Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-09-28
AN OLD LETTER.
HOW DEMoC RATS ABUSED AB-
RAHAM LINCOLN.

Bryan and Stevenson now Quote
From an Pretend to r spect
His Memory.
Following is letter which appear
ed in leading New York Democrat
ic paper in 1864, and as showing the
Democrats, Stevenson included,
are saying pretty much the same
things of Mckinley and imperialism
as they said of Lincoln and slavery
then, may be of interest and also
show in the light ofsubsequent events
how much weight their vaporings
and predictions should have with
thinking, sensible men.
DO Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson
endorse the Democratic sentiments Of
that period, or, will they denounce
Lincolns Democratic traducers, and
continue to quote from his speeches
and writings? To be consistent they
must do one or the Otner;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
Aug. II, '64. !
Hal Hal Hal Nobody huT!
Ye sons Of Liberty awake,
Our hearths and altars are at stake;
ArlseY arise for Freedoms sake,
And strike down Abraham Lincoln.
Two PICTURES. Time-sameW week
and day and hour. The Battle
field ofthe Wilderness, Twenty thous-
and dead and dying. The wounded
left on the Battle field. Fire! Fire!
See the woods burn. Not enough to
die. Not enough to be hacked to
pieces and live among the wounded,
but these white men must be burned
upon the field Of battle so that SLAv-
ERY MAY BE ABOLISHED.
Hal Hal HA! Nobody hart!
While this tableauX amuses this
kind-hearted President-befOre the
dead are buried. Before the charred
bodies of the burnt Soldier is remov-
ed, he sends Arnold Oglesby and staff
to the Cooper Institute. New York,
to wake up Public Opinion to in
fluence the Baltimore Convention.
HA! Hal HA! Nobody huTt!
Our Union Eagle is not Dead;
Again his great wings are spread
To swoop upon the Tyrant's head,
And strike down Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln and Herman are very like.
Mephistopholes and the President.
Both so Honest. Meph., however,
is no match for Abraham. Abe the
first Day would change the Bye Laws
and Constitution of Pademonium as
a Military necessity. This reminds
me of little story. Once upon a
time 1 went to the opera. Herman
that night was grand. Gold foil un'
der his eyes. How they glare. Inn
itation Horns. Red and Black Dress
Cloven Feet. One of which just
touched the stage. The Guitar Song
was encored. / looked to see who
led off. There in a Private Box sa
Abraham Lincoln, President of thu
United States, with those little hands
of his. That handsome face lighteC
up with Satanic fancy. A battle ica
raging at the Time, and Thousand
toere sent IN the moment of Military
Murder TO meet their God. / LOOKED
at Herman. l looked at Lincoln
AS Jim Lane would say, Great God
what a strange resemblance. / hav
never been able to shake off that i'm
preston. That terrible Chorus ring
in my ears over every new batcl
of graveyards. That levity of tn
Black House wakes me upatall hours
Hal Hal Hal Nobody hurt!
A Pyramid of Dead. Higher tha
that of Egypt. That Slavery may D
abolished. That the Union may b
Dissolved. THAT LEAGUE WITH HEEL
AND COVENANT WITH DEATH. Tha
the Flag may be dishonored. TEA
DOWN THE FLAUNTTNG RAG.-Tha
the Republic may be destroyed FG
slaUery must be abolished.
We have been deceived. Meph.
the Father of Lies. Periodically fo
three years they have stated that tn
Southern army was demoralized
They lied. They said at Sumter
would be over in sirty days. The
tied. They said when DonelsoI
Henry, Columbus, New Madrid,
CAN'T was the Rebel General iD con
mand, Ire abuses COpperheads now,
fell, that Peace was at hand. Th'
lied. They said in Chicago Platform
in Inaugural Message, in Congress
everywhere, that the war was for Il
Union. THEY LIED. Listen to the
damnable chorus over the graves
brave and injured people.
Hal Hal Hal Nobody hurt!
They said when Hudson, Wick
burg, Gettysburg had added to Il
Hecatomb of dead that Peace W
hard by. The war was over. Ih
lied.
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