Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-06-05

countrymen forgot Joodis Iskariot whe
Aaron Burr ariz they to wunSt forgot Arnold
Pierce drove Burr out NV the public mind
Bookanan made Elm forget Pierce, johnson
made EN- forget Bookanan, and new Chas,
and TIumbell will make EN- forget johnson
and me. That's what | wuz a drivln at
Under the storm | shell leeve for my quiet
Wisconsin home and live in peece, for beside
these later cusses | shell loom up into com
parative respectability. Good mite All It
we'll"
At late hour Iretired TO my yirchus couch,
and fallin into the deep sleep wich only visits
the pliers NV them whose conshences aint
bothered much. Wv whom | am one ez my
Conscience sheds convickshen nv wrath 10
come az a duck does spring rain, dreemed
a most curis dreem.
Methawt the Presidenshel course wuz rcely
and tro0lv race course. and the candidates
he'd to run that course, the winner NV the
race to be glorifod. Atone end of the track
wuz weighin stand and at the other the
winners post. which wuz the White House.
The runners wuz to carry the candid ties for
Vice President and sch other weights ez their
hackers shood put onto EN-.
The Republicans he'd Grant on the ground
promptly and ready for the race. He come
40 splendid. He wuzn - mighty immense,
but he wuz clean limbed, decently deyelopt
all over and showed first rate in the back and
loins His trainers pulled off his shoulders a
few little dead weights which some NV his in
ioodshus hackers he'd chuckt on to him, spos-
in he Good carry everything and he wuz ready.
Our people he'd some difficulty in selectln
man to rul erin him. Pendleton wuz trot-
ted ont, but BelmJii ,arn0unced hlm unnt
Mcclellan next. but Voorhees, uJ6cted. FL
nalIy Chase WIZ selected TO run the appintel
race. ana he uuz hrot to the weighin stand.
To the naked eye be wa splendid speci-
men. and he come up to the stand 80 gallant
that uotwithstaudiu he carried IN his hand d
silver uitcher vich the niggers Nv Cincinnati
,.ire him for dcfendin fugitive from Ken
lucky, our people cheered nm Nociierohp;;
Tail, strong and musklcr-loOkin, In good
flesh. deep-chested, brood--houldered, strong
baekt. he wuz ez perfect a specimen ez ever
Lebrld. and all felt confident that he wood
heg no trouJle ID bcatin his opponent out oy
sirc lie come up 10 the stand gorgeous, ac-
conrapied by Irnmhuil. Fes,enden, Grimes,
johnson. and sich. who he'd him IL log.
At this uint yalandiguIn, Peerse, (o1r
hoas. Morrissey and Wood. who he'd charge
as oug arrangements, took him IN hand.
.. We mus, oIailra our man. sed they.
81. Take OFF this AL,ishin coat, sed Noor-
hecs.
d" And this imIarshel suffrage vest e7l |
N9rris-ev. =. the niger hezn't the moral !
for the ballot.
3. And the free soil shirt, scd Wood.
.- And that anii-iHgitiye slave law wig,
,eI Voorhees,
;. Aud -hose ekal justis shoulder braces"
-el lieerse.
And them humanitarian pants, shreek-
at Wood.
.- We can't abide none uy these things. |
yelled the crowd. Peel peel All NV these /
,,.o got from the Ablishnists, free soilers and |
EepubIicans Wen none nv EN-.
jhe silver pitcher he carried in his hand |
they tramnlad into the mud. and one by one |
the obnoxious garments wuz pulled of.
Heavens what a change Ez they WIS re |
moved he shruuk. When Jhe c1at wus taken /
,F he wuzn't 50 broad and massive, NhGp |
the vest Nuz gone he WIZ positively fiat chest |
ad when the shJulder-braces wuz removed |
he become hump-backei: and when the pants |
,.rlz suaked off he stood before Us the merest |
skeleton. J ever btllcil. 81 Ntdh Hliih y lttAii
skeleton. Our folks looked disappointed, /
but it wuz too late 70 change. \ loose two |
sided wrapper wuz thrown over him, Gov.
English climbed onto his shoulders, Nallan-
lvgum Jumped into one pocket and Fernan. /
DIV Wood into the other, the band footed the |
crowd YELLED. he made one convulsiv start, |
but in vain. The stifnin wuz all out NV HIM |
His poor, week knees gave way, his back
doubled up and he came to the ground, every
bone in him Iattlin ez he fell, while Grant
Ila4lc the race serenely.
" My God. sed Morrissey, lookin at the
poor wreck, 3. what ha got from the Ablish-
nists wuz all there wuz ny him, after all
At this pint awoke and wuz saddenod.-
There's where our trouble lies We hev to
strip these fellows when they come to us Nv /
all that give en- any strength. Chase with
ont his Ablishnism can't get Ablishen vote,
and the Democracy will vote for their own
men in preference. Names aint worth rap
any more. and msn without principles amt
NV the sitest account. And THAT'S what's
the matter with Democracy.
PErRoLEIN '. NAsBY, p. NJ.
(Wich is Postmaster.)