The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-06-29
The Presidents Of the United States Gin
SuccessiOn) and their Various OppO.

The PreStuentS OF the United States GI
Succession) and their Various Oppo
nentS
First Washington was chosen the "Good an,
the Great
Next Adams the "Federalist" became rule
Of State,
Defeating Tom Jefferson an old Democrat.
Who desired the chair in which Washington
Then Jefferson a second time offered hi
And defeated John Adams at his own it'll,
game,
And again was elected i'm 1904
Over &. Z. Pinkncy by quite II large score.
James Madison then followed in 1903,
Passing Pinkncy again and Clinton his
mate,
Again was elected in 1912,
Leaving De Witt Clinton laid upon the shelf
In 1916 Monroe entered the ring,
And knocked out the "Fcdcralist" poor Rufus
King,
In 1920 he again took the chair,
Beating John Quincy Adams in the race "fair
and square"
Then John Quincy Adams in the year 'twcn-
Beat jackson, Crawford and Clay to be
But "Old Hickory" came to The front in the
year "twcnt v-cight,''
Turned the tables OH Adams and settled his
fate,
And again was elected in the year thirty
Over Clay, Writ aud Floyd and beat the
whole crew,
Next Martin Van Buren, in the year thirty
six
Left Harrison, Webster, Mangum, and White
in fix,
Then Harrison in 40 our ruler was made
And back in his Gown con'' Van Buren, was
paid,
But Harrison in Just ono month pa sscd away,
And left President Tyler the sccptre to sway,
In the year As james X. Polk took tho chair
And defeated "Cay" and "Bnrncy" the am
bilious pair,
Zack Taylor in the year AZ then was chosen,
Over Smith Lewis Cass and Martin Van
Buren,
But he poor old fellow did not, live out two
years,
So Left the Office for Fillmore with all of its
In the year 80 Franklin Pcarcc made it hot,
For Hale, Webster, Broomc, Troupe, and old
Winfield Scott,
He carried the day as You plainly can note
BY almost the entire electoral Vote"
Buchanan in 81 then took his seat
And Fillmore, Freemont and Smith met
defeat,
Old "Abe Lincoln" next in the year sixty
Mid the storm clouds of war his rcignng be-
Leaving far in the rear Stephen Douglass,
and Bell,
Anu DfcckcuOrlUHc also the StOfS 10 tel,
He then beat Mcclellan in the year sixty
by popular v, tc of four hundred Thousand
or more,
And he lived until April in the year sixty
five,
And but for Wilkes Booth might have vet
been alive,
Andy johnson then followed and filed out the
"tcrm"
Tho they agreed to impeach him lie stood his
HrrrNS'
The Grads" they accused him of changing
his "coat"
But failed to convict him by Gone single !
vote"
Beat ll"ratio Seymour by the drcrccs of
And again took his seat in scventy-+hree,
Beating O'C"nner and Greedy as slick as
could be,
Adding Hendricks, and Jenkins. Brown, Davis
and Black,
Coming out clear ahead Of the whole yelling
pack.
Now Rutherford Hays in scvcnty-six,
Played on old Sammy Tildcn his Juggling
Smith,
But their "hopc" like poor Sammys proved
only myth,
For the RAIDS under Hayes were determined
to rule,
Or send the whole county away down to
Shcol,
James \. Garfield took his seat in March
eighty-ope,
But i'll about SIX months his short race was
run,
lie fell by the hands of Charles Guiteau the
Crank,
Giving the Office to Arthur the next one in
raLk,
Thank Hravcn-at last in the year eighty
From Radical rulc-we'vc had IL rcpricve
And President Cleveland with his mighty
arm,
Will shield the whole country from political
harm. w ;