Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-01
BULLD0zING A BAPTIST PREACHER
The Rev. Mr.. Worden Denounced and
Threatened for supporting Hancock

The Rev. Mr. Worden Denounced nm
Threatened for supporting Hancock
The Utica Observer recites an interest
ing story Of bulldozing in New York State
II appears that the Rev. a. T. Worden, i
Unadilia Forks, Baptist preacher, VIII
had long been an active republican, three
oil his party allegiance when Gen. Gan
field was nominated, and not only declare
for Hancock and English, but put his le
caration into verse, a. he has i turn tia
way, and set il forth as follows:
AFTER GARFIELD, THE DELuGE.
What n fall was there, my comtymau
Mdummet .Hpdacs. At l.
Where are thy notices, party grand
In prestige and in glory,
That erstwhile Haunted DER the land
Move into song and story
The eagle, starved in upper air
On carron now doth battcn,
Content the jucka, meal to share
And stoliily To iatten.
Party that boasts Lincoln name
4 Grant, sumner, Seward,
Your party ship drifts an in shame
Ruled by the galley steward.
Conventions now turned to 4 mob
of demagogucs and shrekers,
Your only hope u chance To rob
Your men u office seekers.
Your spells are stained with soldiers blool
You rle on southern chattelS,
Ion sink them deeper in the mud
Yet claim to fight their battles
Judas take your silver back
And buy cemetery
You've hung yourself and only lack
A tlp,aut tIu,p n, bIIpV
. honest party come to grief
q logical Christian lender.
You nominate common thief
by hurstcd-up secelers.
You picket your convention doors
Against the lands defenders
And puck your hall with bar room blower,
And colorrl tichct-ycndcrs.
You deck your bier with some rare HoWcrs
A. Gonklng Washhurnr, Logan,
Aud Sehu2 who through his long noe blows
The party lnoumiul slogan.
The eagle condcsccndS to perch
pom the stccd decaYing;
The captain waits the dunncd ships lureh
And goes dawn with it, prayiu.
Adicu, hyc.byc ta-ta terewc!
Your form was large and bury
Excuse ~ account Of smell
We bury You thus early.
We wish tn open Il new box
To try Il few top-layers;
Throw up your hand and count Your rocks
While we call ON new players.
Doubtless if Mr.. Worden had penned y
: Bourbon Ballad" instead of these some
what peppery lines, the republicans OF
UnadilIa Forks would have voted him a
modern Pindar As it was, they turned
upon and rent him. He was forbidden to
preach in II grove in which he had long
been holding Sunday afternoon services,
and 4 lellow-prcacher obligingly sent him
!, postal card dcnouncing his verses us IN
famous and warning him not 'to come to
quarterly meeting" Finally Mr.. WorIen
got angry at all this and sent the following
letter to the Utica ObSrrper, incIusimg with
il the postal card aforesaid:
uNAprllA FoHE4 n. s.. Stptrmbcrs. 1850
ToHc Etitor ofHe inca O5s94er:
As il known To every one trust by this time, |
nave made up my mind to rcnouncc the Republic
AN party and vote II straight Democratic ticket.
~ u minister ut the Gospel my reasons should
NJ known g all. consider Mr.. Garfield a tainted
nan, % draw il mildly, aud Nh. Hancock an
loncst man, Again, ! believe the country is
Unsafe in the hands of hereditary office holders,
grown up under twenty years of undis-
lutcd lcspotic rule have expressed my opinion
,itcn, but never in the pulpit, lwrotc some simple
crscs which trust embodied in plain language
ny Views, 4 thi4 hnSo h'th thiN"I' - {"
bubble and private. havcbrrn driven from my
vgulur duties aud the mails have been Hooded
With srurrlots aud obscene letters, pictures and
postal cards. ! ask now, in all fairness and sin
,crity, il this had occurred in Louisiana would it
not be- called budoAlng
Again | would like to ask ii this i the chris
iian republican party which fought three years
oo Keep IN power i this the moral reform
used to slout tor in my halcyon patriotic days
II my verses were too pungent am sorry, but as
hey were truthful will not rccant rue word !
never held nm office in the gift OF the people, nor
,Npcc or desire il but ! ,lo expect such treat
ncut from democrats OF republicans Ms one gen
lcmun OF christian expects from another in
tlusc you il postal card from brother minister,
md am MT indrcorols in publishing this rs it
was sent on \ postal card for the convenience ot
po,tnl clerks II any wishing 10 read it. Yours,
\. 4. WoRpES.
As Mr. Wordcn'4 parshioners stand by
Him 10 i man, il i not Thought in Utica
hat the party Of Conkling, Hayes and Gar
field lhappy family9 will greatly benefit
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