A la nouvelle loi Je veux être fidèle Je renonce dans l’âme Au régime ancien, Comme épreuve de ma foi Je crois la loi nouvelle Je crois celle qu’on blâme Opposée à tout bien; Dieu vous donne la paix Messieurs les démocrats Noblesse désolée Au diable allez-vous en; Qu’il confonde à jamais Tous les Aristocrats Messieurs de l’Assemblée Ont eux seuls le bon sens. The newly made law ’Tis my wish to esteem From my soul I abhor The ancient regime My faith to prove good, I maintain the new code I maintain the old code Is opposed to all good. May God give you peace, Messieurs Democrats, Forsaken Noblesse, To the devil go hence. May He ever confound All the Aristocrats The Assembly all round Are the sole men of sense. FATAL DOUBLE MEANING. Count Valavoir, a general in the French service under Turenne, while encamped before the enemy, attempted one night to pass a sentinel. The sentinel challenged him, and the count answered “_Va-la-voir_,” which literally signifies “Go and see.” The soldier, who took the words in this sense, indignantly repeated the challenge, and was answered in the same manner, when he fired; and the unfortunate Count fell dead upon the spot,—a victim to the whimsicality of his surname. A TRIPLE PLATFORM. Among the memorials of the sectional conflict of 1861–5, is an American platform arranged to suit all parties. The first column is the _Secession_; the second, the _Abolition_ platform; and the whole, read together, is the Democratic platform:— Hurrah for The Old Union Secession Is a curse We fight for The Constitution The Confederacy Is a league with hell We love Free speech The rebellion Is treason We glory in A Free Press Separation Will not be tolerated We fight not for The negro’s freedom Reconstruction Must be obtained We must succeed At every hazard The Union We love We love not The negro We never said Let the Union slide We want The Union as it was Foreign intervention Is played out We cherish The old flag The stars and bars Is a flaunting lie We venerate The _heabus corpus_ Southern chivalry Is hateful Death to Jeff Davis Abe Lincoln Isn’t the Government Down with Mob law Law and order Shall triumph.