Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-21
FoR THIS RICHMOND WING.
FIIE TWO COUNTIES.

FoR THIS RICHMOND WING.
FHE TWO COUNTIES.
Dong since, in days Of heathen Greek,
All sorts OF things, were made to speai.;
Jack-asses, horse, frogs and birds,
Spoke tete a tetc in human words;
and even in the days Of Burns,
"'rwa dogs" were heard to speak by turns,
Who then, can wonder at the talk
lately heard in pensive walk,
One morning, by the empty Hall,
Between two counties, Large and Small,
Hung up in map of flaming red,
Which Just to look at-kills me dead?
LARGE County.
Poor little narrow slip of earth!
I vow your looks excite my mirth;
while L, at length, gigantic lie,
You seem sfcck, Just dropp'd by by;
Do you pretend TO give the law,
Whose only product is, broolnstraw
Do you, who not beef can boast,
Presume to say, you'll rule ne roast3
You who subsst your famish'd ranks
On hsh or crabs, or oyster bonke!
My mountaineers could step across you,
And four Of them in blanket toss you;
BY you, I'm Saul the son of Kish,
A whale among the meaner fish;
I'm the mammoth, you the mouse,
They soon will kick you from this House.
Pray have you heard the great debate
They've held so near us both of late!
You've ruled us long enough, think,
And brought us all to ruins brink
III seize you, scoundrel! by the collar,
And rob you soon of every dollar;
I'll have canals and roads internal,
At your expense, you most Internal!
Since that old day when Lord DunmoTe
Yook to his heels and left our shore,
Your Rons have had an oliunrchv
Aye TINT they havc-'tis true, and hare'c,
Twas that which made them cede the west,
THAT they might easier sway the rest;
Twas that which lost us Yo--hie-gapy,
You can't deny it-can you?-nay, nay.
SMALL County.
/ scorn your words, presumptuous youth!
''Hoto sharper han SeT,penFs tooth
His TO haze a thankiess child"
Whose mad ambition makes him wild.
Such base born thoughts could never sway
My sons on that eventful day;
Twas liberty engross'd their minds,
And LEFT no room for low designs;
The foe was on our threshold still,
And though oppressed by every i'll,
phey gave constitution birth,
Phe frst-thc best of all the earth.
"A far, are they: whom you traducn
Above my praise, as your abuse.
Go read the bill ofright, and mark
If those be thoughts of oligarch--
Aud as for grant Of western lands,
fwus done to strengthen friendships bands.
II grow nothing but broomstraw,
Whence comes the wealth you long to claw?
All your assertions sir are rash,
"Who stole nSy purse, toottId then Steui b'dSh."
You've ,sbewn ] think the cloven foot,
You want our pow'r and cash to boo'.
LARGE CoUHrY.
9ly little friend! pray don't get warm,
''Pwould be- puddle in a storm;
phe bill of rights procaims, d yc see,
Flint men by nature ali are free;
Mans not the slave of Glib. or Guelph,
But has right to rule himself
II saws that those shall rule the roast
Who can count up the noses most;
Fhs sanction of this latter law
From force call d phyaeni, | draw.
Five thousand noses now and more
We have than you and loud we roaY,
Pass-pass law-we have the right.
and based OF population white;
Pie people have announced their vii.
And dare you sir, deny them still?
Talk not to US Of counting slaves,
Fhc man who medltatcs it, raves.
SNAIL County.
What you assume il quite gratmto1s,
II makes me feel, swear. pitultous;
All governments, have not been founICd
III forcc, term physical bui GROUNDED
In coinpromlse,-thep proof is ample,
The world is all one gr0nt example.
Where despots reign, your rules untrue,
The many there are slaves ia few;
Yhink you the millions ruled Ivy Russ,
Could there be- making such fiiss'
Force il tho law Of vile frcCboOtePs,
And shall VIC take them for our tutors2
Nor have the people said that whites
Shall be the basis Of their rights;
Five thousand votes in this contention
East Of the Ridge, wsre for conventions
II then you give us this nddendUm,
] ask you for your domonstrnndum.
LARGE County,.
Your argument is all fam,
You're like old Patrick Henrys ram;
You've raised your shadow on the wall
And do not butt sheep at all
did not say-(your breath Is sponi0
That thus was founded government;
Phe sanction Of tho right to sway
Is force calld physical say
Nor is your wide assertion sound;
Was compromise in Cromwell found?
Was IL in Buonapartes dynasty
You soc your sweeping words were hasty.
SMALL CogvrY.
You may no SRA great logican,
But deny your proposition,
"That those who count the noses most
Must have the right TO rule the roast"
It's not inherent right at all