Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-08-23

WY fflcnuHs hcu stuuliuW NNetf t'e
easy enuii When yoo can sore like the
sagle; crawl like tho snake. Sorcin Il
preidrablc, but crawlln will do nj pinch.
4 Is ther hot the Lion Nv the Republic ?
Can't 700 Git him out and mount him
The ablshnists hey regard for that samo
Lion, and will never discharge thor arrors
at 700 when yoor on his back, for fear nv
KILN hims Besides yoor ridin him will
ia some degree do away with the prejoodis
they hey agin yoo, safs arl J.
s'lsat how kin We mount him 2" said
they.eq So iAs-nea nfa 81 faiaa is
"'rrust us fer that. = said Wood, aud
4 him and Ray moad trotted otto git him.
I They got the Lion cut, but On soon ez
ho cast his eyes onto tho crowd he uttered
roar wieh struck terror intu thoir solos,
aud lashed the ground with his tale, and
cast up dust with his claws in a manner
fearful to behold.
"IIe'n mover stand III" sod Weed, "on.
less he's blindfolded," aud Thuflow wrap.
pod Raymond like wet dish rag over his
eyes, and that dun hmlan Randall par
cd his nails and bluntcd his teeth, 30 that
II the bandace shood wrigglc of aud he
shood SEQ whar he wuz, he coodn't hurt
anybody, and shaved his mano until he
looked like very innocent hon indeed,
no that his appearance woodn't startle
them not used TO his 6crccnis, aud in that
condishcn they led him very quietly down
TO the crowd, and gave the word tu mount.
Lord wat scramble ther wuz They
piled on from the tip NV his GERS 10 tho
end Nv his tale, and them wieh coodn't git
on fur lack Nv room, hung TO tho foot NV
them wich had got on, until il wuz nuthin
but piramid of Dimicrats. .f.aa.l
Finally, whom awl wuz loaded the word
wuz given aud tho lion muyod orf They
delited. Ho he'd strength ouuff tu enrry
en-, and he wuz carryin NV en- strait on
tu the White House, and good pace, tu.
Ez they approached the portals, the Abb
lishen defenders Nv tho place Immediately
opened onto em.
"Hold" sed weod, "wood yu destroy
the Lion uv the RepubickY ~ .'0t
"Stay yoor hapds r. shrioked Raymond
loudly, ''tho savior NV the country is IN.
der us. s1hate
But they laft them tu skorn.
ats Brite aud Yalandigum, tho Woods,
OF sottory, we're frin at," shreekt they,
singin ez they fout, "The Battil Cry Nv
Freedom" John Browns body lies a
moulderiog in tho graiv,o aud sieh other
sacriligioua odes, 'Its them we SEQ, and
them we'll kill" t.h
And they belted away till the whole
mass wuz streatched dead and dyin on
the plain.
Then they came up and began 10 turn
over the corpses, one by one, nntil nj
last they came tu the body Nv the Lion,
wioh, peereed thro and thro, wuz ez dead
or ony Nv en-.
any God - sed they, us he Lion,
after all Z" -,
"And we've Stayed him I" sed another.
"Welll" remarkt third, eve coodnt
help it. lie wuz so kiyered up with this
carrion that / coodn't make out wat IL
wuz they wuz ridin. Let us give him
q decent burial, for the good he hyz dun,
and forgit cf we kim the company he
died in"
! And at this critkle juncter | awoke.
L hcv an idee that ken see sort NV
a warnin in this dream. ~
Ii occurs tu me
1st. That eff we do ride Grant we'll
hey to diyest him Of his mane teeth aud
claws, wich is the identikle qualities wich
makes him valuable TO us. ,-
I'd. That with us on his back, we will
probably succeed in KILN him, without
sayin as. Grant might deodorize dozen
or two Nv us, but the whole party Faughl
II wood be a pint Nv cologne to square
mile Of carrion.
3d. That Of we wuz wrapt all around
him, tho people wcodent be able TO see
him nyhow, and wat good wood he do Us?
Intcrpretin the dream thus, | shall op.
pose his nomination. Besides, doubt
whether all the Weeds and Raymonds 10
the country kin so minpulato him cz to
bring him quietly into our ranks. We
mite possibly 90 over to him, and thus
git the privilege NV votin for him, but
wherefore ? How about the ofisis, ch Z
Ef the Ablishnists vote fer him, and We
vote for him, the obligation is ekal, and
petwecp us is ther any doubt wich he'd
choose don't want 20 take sich chan.
ces. I'm opposed to the movement.
care not wat others may do, but ez for
me give me straightout Dimocrasy OF
nothing. Mcclellan wuz venchcr wich
satisfied me az to the propriety NV under
takin to set roarin lion a conyoyin q
flock Nv peadeful lambs into geen pastors
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