, 1879-08-06
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

Last week tic OkoIona tsllss.} .Stats camo
out with auothcr hroadsiuo in favor Of State
sovereignty, md "down with the National
Unon!" IT boastcd, as usual, OF Southern
bravery A,,d superiority ovcs tho North ic fight
III. quaIttio4, pluck. md courage. Its converse,
or opposite, the l.ernurs ua.) SesiHe!, thus TO-
plies to the vaporngs Of the States:
Hn1dADIEn THuNpE1s
Glva lis rest!
a SoutAeruer's Idea of liberty Is about as
taueblc as Guinea usggcr's is Of 40 evening
toilet.
Liberty to southerncr means au unlimited
supp1y Of whisky, coupled with tic right TO wal-
lUr und shoot ulggcry.
As to ilghtlE-Boshl
The va.n,cd Southern Confclcracy made TIM
weakest light iu asl history-outs!de Of mere
sara1cs.
Thirteen millions Of rcop1c, Of the halt-horse,
hal!ulfgator variety, sltrcunbed inElor!ously
after fechle struggle OF four years.
The No!Ianders fought the mighty Spanish
Emplsc hundred years ago and. came ons VIC
tortous.
Like Ill savares, tue Southerners nre terrific
!n words uiite brash IN MI onslaught.
But there Is no wear, no endurance, no vim,
no pluck, no dt, os dto In tlicu1
Tic so-calad sieges oi Southern cities showed
Not heroic defense In the whole list.
As ttnn ~ their rut!ons rot short they threw
III taE 6f11Hnc ht1u 6uFsGnQtfcu.
Southern vator shows to filH best advantage
OIL the plantation, OF wl'en riding down ntegess
~ nsss Hs 4 ae,.lus vers alarming in transtorn.
III. the suuth into n mighty military camp"
Its ballots aro moro dangerous tim rs but
lots, ald It Is the duty OF the North to tnku the
balluts out Ut lis hands.
Let the Southern barbariaus organize, unity,
MIL play soltltnr to their learts' content.
Tnke iltlr bAilOtB away,-iisfraucllsso them,
and Tint Is what the Stalwarts proposo dotng,
unl thcy'Fu o. harmless ns sucking mulcs, which
they so strikihgly resemble.
IT WAS SETTLED.
Whichever The political llcrcsy OF StuLo-soycr-
ncicnty comes I'D for, discussion: wise eltors,
1lke those that run this optmfstlc Isfer- Oceda,
look awful cnnnill. over their specs, and ehrp,
Oh, that question was settled by thu Var. -
Convention usntors thunder from tic stump.
Dy the bright heavens ahoyc US, br thu halOwel
graves Of nilllon sacrificed SONS and fathers,
thAt question, was SETTLED.
Bottled, iowf What IL the evidence Of tho
settlement
tho Nortli can isss tho devil ont Of the South.
II auvthng else was settled We would like to
know what.
Al tliu last Presidential election tile De,noc-
rncy, which never has for ll0lMGpt yielded sts
dcyo,itas IL That hcrcsy, elected their President,
nnt!, II We Htalwarts iial not counted him out,
saslucl J. Fllden, ti,a represontAtire OF statc-
sovereignty. would be Presldtut to-day. Doos
tliat Ihucil aouk III II tue question was settleut
Both hraurhes of Congress nro to-lay III the
hands u nlea who not only believe III t!1e IT,
cursed doctrine, but Of those Mho actually
fought ntul lIctl IN Its dcftt'sn.
Yet uptin.sstic StnwArs tell us the uucatfon IL
settled, that Statu.soycrclGnty Ii dead issuc,
u,nl there's tho ensl ul ..
4 pour cllap laugushlng IN jail sent for IN
attorney, to whom ho stated Ills ease: Alter
dcur fellow, thry rant uut Yo., IN jail for tlat"
~ KNOW It," replied thu prisoner, "bnt hero