cross-graine