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"Swingin round the cirkle"

Locke, David Ross (1833-1888)
  
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DEDIKASHUN UV THIS BOOK.
  
CONTENTS.
  
PREFIS, OR INTERDUCTRY CHAPTER.

 1. 
I. After the New Jersey Election, 1865.
 2. 
II. A Conversation with General McStinger, of the State of Georgia, which is interrupted by a Subjugated Rebel.
 3. 
III. A Remarkable Dream. — A Country settled exclusively by Democrats.
 4. 
IV. A Change of Base — Kentucky. — A Sermon which was interrupted by a Subjugated and Subdued Confederate.
 5. 
V. The Effect the Proclamation of Secretary Seward produced in Kentucky.
 6. 
VI. A Conversation with a Loyal Kentuckian, who had Faith in the final Triumph of Democracy.
 7. 
VII. A Vision. — Celebration of the Anniversary of the Taking of New Orleans. — In the Vision the Spirit of Andrew Jackson appears, and discourses of Various Things.
 8. 
VIII. A Plan suggested for the Up-building of the Democracy. — The Idea not New, but one which the Leaders of the Fierce Democracy have acted upon from the Beginning.
 9. 
IX. Enjoys a Vision of the Next World, seeing therein many Curious Things, which are published as a Warning to Politicians.
 10. 
X. SONNIT Onto a Soldier, wich wuz wunst a Dimekrat, but is now a howlin Ablishnist, wich I saw a limpin about on one Leg, hevin left the other at Anteetam.
 11. 
XI. The Situation. — The Attempt of the President to wheedle Democrats into Supporting his Policy without giving them the Offices commented upon. — The Democracy warned.
 12. 
XII. The President's 22d of February Speech. — The Account thereof of One behind the Scenes. — Hopes and Fears of the Democracy.
 13. 
XIII. Another Warning. — Profuse Expenditure of Powder and Torchlight Processions deprecated. — The President implored to show his Hand.
 14. 
XIV. Refuses to Support the President, having no Confidence in Him. — Again warns the Democracy.
 15. 
XV. The Patriarchal System. — An Affecting Appeal in Behalf of a Friend.
 16. 
XVI. A Dream. — The Corpse of Republicanism. — Who the Mourners were, and how they felt. — The awakening of the Sleeping Giant, and the Scattering that followed.
 17. 
XVII. A Kentucky Tea Party. — Opinion entertained by Mrs. Deacon Pogram of Charles Sumner. — Discussion between Mrs. Deacon P. and an Illinois Store-keeper of the name of Pollock. — Miscegenation.
 18. 
XVIII. A Cry of Exultation. — A Gleam of Light.
 19. 
XIX. A Wail of Anguish. — The Passage of the Civil Rights Bill over the Veto.
 20. 
XX. Mournful View of the Situation.
 21. 
XXI. A Psalm of Gladness. — The Veto of the Civil Rights Bill, and other Matters, occasioning a Feeling of Thankfulness in the Minds of the Democracy.
 22. 
XXII. The Reconstructed meet to Congratulate the Country upon the Result of the Memphis Outbreak. — The Reverend discourses upon the Nigger, and runs against a Snag.
 23. 
XXIII. The Workings of the Freedmen's Bureau. — A Report.
 24. 
XXIV. Presides at a Church Trial.
 25. 
XXV. Turns a Meeting, called to Indorse General Rosseau, to Account.
 26. 
XXVI. Preaches — The “Prodigal Son” — An Interruption.
 27. 
XXVII. A Pleasant Dream, the Philadelphia Convention being the Subject thereof.
 28. 
XXVIII. The Reward of Virtue. — After Months of waiting, the Virtuous Patriot secures his Loaf. — The Jollification.
 29. 
XXIX. The Convocation of Hungry Souls at Philadelphia. — A Description of that Memorable Occasion by One who had been Provided for.
 30. 
XXX. The Great Presidential Excursion to the Tomb of Douglas. — An Account of the Ride of the Modern John Gilpin, who went a Pleasuring and came Home with nothing but the Necks of His Bottles: by His Chaplain. — From Washington to Detroit.
 31. 
XXXI. The Presidential Tour Continued. — From Detroit to Indianapolis.
 32. 
XXXII. The End of the Presidential Tour. — From Louisville to Washington.
 33. 
XXXIII. At Home again. — A detailed Account of Soul-harrowing Outrages inflicted upon the People of Confederate × Roads by a Party of Freedmen, and how the Insult was wiped out.
 34. 
XXXIV. Is requested to act as Chaplain of the Cleveland Convention. — That Beautiful City visited for that Purpose.
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XXXV. An Appeal to the People just before the October Elections.
 36. 
XXXVI. The October Elections. — The Effect the Result produced in Kentucky.
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XXXVII. The October Elections. — Mr. Nasby's Opinion on the Cause of the Defeat of the President.
 38. 
XXXVIII. “Will you have Andrew Johnson President or King?” — A Dream, in which Andrew Johnson figures as a King, surrounded by his Nobles.
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XXXIX. A Cabinet Meeting. — Letters from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, General Custar, Henry J. Raymond, and Hon. John Morrissey, each anxious to Preserve his Reputation. — A Sad Time at the White House.
 40. 
XL. A Sermon upon the November Elections, from the Text, “No man putteth New Wine into Old Bottles,” with a Digression or Two.
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XLI. A Few Last Words. — The Writer hereof bids his Readers Farewell, and hurls a Trifle of Exhortation after them.

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CONTENTS.

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  • Prefis, or Interductry Chapter, 7

  • I. — After the New Jersey Election, 13

  • II. — Converses with General McStinger, 19

  • III. — A Remarkable Dream, 27

  • IV. — A Change of Base — Kentucky, 33

  • V. — Abolition in Kentucky, 41

  • VI. — A Conversation with a Kentuckian, 47

  • VII. — A Vision — Spirit of Andrew Jackson, 53

  • VIII. — A Plan for Up-building the Democracy, 60

  • IX. — A Vision of the Next World, 66

  • X. — A Sonnet, 73

  • XI. — The Situation — The Democracy Warned, 74

  • XII. — The President's 22d of February Speech, 79

  • XIII. — A Warning, 87

  • XIV. — Refuses to Support the President, 92

  • XV. — The Patriarchal System, 98

  • XVI. — A Dream, 105

  • XVII. — A Kentucky Tea Party, 112

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  • XVIII. — A Cry of Exultation, 120

  • XIX. — A Wail of Anguish, 127

  • XX. — Mournful View of the Situation, 133

  • XXI. — A Psalm of Gladness, 138

  • XXII. — A Discourse upon the Nigger, 143

  • XXIII. — Workings of the Freedmen's Bureau, 150

  • XXIV. — Presides at a Church Trial, 158

  • XXV. — Meeting to Indorse Gen. Rosseau, 164

  • XXVI. — Preaches — The “Prodigal Son,” 170

  • XXVII. — A Pleasant Dream, 177

  • XXVIII. — The Reward of Virtue, 187

  • XXIX. — The Convocation at Philadelphia, 196

  • XXX. — The Great Presidential Excursion, 205

  • XXXI. — The Presidential Tour Continued, 214

  • XXXII. — End of the Presidential Tour, 222

  • XXXIII. — At Home Again, 229

  • XXXIV. — The Cleveland Convention, 237

  • XXXV. — An Appeal to the People, 246

  • XXXVI. — The October Elections, 254

  • XXXVII. — Mr. Nasby's Opinion on the Cause of
    the President's Defeat,     261

  • XXXVIII. — Andrew Johnson President or King? 269

  • XXXIX. — A Cabinet Meeting, 276

  • XL. — Sermon on the November Elections, 284

  • XLI. — A Few Last Words, 291

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