American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-12-26
we will journey for another country there
is no liberty here.

having attended to my duties in the dim
ocratic sanctuary, | called to light my
pipe and pay my respects to an old dim
ocrat, one Of the stand by's of the Old
Jackson Dimocracy, when your humble
speaker was an uneopyerted man-an old
lyin Whig. The Lord forgive me- The
old man with a character as white as the
driven SHOWS of Greenland's icy noun,
tains. This mau, as pure a patriot as
ever breathed the fair air of heaven, had
tail of sorrow to relate. Says he, these
Black Rippublicaps will rob me of every
thing | have got! In the days of the draft
they threatened to take my only SON.
Now, say |; Sam, this will never do for
yon to 60 away out there and fight for
the cussed niger; and cleared the bu-
rear drawer, and raised 100 dollars, gave
it TO him, and told him to go to Can,l-
die, and let the Rippublicans fight it out
Well, Ben, he went as far as Pittsburgh,
and here he sees an old chum with the
blue clothes on, heurs the band play
Yankee Doodle, sees them carrying the
flag, and | suppose the little russ got to
drinkiu, and he listed and went Souf,
marched all the way with Sherman to the
See coast to .Saue AnRa-and what do
you think ? was little lame and did
ent go to the election and Ben had been
there before me, and ooted for Geary,
and had the eternal Impudeuce to try to
get ME to do The same. Now The Lore
help us, who can live in this country p
there is everything calculated to corrupt
the youth OF the land and lead them as
tray ! The old man was now crying, and
my own eyes were suffused with team
and | told him the cry Of ''Dead Duck"
had been heard ia the yilderness, and
pow, we jonineyed Tor another country
The old mans couutenance revived, and
be whispered softly, II will 90 with you,
and sam may go to the
Bretlren entreat Of yod as candi-
dates for better World, rs immortal be-
ns, traveliu to judgment and to eternity,
that you beware Of that miserable heresy
proclaimed in these later days by that
antichrst, Thoma: Jefferson, declaring,
"Al men free and equal You may
travel all through the patriotic, liberty
owing State of Berks County, with her
6 thousand majority for Ulimer, and you
will never hear of such a thing. But
thanks be to the lord of the lash, whose
servants you are, We journey for another
country. In that promised land to which
Vallandigham will guide you, there is no
Abolitionist, no Abolition Bible, no Abs
olition God, but your lord will be the lord
of the lash--the true deity of the Dino
racy. Take with you neither lamps nor
blue clothes, for Vallandi zham shall give
you light, and the mighty tailor shall fur>
Dish the Crinuline.
Brethren, there is point where suffer
ance ceases to be virtue, as the Tailor
says, blessed are the piece makers" and
if l don't miss my ipse dirt we will
make this country in pieces yet, for we
can never stand such oppre'"'9r, but for
the present, we journey for her Majestes
dominions
The other day stopped to light my
pipe and jaw the squire, and he inform
ed me that the board of councilnen d
Shandaggan had violated the Constitu'
tion OF the Dimocracy, in that they re-
fused to take the vote of as loyal q pa
triot as ever carcssed the roses and lille
of Pinch, G t, merely because he failed t,
see the propriety and necessity of report
ing upon certain occasion to some MAJ
on Federal Street, called the provoking
Marshal, | suppose, brother of Ton
Marshall, that makes them provokin,
speeches. ."Now, John, | did everything
] could to get this man d vote.and Poln e
them to the decision of the upreme Cour
ip the Herahi but the Counclmsn decide
he was descrter. Now, Johu,f 1t ha
come to this, that mau can't vote un
less he has been out iu this cussed niS
ger war, then is time we had reyolu
ton / bclie0e ,ec hare right to reUoh
tionize." Yes, sir, says |, and blessed ar
the piece makers for they shall all get
piece of Bread aud Bnfter from the MIgt
ty Tailor, But the squire after mstur
deliberation, during which time he DIRE
many long breaths, agreed with me, tht
the revolution was failure, and now, W
had better journey for another countr.
This Rippublican party is rough thin
Jonny, we cant Clim ei; instead OF prohit
iiing them from voting, you see the cour
try has become so aboltioulzed, that 10,
al dimocrats, who packed their bacon fC
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