Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-10-12
A CAPITAL GOOD STORY.

The Broonc Republican IN. W has the follow
ng most caustc hit at ''honest John Crazy" and
Gen. Talmadge. "Honest John" and consistent
"rallmadgc of the species of politicians, so
abundant in this country, Who follow in the wake
of great parties, for the same reasons that vu-
lures trail great armies.
FROM RRooME REPUBLICAN,
Honest John Crary, Consistent James Tall
'mddge and the Parrot Eggs.-I see by the Ar
gus, for take the orthodox paper, that ..honest
John Crazy" has addressed letter the consistent
Cen Tallmadgc expressing his particular desire"
Gas who would not1j to know the Generals scnti-
nents ION the all engrossng subject of men and
measures;" and in order to him before the
public he very properly tells the General, that
''the politician is very different from the
state sman, and if it is allowable for the act
an equvocal part, it can never be tolerated in the
other"
"Honest John" having made this irresistible APP
peal to the consistent General, the latter, after
manifesting very becoming coyness about ap-
pearing before the public, proceeds to inform "ho-
nest John" that "the impulse of Anti Masonry aid
ed to produce state of politics that he did APP
prove"- Honest John, it seems, calls upon adhe-
ring Royal Arch Mason to testify that he does not
approve of Anti Masonry and this is to help on
the 'good old Anti Masonic causeml The consist
emit General then goes on to avow his preference
for General Jackson-Seminole War, Vetoes and
all-assigning, among other conclusive rea. ons,
that she IS noto in office, Ian argument with
on: its weight with the consistent General Tall
mdnSeI anu comes from the SOuth;" aLG both the
letter of honest John and the answer of the Gene
raj are ushered forth to the public, through the
appropriate channel, the Albany Argus, with
slight pub:-put, for each of the Hon. Gentlemen.
The consistent Gen. Tamadge has as many
eyes, within ninety-eight, as the Argus, and can
refer to his own former speeches sayings, in ia
vor of alt Presidential candidates now in the
field, and some who are not but from his writing
IN favor of Gen. Jackson, long before the elect
ion, think we may calculate, to a dead certainty,
that he will vote against him, particularly as his
letter has manifest squirting in favor of the 'ssu-
pTemacy of the laws"
Tho Argus man will probably recollect the story,
which wag of Regency used to tell, as
applicable to this Generals political course,
and which created many broad laugh at the con-
sistent Generals expense, when he happened to be
"tothcr side up" cannot tell the story with half
10 good grace as this wag of Regency man,
but II ran somewhat after this sort
a Frenchman-a barber in Poughkeepsic-had
parrot III his shop, whose conversibe qualities very
much amused and astoniShed a countrynan who
happened to be i'll the shop and who had never
before seen parrot. Hodge bantered the French.
man for the purchase of his "pretty Poll but Mon
sicur declined parting with her, bat agreed to sell
the simple countryman two parrots eggs for dol
lar Tho eggs we're carefully carried home pIa
ced under u sitting hen, and after being watched
over with great interest and anxiety, they were,
IN due time, Matched; but to Hodges great surprise
aud modification, turned out chckens. Hodge re-
turned TO Monsieur to reproach him for his fraud,
and told him that his promised parrots had turned
out to be Observation-Disclosures :" exclaimed the
FreDchman, with feigned establishment, .sParblieul
my parrot she be very big wh-e Some
times she run vid de parrot-sometme vid the
rooster,-aDd sometime vid de--vat you call gen
fIemdn goose! and begar, tell veddeI
her egg turn out dc parrot, de chicken or you
d--n gosn! HONEST JOHNS COUSIN.