much as the Black Republicans (a voice: '_We can give the Rebels
what they want!_' and applause), but we also hate home-tyranny. Why
was the idolized General of the Mackerel Brigade removed? (A voice:
'_To please the Rebels!_ '_We have licked the Black Republicans in
New York!_' '_We've done the Rebels!_' '_Good!_') To spite us!
That's so, boys! (A voice: '_And we'll make them love us yet?_'
'_The New York election tickles them!_' and cheers.) Whose good was
he removed for? (A voice: '_For Jeff Davis!_' '_Three cheers,
boys!_' and great enthusiasm.) Let History show! (A voice: '_We'll
make him President in 1864!_') Good night."

Here you have the true speech of the Venerable Gammon, my boy, with all
those patriotic interruptions which lend such a chaste rhetorical charm
to the extemporized oratory of our distracted country; but how shall I
express the pangs which tore the breasts of the fond populace, when the
reliable morning journal of Mugville came out next morning with six
pounds of heavy editorial to show that the Venerable Gammon had
ruthlessly betrayed the excellent national Democratic organization! How
shall I depict the public misery that ensued in Mugville when that
reliable morning journal, upon the authority of its inebriated
reporter, gave _this_ as a correct report of the revered patriarch's

SPEECH.

The speaker said: "How are you, old boots? (A voice: '_Thank you
for your compliment._') We're the boys to give the Rebels comfort
and cheers. (A voice: '_We are here to-night to stand by the
Constitution!_') What's old Abe about? Locking up good Democrats in
Fort Lafayette! Well; it's our own fault, you know; we deserve
worse treatment and hisses. (A voice: '_We abhor these Rebels as
much as the Black Republicans!_') We can give the Rebels what they
want and applause. (A voice: '_But we also hate home tyranny!_'
'_Why was the idolized General of the Mackerel Brigade removed?_')
To please the Rebels we have licked the Black Republicans in New
York; we've done the Rebels good. (A voice: '_To spite us, that's
so, boys!_') And we'll make them love us yet! The New York election
tickles them, and cheers. (A voice: '_Whose good was he removed
for?_') For Jeff Davis three cheers, boys, and great enthusiasm. (A
voice: '_Let history show!_') We'll make him President in 1864! (A
voice: '_Good night!_')"

You see,