The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-24
THE PIOUs EDITORS CREED.
by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
du believe In Freedoms cause,
Ez fur away CT Paris Is;
love to see her stick her claws
In them infarnal Pharisees;
It's wal enough agin king
To dror resolves an triggers,
But libbaty's IL kind q thing
Thet don't agree with niygors.
du believe the people want
A tax ON teas an cOffees,
Thct no:hn' amt extravygunt,
Purvidin' I'm In Office;
Fer hcv loved my country senos
My oyc-tceth iill'd their sockets.
An Uncle Sam reverence,
Particularly his pockets.
du believe In any plan
o. lcvyin' the taxes,
III long ez, like a lumberman.
git jest wit axes:
go frec-trade thru thick an thin.
Because IL kind o rOuses
The folks To vote, an keeps us Ia
pur vulCt cuStOHl-uOuSeS.
du believe it's wise an good
To sen otit furrin missions,
Tibet Is, on sartin understood
An orthydOx conditiOns:--
mean nine thousan' dolls. per ann,
Nine thousan' mere fer outfit,
An me 10 recommend u man
The place 'ould jest about 1T.
du believe in special ways
% prayin' an convartin':
The bread comes back In many days,
An buttcr'd, tn. fer sartin:--
mean in prcyin' till one bnsts
On WIT tho party chooses,
An in convurtin' public trusts
To very priyit uses.
du believe hard coin the stun
Fer lectionccr5 to spout on;
The peoples oilers soft enough
To make hard money out on:
Dear Uncle sam pcrvidcs fer his,
An gives good-sizcd junk to all. -
don't care how hard money Is
Ez long cz mines paid punctooai
du believe with all my soul
In the greet Prcss's freedom.
I" pint the people To tho goal
An In the traces lead 'em:
Palsicd the arm tibet FORCES yolxos
At my fat contracts squintin',
An wither'd be the nose tibet pokes
Inter the gov mcnt printin'!
du believe tibet should give
Wut's his'n unto Cesar.
Fer it's by him move an live,
Frum him my bread an cheese air:
du believe tibet all o mo
Doth bear his souperscription,-
Will, conscience, honour, honesty,
An things O tibet description.
du believe in prayer an praise
To him tibet hcz the grantin'
O. jobs,-in everythin' that pays.
But most of all in CANTIN';
This doth my cup with marcies I'LL,
This lays all thought o sin to rsst.-
don't believe in princerple.
But. oh, l da in interest.
du believe in bein' this
Or tibet, cz il may happen
One way or t other hendiest il
To ketch the people nappin';
II aint by princerples nor men
Ally preuIent course Is steddied,-
| scent which pays the best. an then
Go into it baldhcaded.
du believe tibet holdin' slaves
Comes nat'ral tn Il Prcsidunt,
Let lone the rowdedow il saves
To hev n wal-broke preccdunt;
Fer any Office. small or greet,
couldn't AK with no face,
Without I'd ben, thru dry an wet,
Tb' onrizzicst kind O doughface.
du believe wutever trash
II keep the people in blindness
Thet we the MeXicuns can thrash
Right inter brotherly kindness,
Thet bombshclls, grape, powder n bal
Air good-will's strongest magnets,
Thet peace, to make ii stick ut all
Must he druv ia with bagnets.
In short, / firmly du believe
In iumbug generally,
Fer it's thing tibet perceive
To hev a solid vally;
This beth my faithful shepherd ben.
In pasturs sweet beth led me,
An this'll keep the people green
To feed cz they hev fed me.