And blustered and swore he would kick up a muss;
He foamed at the mouth, and he shouted "Secession!"
Till curdom reechoed the hateful expression.
At length so excited the whiffet became,
It was thought by his friends that the dog was insane!
But, when he saw pussy his rage knew no limit;
It drove him stark mad in the very same minute;
He vowed with the shackles of Slavery to bind her,
And worried the Cat wheresoe'er he could find her.
Nay, more: in his madness, with fire and with sword,