The National tribune., 1889-04-25
RossER's SPEECH.
A BOOK of Southern Dispensation.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t came to
pass in the latter part of the reign of Grover,
whose surname is Cleveland, certain sons of
Bela of the tribe of Jefferson, the Edomite,
said Let us go up unto Baltimore and meet
with our brethren and eat drink and be merry;
for 10 is it not to commorate the birth of
Washington the Father of his country? And
is it not meet that we, the chivary from the
South country, should often gather ourselves
together while yet our Captains who led us on
to smite our enemies. the Puritanites yet re-
main unto us? Peradventure some of them
yet liveth, famous now, as OF old, for their
much speaking. Who knoweth whether Rosser,
surnamed the Windy, mayst not open his
mouth and teach our children, which hath not
yet heard his voice. to hate the sons of the
North, the Puritanites with a perfect hatred
like unto that which their fathers cherished?
Wherefore we did meet with sgreat and ex-
ceeding Joy; we did eat of the fat of the land,
and we did drink of the juice of the corn and
of the juice of the rye. And while we were
yet merry Rosser, who was more full than any
of his brethren opened his mouth very wide,
and thus he spake:
Ye men of chivalry, gentlemen, whose
! fathers scorned to call them brethren which
| didst hold the pillow, didst SOW their seed, and
| didst reap their corn with their own hands,
and who moreover didst work in greasy factor
| les they and their wives. their sons and their
|
/ their face, and which didst say to the nj gger:
/ We will not make of thee newer of wood nor
| a drawer of water Meaning the Yanbeeites
and the Puritanites.) But they said, one to an
other go to. Let us make of ourselves Pecu-
| liar people, who neither toll nor spin; let US
| leave these things unto our servants the Mig
! gers aud let US be gentlemen, supported by
| these our servants, even as the Yankee is by
his horses his asses his sheep and his cattle; for
| are not these our niggers as cattle unto us?
| We will become mighty men of war. For Will
we not have much leisure to practice with
the revolver, with the gun and with the knife {?
| And will not one of us gentlemen be able to
| smite three Puritan Yankeeites
Thus they said, and thus they did. But oh 1!
| We sons of chivalry wonderful thing came to
pass, such as never was known since there was
Nation, even until that same time: We. your
fathers, gathered us together unto the battle as
to picnic, but the hosts of the North eometh
down upon us like mighty wind, and when
each gentleman was shifting his three Yam.
| KEGS behold the fourth which we had not
reckOned on Ia fourth man to every three
| gathered in our corn, our swine, our CATTLE our
| corn Juice, our chickens and our cotton, and
| spoiled our land, so that we did hunger for
meat and thirst for the juice which cometh OF
the corn, and become exceeding faint. Where
fore, the gentleman was not able to cope with
three Yankees any more. Moreover, their
ruler, Abraham, saith unto our servants, the
niggers, Behold We are free. Come to my
bosom and help your fellow toiers, the Yam
KEGS to overcome your masters, the gentlemen.
Oh! my friends the ungrateful niger obeyed.
Hosts of Yankees and niggers eneompassed
| about our chief city, Old Shady Sherman
and Big meuthed Foraker raided us from At
lanta even unto the sea and the bloody Sheri-
dan cometh from the Valley called Shenau-
doah and uniteth with Grant the Tanner,
acknowledgement us, my chivalrous
friends. We were never, never whipped.
Loud cheers. by Tom FLETCHER himself.