are fully set forth. A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864 J. F. FEEKS, PUBLISHER, No. 26 ANN STREET, N. Y. "WHEREIN THE Eccentricities & Beauties of ARE EULLY SET FORTH. A G-uide to the Presidential Election of 1864 J. F. FEEKS, PUBLISHER, No. 26 ‘ ANN STREET, N. T. \ It ■% t f Fm w«n i*cconling to Act of Congress, in the year l. c 6t, "by J. F. FEEKS, ' J© ihv Llejk’a Uihce of the District C» urt of the Ignited States, for the Southern District of New-York. \ L6.3& THE EINCOEZST LESSON THE FIRST. I. What is the Constitution ? A compact with hell—now obsolete. * ' II. By whom hath the Constitution been made obso¬ lete ? By Abraham Africanus the First. in. To what end ? That his days may be long in office—and that he may make himself and his people the equal of the negroes. IV. What is a President ? A general agentlor negroes. 4 . THE LINCOLN Y. What is Congress ? A body organized for the purpose of taxing the people to buy negroes, and to make laws to protect 4 -he President from being punished for his crimes. VI. What is an army ? A provo3b guard, to arrest white men, and set ne¬ groes free. VII. Who are members of Congress supposed to rep¬ resent ? The President and his Cabinet. ' VIII. What is the meaning of coining money ? Printing green paper. * IX. What did the Constitution mean by freedom of the Press ? Throwing Demo3ratio newspapers out of the mails. X. What is the meaning of the word Liberty ? Incarceration in a vermin-infes ted bastile. XI. What is the duty of a Secretary of War ? To arrest freemen by telegraph. , j XII. What are the duties of a Secretary of the Navy ? • To build and sink gunboats. CATECHISM. 5 XIII. What is the business of a Secretary of the Treasury ? To destroy State Banks and fill the pockets of the people full of worthless, irredeemable U. S. shinplas- ters. XIY. What is the chief business of a Secretary of State ? To print five volumes a year of Foreign Corres¬ pondence with himself, to drink whisky, and proph¬ esy about war. XY. What is the meaning of the word “ patriot?” A man who loves his country less, and the negro more. XYI. What is the meaning of the word “ traitor?” One who is a stickler for the Constitution and the laws. XYII. What is the meaning of the word “ Copperhead ?” A man who believes in the Union as it was, the Constitution as it is, and who cannot be bribed with greenbacks, nor frightened by a bastile. XVIII. What is a “ loyal league ?” A body of men banded together, with secret signs and pass words, for the purpose of making a negro of a white man, and of controlling elections bv force or fraud. 6 THE LINCOLN XIX. » ■ * What is the meaning of the word “law?” The will of the President. XX. / How were the States formed ? By the United States. XXI. Is the United States Government older than the States which made it ?” It is. XXIL Have the States any rights ? None whatever, except when the President allows. XXIII. Have the people any rights ? None but such as the President gives. XXIY. Who is the greatest martyr of history ? John Brown. XXV. Who is the wisest man ? . * I f Abraham Lincoln. XX VL Who is Jeff. Davis ? The devil. CATECHISM. 7 LESSON THE SECOND. I. What is the “habeas corpus ?” The power of the President to imprison whom he pleases, as long as he pleases. n. What is Trial by Jury ? Trial by military commission. in. What is “ security from unreasonable searches and seizures?” The liability of a man’s house to be entered by any Provost Marshal who pleases. IV. What is the meaning of the promise that, “no person shall be held to answer for any crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury?” That any person may be arrested whenever tlio President or any of his officers please. y. What is the meaning of the promise that, “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law ?” That any person may be deprived of life, liberty and property, whom the President orders to be so stripped. 8 THE LINCOLN YI. What is the meaning of “the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury?” A remote secret inquisition conducted by a man’s enemies. VII. What is the meaning of the promise that the accused shall be tried “ in the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed?” That he shall be sent away from the State and be¬ yond the jurisdiction of the district where the offenser is said to be committed. VIII. > What is the meaning of the declaration that the accused shall “ have the assistance of counsel fo his defense ?” That, in the language of Seward to the prisoners in Fort Warren, “the employment of counsel will be deemed new cause for imprisonment.” IX. What is the meaning of the declaration that, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed?” That a man’s house may be searched, and he be stripped of his arms, whenever and wherever a pro¬ vost marshal dare attempt it. X. What is the meaning of the declaration that the accused shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation,” against him ? That he shall not be informed of the nature of hi# offence. CATECHISM. 9 XL What is the meaning of the promise that an. accused man may “ be confronted with the witnesses against him ?” That he shall not be allowed to confront them. XII. What is the meaning of the declaration that the accused “ shall have compulsory process for obtain* ing witnesses in his favor ?” That he shall not be allowed any witnesses. XIII. What is the meaning of the declaration that. “ the judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in the Supreme Court,” etc. ? That it shall be vested in the President and his provost marshals. XIY. What is the meaning of the declaration that “ No bill of Attainder, or ex post facto law shall be passed ?” That such a law may be passed whenever Congress pleases. XY. What is the meaning of the President’s oatli that he, “ will to the best of his ability, Preserve, pro¬ tect and defend the Constitution of the United States ?” That he will do all in his power to subvert and de¬ stroy it. THE LINCOLN XVI. What is the meaning of that part of his oath in which he swears to “ take care that the laws be faithfully executed ” ? That he will appoint provost marshals to override ind disobey the laws. XVII. What is the meaning of the declaration that “The United States shall guarantee to every state a Republican form of government ?” That Congress shall assist the President in destroy¬ ing the Republican form of government in the States, and substituting a military government whenever he pleases—witness Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. XVIII. What is the meaning of the declaration that “ No attainder of Treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted ? That a person accused of Treason may have his property confiscated not only during his life, but for all time, so that his children and heirs shall be pun¬ ished for the crimes alleged against him. XIX. What is the meaning of the declaration, that “ No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to some overt act, or on confession in open court? That a man may be convicted of treason without any witness, and without judge or jury, and without having committed any overt act. CATECHISM. 11 XX. What is the meaning of the declaration that “ No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ?” _ 4 • That the President may draw money from the Treasury whenever he pleases, for such things as sending missionaries and teachers to teach contra¬ bands to read and write, or to build sheds and houses for stolen or run-away negroes. XXI. What is' the meaning of the government ? The Presmlent . 1 XXII. What is the meaning of an oath ? To swoar not to do the thing you promise. What is truth ? Am xxm. n ‘t * 12 THE LINCOLN LESSON THE THIRD. Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after the blood of slaveholders, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the unmerciful, for they shall obtain command. - - Blessed are the vile in heart, for they shall be ap¬ pointed judges. Whosoever does not smite thee on one cheek, smite him on both. ; : And if he turn away from thee, turn and hit him again. If thou findest a chance to steal a slaveholder’s coat, steal his cloak also; Give to a negro that asketh not, but from the poor white man turn thou away. Be ye therefore unkind, spiteful, and reveiigeful, even as your father the devil is the same. Take heed that ye give alms in public to the ne¬ groes, otherwise ye have no reward of your father Abraham, who is in Washington. Therefore when thou givest thine alms to a negro, - do thou sound a trumpet before thee, as the ministers' and hypocrites do in the churches and in the streets, that-they may have glory of the contrabands. And when thou doest alms let each hand know f what the other hand doeth. That thine alms may not be secret; and thy father the devil, who established the leagues, shall reward thee openly. And when thou prayest, go to the Academy of Music, or to Cooper’s Institute, that thou mayest be seen of men, after the manner of Cora Hatch and Henry Ward Beecher. Do not forgive men their trespasses, for if you do God will not forgive your trespasses. CATECHISM. H6 Moreover, when you pretend to fast, fast not at all, but eat turkies, ducks, and especially roosters, that ye may crow over the Copperheads, and stuff yourselves with whatsoever a shinplaster buyeth. , Lay up for yourselves treasures in greenbacks and five-twenties, and whatever else ye may steal from the Custom House and the Treasury. Every man can serve two masters, the devil and the Abolitionists. Take no thought to get raiment by honest toil, but go down South and steal it. Consider the vultures and the hawks, how they toil not neither do they sow, and yet no creature was ever stuffed out with so much fatness, except a contraband that feedeth at the pub¬ lic crib. Judge another without judge or jury, but destroy the laws, so that your own measure shall not be measured unto you again. If thou hast a beam in thine own eye, shut thine eye so that it cannot be.seen, and go to picking out the mote that is in the Copperhead’s eye. If a poor white man ask bread, give him a stone, if he ask a fish, give him an alligator. Therefore, whatsoever ye would that the slave¬ holder should not do unto you, do it even unto him : for this is the law of the loyal leagues. X. Have the loyal leagues a prayer ? They have. XI. Repeat it. Father Abram, who art in Washington, of glorious 16 THE LINCOLN memory—since the date of thy proclamation to free negroes. Thy kingdom come, and overthrow the republic ; thy will be done, and the laws perish. Give us this day our daily supply of greenbacks. Forgive us our plunders, but destroy the Copper¬ heads. Lead us into fat pastures; but deliver us from the eye of detectives; and make us the equal of the negro ; for such shall be our kingdom, and the glory of thy administration. CATECHISM. 17 LESSON THE FOURTH. L What is the motto of loyal leagues ? “ Liberty to the slave, or death to the Union.” n. Does this place the negro above the Union ? It does. m. What do loyal leagues call the masses of the peo¬ ple? " A herd of cattle ”—vide Secretary Stanton. TV. How many of this “Herd of cattle” have the abolitionists caused to be maimed or slain in this war? One million. V. How many widows have they made ? Five hundred thousand. C YI. How many orphans ? * Ten hundred thousand. VII. "What will Lincoln’s administration cost the country ? Four thousand millions of dollars. 18 THE LINCOLN < * VIII. What is the annual interest on this debt ? Two hundred and eighty millions of dollars. IX. How much will this interest amount to in ten * years ? Two thousand and eight hundred millions of dol¬ lars. X. How much will that be in twenty years? Five thousand and six hundred millions of dollars. XI. Would the entire surplus export production of the North pay the interest on its debt ? It would not. XII. How will this affect the people ? It will humble their pride, and make them feel that they have a government. , XIII. V What effect will this debt have on the farmer? It will mortgage his farm to the Government for nearly the amount of the interest on its cash value. What effect will it have on the workingman ? It will mortgage his muscle and the sweat of his brow to the Government as long as he lives. CATECHISM. 19 XV. Is there any way for the people to get rid of this debt ? None whatever, but by repudiation. XVI. In case of repudiation, will “ five twenties ” go with the rest ? Yes—all government paper will sink together. XVII. How do the Republicans propose to prevent repu¬ diation 9 • *■ * By a standing army of negroes , to force the people to pay at the point of the bayonet. XVIII. Who must pay the expense of the standing army ? The people ; which will add three hundred millions annually to their debt. XIX. What will be the great advantage of this debt ? It will enslave the people, and bring them into the same wholesome subjection that they are in the Old World. XX. Is there any other benefit ? Yes—It will enable the children of the rich to live, without industry, upon the earnings of the poor from generation to generation. 20 THE LINCOLN XXL Should Mr, Lincoln be re-elected, what debt will lie leave upon the country at the end of his second term ? Eight billions, or eight thousand millions of dollars ! XII. * "What will be the interest annually on this debt ? Five hundred and sixty millions of dollars. XIII. * What will be the annual expense for interest, and the standing army ? Eight hundred and sixty millions of dollars! XIY. Will it be possible for the people to stand such a pressure of taxes ? They will have to stand it, or stand the prick of the bayonet. XY. Suppose the people should take it into their heads to abandon their property ana quit the country ? They will not be allowed—but will be compelled to remain and work for the support of the Government. XYI. Will this be just ? - Yes—“ the government must be supported/' — CATECHISM; 21 LESSON THE FIFTH. I. What was Abraham Lincoln by trade ? A rail- splitter. H What is he now ? . Union-splitter. III. Who is Sumner ? A free American of African descent, who would swear to support the Constitution “ only as he under¬ stood it.” IV. Who is Phillips ? One of the founders of the Republican party who “ labored nineteen years to take fifteen states out of the Union.” V. Who is Garrison ? 'A friend of the President, who went to hell, and found the original copy of" the Constitution of the United States there. VI. Who is Seward ? A Prophet in the Temple of black dragons, and a taster in the government whiskey distillery. VII. Who is Chase ? The foreman of a green paper printing office. 22 THE LINCOLN yin. Who is Banks ? A dancing master, who wanted to slide down hill with the Union. IX. Who is Wade ? An amiable Christian gentlemen who wanted to “ wade up to his knees in the blood of slaveholders.” X. Who is Francis S. Spinner ? A spinner of black yarn, who swore he would “ abol¬ ish slavery, dissolve the Union, or have civil war,” now Register of the Treasury. XI. Who is James S. Pike ? A stale fish which Mr. Lincoln presented as a Min¬ ister to the Netherlands, because, he said, “ The Union is not worth supporting in connection with the South.” xn. * Who is Judge Spaulding ? A bad pot of glue } which would not hold the Union together, but declared in the Fremont Convention. “I am for dissolution, and I care not how soon it comes.” XIII. Who is Jack Hale? A hail fellow-well-met with the negroes, who in¬ troduced a petition to dissolve the Union in 1850. CATECHISM. 23 - xm Who is Thomas F. Meagher ? An absconding*: prisoner from Botany Bay, who came to New York• to “ squelch the Copperheads.” XV. Who is Simeon Draper ? A . political draper by trade, who tried to dress out - poor Barney of the Custom House, that he might make a nice suit for himself. XVL Who is Horace Greeley ?. A celebrated poet, who wrote a poem on the Ameri¬ can Flag, beginning thus: “ Tear down the flaunting lioi Half-mast the starry flag! Insult no sunny sky, With hate’s polluted rag.* XVII. Who is Owen Lovejoy ? A fat and spongy Albino from Illinois. When it was supposed that his soul had floated off to Tartarus on the waves of his own fat ; a brother member of Congress kindly wrote his epitaph : Beneath this stone good Owen Lovejoy lies, Little in everything except in size ; What though his burly body fills this hole. Still through hell’s key-hole crept his little soul. And when good Owen returned to this' mundane sphere, his arrival was celebrated by the? following complimentary additional verse; The Devil finding Owen there, Began to flout and rave—and sware That hell should ne’er endure the stain, And kicked him back to earth again. 24 THE LINCOLN XVIII. Who is Andrew Curtin? A highly colored screen, to cover the whiskey in the Executive Chamber of Pennsylvania, - XIX. Who is John A. Dix ? A brave and invincible General, who never having had a chance to show his prowess in battle,'seized the Park Barracks, containing seventy-five sick and wronged soldiers, and twenty-seven bushels of vermin. XX. Who i t s Park Godwin ? A celebrated Lexicographer, in the pay of Mr. Lin. eoln, who defines theft—“ annoyance ” and " bother¬ ation.” XXI. Who is Henry J. Raymond ? A giant from.the blood-stained plains of Solferino* enjoying a pension as Liar Extraordinary to the Ad ministration. XXII. * Who is the Rev. Henry Bellows ? A zoiniy instrument of the abolitionists, who is try¬ ing very hard to make himself the equal of a negro- XXIII. Who is General Schenck ? * * A creature of very mixed black and white principles* which made an awful stink in Maryland. XXIV. Who is Thad Stephens ? An amalgamationist from Pennsylvania, who ilOIL* estly practices wha the preaches. CATECHISM. XXY. "Who is General Burnside ? A fiery commander who has had wonderful success in seizing peaceable and unarmed civilians, when they- were asleep in their own beds at midnight; and who was once caught in a trap by a famous old trapper the name of Lee. XXYI. Who is James T. Brady ? A gentleman of great political versatility, now affiliated with the amalgamationists, who believes that " A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” XXYII. Who is Anna Dickinson ? Ask Ben. Butler and William D. Kelly. XXYIH. Who is Ben. Butler ? A Satyr, who has the face of a devil and the hearts of a beast, who laughed when Banks supplanted hiro. in New Orleans, saying, “he will find it a squeezed!, lemon.” XXIX. • Who is William D. Kelly ? A member of Congress, and a wagon contractor, who plays a bass viol in the orchestra of the females loyal leagues. XXX. I I »< * . ^ Who is Henry P. Stanton ? A white man, whose negro principles, are under— going - a bleaching process, in consequence of: his; having been made a scape-goat for all of Chasnis forty thieves in the Custom House. 26 THE LINCOLN LESSON THE SIXTH. |» f (k I. _ I What is the chief end of the loyal leagues ? The end of the Union. n. What are States ? Colonies of the Federal Government, « in. What is a Judge ? A provost marshal. IV. What is a court of law ? A body of soldiers, appointed by a General to try civilians without law. V. What is a Bastile ? A Republican meeting-house, for the involuntary ^assembling of men who believe in the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is. VL What is the meaning of the word “ demagogue ?” Ask those members of Congress, who believe the war is for the negro, and for the destruction of the Union, and yet vote it supplies of men and money. * ( vn. What is a Governor ? A general agent for the President. CATECH [SM. 27 VIII What is a negro ? A white man ith a black skin. % IX. What is a white man ? A negro with a white skin. X. What will be the effect of amalgamation? It is the doctrine of the Leagues that a superior race will spring from amalgamation. XI. Is this according to science ? No,—science teaches that the progeny of amalga¬ mation would run out, and become extinct after the fourth or fifth generation. XII. Is science true ? No—it must be a lie; or the Leaguers are the greatest fools or knaves that ever lived. J h * XIII. Is amalgamation now practiced to a greater extent than formerly ? It is, to a much greater extent. XIV. . Where ? - . Everywhere where Leagues prevail. 28 THE LINCOLN XYt Is it prosperous in Washington ? jit is—so much so that more than five thousand of the fruits of amalgamation have been born in that city since the election of Mr. Lincoln. XVI. Is it spreading elsewhere ? Yes—wdierever the officers of our army go in the South, it is doing well. XYII. How is it in New Orleans ? Well; —but there are a great many squint-eyed yellow babies there, supposed to have been occasioned Iby fright at the presence of Ben. Butler. XYIII. Did the same thing occur at Fortress Monroe, ^fter Ben. Butler was in command there ? It did. XIX. The effects of fright are very wonderful in such cases, are they not ? They are wonderful indeed. XX. Do such remarkable imitations ever spring from .any other cause than fright ? Yes—as in cases where such imitations follow good looking men, like Senators Wilson and Sumner. CATECHISM. 29 XXI. Is the science of amalgamation now in its in- fancy ? * Comparatively—but, under the patronage of the loyal leagues, a great number of practical and experi¬ mental works will soon be issued . XXII. Who are engaged on these works ? The learned abolition clergy, Members of Congress^ and all competent loyal leaguers. XXIII. Are the loyal leagues intended to be “ nurseries . 50 of the new science of amalgamation ? They are. XXIV. Is amalgamation considered the true doctrine off negro equality as taught by Mr, Lincoln in his de¬ bates with Mr. Douglas ? It is. XXY. Is this what Anna Dickinson really means hy “ the lesson of the hour ?” It is. XXYI. Is this what the President means by “Rising ;* 3 with the occasion ?” It is. THE LINCOLN LESSON THE SEVENTH. I. Were the framers of the Constitution short¬ sighted and foolisii men ? Tney were. n. Are their pernicious sentiments condemnatory of our most righteous abolition war? They are. III. What did Jefferson, the father of the Declaration of Independence, teach ? That, “ the several states which framed the Consti¬ tution have the unquestionable right to judge of in¬ fractions.” IV. What did James Madison, the father of the Con¬ stitution, say ? That, “ in case of a deliberate, palpable and dan-, gerous exercise of powers not granted in the Com¬ pact, the States have a right to interfere, for main¬ taining within their respective limits the authorities, lights and liberties appertaining to them.” V. What did John Quincy Adams say ? That, “ if the day shall come—may Heaven avert it!—when the affections of the people of these States shall be alienated from each other, when this frater¬ nal spirit shall give way to cold indifference, or colli- . CATECHISM. 81 Sions of interest shall fester into hatred—then the bands of political association will not hold together parties no longer attracted by the magnetism of con¬ ciliated interests and kindly sympathies, and lar bai¬ ter will it be for the people of the disunited States to part in friendship from each other than to be held together by restraint.” VI. Have still later statesmen and politicians been affected with the same damnable idea ? • f They have. Y3Z What did Daniel Webster say? “ A bargain broken on one side is a bargain brokers on all sides . 5 5 YIII. What did Andrew Jackson say in his farewell address ? • That, “ If such a struggle is once begun, and the citizens of one section of the country are arrayed in arms against those of the other, in doubtful conflict, let the battle result as it may, there will be an end of the Union, and with it an end of the hope of free¬ dom. The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty ; it would avenge their wrongs, but they would themselves share in the common ruin. The Constitution cannot be main¬ tained nor the Union preserved, in opposition to public feeling, by the mere exertion of the coercive powers confided to the government. ,, 32 THE LINCOLN What did Abraham Lincoln say in Congress in 1848 ? That, “ Any people anywhere, being inclined, and haying the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable a most sacred right—a right which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is the right confined to the cause in which the whole people of an existing gov¬ ernment may choose to exercise it. ANY PORTION of such people that can, may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the Territory as they in¬ habit. ” X. What did Henry Clay say ? That, “ When my State is right—when it has cause for resistance—when tyranny and wrong and oppres¬ sion insufferable arise, I will share her fortunes. ’ 9 0 XI. What did U. S. Senator Levi Woodbury of New Hampshire say ? That, “ If the bonds of a common language, a common government and all the common glories of the last century, cannot make us concilatory and kind—cannot make all sides forgive and forget some¬ thing,—cannot persuade to some sacrifice even, if necessary, to hold us together, force is as unprofita¬ ble TO accomplish it as fratricide is to perpetuate PEACE IN A COMMON FAMILY.” CATECHISM. 33 XII. What did Horace Greeley say in the Tribune , Nov. 26, 1860 ? That, “ If the Cotton States unitedly and earnestly wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union, we think they should be allowed to do so. Any attempt to compel them by force to remain, would be contrary to the principles enunciated in the immortal Declara¬ tion of independence. ” XIII. What did Mr. Greeley say in the Tribune, Dec. 17, 1860 ? That, “ We have repeatedly asked those who dis¬ sent from our view of this matter, to tell us frankly whether they do or do not assent to Mr. Jefferson’s statement in the Declaration of Independence, thai> governments “ derive their just powers from THE CON- . sent of the governed ; and that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it i ^ the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to insti¬ tute a new government, &c., &c. We do heartily, ac¬ cept this doctrine, believing it intrinsically sound , beneficent, and one that, universally accepted, is calcu¬ lated to prevent the shedding of seas of human blood . And, if it justified the secession from the British Empire of three millions of colonists in 1776, we DO NOT SEE WHY IT WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THE SECESSION OF FIVE MILLIONS OF SOUTHERNERS FROM THE FEDERAL Union in 1861. If we are mistaken on this point, why does not some one attempt to show wherein and why? For our own part, while we deny the right of slaveholders to hold slaves against the will of the lat¬ ter, we cannot see how Twenty Millions of people can rightfully hold Ten or even Five Millions in a detested Union with them by military force.” • 3 i THE LINCOLN If even “seven or eight States” send agents to "Washington to say, “We want to get out of the Union,” we shall feel constrained by our devotion to Human Liberty to say, Let them go ! And we do not see how we could take the other side without coming- in DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE RIGHTS OE MAN WHICH WE HOLD PARAMOUNT TO ALL POLITICAL ARRANGEMENTS, however convenient and advantageous.” SIY. What did Chancellor Walworth say March 1st, 1861? That, “ It would be as brutal to send men to butcher their brothers of the Southern States, as it would be to massacre them in the Northern States.” XY. What did David S. Dickinson say in 1860 ? That, “ The Union is not to be maintained by force.” XYI. What did Judge Amasa J. Parker say? That, “ our people shrink back aghast at the idea of repeating, in this enlightened age, that first great crime of man, the staining of their hands with a brother’s blood.” XYII. . What did Senator Stephen A. Douglas say: That, “ I dont understand how a man can claim to he a friend the Union, and yet be in favor of war upon ten o.vi Injns of people in the Union. You can¬ not cover it up much longer under the pretext of love for the Union.” CATECHISM. 35 xvm. What did the address of the Democratic State Convention of New York say in 1861 ? That “ the worst and most ineffective argument that can be addressed by the Federal Government, or its adhering members, to the seceding States, is civil war. Civil war will not restore the Union, but will defeat forever its reconstruction.” XIX. What did the Tammany Hall resolutions of March. 1st, 1861, say ? That, “No State shall be coerced into remaining in this Union, when, in the judgment of her people, her safety requires that she should secede in order to protect the lives and property of her citizens. “ We will oppose any attempt on the part of the Republicans in power to make any armed aggression under the plea of ‘ enforcing the laws/ or ‘ preserving the Union/ upon the Southern States/ 5 XX. Are not the sentiments expressed by all the above named statesmen and politicians, the same as now held by such infamous traitors as Clement Val- landigham and C. Chauncey Burv ? They are. i XXI. What ought to be done with such men as Val- landigham and Burr, who “ cling to these dogmas of the dead past ?” They ought to be hanged. THE LINCOLN XXII. Were Gen. Jackson and John Quincy Adams to come on earth again and teach the same as they once did, would they deserve to be hanged ? They would. XXIII. What should be done to Tammany Hall if it held the same doctrine now that it did three years ago? It should be hanged, individually and collectively. XXIV. What should be done to Abraham Lincoln if ho believed now as he did in 1848 ? The king can do no wrong. XXY. Are all who believe as our fathers taught, “traitors’ and “ sympathizers ?’ They are. XXVI. What will become of all who believe in the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is ? They shall be damned. XXVII. * 0 What shall be the reward of all such as believe the Union was a covenant with death, and the Consti¬ tution a compact with hell ? They shall be received into a negro Paradise. CATECHISM. 37 LESSON THE NINTH. l. Is the United States a consolidated government ? It is. H. Who consolidated it ? Abraham Lincoln. m. Does consolidation mean to annihilate the States ? Yes—to a great extent. IV. Had lie a right to do this ? Yes—under the way power. Y. Who invented the war power ? Abraham Lincoln. VI. lor what purpose did he invent the war power? That he might not have to return to the business of splitting rails. vn. Was Mr. Lincoln ever distinguished as a military officer ? He was—In the Black Hawk war. VIII. What high military position did he hold in that war ? He was a cook. 38 THE LINCOLN ,IX. Was he distinguished for anything except for his genius as a cook ? Yes—he often pretended to see Indians in the woods, where it was afterwards proved that none ex¬ isted. X. Was he ever in any battle ? No—he prudently skedaddled, and went home at the approach of the first engagement.. > . .v . " * * * ' t * j * j. iM. ' * XI. Is there proof of this ? Yes—there are several men still living in Sangamon County, Illinois, who ; were present in the brigade at the time. % XII. Does the Republican party intend to change the name of the United States? It does. XIII. What do they intend to call it ? New Africa. XIY. How will New Africa be bordered ? . On the North by the North Star, on the East by Boston, on the West by Sunset, and on the South by Salt-river. XY. Are the people of the United States happy ? They are, very. CATECHISM. 39 XVL What do they live upon ? Chiefly on blood. xvn. What do the Bepublicans understand by the word people ? Abolitionists, mesmerisers, spiritual mediums, free- lovers and negroes. xyin. What is to be the established religion of New Africa ? Infidelity. XIX. How are the people to be divided? Into the rich, the poor, the wise and the foolish. Who are the rich ? The Generals, the office-holders, and the thieves. XXI. Who are the poor ? The soldiers, and all the people who are neither office-holders or thieves. xxn. Who are the wise ? The Copperheads, because they are 'serpents.* . XXHI. Who are the foolish ? The black-snakes, because they are fast wriggling into a spot where they will run against the fangs of the Copperheads. THE LINCOLN 40 XXIY. Is the black-snake afraid of the Copperheads ? Tes—as he is of the devil. XXY. What is the uniform of a chaplain of the leagues ? A shirt, a revolver, and a dirk. XXYI. How was this found out ? By the discovery of a Eeverend loyal leaguer in fall uniform in a lady’s chamber, in Massachusetts. XXYII. When caught did he confess that every loyal leaguer is pledged to be always armed with these im¬ plements ? He did. XXYIII. Did he make a clean breast of the secrets of the order ? Yes, he made a good deal cleaner breast than shirt. XXIX. What did the lady leaguer say when this loyal chaplain was found in her room ? She said her husband was a brute to come home when he was n’t wanted. XXX. • Are all husbands brutes who go home when the loyal league brethren are visiting their wives ? They are, great brutes. CATECHISM. 41 LESSON THE TENTH. L -9 Are the loyal leaguers taught to hate any man ? They are. H. Who is he ? George B. McClellan. m. Why are they taught to hate McClellan ? Because he wished to restore the Union as it was, and preserve the Constitution as our fathers made it IV. Why do the loyal leagues wish the Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is, destroyed ? Because in no other way can they destroy the property of the South, and make the negro the equal of the white man. V. Is this the object of the war ? It is. VI. For what other reason are the leagues taught to hate McClellan ? Because he refused to let the army under his com¬ mand steal or destroy the private property of the Southern people. 42 THE LINCOLN TO Are these the reasons why he was removed from command? They are—because his great popularity -with the soldiers might render him a stumbling-block in the Presidential campaign for 1864. VIII. Has Mr. Lincoln any other stumbling-blocks? He has. IX. Can you name them ? General Fremont is one, and Lincoln fears, a very dangerous one. • X. Is this the reason Mr. Lincoln has not given him a command ? It is XI. Did Mr. Lincoln approve of the principles of Fre¬ mont ’s campaign in the West ? He did, approve of every thing except his aspira¬ tions for the presidency, and his popularity anong the Germans. XII. What other stumbling-block has Mr. Lincoln ? Chase, who is trying to buy his own nomination, by putting extra steam on his high-pressure green¬ back printing machines. / XIII. What is Mr. Seward in this contest ? A broken bubble. CATECHISM. 43 YIY. "When does Seward think the war will end ? In sixty days. XY. When does Lincoln expect it will end ? When Afric’s woods are moved to Washington. XVI. Who is Mrs. Lincoln ? The wife of the government. XYLL "Who is Mr. Lincoln ? % A successful contractor to supply the government with mules. xvni. Who is Master Bob Lincoln ? A lucky boy, yet in his teens, who has been s"o happy as to obtain shares in Government Contracts by which he has realized $300,000. 44 THE LINCOLN LESSON THE ELEVENTH. I. What is the meaning of the word swamp V It is a place in Florida where Mr. Lincoln proposes to hide a small number of Yankees, to act as presi¬ dential electors for him next fall. IL What is a lagoon ? A place in Louisiana to be used for the same pur¬ pose. HI. What is the meaning of the phrase to count chick¬ ens before they are hatched ? Mr. Lincoln’s reckoning upon the quiet submission of all the states to his scheme of electoral frauds. rv. What does he fear ? That, when the pinch comes at last, the people will fly to arms and maka an end of his rotten borough system and of himself together. V. What is a bank-director ? A silly coon, caught in one of Chase’s traps. VI. What is a government bank? A new engine turned loose on the track to run over all the State banks. CATECHISM. 45 YII. What will be the result ? That all banks, State and National, will be smashed up together. vm. What are Five-Twenties ? Lincoln I. 0. U's .—made redeemable in govern¬ ment slips of paper, in five or twenty years. IS. What else are they ? Baits to catch flat fish. m X. . Are loyal leaguers allowed to refer to the Constitu¬ tion ? Only in terms of reproach. XI. Is it a disloyal practice to refer to the exploded right of trial by jury ? It is very disloyal. XII. Is it disloyal to refer to the size of Old Abe’s feet ? It is. XIII. Is it disloyal to speak of white men as a superior race ? It is, very. XIY. Is it disloyal for a husband to object to his house being visited by strange men whose acquaintance his wife forms at the meetings of the loyal leagues ? It is, shockingly disloyal. , - 46 THE LINCOLN SY. Is it disloyal to believe in the Union as it was ? It is. XVI. Is it a disloyal practice to say that the abolitionists ought to do the fighting in their war for the negroes ? It is, dangerously disloyal. 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