...hez nowise jined ; And I shouldn't gretly wonder Ef there's thousan's o' my mind. Again — Ez for war, I call it murder — There you hev it plain an' flat. I don't want to go no furder, Than my Testiment for that. God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad ; An' you've got to...

...purposely in the rough, exaggerated, Yankee style. Hosea gives his ideas of war as follows : "Ez for war, I call it murder,— There you hev it plain an' flat ; I don't want to go no furder Than my teatyment for that ; "God haz sed so plump and fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you've gut...

...the vartu o' the North ! We begin to think it's nater To take sarse an' not be riled ; — * Who'd expect to see a tater All on eend at bein' biled ?...Testyment fer that ; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 'Taint your...

...slave-traders, Haint they cut a thunderin' swarth (Helped by Yankee renegaders), Thru the vartu o' the North ! We begin to think it 's nater To take sarse an' not...Testyment fer that ; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you Ve gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God. 'Taint your...

...thunderin' swarth, (Helped by Yankee renegaders,)* Thru the vartu o' the North! We begin to think it's nater To take sarse an' not be riled;— Who 'd expect...There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no forder Than my Testyment fer that; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An'...

...a last resort, to save things that are dearer than life. Lowell's Hosea Biglow rightly says : — " Ez fer war, I call it murder, — There you hev it...to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that; God hez said so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, An" you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to...

...To take sarse an' not be riled ;— Who'd expect to see a tater All on eend at bein' biled ? Ez for war, I call it murder, — There you hev it plain an' flat ; I don't want to so no furder Than my Testyment fer that ; God hez said so plump an' fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad,...

...they cut a thunderin' swarth, (Helped by Yankee renegaders,) To take sarse an' not be riled ;— Who'd expect to see a tater All on eend at bein' biled ?...hev it plain an' flat ; I don't want to go no furder It's ez long ez it is broad, An' you've gut to git up airly Than my Testyment fer that ; God hez sed...

...Biglow's address to the " cruetin sarjant " furnishes an immediate example of what we mean : — " Ezfer war, I call it murder, — There you hev it plain an' flat ; I don' t want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that ; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It's ez long...

...expect to see a tater All on eend at bein' biled? Ez fer war, I call it murder, — There you have it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that; God hez sod so plump and fairly, It's ez long ez it is broad, in' you've gut to get up airly Ef you want to...