We’ll waste no further words in this. Don’t fail
To send the scalawag’s reply—by mail.
A PRESIDENTIAL PROGRESS
First American Sovereign—Hurrah! Hooray! Hurroo!
Second American Sovereign—What’s the matter with you?
F. A. S.—What’s the matter with me? What’s the matter with all of us? Don’t you see the President’s train? Don’t you hear him speaking from the rear platform?
S. A. S.—What’s to prevent?
F. A. S.—Nothing could prevent—not all the crowned heads of Europe, nor all their sycophant courtiers and servile subjects!
S. A. S.—No, nothing—just nothing at all—excepting personal self-respect and a decent sense of the dignity of American citizenship.