Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-02

himself. and solicited my suffrage III i"''' W
Barncyi Thus the mystery OF all TINS respect
ror INV protection was uniavelied-he was
can1;date for the Legislature, and his pepper
and.sa,, home spun coat, high crowned nat, anu
clean linen shirt, clearly proved 1t.
Af,er trial Of skill in Workmanship, IN
which Barney showed off conspicuously with
n, eaunt yet Herculean figure, hawk eye, ana
nolishet rife, the men collected under thick
folaped walnut, with their hearts soft with
whiskey and their heads soft with blows, and
began slang abou, politics. The spring oil
Barnev's genius was touched-he opened his
mammoth jaws, and the silence OF death reign
ed around except the occasional hlccuE OF Anew
Jolly topers'who walowed In The sand as drunk
as a coo,er.' Barney began with few rolls OF
his little grey eyes, after pouring down good
draught, hitching up the waisband oil his IN
expressibles, and mounting stump that was
Just a, his elbow. 'Afore begin the prean'bu-
lation, of what am going for to say, will just
mention, by way of introjec ton, that | hate the
presen, minislration as, i do pole cat (Herea
deep groan was heard among the auditors,
and Barney made pause-'an awful pause
lowering his shaggy eyebrows and glaring a:
| round with most ominous expression oil coun-
| ,enance; but nobody knew from whence II came
| so Barney proceedeG)-'I have done my damnd-
est to castigate all the N which supports ii, Tor
the very root Of it is rotten, SO, sap, tree, and
fruit mus, be rotten too. han, read newspa-
| pers for nothing. Gineral Government ard
the ministration are going in cahoot to under
mine and override the undertakings Of the peo-
pie Of Georgia. Amt our principles free liber-
ty gratis Cor nothing? (Iear, hear.) Amt
| Georgians spung from genewipe stock OF old
con,ine ntalers, who was all pluck 10 the mar
row; (grsat cheering.) May walk rough shod
through the Greek Nation aiore yield an inch
of the plantations purchased by the rightfu
Georgip treaty. Whoop trRgs.) Besides,
and mother has got two draw in the Land Lot
terry together, and ha'nt no notion O. seeing
our own sacred invisible yestered rights saeri-
feed afore our own faces. Troup Is the man
of my cut--mought be better, mayhapj but
damme, if he ha'nt more real blood in his little
finger than would swim horse Var ,choop)
II am up afore you, my boys, as candidate
for Legislater-you knows me TO be no fool in
national affairs, and therefore must help me
ou.. will oppose the elevation OF any Adams
| to the Congressional chair Of Stale, for reasons
hes, known 10 myself, which will tell you now
| about
There is too much depradations and ex,rav-
cation with the peoples money--FTy sir
thousand dollars has been re2roba,ed for guam
ti,v Of bilious balls, which is a sartin cure for
feyers, being invented by Ginral Lee. An act
| has been passed by the ministratiou, called the
nonintercurs'h act, that was brought abou: by
one Colonel Trade-whch is one ofyour very
ikrankest coks,onas-and by it we have lost the
states Of North and South Canada and the Ter
| ritory Of the West Indies. What are we 10 do
a i,at 6ssstu Tsw 70 desIrain The liberties o!
the Press, and also to upset the lection of Gin
raj Jackson and excriminate every ,istage Of
STATE Right. And they have made another
Congress, which is TO Sit somewhere IN the STATE
of Panama, and they have appointed another
ministration there, which is 10 join Gin'ral
Bolivar and the British, TO set all the Mig
gers free liz the South States, ard in the Terri
tory Of Hayti. Now arnt these pretty corru3-
tious doinss; and arn,I rghr in calling Adams
| fool and Federal, coifioner anil a risto-cra-
sy, when does he such sort O. things as these;
and prefers N. +. Rum TO Jimaky, and gives
his family bilious pills at the nations eXperse?-
(Loud cheering If so I'm elected Gin'ral Gov
| eminent shall wear the print Of these five knuc.
k'es No man that comes out here as regent
shall take upon himself more than what's his
rightful duty. My great obiic shall be to ben
eft my constitutes. I will take care to have
| system of Internal improvement discrimina
ted throughout the State, Macon and Milled.
geville shall become seaport towns: and steam
boats shall paddle up the Allegheny mountains.
loud and continued cheermg.J I'll have no
taxes,for IN have'em all paid GU, of the public
money! (Hhoop.) I'll have no mus,ers!-
(BeAoU Georgians shall have their rights
and lands!-( Hocl J Gin'ral Government, shall
ride thro' the Greek Nation with red hot iron
cotton screw down his throat!-( TNj J. John
Quincy shall be dashed round the World. with
bradon bit and euro, until he owns Georgians
is pluck to the backbone" Here another groar
was heard, and it was founG to proceed from {.
Yankee pedlar who it appears had found his
way into bad company, and h. airing his iavorlte
thus belaboured, could only zen, hi. lndigna
,ion BY groans. He vas dragged before The or
a,or; but not without some resistance; and as
fight was now indispensable SONS took the side
OF the pedlar. and Others fought under The BAN
ners Of the state. A, i, they went; kick, bite,
and gouge, and the theory Of optics was fully
illustrated, by many pusnacious wight ere
the dougty comhatants had fought their belly
full, "and retirtdwith si,he honors of " ar from
the bloody feil 20 S.,rinD