Year: 1876




And it came to pass that in th'
ninety and second year of the republic,
the people selected for their chief ruler
Ulysses. Of the province Of Illinois.


2 Now Ulysses was great warrior,
and had conquered the enemies Of the
republic oD many hard fought battle.
field.


3. But as chief ruler of the nation,
Ulysses did only evil He despised the
wise and good men of the republic. and
took to bis counsels the profigate and
the base, the thieves and plundercrs Of
the public treasury and the people
were made to mourn on account of his
manifold transgressions.


4. And good and pure men every
where took counsel together. And they
said to one another 10! these many
years We have been under the tyranni-
cal rule Of this man, until the whole
government has become by-word and
reproacb among the nations let US,
therefore. select wise and good man
for chief ruler, who will discard tho
thieves and plunderers of the treasury,
and bring back the government to what
it was in the purer days of the republic


5 And the saying pleased the people
we'll, and with one heart and one mind
they set their affections on Samuel, sur
named Tilden. wise and good man Of
the province OF York, and an enemy Of
all the corruptionists and vagabonds
who infested the government. and him
they determined to make chief ruler Of
the nation


g.. And the thieves and robbers of
the treasury were sore stricken at the
thought Of being compelled to disgorge
their ill-gotten gains, and they confeder-
ated together under tho lead of one
Rutherford, surnamed Hayes. Of the
province of Ohio, disciple of Ulysses
and Simon, surnamed Winnebago. and
him they sought to make the chief
ruler.


Z. But the people would have none
of him. and the thieves and robbers of
the treasury were sore perplexed and
knew not what to do.


g. And they said one to another, let
US use the money of the treasury to
corrupt the people, and let us employ
agents to tamper with the ballot-boxes,
and make false returns of the election,
and by these and other means Of bribery
and corruption we may prevent Samuel,
surnamed Tilden, from becoming the
chief ruler


9. And their standard bearer, Ruth
erford, in order to consolidate bis legions
for the great battle which was approach
ing. pledged himself to continue in
power all the thieves and robbers of the
treasury that Ulysses had appointed,
and to do everything that would be re-
quired of him by Ulysses and Simon.
surnamed the Winnebago.


10. And the controversy waxed warm
in the land and from the great lakes
10 the north to the Rio Grand in the
south, and from the great sea in the
east to the vast ocean in the west, all
the people were arming for the great
and decisive conflict which was near at
hand.


II. And the baser sort-the thieves
and robbers Of the treasury, all who
lived OH public plunder and infamy,
were found arrayed against the good
and true men of the nation, and all of
them arrayed themselves under the ban
ner of Rutherford, the disciple and ad-
vocate of Ulysses.


IL. But Samuel, surnamed Tilden,
waxed stronger and stronger from day
to day in the affections Of the people,
and the host of good men who followed
bis standard were innumerable as the
sands upon the sea shore.