ifei.- '-'.Si .m 1 *-:: . ;'/;.-^A-^ ^^-/>, '*'^ ■:■..:.. ,,•'' ■ ,>.-_V ■ "^-' ^^k '-:■ '£-"«■■•-:■. 'g''^^? ?feV-v5^ ^ ' - ■ .:''- : ' , > PlllCl 25 CENTS, f WHO IS tC E ? HORACE ROSINANTE GREELSY, COMMANDKR IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITtD STATES. KY VIRTUE OF HIS OFFICE AS PRESIDENT— IF SO BE'S IT. •'Let the Military retire to their own sphere— or ring—as ;. miii; ^ education unfits them for the office of Commander-in-Chief of the \iuiv f and Navy."' The above cut represents a true model of what a President siu.Mkl be i in his mihtnry caf. Clays « Letter, on page 33. 1 CONTE¥TS. r Cassias M Clay's letter criticised and torn to tatters; to very rags. See dates, the time he took to write it, and 1)'\' whom requested to' do so. Besides it was endorsed by Mr. Dana, and all of that party before being published. Letter on pages 33, 34 and 35 ; criticism on pages 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42. Senator Schurz's vagaries served up in a style, to him, not very palatable. See pages 45, 46 and 47. Formal social and business introductions, anal\zctl in a cut representing Grant, Dexter, Greeley and Bonner, page 3. Horace Rosinante Greeley, a representation of how he would appear as Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, without a military education, a non-requisite, according to Cassius M. Clay. See page i. The New Departure, or a visit from the late Hon. Vallandigham to Chief Justice Chase, with his etherial views. Sec page 7. Union Bridge, (the bond between North and South, the line Dixie,) blown up by the first gun fired at Fort Sumpter. See page 9. Union Bridge partly repaired, seeking for a Keystone. All Generals pre- ceding Grant were defective, as seen in the cut on page 8. The Orange Riot. See cut of Hall, Kelso, Hoffman, Grant.' McDowell and a State and Government Detective. Page 12. State Detective reporting what he saw and heard, to Hoftrnan, Kelso and Hall. Page 13. The Great Union Prayer Meeting of 18.64, and X'lsion ot Lincoln, when the Federal victories were few and far between. The author heard several of the prayers nearly verbatim. Pages 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Bridge completed by Keystone Grant being substituted for that of Wash- ington destroyed by the war. Great i-ejoicing o\er peace. Page 22. Beecher, Frothingham and Greeley, witnessing the ascension of two spirits lovingly arising from the bodies of tv.o dying warriors, a fit emblem of their faith. Page 23. Great Speech of the Rev. Zaccheus Mosesprudcnce, a side-splitting l)ur- lesque of sectarianism. Pages 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. The Rev. gentlenian's vio\!S on the improvements going on at Washington, the Capitol of the Nation. King Horace on the Throne, with Cassius M. Clay as .Secretary of State Sumner as Secretary of War, and Schurz as ^Minister to Hayti. Page 43. "WHO IS HE? HORACE ROSIN ANTE GREELEY, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, BY VIRTUE OF HIS OFFICE AS PRESIDENT — IF SO BE'S IT I ** Let the Military retire to their own sphere — or ring — as a military education unfits them for the office of Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy." The above cut represents a true model of what a President should be in his military capacity, according to Cassias M. Clay. (See Mr. Clays Letter^ on page ^^. n^ •• > FORMAL INTRODUCTIONS DEFINED. Greeley, Bonner, Grant and Dexter. Grant reaching his hand to Bonner, says, " How is Dexter ?" Greeley in the corner, in a low hissing voice, mutters, " Horse jockeys." Grant overhearing, playfully remarks, "Merely a road acquaintance, Mr. Greeley." Then placing his hand caressingly on Dextcr's shoulder, continues : " Much better the acquaintance of a noble horse than that of a boorish owner, or a vascillating statesman. " Bonner, aside, to Greeley, says : — " Fool ! riding after Dexter does not make him a horse jockey, and what other act has he ever done, that should constitute him one ? Surely you could raise a more plausible excuse for opposing him than that. I pretend to oppose him on account of the odious Income Tax, when my real reason is, that be has not called on me, nor driven with me since he became President, as the slightest recognition 4 GREELEY, BONNER, GRANT AND DEXTER. received from him, I have always turned to my advantage, by advertising it in the Ledger. Your shallow excuse of " horse jockey ;" Sumner's accusa- tion, calling him " Leader of the Ku-klux;" Schurz dubbing him " present- taker," and Clay's trying to make him appear as " incompetent through a military education," are all too frivolous to mislead the people. You must hatch up something better than that." Grant, overhearing the conversation, exclaims: — "Is it possible that these men have not yet out-grown, with their increased wealth, their cunning " tricks of trade?" Such conspiracies are seldom successful. Meanness of heart rarely remains long concealed, and invariably dwarfs a man's whole life. TERRIFIC DUEL. United States Grant and Horace Rosinante Greeley meet on horseback, and fight with sabres. Cause of the fight, a remark made by Rosinante Greeley to the Hon. Long John Wentworth. Greeley says : " O, my head ! I'm hurt !" Grant laughingly asks : " Are they both cabbage heads ?" With a great effort "Rosinante" (the horse, not Greeley) has pre- vented himself from falling entirely, by one knee and his nose coming in contact with the ground, righted himself ; then Horace Rosinante Greeley, the great, the indomitable, delivering up his long drawn sabre to Grant, and presenting the pitiful picture of what should not be a President, to rule a warlike people, whined out, in a pleading, deprecatory tone ; " You should 6 THE DUEL. not have taken it so hard, Mr. President. You have nearly killed me. I have always been accustomed to calling people liars, swindlers, thieves, robbers, horse-jockeys, or anything I pleased, especially if they stood in the way of my ambition, and besides, it is one of the privileges of the Press, (I refer you to Dana's Sun, because you would not give him the position of Minister to Belgium,) and you should take no offence. Anything; an editor says is no libel ! " 1 know how 'tis myself," as Tweed says. Let us have peace. Grant, astonished, remarks philosophically: "What a confession ! 1 Counterfeit Christianity and spurious philanthropy are easily exposed," THE NEW DEPARTURE. Vallandigham atid Chase in consultation over the New De- parture. Figure of Vallandigham extends his hand and says, " Come and see" Chase much surprised. Vallandig- ham lifts the veil. Chase more astonished, exclaims,'' What, Grant f " Vallandigham. ^Nqs, he is far-seeing. Chase. — Yes, indeed, all of two years ahead of us ! Val. — Who would have thought it. Chase. — The game is up, his statesmanship is equal to his generalship. 8 THE NEW DEPARTURE. ya^, — Yes, in this vale, (to which you will shortly be removed permar nently), we can see things more clearly. Grant, Democrat though he was, had more love for country than for party, hence his departure in this direction. Chase. — But from what source did he get his knowledge? Val. — Rather ask from what source did he get his wisdom ? Chase. — Wisdom, did you say ? Can he be wise and not have been more successful in his early career ? Val. — Yes, he was wise, yet he was not adapted either to the locaUty, the business he pursued as a civilian, nor to the rank he held as an army officer. Men are like crude rocks, either rough, large and strong like boul- ders, or smooth and small, as in ledges. The neatest, and those almost adapted by nature in shape, are often rejected, through lack in material and size. Grant had both the quality and quantity. Chase. — I do not understand your figure relative to the rocks. Val. — Well, you see, at the time of our civil struggle, the keystone and arch of our Union Bridge that spanned the line of Dixie, was blown to atoms by the first gun fired at Fort Sumpter. THE NEW DEPARTURE. Chase. — Yes, I well understand that, and I fear that both you and I did our part in furnishing the combustible material. Val. — True : we, statesmen and orators, authors and philanthropists, must shoulder the responsibility of the war. Chase. — Yes, and a heavy responsibility it is too ; we had worked things up to a deplorable state, before Providence sent Grant to our aid. Val. — Well, at that time, I did not know what was best to do. I thought all I did and said was for the best, but others thought differently. Mr. Lincoln banished me for my peculiar ideas, and Grant, the warrior-hero and man of peace, in his wisdom, stayed the hand that would have again arraigned me. Chase. — At a time too, when it would have added fuel to the fire, from a more northward source. Val. — My returning, in defiance of the authority that banished me, had I been arrested, was intended as a signal for a general uprising of my friends. Chase. — Are we indebted to him for that, too ? Val. — Yes, he wisely said : " One thing at a time." Chase. — vWell, what course should we now pursue. B lO THE NEW DEPARTURE. ya/, Take things, and use them, as we find them. You have endorsed the *' New Departure," from the extreme RcpubUcan ranks, by your pres- ence here ; and I, as the leader of the " New Departure," from the Demo- cratic party ; each of us beUeving himself the original mover in this matter. Behold, here we are, confronted with Grant, fully two years our senior in this matter. Chase. — Well, how shall I act on my return to my party? Yal. — Do as I should, had I the power. Influence friends to do as they should, and as I would have done, had I known then what I know now. Re-elect Grant by acclamation. Chase. — What ! and sacrifice my own prospects? Val. — There can be no sacrifice of that which you are not in possession of. Grant is too deeply in the hearts of the people, like unto Washington. They cannot prove ungrateful. He came to their rescue, in answer to mil- lions of prayers ; will the people not redeem their vows to Heaven? None but an instrument in the hands of God could change so suddenly from the man of blood and war to the man of peace. Chase. — You concede every thing to Grant. Val. — Only since mine eyes have been opened ; as we before said, we, statesmen, &c., threw the Union into the throes of dissolution. Chase. — True. Witness the scenes at the time of our darkest struggle, when disaster after disaster brought lamentation and mourning to our house- holds ; men fleeing from their homes for fear of the draft, and those who could afford it seeking substitutes ; when the various churches were filled with the most devout people, unitedly asking Providence for a Deliverer ; at that time, I too thought the debt of gratitude we owed to Grant as our Deliverer, through God, could never be repaid. How frail we are when incited by ambition. Val. — Then you acknowledge that statesmen, &c., were responsible for the war, with all its attendant evils, while we were indebted to Grant for bringing order out of chaos, uniting the country, &c. Chase. — Yes ! the fact is too apparent to be denied. Val. — In the past, he has shown his Generalship, let us now examine bis record as a Statesman, and see how it compares with those of other statesmen, who officiated as warriors. Grant, as a warrior, was successtul in everything. The statesmen — either as statesmen or warriors — were suc- cessful in nothing, until aided by Grant, except in saddling the country with a national debt. THE NEW DEPARTURE. II Chase. — How clearly you see things now. Val. — Yes, Sumner's past experience did not profit him much. As Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in his report or speecn, he demanded the British North American possessions, in lieu of the Alabama claims, or take them by force, which was unwise ; as it raised the price of gold from its lowest standard since the war, to its present value , besides, placing the country in the humiliating position of waiting for an opportunity ; which is, until England should be engaged in war with some other power. Chase. — I did not see it in that light. Val. — Contrast his statesmanship with that of Grant. Grant settles it honorably and peaceably, through the High Commission. Chase. — You are of the opinion then, that the Democracy should, at the late election, have claimed Grant as a War Democrat. Val. — Yes! but the Republican party seized him, as a drowning man would grasp an oar, raft or board. They could not have elected any extreme man of their party, not even a man as moderate as you are. Chase. — Do you really think so ? Val. — Yes ! you would have had a much better chance then, had you been selected, than you would now ; because, you could have brought many of the moderate men, and some of the very extreme ones, from the Republi- can party. Chase. — From what grounds do you reason thus. Fa/.— Well, Grant was then untried and unpledged. His career since, naught can be said against. The charges brought against him are of so trivial a character, that no one, with ordinary intelligence, believes them ; besides, your late illness and your advanced age,* would be much against your election ; and our experience in Vice Presidents in case of the Presi- dent's demise, has not been of the most satisfactory kind. Chase. — What of Greeley ? Val. — He would not have the shadow of a chance. Neither is his natural ability, nor his knowledge of international law, equal to the dignity of the position. Locality and strong language, do much in helping men to prominent positions. Take from him the power of the Press and the privi- leges it secures to him, and he would be but an ordinary man. The lan- guage he makes use of, in the Press, would not go long unpunished in ?\ * The near approach of wings to his body in the cut, denote the state of his hoalih. 12 THE NEW DEPARTURE. country village. Neither would his theory, if put by him in practice, enable him to excel on a Western farm. Chase. — What of Hoffman. Val. — No chance ! His intriguing with Hall and Kelso over the Orange riot in New York, would, before the campaign was ended, become patent to all. Chase. — Are the secret ways of men revealed to you? Yal. — Not generally. I was permitted to meet you, as Grant is stUl in special favor here with us. Chase. — Well, what of Hoifman ? Val. — Hoffman was a party to the first arrangement with Hall and Kelso. McDowell was put in possession of the secret by a Government Detective, and secretly ordered the Division of United States Troops under his control, to be in readiness to sustain the law, besides notifying the Orangemen of such preparation in encouraging them to carry out their intentions. Chase. — By what means did Hoffman become aware of this ? Val. — Through a State Detective he learned that McDowell had reported to Grant, and anything rather than the application of the Ku-klux law in New York ; hence the necessity of canceling Kelso's order. THE NEW DEPARTURE. 13 CAase.—WeW, really, this Ku-klux law has been made a singular instrument of ya/. — Yes ! while Sumner and Schurz decry the President as the leader of the Ku-klux, the opposite party charge him with being the originator, maker and executor, of that law. CAase. — Strange logic ! that a man would create a law, and punish himself with it I j/a/. — ^Well, yes I the means resorted to at election times, are becoming ruinous to our people. The injury to religion by the perversion of truth; the blood spilled ; the lives lost, and worse than all, the sacrifice of honor, establishing a false standard for the guidance of the youth of the country, insomuch that they are incapable of judging between an election fraud and a financial one, until it becomes a question, under these circumstances, whether our liberal franchise is a benefit or not. CAase. — Then am I to understand, that it was Grant, who indirectly sustained the laws in New York ? yal. — Yes ! had it not been for the power conferred on the Federal government, by the law known as the Ku-klux, Kelso's order would not have been canceled ; an order which deprived the people of their liberty, and Americans of their prerogative, on that day. ^14 THE NEW DEPARTURE. Chase. — ^You believe, then, that our franchise is too liberal? Val. — I will not say that, but there is too large a margin for fraud in . our naturalization laws. Through them, we are little better off than those countries where a property qualification is required. Chase. — You astonish me I Val. — We have every year nearly as many ignorant persons prema- turely naturalized, as there are persons deprived of the franchise in other countries, through the necessary qualifications, according to their laws ; be- sides, the number of our best citizens, who refuse to vote, having become disgusted with the whole arrangement, are equal in the aggregate to those of the disfranchised in other countries, which is a serious grievance here, much more so than theirs, when we contrast the amount of intelligence lost to this country, with the ignorance of those above-mentioned, who, through brute force monopolize the management, politically, of this country. Chase. — What shall we do ? Val. — Elect Grant by acclamation. The country will then have the benefit of the best and most liberal men, and new parties, instead of factions, will take the place of those almost defunct ones. Chase. — Should there be no Democratic Convention then? Val. — If there should be one, the prospect of success is not as good as it was at the last presidential election. Chase. — Strange conclusion ! Val. — Whom could you elect? Not Greeley, and while he has no ob- jection to Grant, further than he is opposed to a second term, which is in contradistinction to Cassius M. Clay's theory of preparation, when speaking of statesmanship and the civil service. Chase. — Well what of Hancock ? Val. — Cassius M. Clay would oppose him, for the same reason that he does Grant ; his military education. We believe him through this, to be honorable, but as a warrior or statesman, more fit to practice than to plan. Chase. — What of Hoffman? Val. — We've had enough of New York. See the following from Brick Pomeroy, and reflect upon the growth of the "New Departure" in him, either through instinct or otherwise. Chase. — What do you say as to my chance for the presidency? Val. — Your prospects are not as good as they were. Lend, therefore, your efforts in aiding the new parties, as I would, were I situated as you are. THE NEW DEPARTURE. 1 5 But my time has already expired. Farewell. Weigh well this conversation, and as we join hands, so may the wisdom of the country be united and ex- erted for the general good of all. Amen. RED-HOT SHOT FROM A DEMOCRATIC GUN. "Brick" Pomeroy owns two Democratic papers, and is an ultra Demo, crat. He lives in New York, and has had ample opportunity to know some- thing of the rottenness of his party, and here is his testimony. He says : If the head sachems of Tammany can manage to secure the nomination of "their man " for the Presidency, and then see him elected, there will be inaugurated the grandest administration of theft, corruption, and profligacy, extravagance and crime, this country ever witnessed. The "ring" of swindlers now holding treacherous power in New York city under the name of Democracy are doing more to weaken the cause of De- mocracy in this country at large than the entire vote of the city can atone for. This is Tammany ! This is so-called Democratic authority governing New York ! This is the devil's combination of thieves now ruling New York city, not for the good of the many, but for the enrichment of the few. This is the monopoly of the corruptionists now proposing to buy the nomination of the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency, that Wash- ington may be included — that some of the leading thieves of our New York officials may be transplanted to newer fields, but under the same manage- ment. It is for the Democracy of the country to look to this — to send to the national convention of 1872, men who dare to be honest to tax-payers and to principles, or there will be such a defeat and such a disruption and scat- tering of the Democracy as no power on earth will ever rally. Honest men will not always endorse corruption. New York, the pig-pen of Tammany, may submit to what its people have not pluck enough to help, but the Democracy of the country will not submit to such dictation. Look at New York ! One hundred and one millions of dollars in debt! And what have the people to show for it ? A steam yacht 1 l6 THE NEW DEPARTURE. An American club-house ! A race-track! A Supreme Court owned by the Erie railway, with Hon. George Barnard for toll-keeper ! A palace for lying, slippery, Dick Connolly, the comptroller, who went into office so poor that he could not qualify in $ i ,000 — who is now a mil- lionaire ! A fortune of $10,000,000 for Peter Bismark Sweeney, who was a poor man when first appointed city chamberlain. A palace for Hon. William M. Tweed, the likeliest man in the lot, who has only made $25,000,000 out of the city by honesty and economy in ten years. A fortune of $7,000,000 for A. Oakey Hall, the popinjay mayor, who squawks when his masters pull the strings, and pockets his per centage of th*^ blunder while angling for the nomination for Governor. oix thousand harlots and 1,900 dens of infamy, supported directlyfrom city stealings. These are a few of the exhibits for this enormous deot, which must be paid or repudiated. But this enormous plunder of one city is a mere drop compared to the gigantic robbery of the United States Treasury which would occur, if the Democrats should once more obtain control of the Government. UNION PRAYER MEETING. VISION OF LINCOLN. BAPTIST PRAYER. O Lord God, Thou that sitteth in the Heavens, andruleth and governeth the Earth, look in pity upon us in our deep distress. Thou knowest all things. Has there not been enough blood shed to atone for our national sins? Spare us, O Lord, and send us a Deliverer who will destroy the machinations of those wicked men, who are striving to overthrow the best government the sun ever shone upon. PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER. We beseech Thee, O Lord, to suy Thy hand- We know that Thoa C l8 THE VISION OF LINCOLN. hast afflicted us, only for our good. Thy ways are mysterious and Thy designs impenetrable to mortal vision. The inscrutable workings of Thy Providence conceived, and Thy wisdom ordained, this fratricidal war before the creation of the world. Look with favor on this union of christian brethren, pleading with Thee in our great distress, to send us a Deliverer. Cease Thy displeasure and save us from our enemies. METHODIST PRAYER. O Lord our Heavenly Father, look in pity upon us in our deep distress. Through our short-comings, and heart-wanderings, we have strayed from Thy paths, which were peace, into our present condition, and we are involved in this grievous civil war. While we do not hold Thee responsible, or look on it as an affliction of Thine, we beseech Thee to aid us by Thy counsel, so that we may be extricated from the hands of our enemies who are pressing us sorely. Aid us in choosing a Deliverer who will direct us to the land of Peace. CATHOLIC PRAYER. Holy Mary, Mother of God, we entreat Thee to lay our petition before Jesus, Thy Son. He cannot refuse Thy request. Send us peace in this branch of Thy moral vineyard, so that his holiness, the Vicegerent and Successor of Jesus on earth, may not sufler through a portion of his revenue being detained for war purposes. While we acknowledge no governing power, fully, but Thee and Thy representative at Rome, we lament that through the regulations called the •'draft," our brethren, the Catholic children, are often arrayed against each other. We implore Thee to so adjust the war, that it will tend to Thy glory and to the benefit of our church to the exclusion of all others ; we therefore pray for a Deliverer. EPISCOPAL PRAYER. O Lord, the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son, we beseech Thee to hear the words of our bleeding nation. We have sinned, and richly deserve Thy displeasure. Like Thy favored people, the Jews, we have become fat and wanton under Thy fostering care. We lament our sins, because they are not only ruinous and defiling to our souls, but offensive to Thee. We submit to Thy will, but would humbly ask Thee, as did David of old, to restore us to Thy THE VISION OF LINCOLN. I9 favor, by giving to us a Deliverer who will correct our erring brethren, and bring them back to their places in the Union. In doing this, we implore Thee to deal mercifully with us, as a whole nation. GREELEY'S SUPPLICATION. O Lord, in Thy great compassion and love for our fallen race. Thou hast given Thine only Son, Jesus, to die, and in so doing, hast redeemed us from the effects of all sin. And as Thy love and mercy counterbalance Thy justice, we feel thative have faith mfree love, especially that which embraces all in this world, and the world to come ; and though the harvest is ripe, we would ask Thee to withdraw the reaper, for while it is a happy change to the warrior who gains Heaven through the loss of his blood, we, who remain, have no recom- pense for the tears that are shed at the parting, nor the treasure that is wasted by the strife. Be pleased O Lord, to reign over us in love instead of strife, and to this end, send us a Leader, a Deliverer, who is able to cope with our ene- mies, and prevent further destruction of property, which is ruinous in taxes, according to my ideas of revenue, and "what I know about farming." O Lord God henceforth let us have none other General but Thee, lest he be as- piring to the Presidency. Let the implements of war be turned into those o* agriculture, and let the armies disband, and every soldier go out West as far as Texas, and go to farming. Yours, , Editorially. the quaker's prayer. The spirit movds me, to ask the Lord, our Heavenly Father, to put a stop to this fratricidal struggle. The spirit of evil is loose in the land, and great is the destruction of life and property. We know it is not Thy will, because Thy coming and Thy Kingdom promised peace. While christians must not strive. Thy injunction being to turn the other cheek and pattern after Thee, wherefore, to the well-grounded christian Thou can'st not be a God of war, and therefore not its author, yet we believe Thou permittest things that Thou dost not will. We, then, humbly ask Thee, as far as is consistent with Thy mode of governing, to send peace to this distracted nation. The days are dark and gloomy ; send us a Deliverer who will restore order, and aid in establishing 20 THE VISION OF LINCOLN. equity throughout the whole world. . Let the sword be turned into the ploughshare and those not doing well in crowded cities, be enabled to earn peaceful homes. THE HEBREW PRAYER. Jehovah ! We, Thy once favored people, deplore our disobedience. Ingratitude for our deliverance from Egyptian bondage caused us to reject Thee as our personal King, and substitute a mortal being. Thus having rejected Thy special presence, we ran into many errors, until we justly brought Thy wrath upon us, ^i^nough fore.v^rned) which has scattered us, once a strong nation, throughout all the countries of the earth, but not without further promises, when obedient to Thy will. Our eyes becoming blind through avarice and lust, and our hearts hardened against Thee be- cause of these passions, we understood neither the time of His coming, nor the manner of His appearing ; hence, the hissing persecution, and the by-word, " Jew." We acknowledge Thy justice in preserving order, by sustaining Thy law. Our fears are growing on us that Jesus, the crucified, was the promised Messiah, from the fact that His followers grant to us more favors chan we, as a religious body, were willing to bestow on others, and we only refrain from Christianity from the fact, that as individuals, we compare favorably with them in morals, benevolence, and as law abiding citizens. We would fain beseech Thee, to help this people in adjusting their troubles; cheyi have dealt kindly with us, so much so, that few would leave this country for the land of Canaan, were the promises fulfilled, and the land of our forefathers restored , unto us. We still love Thee and worship in our synagogue the monuments of our faith, though we do not serve Thee as christians interpret Thy law. We would be almost as ungrateful to them as we have proven ourselves to Thee, did we not implore Thee to send this people a Joshua who would lead their armies to victory, and interpret to them the true relation between master and servant. Thy once favored people are engaged in the struggle on both sides. In Thy tender compassion send us a Deliverer who will give peace, and cleanse all the avenues of revenue, administer the law, and have Thy name duly reverenced. PRAYER OF THE INFIDEL. Is there a God ? 1 cannot understand Him. What a conglomeration THE VISION OF LINCOLN. 21 of prayers and supplications, all tending to the one thing, in the success of which, I would be equally benefited. My children, relatives and friends, are all engaged in the conflict. I love my country, and will freely sacrifice my property for its maintenance. I have philosophized on religion, but can- not understand it, yet, I have a common interest with these people, and feel inclined to Loin with them in supplicating, what to me remains, the uu- known God. Lord God, if there is any God, hear the mingled or hashey prayers of this people for a Deliverer, if it is in keeping with Thy will to do so, and have pity on my childrens' relatives, and particular friends' souls who are engaged in the conflict, if they have any souls, and draw on me at sight Yours respectfully. PRAYER AND VISION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 1 am astounded and very strangel y affected. While I acknowledge God, I do not understand Him. I confess that, heretofore, I have put more con- fidence in strong, dry powder, and good, hard lead, with the most approved guns, than I have in Providential aid. How singularly do these petitions mingle. I too, now feel drawn to unite in them, and implore God for a De- liverer, O Lord God, in our deep distress, send us a General somewhat like Jackson, who is capable of controlling the elements of discord caused by jealousy among our Generals and Statesmen, and who is able to unite and lead to victory our armies, whose magnitude has become a burden to itself. We beseech Thee to take no offense at the manner in which we poor mortals, driven almost to despair, approach Thee, but send us a Deliverer, and that right speedily VISION. Abraham Lincoln standing with eyes uplifted, saw and beheld a vision, and it was after this wise; — Through the dissolving mist, in a light clearer than mid-day, did he see the figure of Jackson with wings expanded, and in his hand was the Keystone of the great arch, and on it was pictured the face and the image of the hero of Shiloh, of Donaldson, and of Vicksburg. Then was Abraham Lincoln satisfied with the ways of the Lord, and 22 THE VISION OF LINCOLN. he spake in a loud voice and said : "We praise Thee, O God, for what our eyes have seen, for we know it is witn us now but a question of tune. Blessed be the name of the Lord, for he will send us a Deliverer, and his name is '' Ulyses," and it was so ; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and were exceedingly comforted. The Key-Stone Grant, substituted for that of Washington, de- stroyed by the war which united the North and South over the line of Dixie. THE VISION OF GREELEY. Two Angels — Seccsh and Union JShvi died, each fighting for his respective ideas of Liberty ; one for the Union, and the other for the " lost cause" Exhausted from the loss of blood that ebbs away with their dying breath, their hands still grasping the murderous weapons, their features distorted with the mad passion of the hellish struggle which ceases only when the pulse ceases to beat ; when from the bodies of those antago- nists arise two happy spirits, lovingly united by the same grace which char- acterizes Horace— the faith of Frothingham and favor of Row Beecher. Horace, with an exalted expression of countenance, exclaimed raptur- ously on seeing them, " We thank thee, O Lord, for what our eyes behold in these two opposing warriors, now united angels; 'a belief my heart has long since acknowledged.' With Frothingham we thank thee, O Lord, for what these two angels have been to each other, and what they will be to each other " Beecher behind, pulling the skirt of his coat, says :— "Is there anything to be made out of this, as in the marriage of Richardson and Mrs. McFarland ?" ANNIVERSARY SPEECH OF THE REV. ZACCHEUS MOSESPR UDENCE. My Bredren: De ways ob de dransgressor be bruised up wid amnesties, fransenchises, and all manner of politic fustionzes, dat I hab no use fo'. They's no 'count any ways, they's done gone clean up. Dey is, Bress de Lord. My Brudders, I 'dress you now on de vagurations ob de 'ligions of de white folks — ah ! ! In sixty-fo' I done lef my chuch, an went to de big Union pra'rr meetin', done got up clare as day fo' de war. It ain't no tise 26 SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE. a' talkin', 'dem are days, my bredren, war blacker dan enny of you' niggers.' skins, I'll be dog-goned ef dey was'nt. My Bredren: — De 'mancipation procker'mation was den out to de city ob Was'ington, a lyin' on a paper dar, you knows, but 'twan't no use dar, my bredren, kase why; de breff ob Fader Abram, and de tech of he pen, was'nt ob no manner o' 'count 'gin Gin'ral Lee an' Stonew.all Jackson — ah ! I tells ye bredrcu, dem aays was dark, when de telemgrams would come up dar 'among de white folks, a tellin' 'em 'bout anoder big battle. I jist 'members now, my bredren, how one day when de white folks waz a eatin ob dar dinner at de big Hotel, how when de telemgram come up dar, an tole 'em 'bout a big battle at Chambersbug, in Ole Wurginy, how dey groaned and hung down deir heads at de table, an some said, " de country is done gone up for shoa ; " Kase you see, 'long 'bout dem days, ebery battle was lost, an eberybody's chillen, an husbands, an faders, was in de war, somewhar, an may be, done killed entirely. (Stop yer kickin' dar, gal.) Den 'twas, my bredren, dat de white folks, made dat big pra'rr meet- in, which I's here for to tell you all 'bout. Dat was years ago, 'fore we cuUud gemmens, was ob no 'count. My bredren, den it was, dat de people ob de Union, prayed de Lord into ebery t'ing — ah ! De Presbyterians, made de Lord 'sponsible for ebery t'ing, sayin, 'twas doins ob His, long time 'go, an kase He, de Lord, 'sinuated de t'ing, it must be done, sartain, shoa. Dat ar, my bredren an 'spected yerers, am a mighty quare doctrine, — a God Amighty quare one. If t'ings am so to be, den my bredren I ax ye, in de name ob de good Lord, ef de preachin', an de prayin', an de screechin', an de groanin', am ob any 'count. Kase we cant change tings. Kase how in de debil can we take one soul from de debil, and Satan wid all his 'fluence and pow'a, and roarin' like de buU-jine, cant take one soul from de bredren. Joshua might as well hab died one day sooner, an made no promises, kase had de Hebrewsers had no charge ob deir doins, de roarrations, de speeches ye see war ob no 'count. Den Bredren you would have laughed, ah-hah, to hear de Baptist tell de Lord, all dat what he knowed all de time, — He said dem words : — " Hab dar not been blood 'nuff squeltered, to 'tone down for our national sins ? " he-he-ha-ha; — He jis wanted to make a bargain wid de Lord ; ha-ha, — dat am so. Guess de Lord too old to git cdtched dat way wid all him jockey ing 'bout " de best gov'ment de sun eber shun upon," — ah-ha! cant flat- ter de Lord dat way I'll be dog-goned ef dey can. SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE.. 2/ Den my Bredren, dare was ole Uncle Hor'se Greeley, de " Farmer, " wid his free-lub, and gin'ral salwation,— ah ! ha! dis wont do, bredren, kase ef crow-black kill milk-white, dey would begin an foller up de fight on de Oder side of Jordan ; kase ye know, my bredren, dat death cant take de place ob de blood ob Christ, an ye know dat cant be got, 'cept through the perditions ob de Gospel, ah » which am done got by faith, ah ! an sup- percation, ah ! an blood a runnin' like torrents from de side ob Jesus, ah ! an, an, an de debil knows what all, through our Saviour de blessed God Almighty Lord, ah ! yes, ah ! my bredren, ah ! glory, ah ! Next, my bredren, de 'Piscopal an de Mefodis was not bery on- reasonable, not much, ah ! ha! he ! he ! dey was'nt, I should t'ink not,— de difference wid dem am like de winter an de summer, one wants deir 'ligion cold as de burnin' iceberg, and de udder one wants it like de bilin' water from de skillet ah ! dats so. Dog my cat if it aint. Den my bredren, comes de Quaker to conserve a 'tickler 'ligion for you, my belobed bredren, ah ! ha ! he ! he ! some ob 'em wants de Gospel like de rushin' mighty win, or ob de sycoon or hysterical kind, like dat what made St. Pauljist drap down as a nigger draps a hot 'tater in a summer mornin' ah ! yes, bredren, but de Quaker wont hab any 'cept it comes down from heben through a gimlet hole, 'bout de size of a buzzards quill, jist weak lik;, a kiad of a still small woice like; kase beside, dey wont hab God in de war, an a christian am not to cheat, nor strive, nor repeat at de ballot box, as de white folks do, ah ! De poor Infidel, he prayed, an what did ^e say,— he say, dat " de blade ob grass, make hisself,— ./.z/ 'ligion, my bredren, am not de kind to Stan' war an death,—" O God, ef dar be any God," he prayed, "hab mercy on my soul ef I hab any soul." Reckon, he come from Connecticut, ah ! halhe! he! he goes for de chances sartain, sure, like all de Yankees. An den my bredren, dar was de Jew,— He's puzzled, I tells ye. He's jist ready to come right into de arms ob de chuch, he is ; he ! he ! bress de Lord, 'taint no sort o' use though, kase dem dratted Irish, cross hun. Bredren, you must set dese people abetter zample in 'ligion, ye see de Jew he would come into de ranks ob de Lord Jesus, kase he cant find he Messih. He done tired a lookin' fur him, almost wore he eyes out, tank de bressed Lord. He would come, but ye see, de Irish dey knock 'em ebery way. My bredren, dey call him de Christ killer; den de Jew say, " he was one ob us any way" an you worship him "who was a Jew ;" he say " he be God- man, 2S SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE. but we worship God Jehovilah." Den my bredren, de Irish he jes go for him, lease deir 'ligion be mixed up wid fight. Den de Jew say " me no under- stand " de christian 'ligion mix fight wid lub, 'cept de Quaker. 'Ligion is done gone up bredren, if we dont change de Jew, lease he slaved us fust in Canaan, you know, an ^ey led us den, but my bredren, bress de Lord, we Jead 'em noiv, ah 1 Be good den, bredren, den de wool will grow upon de flock, in Christ Jesus, ah ! Ye see my bredren dat when de Irish meet at christenin's an funerals, an weddin's, dey fight, an de Jew don't see lub dat way, an so dont change his faith for dat of de bressed Lord, — an so ye see my bredren, de need ob our a workin' for de good ob de Lord Jesus, ah I Now feller citizens and bredren, dar was anudder prayer, — Mr. Linkim, Ae prayed, an de good Lord he jist showed him de Deliverer; an who do you tink it war? Fore de Lord an bress my soul, ef 'twarnt dat little feller Grant. Den Linkim he laughed an joked, and was hisself agin; true as death bredren ; an he called de gineral, masser Grant, to lead de armies ob de Potomac, — an den you know, wid Custer a hemmin' ob 'em in, dey bagged good ole Gin'l Lee, he ! he ! he! an gib peace to dis country an liberty to de slabe ; an now my bredren an collud feller citizens, let me tell you a little secret, — // was Grant hisself dat gib de slabe his freedom. Bress de Lord, Gin'l Freemount he done gin de fust prockerenation, but Linkim he jist knock dat in de head an gin anudder; but ye see 'twas de ne- cessity ob de ting, an not de nigger, kase he jist swopped away de nigger in de condition, kase he would let de Souf hab slabery an ebery ting else as it done had been befo' de war, if dey would jist lay down deir arms an hab slabery jis as it was; an dat aint all, let 'em have tree months time to t'ink it oyer an kill all dey could in de time, — an so ye see my bredren it was jist de Souf deir owseffs, or de Lord an Grant, dat gib us our freedom. Kase you see, de rebs did'nt 'cept ob dat ar preporsition, an so ye see my bred- ren, I want ye to be 'tickler now, jist here, an 'members what I tells you, dat slabery was Jist conquered wid de rest ob de fings, an Grant hisself wcls de conqueror. Now den, my bredren, it was eider de Lord an Grant, or it was Grant alone; kase ye see, Mr. Linkim an all de Gin'ls could'nt conquer Lee no ways. Now my bredren, ef it was de Lord, He made Grant His im- plement for to work wid, an ef it war Grant, wi'dout de Lord, he am de greatest man ; so my bredren, you must look upon him as de chosen ob de Lord, else he am de greater man, like de " goldsmith maid" horse, kase he beat all de udder Ginerals time, like de " maid" beat Dexter an dem udder horses. Now den bredren, dont do like de chillen ob Israel, who would'nt bab SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE. 29 de Lord as King, but chose Saul in his place, ah I You may git some knave who is lookin' after ebery t'ing, and his fadders jack-ass besides, who's braying 'bout de country, how much he knows 'bout farmin'. My bredren, jist fotch him down yer to Alabama, an see what he kin do, an how much he knows' bout de cotton grub, an sugar. No my bredren, for de Lor's sake, dont be arter fotchin' sich a feller as dat, kase de whole country would run to pieces. Keep to Grant my bredren who is eider de choice ob de Lord, or kin go it alone, and den we shant bust up my bredren, like de Himbrews, but be a great people. And bredren, I'de neai done forgot dem are udder gemmen whats awanton Massa Grant's place ; Massa Chase, Sumner, Hoffman an a tousand an one udders dat keeps snifiiiin ober it. Bredren dont you mind em ; sartain »as de Lord dey aint no 'count, 'ceptin' to findin' fault, — kase you see Massa Chase is clar dDn gon, — daryou seed his wings in dat are cut, just a on fastenen thereselves out his shoulders ; kase he hurt his- self a twistin' on to dat ere new 'parture. Bredren let me tell you de man's too much twisted; de one foot a stuck in de grabe and toder shufflin arter. An Massa Sumner, bredren, afore de Lord, I dont tink him fit to rule — You member dem are dogs at the ole plantation, how dat are ole fat feller Tige used to growl an snarl ; he neber cotch or fotched nothin, but all'es snapped at Seaze and Nero, that used to do de work, and fotch up ebery ting. Just so widfadder Sumner, — he raal good to find fault, but him cannot got in. Let him alone bredren, let him lib his own ole bachalder life — he good man too, but too old and crochety. And den dar is udders. Tammany hab done for dem, bredren, dare ob no 'count, he ! he ! he I An now bredren, now dat I "hab tole you ob all dat I heerd at de great Union pra'rr meetin' an udder places, let me ax ye jist what you kin do, for yer countrymen, de niggers in Afriky ; bredren, deir sittiwation dar, is de sticker ob all ob us. You know bredren, dat de slabes has done did better by de change from deir own country to dis, kase ye see, dey has been slivilised, and am now woters, bress God, an dough dey had deir trials, dey is better. An now bredren, what is you willin' to do to help de ignorant nigger in Afriky; he is yer brudder if he is a fool bress de Lord, an I feels proud to 'fess it. Now ye're a dratted set o' niggers, I say, an aint fit to be free, an to heb de prilivedges ob wotin, ef ye cant comfusticate de perdition ob yer feller nigger in Afriky ; an I perpose, dat we change places wid him, 'til we git to be natral like him, or he gits to be great like us. An now Bredren, I'se gwine to tell you de strangest ting ye eber heerd ; listen ! I tank de bressed Lord for slabery 1 kase it brought me to dis great 30 SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE. country. Dar aint no use a talkin' ; dem are free niggers down Norf, am as full ob de open world's wice, as de Irish. 'Taint no use denyin' it, dey hab deir gaming houses, an ebery ting^ jis like de low Irish. De good Irish, am berry good, — Ole massa use to say de rale ole Irish gemman, am de bcstest man in de whole world, — an it mus' be so, kase massa allers tell de truf, bress him soul. Bredren, slabery made all de change in us ; ef we had'nt been slabes, we'd a ben niggers still, — now bredren, we is woters bress de Lord. Why bredren, dere is jist as much difference 'tween de niggers in Afriky an us, an 'tween Afriky an dis country, as dey is 'tween dis country an heben. And now bredren, dat you is free, ye must lam to lub de law, an not be like de dratted Irish; a fightin' all de time. Bredren, we is law makers, an bress de Lord, 'tis a great 'sponsibility ; an I want you to learn to wote right. Bredren, dar is de railroad mule team in de Norf, twelve or more ob em, all led by one boss ; an den you know de flock of geese, and de herds ob cattle, an hogs in de bush, all hab deir leader, but you my bredren, you is men, and you must know who is yer leader, an follow none but de right one. Bredren, de true spirit ob liberty, is de lub ob de law, when you done bend twist nor broke it, den you be free. Now ye see, when a flock ob sheep am a gwine along, dey all follow deir leader, as I said before, — but, mong de politichioners 'taint no use ob two or tree young ones a venturin out, kase dey'U get scotched sure, by de young Democracy, my bredren, or like Caleb \ an Joshua. Demar ten uder spies war Irish sure, kase ye see dey is as muehr^ like 'em as one nig is like anudder in de skin, ah ! ha ! Bredren, in de way dey all wote togedder what way de leader tole 'em, an like de Hebrew spies it war only de two out'en twelve dat hab a heap ob sense. Now bredren de white folks am wrong on dis yer question, dat de biggest number ob de white folks hab de most sense — dat aint so my bredren, kase dem dar two Hebrew spies, Joshua an Caleb knowed more dan ten million udder fellers like de ten spies. Kase bredren don't ye see its jist like dis yer. I knows more dan all on ye. I tell ye how to wote an how to do, — but 'taint no use a talkin' bredren, ye mus' know how yer ownseffs to do it afore ye can do it right ; kase why; a man cant make a watch nor nothin' 'tickler 'cept he learns how to do it ; an feller citizens de laws ob dis country dat is to take car ob us niggers am ob more 'portance an more 'tickler to make dan a watch am. An now bredren, sence ye is ignorant like yet, ob national law and state rights, or the national government and the capital, an has to hab a leader like de sheep in de flock, or de mule team I done tole ye 'bout, jist you pay 'tickler 'tention at what I'm g^vine for to say, kase I'se yer leader, I is. Bredren ye mus' keep yer eye upon de Keystone Grants dat was shown SPEECH OF MOSESPRUUENCE. 3 1 to Fader Abram in de great Union pra'rr meetin'. Ye mus' dew it bredren, de Lord appeared agin through Gin'l Jackson in answer to de Himbrew pra'rr, an de nigger, my bredren, an de Jew am a gwine to stretch out their arm an fetch em 'long an do 'em good, for de honor ob de Lord, de salwation ob de Irish, an Tammany. Wid dis Grant " Keystone " an de ploughshare, an de drainin' an a filling ob de Tammany an all de rest you mus' learn too from dat wonderful book " dar busy life thar while Farmin'." My belobed Bredren when de train am ready an de bulgine a beatin' on de railroad for Heben, de New Jerusalem, hab yer ticket in yer pocket, but bredren wote for Grant afore ye go, kase he's de chosen ob be Lord." Don't follow Greely, nor dose udder leaders de like dem sheep. Now bredren I've made dese bobservations to day to lumerate yer minds, kase ye know ye mus' be tole how to go an how to wote, an den ye'U be fit to have an office in dis yer world an be toted straight to Heben when you is done dead an buried. Amen. Bress de Lord. — ah ! he ! he ! Now Bredren, I jis' wants to tell ye I'se gwine for to make a speech in de cose ob my lectures, and 'twill be 'pon de 'provements ob de Capitol at Washington, so as to hab it all ready for de great "Horse," Rosinante Greeley, as President King. You grumble dar 'bout dem ar workins at de Capitol ! Dare dey am, a rippity-tare, a puUin' up de sidewalks, an' a tarin' down de trees, an' a rippin' up de gutters, an' makin' ob sewers, and a widenin' de walks an' de streets, and a spilin' de canal, an' fotchin all de water out ob de Potomac, and ebery oder dibil ob a ting ; kase Marshal Brown and Banker Riggs am a tarin' ob deir har out all de time, kase, de sewers am a takin' away de night work from de Marshal, till he is mad; true as def, bredren, he is. ha! ha! he! he! he! Now, Bredren, dey did right when dey put a tax on de poperlation for makin' de Capitol shine; aha! he! he! Kase Washington City b'longs to ebery man an' woman in de country ; 'tis de greatest nation in dis wo'ld, an' dat's de reason why ebery body says, " I gib a dollar minese'f, to shine up de Capitol ob de nation, and to keep off de dratted smallpox and de cholerums an' de like ; " like de po'a people in London, de chambermaids, an' de butlers, an' de washerwomen, as giv deir fo' dollars apiece, to start de Great Eastern ship on de waters, kase de rich folks hadn't done did it; true as def dey did, kase dey wanted to see de big ship float on de ocean, bredren, dat am de reason we'uns wants to see dis Capitol de best in de whob world. » 32 SPEECH OF MOSESPRUDENCE. De Congress tinks jes' like we'uns tinks; but deir cumstickuants don't see it, kase dcy don't come to de big city ob Washington ; kase if dey did, den de gal would say to her Sweetheart, an' de wife to de husband "we wont go to de ball, or de teatre, or de fair, but we save dat ar money for jis' one night, like dem ar' Lon'on peoples for de " Great Eastern." Bredren and feller critters, can't ye jes' gib up de froUickin' for one night in all eternity, to shine up de Capitol ob de Nation ? Den, dem ar hoss trainers or junkshuners, dey wants to put all dese yer 'provements 'side ; kase dey like Marshal Brown's way better'n carryin' it away in de sewers ; an' den dey wants to keep de 'fection in de way ob de senators and congressers. Reckon dey wants to quarantine de city, an' keep de furringrants and udder peoples out. When de Congressers come to Washington, dey sees all de 'provements, an, de strainin', an' de squeezin', an' de pressin' ob de people, as has got de property, to make tings nice for de people ob de whole nation, an' dey says, " de public works Board, an' de Governor, an' leetle, young Eddie Stanton, an' bredren, dat ar ole Masser Shepard, what's got his name on de big house dar on de Abenue, (true as de Lord, bredren, dat ar man sees 'way fur off in de years,) kase ye see, dem as own big property like he do, he knows de people ob de whole country wont see 'em squelched all to pieces, to 'prove de city ob Washing- ton for de whole country, an' he say, bredren, for de debt now made, be bonded for de future, for to be paid in ten or twenty years ; den, bredren, ye see de chillens, an' de forringrant peoples, and all de oder folks, grow wid de city, an' share de burden ob de tax; kase de chillens ought to share wid de fadders, and de forringranters wid de peoples ; an' den, what would be a dollar for lue'ims, would be but a bit or a levy, for '