Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-03-21
FUR TIE VIRGINIA ADVOCATE.
"a TICK IN A TAR BARREL :" OR,
DIFFICULTIES OF THE TARIFF.

"a TICK IN A TAR BARREL )" OR,
DIFFICULTIES OF THE TARIFF.
Nix. EpiToH-Shnuld you perceive any thing
like levIty or peeyishness il. ,ho El,wins c,,n,na
cahon,t beg you not tn ascrihe il to any III due
respect TOR your editorial gravity, Tor the judg
ment and taste of your learned and critical read
ers Nothing less than my present urgent dis
tress could drive me L., the task (Which you will
spon perceive is altogether new to me, of making
communication which may, in your discretion
be submitted to public observation unless other
more Interesting topics which at this time attract
the public attention. should occasion ,y poor sup
plIcation To be passed over without notice. But
earnestly entreat, SIR, that neither the drerg.
staleness ni the subject To which II relates, nor
] my unskiltul manner OF making IT, NAV prevent
] yon, or s''fe of y"Ir ingenious AMI benevolent
readers, from bestowuy on II the kind attention.
that may obtain Tor such charitable ASSISTANCE
n as may enable me escape from the IIispne,
a and perhaps ridiculous, em,hralinen which nave
a trebly attempted IL preti5ure IN my honely old
j Virginia motto.
G But for fear, Mr.. Editor that you may feel
some prejudice against my poor communication,
~ on account Oi my motto, allow me To dptan YOU Il
IS moment with an ancciote concerning II. A good
Ga neighbour OF mine, in walking Through our pine
IH b'rrens, some urgent OCCASION in dark might
Is hlndered unawarcs into a deep pit which had
IA been dug aud partly filled with tar from ii kiln
"a which had hecn lately burnt It's edge Wien
Ia the unfortunate man fml,.d huns, If immersed II,
the gulnpus and strong scented liquid he ina
&gined, in his terror that he had fallen into the.
III" botpmlesS pit" But after struggling tDr some
thine, his feet at length reached snlulings aud
las soon as he recovered sufficient respiration, he
WhaVigated the cISterD, III every direction. in
search "i place by which he mig INT escape from,
Ahe stygiln lake" But the walls of the pit were
poo high and perpendicular for him to get out
&vithnut assistance. and he obliged To remain,
Ras the reI of the night. in his da,k abnde aud
u as he could s;pnn 'he I,c.,y lara
ee morning, the tar-burners So: out
Mn their homes To attend to their pitt preceded
BY uH'p of little boys with dnns and guns
8'hen the bays and doIs frs, arrived at the pi,
Niey were not IA lIriIe surprised and terrified al
e"'n9, as tney supposed some strange aquatic
w', "r amphihI"us animal, in possession OF their
. Hrpt. But upon hearing the poor prisoner cry
Hslily Tor help their terror St,nn changed into
nHh and they shnuteh vocilerouSly and repeat.
ply, a." liurra for tick IN Ia, bafIc."
a And now, MIR. Elitor, it you are not alre ady
Heaied with me, let us proceed to my case
ms lever been my practice (ior kn"w ] an
HhqpalIiad) t" mede mnch with subjects which
kqlire very close and profound reasoning to ex
am them. When snci subjects the topic.
dscmssIni, am generally silent and tie
erntly ii dull listener, and Ertniateiy for me
; W
Eut some how M other in an evil hour | incau
R'usly permitted our intrusive niischievous Tariff
get ntp my head and before was sufficient,
ware ni 1t, II had taken such firm and obstinate
H. EsSessipn, that am utterly unable to drive u
@t, without some assistance AT least as powerful
what, l believe is called in law language 81
Flt oi f0rcible entry and detaDer." Indeed
o 20 Editor, il is now making more deporablt
II #rschief ia my brain than II has ever made, o
3 ~ make, in the person Of the most injured ant
iy9pressed protestant of Suuth Carolina. Will
s. k'ect to my o VII poor purse. little regarded
worst It Could do there; for when it entered
ound no inhabitaDt, neIther head nor cross
Melt certain dangerous gentleman Of evil am
'h Celebrity, who, 1t is said, never fails TO en-
. INTO our empty purses, he once did into tn,
9ne; and Ut ne IS not a match for the Tariff
Nv OF nothing upon earth that can he, excep
f. Pther famous being whose name is found in ~
II ge which will readily occur to your memoir,
which y0n will find at the bottom Of .his pare
- pand"T requires me tn acknowledge, Mr. Eli
. mat have Lot yet been positively certain o
,a material injury to my ofd,aary affairs from
ar present extraordinary and highhanded Talii
but this insensibiliiy proceeds no doubt
81 my being one ut that patient and insensb,
~ oi creatures called cu!tivatoIs OF the soil
Of Plum toerare labores," upon whose broat
err Is pecuB,ary oppression and ex.ortion have al
I'D been heaped and piled, with ihe creates
I've i! ABA Jmpunity, by avaricious aud tyranDica
Wfnmer'ss. But it is the question of constitu
%hty that worries me, Mr. Editor; "there'
Enb, there's the respect that makes calamity
by poor BRAIN. Upon this question, neye
ad- y had any fixed opinions ri INV own. bu, 40
i The arguments side and on the other
- tiles and Mr.. MadisoD's Cor instance, hav
~ sometimes one side, and sometimes ~
Al lbsr; and at this time, am swinging by tn
for e right across the question, with my hea
ect- We side and my heels on the other vibrating
i'm I'd down, like boys riding upon plank Bu
proceed to state to you, why | cannot FIN
from this unpleasant situation.
- he friends Of the Tariff say--bnt perhaps,
EN- nc 0'a'S H00'a"' al" 000'0" beats the Devil