Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-09
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GAG-LAW.
IT'S handed down, by each succeeding sage,
and c cn recorded too in many page,
That sd{e ho5,ls are indeed Il curse
Eut yet the Muse is frnly ofopnon,
II were far better they should have dominion,
Than folks should do what may be rcckond .ccrse.
This shrcwd suggestion brings into my mind,
plan t,is said) by OF sense desiga'd,
mo In .1tStcrs once occupied station
- Inc tT6S 1t seems, were with sach folly seized,
hey wishd to spend Heir money as &hey pleased,
And this required little limitation.
The thoughtless dogs would single dash,
For lottery tickets oft advance their cash;
This to prevent, the grave Diran essayd-
=" Stop Madam Muse--whsre did this happen,
pray ,"
Inns VIZ experiment mas not been made.
Well then, iii .4lgiers,--so the story goes,
There was no Turk who stood upon ten toes,
Who dared to sell these tickets to his friends;
But yet they" whip'd the ID round the stump
And tickets brought from London at u jump,
BY which, as usual, they could gain their end.
This SO inccns'd the worshpful Di,a,l,
That they resolvd at once to mend their plan,
And to declare their will, in more than ht,lis;
So told the printers" boys, scarce the cash is,
We one and all shall take thousand la shes,
= Ii once we mention lotteries in your prints.
" Moreover, by your masters it's enacted,
y Whatever busine is to be transacted
(Although the dose is bitter e must drink it)
&C To talk of lotteries, Turks, shall be a crime,
:" For which yen get obstinate, each time,
"Ayc-soutdty ,caftted-ifyc only think it,"
The Turks, poor fellows could not but submit
In old Pirginia" we should think Bit"
And slew the lads, we had some resolution;
Wed ask them-or such Of them as could spell,
If they had studied, examined well
That thing boast Of called a-CONSTITU-
TON?
Wed tell them plainly, Gas we are not 7hrk,,)
We don't well approve your handy works
Gas free Nirginians, we could do no less j
And since your knowledge docs not far reach,
Wen not give up the g Liberty of Speech
And we'll maintain the I" freedom of the press"
Fine times indeed if such attempts were made,
But of our tcise men not afraid;
Although ia some assemblies, majority
OF fools appear, as law givers of note
Who all the vase men COMMONLY out vote,
And leave them In pitiful minority.
Tfsuch thought saould come into sheir heads,
1t might be pepalnext, to seek our beds,
Before the appointed time-the legal hour,
And when man mig tst wish TO kiss his wife,
TO steer quite cleay of legislative strife,
Ie first must kumbly ask them for the power.
Depend upon it .Eesssenrs Spriggs, and Briggs
IT'S not US thai We shall run your riggs,
And cut many eighty shines" and dashes,
Republicans will tel yeu better things,
That yc serraiGy GE!y, and not kings,
And sooner give you zine ard thirty lashes.
These grorn APP boys, wir all their anticktricks
Might lay penalty offweEty kicks
Should with left hand ever hold bride,
For these bag children, like their iiie brothers
ITO shew their mighty fowpT othcrs)
Would do some mischief rather than be idle.
To ride when might walk, mght be sin,
Or drink French brandy when we might have gin,
And if we did not like it, dare not shew it
To string up rhymes might be- cast offence,
Though not remarkable FOR t,>pr sense,
And thon-the Lord have merely the poet.
Should these great little men become so bold
AS to suppose that we are 'bougbt and Sold
And they must tell rs how OuJ cash to handle
'Twoul9 be pity tbata man tnculG hinder
A slight perusal ofone Peter Pindag.
AboMt" The Diamond pin, and furDti,sg candle
No, no, or Legislature never thought
That we to such condition could be brett
THAT they were IOorIa,en and we eniy tools,
but if they did-next 4Pril we'd upb.a IL them
With thinking thus OF people who had made them,
And we'd be served no longer by such Fools.
ABEL.