The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-04-01
THE BOOK OF ULYSSES.
By DIxIT. THE SCRIBE
cHAPTER I.


rule over the people. were nearly accom-
plished.
2 And the people. choosing from among
them elders, sent them to certain cities that
they might take counsel together and name
others to rule in his stead.
8. And behold the Democrats chose for
their leader Horatio. surnamed Sc ymour, a
wise man, descreet, and learned in the
things of the Law.
f. And the Radicals chose to lead their
hosts, one Ulysses, surnamed Grant. Now
this man was tanner Of leather.
5. And he was also chief Of the armies of
the nation, and had led them against those
of the South, whom they had overcome
6. And he WAS called the Silent. because
of his fear to speak (for he was 10th to open
his mouth. lest mis- tongue should betray the
weakness of his mind
7. And when the time of election is near
at hand, behold the merchants and money
changers of the great cities did bring togeth-
er much treasure
8. And casting It down before the people
they said Let your voices be written for
the man of leather, for behold he is man
after our own heart.
8. With him shall we work the things
we will with the people for is not his will
as goblet of wax, which may be shaped
by the cunning hand!
10 He hath made TO himself a name,
which is written in the blood of thous-
anGs: this Will we VIII use to our purpose"
IL. And behold, the people being blinded
by the fame, and dazzed by the buttons
and epaulets of Ulysses, did choose him for
their King. ezk4 l<sa s-1il = sHt
12. And the merchants, and nutmeg ped
iers. and spjnners of thread, and weaYers of
calico, and ciock-makers, and the man-wo-
men of the East, were much rrjoiced in that
Ulysses had been made King. @
l3 And they made feasts and dinners,
and leo him about the country, even as the
Snowman doth monkeys Aud they stroVe
much to make him speak to the people. Ea
IA But Ulysses would not, for he knew
the weakness of his own mind, an feared
lest he should be called fool.
I5. And on the fourth day of the third
month, in the year of the nation ninety
three, a great multitude came together in
the Capital, that they might see the tannCr
made King over them.
IG And many thousands were gathered
together, Cos pei tigers, and Heavenly hye
mas, and Harlots, and Robbers, and Pimps,
and tax gatherers, and Office seekers, great
and small.
IL And Ulysses, standing up before the
people. swore, according to the Law, that
he would obey the covenant of our Fathers.
Is. And he made little speech TO the
multitude, and 1t as the speech of u
schoolboy as the babble of an echo.
49, Being full of vanity, and having in it
nothing of the wisdom of the Kings who had
gone before linn.
20. And many grumbling, said. lis this
he whom we have chosen to rule over us 2
2I Behold he is bull-necked. and not
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strength in his loins!
~. He will be even as the ass, which
goeth not under the cudgel, but is led by a
bunch of thistle. or maniple of hay"
%. But others said: NAY, but we de-
light in him he snorteth like unto the war
house and is ass.
"a. He loveth the niger, and delighteth
in the sweetness OF him; he maketh him
even as we are, his fellows"
%. And there were divided, and would
! not agree. 2.
90. And behold early n the morning Of
the next day, Ulysses the King called to-
gether his servants and said
81. go ye up to the Senate Of the ma
ton. and say TO them who sit therein, that
! | have chosen to myself as counseilors the
men whose names l sent to them.
/ IS. And say ye also TO them, that alone
]
! me-"
/ 29. And going up, they bore thither the
names of those whom he had chosen, and
/ made them known to the Senate.
/ 80. And for the ministry of State. they
read the name of Ehhu, who was of the
! land of suckers.
81. Now this man ard his kinsfok, even
/ from the least unto the greatest, were leech
es; sticking at all times to the purse of the
people, even as ticks to a sleeps tail.
/ 81. But he had also been the friend o.
! Ulysses, and had done for him many things
that himself might be exalted.
IS. And for the ministry of the Treasury
they read the name of Alexander, surnaned
| lins, and Of fine linen, and Of silks and pur-
! Pile cloths.
| "a. And for the ministry of the Sea did
they read the name Of Adolph. surnamed
! Borie, which being interpreted is "a storm
! dance" And he was Of the city of Penn.
/ 35. And he had, afoTetime, been seller
Of crockery, and of plate, of delf, and uten-
| sis for the dormitory.
Sc. And for the ministry of the land,
| they read the name Of Cox, and be was
from the land of the Buckeyes.
! 81. Aud on one named Hoar. coming
from the East, did they lay the-mantle ol
Judge. that he might make plain to the
King the things of the Law. sn
SO. Aud this man loved the nigger, even
as the apple of his eye, from the days of his
| youth upward. And his love was not
grown cold. 7s4
80. And one named Cresswell, was called
to be master of the post-horses, and of the
eouriers, and of such as bear the missives OF
the people. sit TI 4r1
40. This man had been lover of re-
bellion iu the sunshine of its success, but
I forseok it when the shadows had fallen 10
| its way.
At. And behold the Senate, willing to
serve the King, and greedy for the gifts and
fat things of his hand, did confirm his choice
42. But mauy said ''Out of the fool
| folly; and from emptiness cometh the foul
wind" And they, grinding their teeth
condemned the judgement of him whom
they had worshipped.