North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-08-01
VOL. 5 NO.5
GRAND CAMPAIGN SPEECH FOR
rTHE WOOLY.HBADS
Whar, Oh Whar's de Buro Now /!

The Bel!efontc Watchman furnishes i'm
advance, speech for the negro advocates
in the coming campaign which will, no
doubt, be a bombshell in the camps of the
Johnsonites, and scatterer ofthe "ignor-
ant" "nasty" "Copperheads" who praised
the President for vetoeing the Negroes Bu-
reau Bill. Here it is in full /.
My BELUBBED FRIENDs.-De tex on
dis 'stressin 'casion am desc stirrin and
heart Dustin observations;
Whar's de Freedmens Bureau now
My Culled 'Sciples Boyd de Ameri-
can OBJ African scent, am heah befoah de
house OBJ extreme Encouragement. de cul.
led popylashun has been skewished by lIr.
Johnsing whose front name was Ander.-
His v2toes have stepped on to our aspira-
ton and de Freedman's Buro am clean
done gone and busted foreber. De kloveri
huff OBJ de Individual which his last cogno-
men is Johnsing, hab made distinkly visible
to de unkivered obtics OBJ de public. Dat
is to say-you can see it wild de naked
eye, widout de aid oh xelyscope. He is
de Moses Iscarot oh desc degenerated
days.
My frenz, who's dis Johnsing? say p
lie was muffin but tailor, yes, gemmen
and folks, he came from a low straxhum,
and his parunts on his fathers side was old
Johnsing, and,
"Whar's de Freedman's Buro now 2"
Dis is de VERY urkindcst cut OBJ all, as
Spokeshave say. Dis is de midnight OBJ de
mid-wnter oh our diskontent. ....
De smashing OBJ de Buro. consider de
most greatest and exceedirglst mlghtiest
kalamity OBJ dis age am orator, ac-
knowledge, but whar's de language to do
justice to de extreme proportion OBJ de pro-
digiousness OBJ de magnitude OBJ de enor-
mousness oh de universal amplitude OBJ de
de
'Whars de Buro now
My frenz, You'll excuse de wraf and in
dignashun dats in de veins oh de honor
able and eloquent speaker who is now
speaking stitch burnin eloquence in your
midst-dat's to say me. But cannot dis
train de powerful ideas which am leapiu
and wrestlin into my brain. De krisis has
cum. De sister of de krisis and all their
sisters have arriv,and de berry earth 1uakes
de stars emit flashes oh indignant thunder,
de berry universe trembles, and boundless
'mensity echoes back de dire question,
"Whar's de Buro now 2'
My hearers. De young man eloquent
must rest here, he has fought de good fte,
but he's gone in. Look at desc tattered
garments, all worn to shreds in de noble
cause oh de Freedmen's Buro which john
sing tramped into wild de-as / may say,de
stern heel OBJ despotsm Wherefore dis
excitement, you may ask. De answer am
here. Ovepowered sentimentally, over
burdened with other hefty grief! My day
is.run, my occapashun gone, for de text
says: -. ..
"Whars de Buro now ?"
But my followers, Neber glib up de ship.
Boyd will neber fail When de earthquake
shalt have ceased, when de storm shall hab
spent its fury, and de tempest husheu to &C
phyrs. When de floods shall hab retreated
and de giant OBJ terror, dismay and distrac-
ton hab returned to de dim caverns OBJ
dere abode, der in the midst Oh de ruin
shall be seen dis hummel Individual, UNI
brel in han, hat under de handkerchief in
de rear pocket OBJ de narrative OBJ his swal-
ler-tailed coat, yellin eloquence to de ma
tives, dis text,
Whar's de Buro nov
Brudder Delaun Gray will proceed to
collect de revenue in de usual way, while
de congregation jines in dis highly edifying
hymn ..- .....
Oh giggle, google jumpacross,
Dat am berry good,
Cen dis brudder steal boss,
And ride him to de woods!
. Jiggle, joggIe. possum fat,
Hop de dooden dow,
Use got a lovely Thomas cat,
o! Whar's de Buro now.
p While many may think that the speech
will not be very appropriated for campaign
purposes, vet it will be found to contain
just about aceighty arguments as atoli-
ton orators generally use.