New Orleans Republican., 1868-12-12
NAsBY.

| northern noospaper Nv the Dimlkratic per.
| suasion Wlch comes to this offs to Deekil
| Pogram, into wich wuz an article onto 9Th,
Fucher ov Democrisy." The able and dig
nified writer took the posishen that the onI,
| hope Nv the Democresy was in lettin thu
dead past bury its dead-in sinkin all thu
shoos nv the past ten years-in acknowl
edgin the sitooashen, and acceptin the re-
suits Nv the war; in sinkin out Nv site the
old leaders, and putin such men ez Chase
| Seward, John Quincy Adams, Jr., Evarts
Rosecrantz, ETC., to the front, and thus hev
ing infoosed new life and new blood into
| the organizashen it mite go on conkeriu
| and to conker.
The article waz column and half in
| length, and its weaknis Nv mine that
can't read more than a column without goiu
to sleep. Therefore, at the eend Nv the
column the paper dropt from my hand and
dlopt off into gentle slumber in my
chair, and dreamed dream.
In my dream before me lay the body nv a
man Nv gigantic frame wch wuz a breathin
his last. He had bin powerful yooth in
his day, and hedn't the appearance NV bein
very old in yeers, tho his hair wuz gray, his
cheeks sunken and his form fritef1lly ema-
ciatid. His age wuz evidently the effect NV
dissipashen more than nv yeers-w -wikkidnis
he'd did its perfeck work on him, and 1t wuz
plane that he wuz goner.
Around him stood all sorts NV people.
There wuz Vallandigham, the Bairs, Hoff,
man, the Woodses, voorhees,, Hampton, Nor.
rissey, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Perry, between
these two A. Johnson) and many more NV
that stripe, who appeared to be endeavorin
to resussitate the neerly defunct individy.
GOAL. -J-r-7o.'
Who is this ruther bustid patriark ?
asked Nv one who appeared to be a chief
mourner.
"That's Dimocrisy," answered he, "he hez
fought his larst fite, he hez fought his larst
battles, no gong kin awake him to glory
agin. He's gone sucker"
At this pint the operators on the unfor-
tuntt suffrer gave up in despare.
II kin do nothin," sed Seymour, that
last exershun wuz his last. shall HE me
to my farm
II knowd it was uselis," sed Vallandig-
ham, Il shel leave Ohio and go to Moo
York, for anybody kin git to Congress from
that city"
Il kin do no more" sed yorhees, 81 shell
quit politics aud go to operatin in Erie
stocks I" ral
"Erie Stocks" remark Mrs. Perry. with
horror in her classic countenance, thank
the Lord, Pm not so low ez that"
At this pint lot Nv hungry lookin cusses,
not so prominent eZ these others demanded
that the pashent be put into new hands for
treatment, and to wunst they called out for
Chase, Seward, Evarts, Rosencrance and
John Quincy Adams, Jr., who hevin no 9th.
er place to stay wuZ a hangin on the out
skirts Nv the crowd. Promptly they exam
lned the dyin cuss and proceeded to apply
the remedies.
" This is one thing that'g KILN him. sed
Chase, cauterizin a hidjus ulcer marked
" Slavery
g This must come of, said Evarts, whip
pin out knife and akin off a foul smeIlin
JumOr labelled - States rites ~
And I'll never consent to be seen with
him et this is allowed to remain )" said Rose.
GRANGE, slashin out cancer marked Sc
cession.n
' And this must come off eff hev any,
thing TO do with him." sed John Quincy
Adams, Joonyer, jerkin off most fearful
tumor marked "Repoodesshen."
And so they Went on, one after another
one pullin off this thing and another that;
one burnin out this sore aud another that,
till they he'd peeled it TO the bones. When
they he'd got the diseased parts off there wuz
nothin left but the skeleton. 1t wuz very
genteel skeleton, ez clean NV flesh ez though
1t he'd been dissected by an enthusiastic
class NV medikle students.
They then commenced building NV it up.
Chase put on Exile Rites muscle; Evarts
stuffed Nashnel credit into the hole repoo-
diashen he'd made; Rosecrans stiffened its
back with loyalty-they fumigated it,
breathed into its nostrils, and wrapping it
in the Star Spangled banner, histed it to its
feet. IT wuz ruther shaky on its pins, but
it breathed free and wuz altogether more
promis1n and presentable bein than it he'd
BIN for year. a -7
We were all rejoist, aud yet we wusn't so
well pleased, after all. He wuz gettin
stronger and stronger, but his appearance
wuz changin so that we didn't Know him.
There wuz color cum to his cheeks, he lost
hfR hrO0tp6 lnnIr bac ell ~
evidence NV life and strength that wuz
wonderful. .Mr-r
''Thsnk the Lord" said the Blairs, she's
strong enough to be ridden again -
please Heaven !" said Vallandigham,
my troubles is Ger, for there's strength in
Dimocrisy."
"Lets mount" sed they in korus. and
forthwith Montgomery Blair crept M onto
his thighs, with the whole family on his
shoulders, each one Nv wich twisted his leg
about him with deth grip. The newly
reJoovenated giant exaggerated under this,
but didn't fall. Mayor Monroe and his Lou.
islana crowd vaulted onto his shoulders.
the Woodses and Hoffman and Valandig.
ham and VOORHEES, and Brite, and a thou.
loaded with his record.
For Gods sake,n cried Chase, Seward
and Rosecrance, /" for Gods sake get off He
amt strong enuff to stand ali that! He
can't carry the loads that well.nigh killed
him--the diseases that yooeed him up--any
better now than he could before. Git off,
git off,"
i "Git off2n sed planter, who he'd got
sekoor hold, "uv what yoose is Dimocrisy
to me, onless can carry these ?n pintin to
the niggers under his arm.
"Git offYn sed the Blairs, "ef Dimocrisy
can't carry US into peslshen wat do we want
Nv itf' Aud they gripped itso close es al.
most to strangle it.
"Git Off" sed the Woodses, "onIess we
us?n
and they all declined glttin of emphati.
oally.
Every well, sed Chase and his friends.
N despair, very well. We're done. But
skarcly wuz the words out nv their
mouths, when the poor giant gasped, his
knees knocked together, his pins give out.
and he toppled over with Fearful crash,
pilin the load in one heterogenus mass.
At this pint awoke.
| he'd no trouble to interpret the dream.
It's troo that Dimocrisy can't carry the load
that hez bin put onto 1t for yeers and yeers.
and ava also troo that We, the load, don't
care tinker's cuss about Dimocrisy onless
II can carry u.s. To make It strong enuff 10
stand alone We hev to take Oh Nv It
all Nv its distinctive feechers and replace
EN- with ablishinism, and then Nv wat
yoose sit to usg When Chase had mate
morphosed II so that it Good stand, 1t wuz ez
near Abltehtnism ez anything Good be. and
Yhen all that wuz taken Oh, itwuz precise
~ ez week as ever. UvWat yOose Is Ablish.
lnized DimocFlsy TO an ex-slayeholder who
wants bis niggers agin : Nv gwat avail Is a
pure Dim0crisy to the gentlemen who desire
Off sis In Wich sfealInes is nnlitniteis Sncb
a Dimocrisy is sAblishinism--and we might
e. well 60 over tott bodily, ez to remodel
o'sr I .,l party on that idea. Ei we siuk the old