West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-06-08
CHRONICLES III.
A Chapter From Growers New Demo
cratic Bible, Chapter IL.

into my ears and their burdens
have been grieyous, insomuch that
| can not suffer you any longer
3. Therefore tho White House
shall be taken from you this day
and We shall go out from it and the
great city, to return no more for
two score years.
4. And thus shall ye go: You
shall take your man servants and
your maid servants, and your oxen
and your asses, and all your beasts
of burden, and Benjamin shall go
before, one to his merchandise and
another TO his plow.
8. And il shall como to pass
that no Beniaminltes shall be found
in the White House for two score
years. They have stolen and dis
sembled and have taken of the peo.
pies money, and they have Put it
even among their own stuff, and
therefore they could not at the
November election.
6. Therefore shall you go out
from the White House aud fro
the great City of Washington, and
you shall return no moro until this
generation has passed.
z. And it shall come to pass
that if BAN ujsRl4a- shall come unto
the Whito House, OF the gate there
Of. we will stone hun With stones.
and he shall be driven out to return
no more, except he repent of the
evil he hath done unto our people.
8. And il any Benjaminites
shall truly repent and shall desire
to become Democrat, then shall
nc bring kid Of his goats, even
his first born, and he ehaII be a
male 81 years old, on whom the
harness of Republicanism has never
crme, and he shall bring him unto
the gate of the White House, and
Grover shall put his hands on his
head, and the futhcr mud son shall
put their hands beneath their thighs
and Grover shall administer the
following oath (:
9. You aud each OF you do
solcmnly swear that you will from
this day forward forever rcnounce
your former sinful habits, and fur
ther that you will forever after this
day remain blooded, all wool
Democrats until the last screw is
firmly driven down in your coffin.
10. There shall tic father wash
his clothes in water aud baiho him.
self IN good old Bourbon whiskey
for Il term of seven days, and at
tie end Of the seventh day he is a
Democrat and he may come into
the congregation OF Democrats, and
this shall be n statute forever
throughout your generation.
II. And Grover says unto the
Democrats, this day have driven
all the Republicans from the White
IIopse. Now, therefore, shall ye
come in and possess this nation and
tho silver and the gold and the
green backs and the bonds, and The
silver and gold certificates. and the
Offices both small and great shall
ye possess, and ye shall feast on tho
fat of the land, and the BENJAMIN.
ties shall make corn and wheat for
you and you shall rule them with
rod Of iron, and they shall trend
the wine press with fierceness Of
your wrath. Old Grover shall be-
to you President and you to him
q people.
II. Ard when Grover and his
Cabinet have entered in, and the
ljenjaminites have taken their car
nivOrous beaks out Of thc public
pie, and Wanamaker shall have
come down and out, and the post
Offices and postage STAMPS aud
postal cards shall go INTO the hands
Of tho Democrats, even into the
hands Of Wilson 3. BisseI. and
when al the Democrats shall begin
70 taro OF for revenue only, and all
the tax shall be taken On Of our
whiskey and We can bavo free Dem
ocratic whiskey, then SHALL our
mouths bo satisfied with good
things, and just as we shall begin
to feast on the good tbings and
baby Ruth gets her dolls arranged
for business, then shall We hear sad
strains Of martial music, mingled
with the sound Of reccdiBe foot
steps, and yo shall say, what mean
eth this ? And yc shall life up
your eyes and behold tho army OF
Beniamiuites now departing with
slow and solemn tread. with Bcnja.
min I'm front. and tho Cabinet "a