The Morning herald., 1876-11-29
"DelasUare'' Has q Dream.
DELAWARE PosT OFFICE, Nov.

DELAWARE Post OFFICE, Nov. 28,
| had dream the other night, horrid
Democratic dream. Oh that these Demo-
| Gratis would let me alone when / sleep. !
| dreamed that we were having celebration.
| We had the Goddess of Liberty, and great
procession of boys with fags, banners and
transparences. We were on q hill, I heard
noise and looked around and saw Bob
lngersoll coming up the hill blowing big
horn, he only sounded one note. That was
progress. Grant, Cameron, Morton, Chand-
Ter, Kellog, and all the other patriots were
with him. They broke up our meeting and
one said to the old man do you not know
taat you are near an awful brink. He showed
me the brink and there was a bottomless
pit.
Then one raised the banner upon which
was inscribed popular Government" and
he threw it into the pit. In went the BAN
ner inscribed "Purity of Elections" "Civil
Liberty" next went. Then our big banner
upon which was written the words "Give
us honesty and freedom for ALL" Then
looked around and old Cameron from the
ends OF whose fingers reaking corruption
and political pollution seemed to drop WAS
strangling the Goddess of Liberty and he
forced her to the brink when Kellogg had
the ballot box. Grant looked on with his
hands In bis pockets and his eye on the army
and navy. Then Grant winked at Kellogg
and kellogg said to Cameron, will toss this
box III and you send the gall after it, and
1t was done. And as the desheveled hair
of,the poor Goddess of Liberty rose up from
the eternal darkness of the bottomless pit.
l heard some one say liberty is dead.
And again Ingersoll blowed his brass horn
of progress and we turned around and there
was table spread for feast, and Logan
said let us all liquor, and Grant said that is
the best part of the show. 1ngersoll said
let US get some fresh air, and the pious Col
fax said yes, you will breath Gods air and
then curse him, we had better pray, but
Bob silenced him by footing progress. Then
Chandler drew from his pocket little iron
crown, on 1t was the word liking" and he
put 1t on Grants head, and we looked long
and deep into the little brown jug again.
Morton sat In chair on rubber sack filled
with wind, and spirit asked why
does this man live, the conundrum being
too much for us we gave it up and the
spirit said, this man lives in order that God |
may show his wrath as 1t rests on the last |
end of misspont existence.
Then Forney came In with big slate and |
on 1t was written we believe in centraliza-
tion as opposed to local Government force
ing the election by Federal power, using the |
United States Treasury in Wall street to |
dicker in gold-Personal government-for
the benefit OF Rings; converting the judi |
ciary into q political machine. An army
Of one hundred thousand Office holders,
taking gifts in return for ofices-perpetuai
discord between North and South-military
rule and martial lawn the honesty of
Belknap, Robson, Babcoek, Avery and
McKee-fosteriDg monopolies at the ex-
pense of labor.
Annihilating free election by fraud, Carpet
Bagging Nepoter, Military Rings, Bribery,
Whiskey Rings, Post Traderships, Saint Do
mingo jobs, Chapering and Secor frauds; in
free pardon for all criminals, Whitewash-
ngs, Disfranchising, Grsntism, Despotism.
[ngsrsoll wrote "prok ress" and they all
said now We will hold the fort, anu as l
vent out afar off stood Jas. G. Blaine, and 1
thought heard him say, "Too late, can
never be the President of Republic of So,
)0O, 900 of free men,"
awoke, and 1t was only dream. Oh
hat lived in Maine or Vermont where |
would never see Democrat
DELAwARI.
N. B.-Sons of the Republic when you
lear the cannon roar gather at the river.