Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-21
MEMORIAL,


MEMORIAL.
To the wise fathers of the nation
We make our humble application,
That when the governments prepaid
"Our rights may meet with some regard
Full fifty years we have been quiet,
az cure We had, but would not try il;
We bore our load with resolution,
8 For fear of intestine confusion,
But SINCE yourselves have made an uproar
Like drunkards bawlIng for one cup moro,
Ten devils over one attorney,
"Or bulls upon counting Journey,
lis clear as hcav n that now or never
TO mend our state we must endcayor-
Nor do we seize an opportunity
"'Fo push claims lawless with IMMUNITY.
"For reason and the law of nature
'(Far mightier than the Legisaturc)
declare that ev'ry government
derives ITS powers from free consent;
"And you that long have been astride US
swell nc'er again consent shall ride us.
ITO set the thing in clearer lights
"Take oyer of the bin ofrights-
aDoes 1t not say land there's an end ontl
"That all alike are independent,
But boy, we bumbly ask, can that be.
when all your acts deny it fatty,
When we are deem'd inferior creatures
And not erdow'd with monkey natures,
"Ildt leaving principles abstract,
ave make our bold appeal TO fact.
when twice the Island mopkies came
ITO waste the land with sword and fame,
mo one was aDxious then to settle
Who tails possessed, but who had mettle--
- Not who to vote enIoy'd the right,
But who had stomach for the fight
And did we find the tailholdcr
of paler blood, or courage colder?
'No-ev'Ty plain and ev'ry hill
Bears witness to our valour still;
"'Phe meancst rill, the mightiest river
Flows mingling with our fame forever.
We have no need ofnrgumcnts,
"Our cause we trust to common sense,
And common sense will sure denote
The non-tailholder's right to vote.
But if you still refuse to give
'That which from nature we derive,
" II still were thought beneath your care,
Then peace farewell, and welcome war!
We're ten to one, our claws as long,
"Our hearts os stout, our arms as strong;
"We'H spread our banner, blow our trump.
And chop your tails off at the fump;
And when with ready sticks and stones
We've bruisd and Hammered well your bones
Perhaps you'll say, our cause is valid,
"Our arguments are stout and solid,
"And own their beauteous adaptation
10 the great purpose Of persuasion"
As dogs that fcrcely 6ght each other,
WIZ yet combine against another
Tho any bone the peace may break
And cause them fight like Turk or Grenk.
Ret soon, aroused by foreign danger,
4hey Throttle the iutruding stranger,
and send him home IN woe and wall
With ragged ears and half tail
SO, Pausing in their hottest ire,
me members turn'd, with purpose diro
70 nuke these iasolents a sample
VI legal vengeance deepsnd ample.
Foremost Tho mighty pug arose
with hashing eyes and sneeTmo nose,
us whiskcrS startled the beholdcr,
Iiis tan was cuTled above bis shoulder
lie graspd 1t with fond embrace.
wherein the dullest brain miaht trace
40 70 the gailows they should cart us.
The Devil himself shall never part rs"
whether tho very words above
itolTd IN his thoughts, 'twere hard 20 proyc.
But u they did, twas quite uncivil =
10 hrs great majesty, the Devil,
Since oil his dearest friends deponc
JIc hath . tail---a princoly one
And scarce could mean 10 iniure those
That nature for bis subjects chose.)
AZ length he spoIte--"The law ofnature,
leasoni! above the LcgislatureJll
Wow BY my tail and by my beard,
such insoience is oil unheard.
Each tailless scoundrel, ragRamufin,
whom we IN peace have long been cutting,
Must cut our gracious surintendenoc
Aud claim that shadow, Independence.
ZoHDds! from the blind il cant be hidden
That some must rido and some be yiddcn.
Let those that doubt il look abroad
= And soc the work Of Nature's God:
Soc Natures solf mighty saddle
Where living things oil sit sstraddlc;