The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-01-18

thar; and its all wrong for EN-, not tt t
vote in Georgy bekaus there's a heap, o
em here, and they talk Logik and Ret
orik amazin to prove how it is. Wei
haint [ got whole passel of sense lik,
sum, but as shore as Tn two foot higl
niger is a niger I don't keer whal
you smell him, and vote is vote
don't keer whar you drap it. I. golly
they cant git over that. 3 M
The truth is, my feller-sitizens,
sometimes feel like we dident hav nc
Government. / felt that way sortel
when Mr.. Gibson appinted me com
mittee ON the State of the RepubliL
When the Sekretary read out my name
all mixed up with the Republik, I fell
that [ was obleeged to renig. Rizin
magestikully to my feet, says L1"Mr
President 1 beg to be respektybly ex
cused sur, if you please. IF thar is
any Republik on this side of. Of Jordin
cant purseye it at this time with these
speks. Thar was place in Old Vir.
ginny called Port Republik, but Mr.,
Rebel General Stonewall Jackson wiped
out its contents generally in 1863, and
L haven't sinse heard of it in Northern
literature. / have heard of skrub
consarn over about Washington they
call Republik, but, sur, it are likely
to prove the grandest imposture that
ever existed on continent of freedom.
suppose, sur, it are to. be moved to
Boston or the internal regions in a few
days and / want nuthin to do with it..
Exkuse me, sur, but I must insist on
being respektably discharged" [ took
my seat amid the most profoundest and
tumultuous silence ever seed, and Mr..
Gibson remarked that he woudent i'm
pose the Republik on no respectable
man again his wishes. He then trans
ferd me to the Finants Committee, and
sed he hoped we would take immediate
action, for the State had no money, as
well as himself, and board was high and
eat seteras frequent. This may not
have been his exaktual langwidge, but
is angling toward it. I how'd my head
and sed,' "Ditto, exsep that l don't eat
setaras." Forthwith I telegrafd vary
Gus gentlemen for a temporary loan but
they woudent lend a dollar until Mr..
Jenkins were norgarated, for they
wanted his name to the note. Thinks.
says |, there's a tap lost about the
wagin. IF we are a State, we can borry
money in Augusty. If we amt a State
Its none OF our bisness to borry it at
all. Ii Andy wants to run the machine
his own way, let him pay his own ex-.
penses. What in the dickens is Pro-
vision Government for, if it aint to get
up provisions and provide for a feller
generally. I made up my mind that
perhaps we had beed humorin ANDY
about long enuf. We had as much
right to Governor as Alabama or
South Callina. He wants us back about
as bad as we want to get back; and a
little bladder, perhaps; and he needent
put on so many unnecessary airs about
this Senator bisness. IF he fools with
us much we wont elect nobody-I gollyl
we'll take the studs and go backwards.
L forthwith returned to the Capitol,
and stretchin forth one of my arms, ses
l, "Mr. Gibson, sur, I'm your friend;
I'm the friend of your wife and chill
dren; but eff Mr. Jenkins amt norga-
rated soon the State will collapse; a
bright and glorious star will be obliter-
ated from off the striped rag, and the
President will lose about nine support
ers in the Federal Congress. I move,
sur, that eff we can't git our Governor at
once like SINE qua non, we break up
in row and depart for Mexico. 1t took
like the smallpox, and were carryed
tumultousy. .s6l lIi19