, 1879-05-03

/ - nEk"RN4 0VV4 IAQUUAA1ONs
The exuberant love and tender devotion
which the ex-Rebels have for the Union are
| not only shown by the occasional outbursts
! of the Beigad1ers in Congress and the bonn
bastic utterances Of the Okolona States, but
| crop out in all sorts Of ways. The latest
manifestation Of Southern patriotism is con-
tanned in a play which has just been written
by Southern lawyer in Washington, and is
intended to fire the Southern heart, as
troupe is already organizing to perform it in
the Southern cities. The Washington cor
respondent OF the Cleveland Leader fur
nishes his paper with choice extracts from
the work, of some of which wo avafl our
selves. The play is in five acts, and is
called IS Madame Surratt." It is written
to show that she was the innocent
victim Of: ANDREW JoHSsoSa debauchery,
drunkenness, and cruelty, and she accord
ingly appears as the heroine. Among the
principal characters are JOHN BRowS, JEFF
DAVIS, JOIN WILKES BOOTH, the assassin,
BAKER, and PAINE, the wou1d-be assassin of
MIR. SEWARD. JOHN Brown is depicted in
very lively and lurid manner, which will give
the scenic artist and property man fine
chances for effects. Like Hamet's father,
he always appears as ghost, though he does
not stalk about in the majestic manner Pc
culiar to the Royal Dane. He is painted as
Communist, md he. goes marching on
about the stage with the Devil for compan-
ion and snakes for followers. In one place
the Devil oxclaims:
But they who sing 'John Bro,2n Is marching on"
Viii one duy raze yon cities from their base
God speed tue day and hell light up their torchcst
Shall have their guiiotncs to- to make nal i Franco
tremble-
For her little epur OF blood WAS AZ nothing 10 that
glorious sea.
JoHx himself Will delight the Socialists.
His utterances are always Of an incendiary
sort, after the following fashion:
III leap into the raging multitude;
And give to working men higher law,
To hold tho world anu capital IN awe,
Till the Freemen of tho North,
Whose children feed on broth,
Light up the avengfng fire,
Lcaping from spire to spre-
Ny spirit soaring higher;
Till toiling millions find their shackles gone.
And shout to heaven, John Brown is marching
i Meanwhile the Devils themselves are not
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ment, though, slngularly enough, in view of
JoHNs ferocious utterances, they manifest
very unbecoming spirit Of dislike for him.
In one situation they march over the stage
burning birthstone in a caldron and singing !
the following cheerful ditty:
Stir the birthstone; stir it we'll
We brought It from the pits Of IIellt |
STIR the birthstone; let him smell
The price Of blood-the stink Of He'll! |
The author of 'sMadame Surratt outdoes |
h1r. LAMAR in his admiration of JEFF DAVIS,
who is thus characterized:
And now tho battling against the world in arms,
!e leads tue land OF Washington to war.
FOR four long years. undaunted and sublime
lc stands-the brlghtes: mark upon the cliffs OF |
Time.
JOHN WILKES BooTu, however, is the prin-
,ipal object Of his devotion. He lislikes
3DwN BooTn, for EDWIN is Union man,"
hough he thinks he is JoHs's "brill-
ant brother" He commences his plum with
IN allus1on to the family, which is somewhat
anne both in facts and in metre. He says:
lis forefathers. for generations past,
lave been the greatest actors on the Stage
descended from the Jews, they still inherit
hose gifts OF genius. energy and thrift !
Which make Judea's name q pro,ero thro' the
md Notwithstanding England's cruel prejudice.
he cradles them in old Westminster Abbey,
liz father wAE q wonder on the stage
nd J. Wilkes Booth tnherits all his genius.
Here is the assassination scene;
ee! see he strikes at yonder towering heads
! hose murdered millions lie in cory beds,
trtSea Lincoln down; and yonder shooting star
'eyea1s the last dread tragedy Of war!
His death scsne is melod1amic in tho ex-
:eme. AS BoorH is shot, he shrieks: "From
lis wave Of fire, with plunging shot, III
Int the NAV OF hell, Internal fendsl" As
e expires L1Soo1Ss ghost rises and sup
orts him! Then comes Mrs. SuRRArr, with
1c following not very original farewell:
o1t! soft! There is Judgment .:et to come,
no 200 w1thholds His thunderbolts till then: Il
esiahwh!ie, .si my muzdegers one by one shall fall
III suicide and misery engnlt them all.
~ neaVen forgive: They k.snw not what they do.
slSeWel. .SS my frienasl TO all :arewell-.c
% ~ .nou- my Child, last amt long farewcll. !
e0'en n olessfnRs On the child--fa1ewei, fare
Inc Last scene Of all is intended to be,
unner. PAYNE is being pushed xahont tha