Macpherson, the Confederate Philosopher. By Alfred C. Hill
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"That Donkey and that boy," remarked a bystander, "are the proper' and fitting emblems of the'Coufed- eracy. I see that our Congress is disoussirigs the pro- priety of adopting' a Cavalier as the' seal of the New Nation ; and I for one recommend Maepherson's Idiotic Boy mounted on a Donkey as the most expressive and appropriate Boy and ;Beast that can be found to repre- sent the Confederacy." * ' .-, It ^eb' suggested that I myself, mounted on my •Wild- Mule,' would do better ; but the opinion ...of. the audience Was in favor of l»hre Idiot, ahdso I 'yielded my claims j^cefulff; soothing 'my^disappointed ambition with the sg^shingstreatoi''df paternal pride. '~.-H ."During all this time the piano was sending forth its angeMe' strains, thef keys- thereof being thumbed by 76 THE MACPHKESON LETTERS. snowy delicate fingers, whose gentle touch upon the temples might soothe a tiger's rage, or thaw the cold heart of a conqueror. The Bonnie Blue Flag was played, as the most popular air ; . but whenever that air was struck, I observed that twelve persons immediately left the room, and put cotton in their ears.
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