The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-16

Mr.. 1dncoln'S successor, ses he It's NIL rite
TIL The peoples comm strait over know;
That streams from the grate Philadelfla
Mister Seward, ses he,
.1t seems curious To mo,
How the lion and lam could so EWeetly
agree" =
ses President Andrew, ses he, "Dont you
How Inuzzled the lion, an skeered the
An, n, linked i5,l 'em together purpose to show
Mr.. Seward, ses he,
"Ah, yes, now Bee
Twas the soothin' effects of your swete Pol
ICY"
~ .,H,g must show myself to the people," ses he:
III take a short short trip thPo' the northern cOun-
An, , tsII my old friends to wake up and re-
Mister Seward ses he,
"Besure am take me;
III DO the polite for your E1cellency."
ses Don Andrew, ses he, "Porhnps you don't
I've held every oms from Alderman up;
amt TO be skeered by no Rad:kIs pup"
Mister Seward. seshe,
"ThatS novel idee:
tn tickle the ribs of the Demokrasee''
ses Willypm. ses he, "Pye notion that
And FaFFagut ,ud helpus in case Of a hitch:
They're s!ars that'l draw, and the populace
Got no grudges agin 'em bout votes an
Mister johnson, ses he,
"Your smart 'ln, BiIlee.
We can clnim all the honOrs ourselves, you
and me-"
See his Highness, ses he, stephen Douglas is
Beln' 50, n few tears can cheerfully drop
Along with his friends in Chicago, insted
OF seein' him work in the rsdIkle shop,"t
t. Mister Seward, ses he,
"Well start on airly,
And swing round the cirkle meanderinly."
AFTER.
ses 4H9s Moses sI3 the "a ses he B you're an a
They ses al n the eheeran,. I got all the sass,
ana 1,tin the crowds, cause OF them, wouldn't
Mr.. Seward, ses he,
81 reckon our spree
Won't damage MS much with the demok.
raSee."
ses the great Reconstruction, ses he, "whats
Mister Seward, ses he, ~ guess that's Yer.
They're a blockheaded set, them Green
Monntin' Boys.
They SlluT Just the way you don't want
Mr. johnson, SeS he,
"BetWeen you end me,
They need some enllghtenln' on My Policy.
See Andrew the Great, ses he, 'grhere gOe.
Mister seyard. ses he, '"That ERE come
An by It's peculiar loudness, ruther
Guess We have won u defeat there again."
Mister johnson, Ses he,
81 don't care a flea
For any burned State except old Tennessee.
ses the Swinging of ctrlkles, sea he. .'1s tina
Mister seward, ses he, ''Them were terribl,
ClapS;
It's the StR of october. and 1 shouldn't won
IftRem were theguns of the Radfkle chan
Down In PennsylVany
And Iowa." seS he,
"And Ohio, alasl and Inglany."
ses the Crusher of Traitors, ses he "1 dom
Them pesky Down-EasteIs, they're wors
But the B1ckeyes ana Hoosierz, to who's,
hands consigned
The Constitution and stazs-lt's too much
Mister Seward, ,ses he,
THAT western countree
Doesn't show much respec' for your Excel
ses the Pride Of the Traitors, ses he. '.1ts to,
Why shouldn't the south nave all that sh,
AM tSiss as much more as she feels in tn,
Mister Seward, ses he,
Its lovely idee, Il
But the people insist on some durned guar
The Humble Indfviduale, ses he, "why, I
Don't I grab the edietasorshep while ooul,
ls.ed q modestly waitin', so bashful and shy
For or e g., raise q new party 70 az meto taxi
Mister Seward, ses he.
THAT ere modesty
Has saved Us our necks, your Exeellency."