The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-05-09
From the .Neto York Constellation.
OPINIONS ON QUALIFICATION.

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theme OF notification. But it happened to
US In ore of our late rambles through the
Commercial Emporium, to oyerhear yery
curious conversation on that particular sub
Ject-which as it contained IDEAS both nov
Ell and various, we take the liberty to relate
Tor The benefit of our readers. The scene
was coffee-house of ordinary resort and
the speakers were a Cockney retailer of
dry goods, an Irish grocer, Dutch farmer.
and an American Justice of .be Peace
Each had before him his favorite liquor. to
wit: the Englishman bis pot of beer: The
irlshman his whiskey punch; the Dutch
man his blackstrap; and the Justice of the
Pence, his rum-toddy.
1 The lrishman lifting his eyes from -,
newspaper on which he had been industri.
eusly porting, broke out with-"The divil
burn this hard word. 1t sticks in NV
throat for all the world like great crooked
pratie. / can make nayther head nor tail
to it-nor swallow it up or down-nor oit il
any which way at all at all--bad luck 10 i'm
Wha; ish de wort ?" asked the Dutcbman
THAT'S what I'd like to be after KNOWING
MYSELF swell, Just shpell it TO me. can;i
We, and I'll pronounce to YOU wat Il i ;sh y
THANK ye sir,-Mine hair, mane-J
know the pronunciation of'it as well as
ounseif, or any other man in the seven king
noms-l don't care who the tother is. MI
tcumfdctton is the word; hut the difinition
Is what i can't get round just" "The de-
hhation exclaimed the cocknev--"
you fool, REHABILITATION is a harticle Of
southern manufacture, got up in Imposition
to the cotton mills of New Hengland in the
State OF New Ampshire. understand. or
rather Its my impression, they clothe their
niggers with it."
",fhere you're out Mishter, axing your
pardon"
Hont." interrupted the Cockney fierce
ly, "av'nt heen TO South Carolina in the
State of South Hamerca, and don't know
all bout 1t !" Akin your pardon once
more, mishter, I'D take the leave TO INQUIRE
: "hat Kind OF clothes may the naggers
wear, when naked as they're born into
me world as Pm cridibly informed they do
all along the SOUTH" NAKED 90 said the
Justice OF the Peace-"I wonder what kind
oil civil authority they have in them are
parts, to allow of such indecent practice.
Ihey'd soon get warrant against them for
such malversation, if they had to deal with
me. II is disgrace to the immunity.n
wy, 10! dat matter" said the Dutch
man, de placks ish noting more as a
KIND o. cattles init two legs inshtead of
lour anu 1t sh monies thrown away to put
clothes on dere packs. But dat is DIV no
means wat lsh-py no means wat ish un-
tershtoot py .Nuuigation. be's acouaint-
ed NIT dat shmall kreat man, Mishter Van
; furen' de memper of Congress wat hash
gone otter de water for a minister to
ueorge de trd-and shure ought to know
u wat mitigation means. 1t ish noting at all
IKE neeger clothing, any more as Dutch
I cheese is like an Irish bodado."
Hindeed said the cockney-then I'd
ak what 1t ls-landord, fetch me another
pot OF beer, I'm hopen to conviction"
: Veil, den | will dell you my opinion
e Mitigation is like kreat wetch, or cleay.
!. er, wat shplit tings to pieces, yust as we
Il shplits de logs in de woots; and il will
snpht de country Ply and Ply in tousand
pieces. Dat ish wat Understands py null
: legation"
THAT is something near the mark" said
the Justice of the Peace, gravely s,rok
:, ing his chin" but not exactiye the
= thing. If understand it right-and, them
q think do, or ought to at least-Nullifca-
tion Is KIND OF statue or law, passed at
- the last Congress of the southern States.
. Tor the express purpose of abrogating or
: prorognng the people of the North. But
q IT IS my opinion they might as well blow
their breath against harrlkin as to under
y take any such business. Prologue these
9 states with more than ten hundred thou
q sand people in them! Landlord, I'll take
. another glass OF toddy, with toasted
, cracker IN lt-prorogue these States Why
a New York alone would blow the whole ma
i tlon to pieces In the whIstling of jack
" " Plow DER nation !" exclaimed the
# Dutchman, "mine Colt! links dey would
+ IN de Swapping of wip. Wy Mister
;, Youstlc, declare as sure as be's a Dutch
= man, can lick tree Soudern men vast us
;. easy as can take down this blackstrap,. .
, raising the glass to his mouth" eigh! der
n sh not drap here-you landlort, fill mine
!, klass too supple. he dry as kraven i'm
! it'll" "lf so be-" said the Irishman, "you're
. after little bit Of fighting, or the likes Of
. that Pm the hoy for ye. Didn't whip Phe.
" linn O'Brain last night and knock down
:, three other blackguards?" You did %
= started up the justice; 81 must take vol
into custody for breach of the peace.''-
: sis it me that broke the peace ~ "Didn't
.
the question my own ownself." "Oh tha
> alters the case"
. Don't it now ? I'm not the lad to be aE
;, ter confessing to priest of the law. THAI
y wouldn't be christian dalin and if I'd bate
= = hundred men, I'd nver spake of it at al
: before the likes ofyou. But consuming the
. same nlllicumfaction, this paper informs me
!, it prevails very much at the south; ard Pm
u sartn it's bit of disease, very much like
= the lngen collery morbus, that's cuttin down
y the Russians on the tother side of the wath-
err"
> Really gentlemen, said the Cockney,
! I'm surprised at your ignorance. thought
that hevery body knew that notification
was southern manufacture wat they clothe
+ their niger on. What say you landlord,
: han't right ?"
= The. landlord, thus appealed to, declar-
ed, that for his part he had never examined
into the subject particularly; but he believ-
ed it was a kind of sort of cold X \ y
. Finally, notification whatever it might
be, was unanimously voted to be a great
| bore, and not to lie tolerated in Sfree
: country"
CLISclER An American paper says, this
is the method OF catching tigers in India A
man carries board, on which human figure
!. was painted as soon as he arrives at the den
he knocks behind the board with a hammer /;
the noise suddenly rouses the tiger, when he
files in a direct line nj iha hoard aud rra..a /,