Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-04
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x.r, fair hi ~ the naIkers ant ~ the pro
.4eEsass II the two partses in thai ely Oh W
an: soc elher with the eofiesPondfnes ne
tvssn Gen. jackson asd tue union parry, Hh'
!. the protest OF The null'ly,eg p'fy agaas' ~
impufa' ions cast On ihena, }" ihe ioheN'ns "s,'
~ Apologize; p,gl'oriins 10 or aso's W "
y1s6e an insi,an chieI
Somewhcre. said Old Ria. mar she $40
=. u h,ch Datien nos stsnds. ihe great SPIN
.,nce permitted a huge alligator {" rosso--eh'e
AZ hi. fribe--lree an The laiii -ia"tst ~ a.
the neighnasiug waiers. H. foaf VS. t"ffihis
his sir.nr-h mighty. Hh,is % hsI siiie storl
,an.a ,hr,ap, at the s%u,id. whoa lirhl VA
ON IN. earth. aad " .fen d-faiIess covered u,
Tor a iiuls iosn OF 10 kerr 40 irpm 'osh'pK
from their nps'rils, he "oali he hass'os
in the sun with his hgge jaws stretched rae
a gap made by the fishing torrent. irf.
rapins and various replies crswled lawn MS
guI,ei. BIRDS rested ,iieir ioal on MS ionsue
SUD 10 bfe ath sii wef- jlntei ~ the dark
asyss az h,s ,o..,afle slo,saoh. When he
p,uneed in he river, 1ie ssi.,e forinne pursued
h.n--he bu, nartpd his tcrib and sill swimming
cream "a enterrd the vortex 10 soothe ana
nous,.l, b;s bulsy frame. In truth. said the In.
dan he was like n young mocking biIh, every
thing dropped in his mouth, and ne hao only
che trouble Of swallowing. The winds oil
manv winters whsiled through ieHiisss Tor.
csfs, and sumner after summer came TO warm
the earth to Reproduction, yet stiii The o'e ai'E
gator h epi has old hauats and seemed TO increase
10 gfeataess. At iengib an evil spirit ihch cd
ste scales OF his tail 20 discon,rn', nnd innam'
ed them with belief. that all the scales OF the
body had Determined 30 Cypress tbem,'o mako
the IN work without a far Remuneration, and
IN ,bori 90 make them and their fall merely
tributaries To the scales of the united parts
He reminded the scales Of tho ieh, how
important the tail had been 10 the different
parts ri the BODY +; how, wnen The whole car
case had been neafly carried TO tbs octHn oy
a mighty frssh, il was IN great measure
rescued by the management oil the tan a"u Tue
scales. flew eiien. said certain OF th' scaies
of the tAiI " nuld the wbule OF your head, cat
case and all. have nren snag'd, had Il not oesn
for our wisdom and foresight, --aud the evi'
spirit limited 10 the scales OF the laii, no" tha'
once or twice, whea the scales OF Que OF me
parts Of the body, very close 10 the tail baa
made a great and loud appeal TO tue onheu
scales Of the Body. the Uahsd scaies oeeaht
alarmed and yielded The point. ne fv''
spIrit meaning by this point, 10 throw out nm
idea than th, 90 United scsles could bell iglltn-
ed into he views Of The scair. Of the tai. Up
on these and vatioss other such hints, certain
OF the sc ales of the tail b came more and more
turbulent. They said neither their tail nor us
scales should any longer be dragged IN me arr
a fer the other members OF the body snu 'he'f
scales. No, they would have Convention OF
the scales OF the tail, and would nulldy all the
q lJspsiye acts of the scales oi the United paris
1 his idea was got in part from an old toN
.ipo barnacle that had somehow fastened
on the tail, IL tina, made It believe Il was real
scale. Once u had got atnongthe scal"s aehr
The middl. Of the body, where " made n small
N AnA k.u
tr,ed TO have the Convention, but the scales
would not come to IL because all the scales on
he tail were moi foolish enough 10 see a guod
reason for such step. All this made the
scales still mare angry and petnlan,
and they said lei get the tail cut of. II !
can get along by itself there 10 no value ~ II
Union like this. II the tail, said they. be cut
O q, there are shrewd aud sensible scales on II,
hat can pT otoct II, betisr than II Is protected
III its present degraded state, always Obliged
10 follow the diciatlon and cnpld.ly oi The rest
Of The scales Of tho body.
Let TN tail stand on its reserved rights aud
on its soversigny. Every thing we want will
fbrn COM TO Us without abanr aud IN abnn.
dance. Y.s, said some few. aud we are loo
weak 10 take care Of onrselves we can send
down 20 The salts Tor shark 10 help us. Aud
the,t arguments, aud many ike them. were
d, era enti ais, Now the scales vi the t1il who
were tor Keeping the body and tail together,
add who were denominaicd' by thu angry
tesies--sub MISSION scales, began To think Tue
Joke oil reps,auon was getilog rather seriouo.
10 just before the biith day OF The alligator. in
for NATION was sent 10 the brain, telling him
plainly how matters were getting on at the tail;
wheIeupon the brain gave such reply as as
founded the angry scales--and forthwith they
said they never wanted the tail cut oh-and q
great hustle was creaied, aud all the violent
scales com .nuned sne with another, and they
agreed 10 say, that the information given 10
the brain was slsnderous, or words to that ef-
fect--ana furthermore they agreed, 10 have
society 10 be made up Of the scales thai had
communed ih one another, and Of all the O.
Their scales on the tail who agreed with them
and that at Every new moon the Old and grown
scales shosid he taxed one price. and The
young and uogrowu scales should be taxed
half said prioe. And they did other things,
said old Rae, not worm mnch--but which |
NAV tell YOU hereafter When he had said
his. he arose, drew his blanket close 10 h's
body, and while l was thinking of this fable
departed. oA0H''A