The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-21
The Democratic Jonah.


The Democratic Jonah.
We must first tell of the Bible JONAH Jonah
the Prophet The word of the Lord came to
this Jonah to 60 down to the wicked city of
Nineyeh s'and cry against it, for their wicked
ness is come up before me-" But Jonah ran
away and went down to Joppa, paid his fare
and took passage on ship bound for Tarshish
''But the Lord sent out great wind into the
sea, and there was mighty tempest" and the
mariners were frightened and began to pray
each man to his god, and they lightened the ship
by throwing the cargo overheard. But they
found Jonah 'down into the sides of the ship,
and he lay and was fast asleep" They reused
him up and cast lots, and the lot fell upon
Jonah. Then they cross-examined him, when
he confessed to them that he was a carpet
Dagger and scalawag 'And he said unto
them, take me up and cast me forth into the
sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you, for
know that for my sake this great tempest is
upon YOU" But those were humane mariners,
and not Of the order Of the Ku Klux Khan. So
they worked hard to save their vessel without
sacrificing Jonah; but all to no purpose. Then
says the inspired narrative -
a. wherefore they cried unto the Lord. We be.
seech Thee, o Lord, we beseech Thee, let us not
perish for this mans life, and lay not upon us in
nocent blood: for thou, Lord, hast done as it
IS. So they took up Jonah and cast him forth into
the sea- and the sea ceased from her raging.
10. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly
and offered sacrifice unto the Lord and made
vows.
I'm other words, they adopted new platform.)
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swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was In the belly OF
the fish three days aud three nights.
How Jonah prayed unto the Lord ''out Of
the fish's belly" how he was ''vomited out on
the dry land, how he went to Nineveh and
the Ninevites repented and put on sackcloth
and ashes and were saved, and how Jonah
became ''very angry" that the city was not
destroyed, and how he was brought to better
frame of mind by the lesson Of the gourd vine,
we need not here repeat. Our text is the
of jonah
SO they took up Jonah and cast him forth into the
sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.
Now the democratic ship, bound for Tarshish
or Salt River, is in the midst of mighty
tempest, but the mariners, instead Of praying
TO their gods, are cursing aud swearing at
each other and the captain and mate,
Seymour and Blair, demanding, first, that
both shall be thrown overheard. The captain
''dont see It," He is willing to do anything
for the cause, but his instructions must come
from the democratic party. Whereupon q
certain clique Of Egyptians and Bohemians in
New York, having cast lots, say the lot has
fallen upon the captains mate, and they call
out the mate by name, and denounce him as
the Jonah Of the ship, and they insist upon his
being cast forth into the sea, no matter
whether great fish has or has not been pre-
pared to swallow him up. These mariners,
after their fashion, have worked hard to save
the vessel; but she has been striking among
the rocks, she has sprung a leak, and they
know that for Blair's sake this tempest is
upon them. Seymour is all right. Blair is
the false prophet and the guilty fugitive from
justice, and overheard he must go.
Now, the manner whereby. this man Blair
was coupled with Seymour was this: The
''bloated bondholders" Of Gotham and the
East, having, by their cunning devices In the
Tammany council chamber, made Seymour
captain, on new platform declaring certain
acts Of Congress Unconstitutional revolu-
tionary and void" certain men Of the West
and The South said, as ye have so declared we
name the valiant soldier, Blair, as second in
| command, inasmuch as in your platform ye
have adopted his Brodhead letter. And all
the men assembled in Tammany under the idol
of the big Indian said Amen. And then, re.
| joicing in their work, with mighty yell, like
that Of Southern army, the Convention ad-
journed. The Egyptians and Bohemians, fol-
lowers Of the Manhattan Club however, would
make the honest Blair the scapegoat or Jonah
of the Tammany Convention. They call upon
Belmont and his associate high priests Of the
temple to do this thing If Blair will not take
the hint and leave. But will Blair, as q scape-
goat or Jonah, carry off that revolutionary
edict from the new Tanmany book of democ-
racy? No; but as that was the work o
Wade Hampton he may withdraw IL. Let Il
be so, and what thenp Then Hampton and
his posse will retire in disgust then, while al
the North will go for Grant, all the South viii
60 the same way, and the democratic ship, al
well as Jonah, this time will be cast upon the
dry land.
| Doy'T LIKE TIE PLATFORM. Chase
past eleven, is ready to run, not as the demo