Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-26
ELoUENcE OF A SENATOR.

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There is TO Speech III the Senate OF the IT, States
which has been received with so much zest and re-.
published with so much zeal, that OF the honora.
BILE Senator" from Missouri THAT our readers may
form idea OF its ,plsrdid eloqu nee literary taste
parliamentary decOrun, aud its very strict Observance
OF all the rules OF drcacy and poiileness we present
them with few OF its happiest hits-No wonder that
tic galleries were crowded with spectator, when
such choice nOTceGUs were strewn throughput the
whole Speech. a fight in the streets never fail. 10
coIect crow6; and those who have Tor solid
argument or refined eloqucnce will ru.h 10 the res
trum, where ribaldry is used for wiz and personAy-
takes the place OF argument -Er pete Hercules !
Take The following specimens OF The spIendiIa bills
end brilliant coquence Of the Senator from Missouri
With what cl al ming govt does he mangle tbs charac.
ter Of his own Cobaeua-and forgetting ,ohere and
uhdf he is, pour cut lis private gries aud personal
bsreds sgan,, him, in the august presence of the
Senate of the u S,a'e,-But 10 the ie1t-ws leave
the commentary 10 the Reader
scene of massacre of the living, and drug
scsped by other arms more yaorou thai his DIR
ing c existence OF the bygone war gainst which all
prejudice local luminosity, and civil discor
az e ut o. oihce and power of combination arayed
This war mas dcgoneTated into relentless
oDers 'acking OF towns and robbng rraves not Viz
what called 10 the country little Jncksons The eIss Iba
tnG victor rather for e looves and fishes
siden,al elections Of his country aad his cbdro country as the
hoTdes, aud the Offices
and emouments Of our Government, the spos cysn
This vast hrong, II agitated by ofcc-hunter emarorues
aan nnd Cataues OF the day be abuscd deceived and
lea Imagine then, the trong Of people office
ngsea ~ pcr denagogues aspfuns and Cataurs
suddenly gfaping hand INLAND, aud linking in arm firm
CONFIRMATION from extremity OF tho Union the other tramp
ing Whsnngons Farewell Address under their ectWas IL
Himcd az he OAK OF Kentucky towering among clouds
more whn the range Of the bolts Of this modern onars
was an ungrateul bolt aud c who threw tho Vest
nc no naive OF our magnificent valley of the Mississippi
f on say the fcrcy - down.
falstah thustIhs species always clustering living aud
hectoring N nanner men and -"Ie Percy found hin,
weak and dstempered, politically nourhed and medcned
him Pot on him his collar incrnton nj large with
special g pointing TO the words 10 the Percy's wife
"Whont the help Of this solar nscpon II yyouII have
bcen as impossible TO have elevated his pTesen; rank
would be TO drag up from tho depth ditch by m oocn
thread, some ponhetous and Others thrust Grger in
10 That collar and pulled, who have and
wished their bnnds OF the whole AFFAIR tor has Tho psare con
staDo been on tho rounds and with familiar tup on the son
Dor gwen inmaon OF an expectation that .ccufy
for adbe1on aud hcolty would DO White
has amused his audience in this theatre with description
the minority again defeated discomfod nyinaayo ayng
aud measuring ho double mileage DER tho their
females a edt to the ngnaniny ofhe conquernr mere aeon
ng' md even couns ladies 70 with ne to the war
risk their "e ieo' tou with such protectors ne
we?l advise them TO risk thef towels to tho naenanimy
OF suc conquetng ofo they might DO prairie grass
and never mpposc abandoned ladies'
ny such eon1uernc hero In his right hsnd he holds New
England grand mohe Pone 70 be led TO tho