The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-28
For the VIRGINIAN.I
Political Parties.

And pOi1GlCS run nlSn,
A friend will hate friend so much
He'll say he ought to die.
1t used to be Democrat
Would curse an honest Wing,
And call him hard and cruel names,
A dirty dog or pig.
Sometimes Wing was President,
In Chair of State he sat,
And sign'd his name to Congress bills
Just like Democrat.
Sometimes the people chang'd their minds
A Democrat elected,
Because they said the country was
By Wings too much protected;
But all the same the government
Was just as good as ever,
The people prosper'd just as much
For one and for the other.
And then there came troublouS time,
The North and South divided.
Secession was the proper thing,
So Southern votes decided;
But statesmen of the North declared
A State cannot secede.
Such doctrine would, they truly said.
The Nation much impede.
But all the same, the SouthrOns said,
The Union we have broken,
And never more the North We'll greet
BY loving word or token;
And Northern politicians said
She is the Nations pride,
We will not let secession steal
Our pretty Southern bride.
And so it came to pass there was
Four years of cruel war.
Such armies MUSTERED for the fray,
No mortal ever saw.
The Southrons did the best they could,
Cut off from all the world:
On many battle fields they won
With battle flags unfurrd.
But finally the Northern men
Optain'd the victOr's crown
The bravest Of their Southern foes
Were lying under ground.
The North was rich in men and means.
Tie South was poor III purse,
And had TO bear the dreadful sin
OF slay'ry cruel curse
The North produced the gen'rous Grant
The south her peerless Lee,
Such Generals as good and true
The world may never see;
But cruel war made cruel hearts
The devil is alert
He instigated Northern hands
To waive the bloody shirt.
Aid thus it was Republicans
Obtain'd the governments;
And many who to Congress came,
The bloody shirt had sent
But twenty years and five have pass'd
Since Lee SURRENDERED all
And many cruel hearts and hands
All under deaths dark pail.
The times have chang'd, and few who hat
The conquered South remain.
The bloody shirt lies buried with
The bodies of the slain,
And many Northern soldier
A Southern maid has wed,
And North and South in friendship meet
Where lie their sacred dead
Secession is thing that was
And never more can be,
And abolition sentiments
Have made the negro free.
Republicans are patriots,
And Democrats are too;
No party can the Union break,
No matter what they do.
Division is in politics
Corruptions antidote.
And ev'ry man in this fair land
Should cast freeman's vote.
And when he goes to cast his poll,
He ought to if he can,
For whom he votes, be sure he is
A true and honest man.
And ev'ry man should think and act
On Independent ground.
And strive to know what duty is,
In duty's path be found.
For thus and only thus it is
The government can be
Conducted on the principles
That make the Nation free.
A good and honest President,
A Gov'nor who is true
1t cannot be the government
Will inJure me or you.
1t makes but little difference
If he be this or that.
A true and tried Republican
Or trusty Democrat
WIN. JOSEPH JONES.
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