. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . rcises of Saturday, March4, 1865. An editorial column and ahalf was filled with a screed headedAndy Johnson; it consisted of somehome-made stew, amplified with a mostvillainous reprint from the Herald. TheHerald reported Johnsons speech as nine-teen minutes in length, and printed it inshort, disjointed sentences, interspersedwith dashes; and in case that failed toconvey the impression intended, the news-pa
. The "makings" of the Lincoln Association of Jersey City; a souvenir of the dinner at the Carteret Club commemorating the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln . rcises of Saturday, March4, 1865. An editorial column and ahalf was filled with a screed headedAndy Johnson; it consisted of somehome-made stew, amplified with a mostvillainous reprint from the Herald. TheHerald reported Johnsons speech as nine-teen minutes in length, and printed it inshort, disjointed sentences, interspersedwith dashes; and in case that failed toconvey the impression intended, the news-paper remarked, it is charitable to saythat his condition was such that he wasunfit to make a speech. He evidently did not shun Bourbon Countyon his way here. The Standard piously commented: We devoutlypray that Heaven in its mercy will preserve the life of Abraham Lincolnduring the next four years, if only to relieve the republic from the remotepossibility of Andy Johnsons becoming the chief officer of the preserve us from this further, deeper, unspeakable the same spirit of religious observance, the paper printed inits issue of the next Friday the following. Gilbert Collins alumt 181)5. 26 Inauguration Hymn. All hail the power of Abratns name My proclamation has gone forth, Let white folks prostrate fall; The wheel again must turn. Bring forth the colored gentleman, To take the boobies of the north And make him lord of all. To whom it may concern. Let white folks no more lift their heads, Let Constitution and the rights Nor dare his acts reprove—• Of slates no more be known. Of mighty Lincoln—Abram first,— For we have made the Sambo race Who freed the ones we love. Superior to our own. Stand by and heed the chieftains cry— For this weve fought, for this weveMore men we want than that: prayed. Said he to pompous General Fry, The nations life have given. Where will you come out at? Lord, send the while folks all to hell, The niggers all to Hea
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