coonery

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Whiggery. See coon.


Democrats of the old Bay State, one charge more and the work is thoroughly done. "Once more to the breach," and you will hear the shouts of Democratic victory, and the lamentations of the vanquished. We must achieve a victory--the people must be free--'coonery must fall with all its corruptions and abominations, never more to rise. Democrats--freemen!--keep your council-fires burning brightly. Let no one remain listless, or doubt, or hesitate' "push on your columns," rout the 'coons, beat them, overwhelm them, and let the welkin ring with the soul-stirring tidings that Massachusetts is safe--is free from the curse of whiggery.--Boston Post.