The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
RepuDlican Devotion.

thee, our father and our god, for
the many indistinguishable bless
ings we have received at thy hands.
Each day, az the pangs of hunger
sink deep and deeper into our
worthless carcasses, our benevolent
master, we are reminded anew of
thy power and thy greatness. We
have gulped down thy messages of
love and peace o, Mckinley. and
are now lying stretched out in the
sun of political hope, like snake
that has swallowed bull-frcg.
Help us, we pray thee, to assimilate
thy goodness.
Likewise we have read of the fire
ard birthstone thou hast prepared
for our enemy, the Filipino, o,
Lord of hosts, and we beseech thee
to spare not a single black hide
among them, even though it should
take every one of the devil's angels
to conquer them.
We are mindful of our temporal
wretchedness, o mighty one; and
o, our father who art in. Washing
ton, we recognize good dollar"
when we see one. We implore
thee to make our good dollar" still
better, o, Mckinley, for we never
expect to get another one. o, lord
of the PHILIPPINE hosts, if thou
couIdst give us a dollar, before our
dollar is gone, that would buy a
thousand bushels of wheat, q couple
Of bales of cotton, herd of Texas
steers and lot to bury us in when
we die, we would pledge to thee our
eternal gratitude and love.
Thou knowest our every want, 0,
Mckinley, and we do thank thee
that thou hast remembered our Pc
titions. We thank thee for the wall
of "protection" thou hast built up
around us, and we beseech thee to
build it still higher.
We know, most respected and
adored master, that thou art very
wise, else how couldst thou know
our wishes? Thou didst know we
were tired, is evident. We thank
thee imperial father, that thou hast
given so many of us a rest Yes,
adored and beloved master, we
thank thee that forty-five thousand
of us-all drummers and all repub-
licans-have been rescued from our
Iabors during the last twelve
months. There are still many 9TH
ers among us, father, that are tired,
and we rejoice in our knowledge
that thou wilt also deal kindly with
them. Verify, our father, we are
firmly pursuoded that thou wilt re-
lieve us all in the near future.
o, deity in Washington, we thank
thee for thy friendly interest in be-
half of the banks. Make their
yokes easy and their burdens light.
Increase the value of their dollar,
and the number of their mortgages,
for on their success does the pros
perity of the nation depend.
We thank thee, our Washington
father, that thou hast discovered
the secret hiding places of sin; and
we lay our lives bare before thee
through the open windows of our
pants. Examine us, o, thou of
great wisdom; and if perchance
thou fndest us worthy, relieve us,
we pray thee, from the curse of our
labor. And when our labors have
ceased, O, wise and benevolent
father, and the windows in our
pants have consumed all our cloth
es, hide our shame, we pray thce
under the shadow of thy wing.
Thy ways, o, Mckinley, are
past understanding. Smite us with
the rod of thy wrath as thou
wouldst the democrats, or even the
socialists. if we try to understand
them. Help us, o, gloritied one
to love the democrats as they love
us; and help us to do unto them
as they would do unto us; but help
us, we pray thee to edo" them
"fust"
And above all, imperial master,
deliver us from the socialists. They
want as much as we have; and thou
o, Mckinley, knowst- that I'VE are
thy children and deserve special
privileges which they would ruth
lessly wrench from US. Build thy
wall of protection" higher and
higher around us, o, father,
ecourge us with the wrath of thy
fierce anger if thou wilt; sell our
wives and daughters into bondage,