Sound, from a Southern point of view, on the slavery question.
1855. The democracy of other counties may rest assured that Thurston [county] is “right on the goose,” and that “Sam” is winked out beautifully in this latitude.—Olympia (W.T.) Pioneer, June 20.
1855. In these days of Buntlinism, it is a common thing to hear men boast that some fellow had “seen Sam” or is “Right on the Goose.”—Id., July 6.
1856. All persons, who could not answer “All right on the goose,” according to their definition of right, were searched, kept under guard, and threatened with death by the rope or rifle.—Mrs. Sara Robinson, ‘Kansas,’ p. 252.
1856. There is, in fact, but one question asked, and that is, “Do you endorse the peculiar institutions of the South?” or, as they define it, “Are you all right on the goose?”—G. D. Brewerton, ‘War in Kansas,’ p. 399.
1856. A slight German accent did not prevent him from being sound, as he said, ‘on ter coose question.’—Knick. Mag., xlviii. 287 (Sept.).
1857. Look at the National Democrats who come here “sound on the goose” and who have since been forced to take position with the Free State Party.—Herald of Freedom, Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 7.
1857. They crowded around Governor Geary, wherever he might chance to be, eager to ask questions, volunteer advice, and ascertain satisfactorily, whether, in their own chaste phrase, he was “sound on the goose.”—J. H. Gihon, ‘Geary and Kansas,’ p. 105.
1862.
| “Nothun religion works wal North, but it ’s ez soft ez spruce, | |
| Compared to ourn, for keepin’ sound,” sez she, “upon the goose.” | |
Lowell, ‘Biglow Papers,’ 2nd Series, No. 3. |
1866. Me and you are about even on the goose question.—C. H. Smith, ‘Bill Arp,’ p. 47.
