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

Last week the Okoiona MISSY statss camo
out with another brpadsfdc In favor uf 9tate-
sovereignty, mud "down with the Na.!onat
Union!' 1t boastcd, as usual OF Southern
bravery and superiority over tho North Ia fight
t,,S qualities, pluck. nnd courage. 1ts converse,
or opposite. The Letnurs (la.) seasiae. thus ro-
plies 10 the vaporiugs Of tho States:
y BROADER THUNDER.
Giyo It's a rest1
A SoutAcrncr's idea OF liberty ts about ns
tangible as Guinea n'ggcr'B Is uf an evening
toilet.
Liberty to sou,herner means an unlimited
supply Of whisky, coupled with tic right TO wnl
lou and HtloDt nlgycss.
As to f1ghtfnE-Boshl
The vunntcd Southern, Confcdcrncy made tho
weakest tight In all history-outside Of nero
Thirteen millions Of people, Of the half-horsc,
half-a!ltgator variety, s,ccuInbcd inuioriously
after fcch&a struggle Of four years.
The Holianders fought the mighty suanteh
EnlD!rc hundred ycnEa REo and caule out VIC
furious.
Like all sa7aees. the Southezners a5u terrific
In words alul lrash IN M onslaught.
But there IL no Wcnr, no endurance, no vim,
no pluck, no do or die IN them.
Tie ao-callcd slcges oi Southern cities showed
that.
Not heroic defense In the wholc liat.
As Huon ~ their rutlons got short they threw
IN tic sponge anti surrendered.
Southern ya1or shows to thu best advantage
OIL the plantation, or whoa rtdIng down niegers
At fas1s fnaE"; + aetn'us vers alarming III transform.
Ing the South uto "ulighty military camp"
Its ballots arc moro dangerous than IT'S bull
lots, and It Is the duty Of thu North to take .lc
ballots out uf itB lla.idB.
Let the Southern barbariRns organizc, untfy,
md play soldier to their hearts, contetlt.
Takc their ballots nwnv,-sfls!rnucbiso them,
-altd that Is " hat the 8taswarts propose doing,
anll they'Fc as harinlcsB as sucking Mules, which
They 50 striklngly resemble.
IT WAS SETTLED.
Whenever tho political hcrcsy Of State-sover-
clcuty comes TN for discussion, wise elfturs,
like those tllnt run thu optimistic L.ttr. 0csau.
look nwfnl cunning over their snees and ch!rp,
Uh, tint question MAJ settled by Thu War.
Convention orutora thunder from thu stump.
BY the bright llcaycna ahoyc US, by thu hatlowcd
Esaycs OF m!llion sacrificed aons and tathsrs,
Hctted. liowa What IL the evidence Of tho
Tie uuIy thing tho Var scttlc.l IVES tl,!s, Tint
the North can 1Icts tho devil out Of tl,e South.
II anvthlng else WIS settled We would like to
know what. .....
al tito lust Presidential election tic ncmoc-
| racy, which never IAs for nloa,ent yielded It's
devotion 10 HAT hcresy, ELECTED their President,
| And. II we etalwarts haAl nut counted him out,
Samuel j. lildeu, thu representative OF Stutc.
| soYcrelHnty. would b. prestdvnt to-day. Docs
.ll4t much took .ss II tie question WIS settled
Both branehes of Congress aro to-day !n the
hands ot nlcn who not only no|ttge In tho at
cutscl doctrine, but OF those who actually
fought mil G'e.l III Its dofersn.
| Yut uptintstic Hhs"arts tell Us The Gocatior is
settled, lhAt 6tata.soVrrelgnty Ii dead issuet
mud there's tl,e anil OF It.
A poor chap lsngushfng !a jail sent for an
| attorney, to whun he ssateu Ills case. Alter
Lsarlng him through, the LAWYER saii: 'My
ucur follow they can't put You IN jail for that.h
ri know It :" replied thu prisoner, ''but here
l @'I. H. ..,4,n,1 Ill uo&tlo,t thfa ,vh,1a a.,tau