Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-23
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AN EDGEFIELD FARMER.
The following is far hit at the arguments
winch lhr opponents Of the american ays-
ten. generally, make use oil At is pretty
lar specimen, also, of the way the Southern.
excitement Is got up aud kept mp
(ElOm The Charleston Coufier)

far sprci Ineo, also, of the way the Southern.
excitement IS got up, aud kept np.
(El0nl the Charleston ColfieL)
COLLUQUlUM.
Mrs MuggitS and No. RuggiaS.
H. No Ma'ain, ,ndeed you caunOt conceive
ia what u variety OF ways this usnrPlng dispo-
/ simon OF he General GoSernlnenl affects us II
has an influence on almost every acIIou. OF our
| lives.
II. But them
A. but then what. Because you cannot
perceive IN what way il affects us, is .ha, any
| reason that us not so Now, Tor instance,
YOU carl perceive how the Tarif makes the
| Planter pay Tor every thing, and the Consumer
| the balance Yet the ihlng is plain as the sun
shine You hay'nl read MIR. M Duthe Speech,
have you
II No Madam.
N. thought not well yon should read i, ;
oh he is great man, that Mr.. NDu1ie he
wfli shew YOU all about ii, aud y0n'll then be
cnnvincey that every thing We suffer is owing
TO either the Tariff or Eternal improvements,
or some such nonsense.
| H. But M8dam--
NJ Do my dear. let me speak little. You
recolect what neayy flash OF lightning we
had few days ago-Nell That now you
" oud hardly suppose was owing To Eternal
i Improvement, would you
II. Certainly NOT, Madam.
NJ. Blu, II certainly was. Madam. | found
out nil about il. The sun, YOU know, sucks up
a monslrous deal OF yapopr, wherever II can
find II. Now. Madam, all TIA! was sucked up
from our IaIl road, for you kaow they turn up
a great deal OF ground. aud the sun draws up
the dampness from II, to return II in thunder
and lightning on our devoted metropolis,
II. Bot My dear Madam
NJ. Do, child. hush-you will moi let me say
a word. Now, do lor a moment think Of the
evil consequence thai will arise from this good
for nothing Eternal improvement, even IN our
own section Oft the country. In the course OF
time, II they proceed with this nasty rail road
the quantity oivapour drawn up from il will he
SO pIeat, that our beautiful city, like SodOm and
Gumorran oil old. will be destroyed by fire,
and all usi ior the sins OF parcel of Yankees
that thrust themselves among Us. Oh, 1t Is too
dreadful TO ihlnk oi il. But | hope thai the
stop which Gen. Jackson has pat to such
things. (oh, he is great n,an, that Gen. jack
SOM will avert such an awful calamity.
H. This all may be true, Madam, but
" But what My dea, Mrs. Hugglns, You
will not listen. You cannot suppose that have
read the Mercury every day for these two or
three years, and ali for nothing that should
not know what, aud how these public measures
affects us No, no, child Mr. L. does not
brave hISreaders so much Ia the dark, (oh, he
is a great man, that Mr.. p thatl, although
an old woman. may not get SOME rags Of the
mantle OF this ELIJAH of our day, even before he
be dead, either morally! OF politically"
as our speech men say up IN Washington.
II. By the way, Madam, they say you sleep
with The Mercury under your pillow every night
10 that true
N. Yes, child IT is true next 10 my bible,
value my newspaper Qbat is, the Mercurg
newspaper)-as tor that trashy Boston Charles.
ton Courier, as they call 1t, Qhougl hardly
know what they mean by it,) | never look INTO
1t mot |.
II. Do sou ever read the Gnseite ?
NJ What ! the paper that that poetry man
has got Not |, not lat least, hardly ever. /
do sometimes LOCK into the Southern Patriarch.
But he IS ne great thing either, that Patriarch
for he does not show the people how dreadful
ly they are sunerng-and you know, Ma am
the common people are such vulgar creatures,
they never know when they are in trouble MI
they are told OF il, and they will be in greater
trouble til, unless some OF our other grea,
men succeed IN getting then, TO open their ewes.
and drive II away, whether General Govern.
nenf, or even General Jackson. like il or
nor
~. And suppose Maam they do not,
M. Why then, Ma am, we shall have a very