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98 :From attorney to sweep, from physician to pavior, To drink of cold water at sixpence a glass,
 * And learn true politeness and genteel behavior.

Though the crowd was immense till the hour of departure,
 * No gentleman’s feelings were hurt in the rush,

Save a grocer’s, who lost his proof-glass and bung-starter,
 * And a chimney-sweep’s, robbed of his scraper and brush.

They lingered till sunset and twilight had come,
 * When, wearied in limb, but much polished in manners,

The sovereign people moved gracefully home,
 * In the beauty and pride of “an army with banners.”

As to politics—Adams16 and Clinton yet live,
 * And reign, we presume, as we never have missed ’em,

And woollens and Webster continue to thrive
 * Under something they call the American System,

If you’re anxious to know what the country is doing, Whether ruined already or going to ruin,
 * And who her next President will be, please Heaven,

Read the letters of Jackson, the speeches of Clay, All the party newspapers, three columns a day,
 * And Blunt’s Annual Register,17 year ’twenty-seven.