65. LXV.
LAMENTETH.
Saint's Rest (wich is in the Stait uv Noo Jersey), }
January the 28th, 1865.
The waters uv fanaticism coverd all the land, and the Dimekratik
ark wuz a floatin thereon.
And Peerse and Vallandigum, and Vorhees and Bright, and
Micklellan and Booel, two and two, wuz therein, and wuz tired.
I am a dove, a peace dove.
I wuz sent out uv the ark to find a restin-place, but I cood
find no rest for the sole uv my foot.
For ther wuz no abatin uv the flood.
In November our ark restid on Aryrat, and there it is, stuck,
and we are dolefully looking out uv the winders.
Afore us, behind us, and on both sides uv us, we see our
enemies, gorjusly drest in purple and fine linen, and a holdin
the orfisis.
They hev post-orfisis, and custom-houses, and furrin mishns,
and collectorships, and et settrys, wich is our principles.
Strandid on the mountain-top, we set, and set, and set.
Wendell Phillips pecks at our heads, and Horris Greely
stampeth on our corns, and lo! our hands is tied.
From our mountin-top we see the armies goin forth to battle,
and we behold the discomfiture uv our friends.
And we make faces at our enemies.
Sayin, Yet a little while, and England and France shel
interfere.
The provo-marshel roameth up and down the land, seekin
whom he may conscript, and nobody dares bust him.
And we make faces.
All who pass by clap their hands; they hiss and wag their
heds at us, sayin: Is these Dimokrasy? Is them the sons uv
Jaxson?
And we make faces.
Two dollars is the tax upon whisky, and the tongue uv the
sucker cleaveth to the roof uv his mouth for thirst; the young
bummer asks for nips, but no man poureth out till he observeth
the currency.
They that did drink juleps are down to corn-joose, and they
that delighted in new whisky are burnin their bowels with
camphene.
The mole is blind, but not more blinderer than we.
When the men uv the South drew the sword, why did we
jine ourselves to em?
Why did we try eatin fire, whose mouth wuz made for
cheese? Why did we tie ourselves to a corpse?
Who shel deliver us? Who shel take us out uv the hands
uv our enemy?
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Lait Paster uv the Church uv the Noo Dispensashun.
