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A Reconstruction Letter.
11
After this we may learn that they've bought Plymouth Rock,
And set it up South for an auctioneer's block,
From which, in the old Charleston mart, we shall hear
Of vagabond freedmen sold out by the year!
But, while we are stumping it all through the land,
You fellows at home have got plenty in hand:
Not just now at New York; for I'm not much afraid
The tradesmen will injure their dear Southern trade;
But I wonder what sort of Executive ditty
Little R-ym-nd will sing to his Union Committee.
And look to the Senate! Oh! yes, not to mention
The Loyalists' meeting in this week's convention.
You've got your hands full, and must deal out once more
The cards that we never so shuffled before.
