New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
HOW OLD zBE "SCOOPED" TIE DEMO
CRATS.
Py Gu,s turner IN me Des lfItnes Regisfer.


upon the political issues OF me cmpaisH-L Lincoln TO al
vorate the claims Of the Ml Boy Oi the Siashes and
NE Jc,'sS I'VE were attending school Oh the iii in
the suburbs Of the then little village Of JACKSONVILLE
Hickory" out OF ABOUT hIndr -tui there were
some nfty Oi.us thai belonged 10 ne Lnterhed DemOc
racy. We attended every meeting went early, got the
front seats, and every mothers son Of us could sing
.Hlrrah, hurrah for the hickory tree,
Tne tough ana stancn old Tree
Its branches cover AL The ground,
It's roots In Tennessee
And then We knew exactly when to applaud our man .,
ana how conduct ourselves 50 ~ 10 annoy our ddFc
saries IN the most approved style. II not more 90
assure yOn could discount All Opposition N the hurh
business you would have Thought 50 TOO you could
have heard us thunder wnen me Judge entered the
COURTROOM and then what bad colds ana terrible coughs
We all had when Lincoln cane I'D. We had me lhalue
the sweet music Oi the 40 vaoiem tar1n Win an ~
sritioug well interpreted with The Jingle OF hard
money trade and sailors rights, an oceanbound
Republic nifty i0uf iOrly or nSu ana coseu py reIet
ring 10 himself a. having been born Of Democratic
uaruts nursed by Democratic mother, wac rocked III
hickory bark cradle and Votod TOT JACKSON 49,, 800
1--WE gave him three cheers ana u tger. We dld our
mari 40 well that the Wings were discouraged aud made
but u feeble effort when Lincoln tO"h the slahl: eA
n,ct he made good speech but AZ We had no alth III
~ - b sai1 "a. N his, ne arng the close or ms
pcech he said that lac undcrstO from some source
thaf the Judge emphatic ana positive a. lie was, lad
not always entertained tue prlucIPes ne dS coated mat
night Yes sir. always. fron ny youth up replied tho
Judge Did you ever 1--we IN kask'5kla asked Lincoln
'Yes, sir, Tor year OF Two. was you, wIii9' !"u
sued there, Democrat or fedeIaust a
ID.mp
through my mind rejoined Lincoln, that the
reverse Al any rate VIII TEL you az Know
about IT, When lived al old cangaiat own John 7trOqe
used 10 haul al" logs 10 the mn III the winter IN
summer sometimes hauled goods from Altoh We
got order. Lamb COOK and others, and proceeded
with other 10 Anon for goods we each got our
load and drove back the Pasaw ana weht 1910
camp for the nlgt We turned our oxen OUT I" grhA''
while possession OF emp ty caun recently va
Gated. We soon got our supper and dark coming on
the boys amused themselves at game 81 OId srdge
with now ten drink from Back Bette, tie name
the bottle that stood On the table aud supervised
the game.
.''Well, You see. Mr. Lincoln continued my educa-
cation in tnat I'm having been entirely neglected, was
floor and stretched ou and could not help thinking mat
about when they used 'Abe 10
long this world looked mp, and there, hanging on
jOist- b held what to appeared mghil soOd
streak OF luck. 1t ic OF forgotten newspapers
reached tor them and they came IL The hdSkaSi1d
Gdzete The first paper that attracted my attention
contained speech OF -ne promising Young lawyer MI
tnOw judge c. my opponent, N which, az now recoltoi
IT, he took strong grounds IL favor OF the old ftdeh
party
At this point we all cried False false Lincoln CON
tnued III has been long whlle ago, but don't Iink
mistaken when tell VOC that Ia that speech the JIuEe
gave the Democracy an awful thresning He he'd thel
before the world III all their suiuncss; SAID tuey were
landing proof truth Of the OF total de
prnvty lie actually accused them OF dishonesty and
sorry say, be proved ~. " AZ tails point thp
and confusion were great that II was impOsHDie
To hear anything further. Our anger was kindled We
ready Ight the drop or the nat ana drop AZ
ourselves. Things looked mighty squally for Few mn
utes, when Lincoln stretched Out Ills long DOny arm anu
pOnung hs finger at the enraged audience. ead, Ia MS
speech now and II there Is Democrat In tne
house that read, let him come forward and read IL
for YOU reader soon found, but don't tlink nc
had got half through before the Lurrahing commenee
with The Of the 'dyedin wool Demoeras adj
JOurnod, fully satisfied that We had been terribly
scOOped"