The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-03-21

VINO rescued hlmtrom impending death,
shall 1 wrap mo in mute ecstacy and
let my country rush onward to her de-
struction Mol Because unto me be-
longs the n nronster living alligator, over
IL feet in length, and four living speck-
led brook trouts, Weighing 20 pounus,
shall these lips sing songs Of gladness
and peal no succoring cry unto a doom
ed nation? No Because have got
Miller's grand national bronze por-
trait gallery, consisting of two plasters
Of Paris Vsnuses and varnIshed mud
turtle, shall bosk in my own bliss and
be mute IN the season Of my peoples
peril2 Mo- Because possess the
smallest dwarfs IN the world, and the
Nova Scotia giantoss, who weighs a
ton and cats her weight every forty
eight hours and Herr Phelim OFlan-
nigan, the Norwegian giant, who feeds
on the dwaris and RUNS business; and
the lovely Circassion girl and the eel
ebrated Happy family, consisting Of
animals of the most diverse principles
and dispositions, dwelling together in
peace and unity, and never beheld by
the religious spectators acquainted with
Eden before the fall, without emotions
too profound for utterance and the
$50, 600 other curiosities, chiefly lnvisi-
BILE to the naked eye-all to be seen
for the sum of 30 cents, children and
servants half price-staircase arrsng-
ed with special reference to limb dis
plays-shall l hug my happiness to omy
soul and fail to cry aloud when be-
hold my country sinking to dcstruc-
tion and the grave? No!-s thousand
times no!
No Even as ono sent to warn We Of
fearful peril, 1 cry help helpI for the
stricken land l appeal TO you-and
to you-and to you, sir-to every true
heart in this august menagere Dem
agogues threaten the Goddess Of Lib
erty they beard the starry robed wo-
man in her citadel and to you the
bearded woman looks for succorl Once
more grim treason towers in our midst
and once more helpless loyalty scatters
into corners as do the dwarfs when the
Norwegian giant strides among them
The law-making power and the Exec
utive are at daggorS drawn, State af.
ter State fllngs defiance at the amend
ment, and lo the Happy Family Of
the Union is broken upl Woe is me
Where is tho poor ornegro? How hath
he Jared? Alas his regeneration is
incomplete; he is free but he cannot
voto, ye have only made him white IN
spots, like my wonderful Leopard boy
from the wilds ofAfrica Ye promised
him universal suffrage, but ye have
given him universal suffering instead
Woe is me
The country is fallen! The boss
monkey sits in tho feed tub, and the
Tom cats, the raccoons, and the gentle
rabbits of the once happy family stanc
helpless and afar off, and behold him
gobble the provender IN the pride o
his strength Woe is me
All, gentlemen, our beloved Colum
bia, with these corroding distressel
upon her, must soon suecumb! Tht
high spirit will depart from her eye
the bloom from her cheek, the majesty
from her stop, and she will stand be
fore us gaunt and worn, like my beau
tiful giantess when my dwarfa and Cir
cassians prey upon her rations Sooi
we shall see the glory of the realm pas
away as did the grandeur of the Muse
um amid the consuming fires, and tn
wonders the world admiros shall Civ
place to trivialities, even as in tn
proud Museum the wonders that ono
amazed have gwen place to cheap staff
, ed reptiles and peanut stands Woe i
me-
o, spirit of Washington! forgotten
in these evil times, thou art banishet
to the dusty corridors Of memory,
starring efigy of wax, and none coult
recognize thee but for the label pinned
upon thy legsl 0, shade of Jackson !
., ghost of gallant Lafayette 70 liv
only in museums, and the sublime les
} sons of your lives are no longer heed
cd by the slumbering nation Woe i