Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-21
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For congress.
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htpauaI by,aal na'laly hlmUtfed
smgattbc fb.nsg lblt eere. We arc
.sUawsea oIsu bu', aIas' wisdom
f, ava sa9o'edss have not in Sits
instance. keplan even pace with aac
cd Time. however. ht1Fs With ibs.
same unwcsuei industry ooks with
che same d. % indifference tran "ihc
dcso8iion that malks hls footsteps.
end stops not 60 ihnte human attain
menis, which should ever be hls lnsep.
arabic companions Even Amos Ken.
da.I's mails. those greet vehicles oi 90
ie.Iirence, are feqlent.y uai.sred and
lett iar ~ the rear by tbs swift anj
veteran destroyer! and We are thus
lefi without tie requisite Information
~ passing political events. Such j,
our present predicJment. Neirspa.
prs, II Is true, have come to hand. bot
their ancient and venerable appear.
ance plainly shows their very name
10 be solecism. News! We have
heard nothing Vi the kind for the last
seen DAYS. Whether Congress is
still in session-wheiher the members
are now fighting dueIs upon points of
etiquette, or grayely discussing the
Sub Treasury question, is now matter
I of conjecture. Canada may have
been conquered-the Patriots may
have long since graced rebels scat
fold-Texas may have been the thea
ire of civil war, OF her plains made
desolate by IL. Mexican brcnd!-andl
we, all this time, none the wiserI
We have only 10 say, be paIlenI--all
these things "shaIl be ME manifest
at such time as the "heaven-born
Il Amos" and his mailcontractors shall
graciously deem cxpedicnt.
But how shall we employ ourselves
in the mean timer What shall we do
with the time usually devoted to news
papers! We have 1.-THE fourth and
fifth numbers OF the Picfpick Papers,
! and the "Oid Commodore" by the
author Of Rattlin the Refer, are be-
fore us. Hail, immortal PickWick -
thou kind, ailcctionate, clever, fat,
phlIanthroric, calm, intellectual, good
. old man. Thou art like an old ac-
. quaintance, whom we love to greet,
with a hearty salutation! ! hou art
g 4 complete personifcation Of guiieIess
simplicity, which no art or intercourse
can corrupt--a refreshing oasis in this
:. desert OF wickedness and deceit,
: Thy old servant too, the Inmltable
,. Samiyel Weller, still plays aGconspIc'
d part. The parental advice, "go and
!. pison yourself. Sammy" has not beer
!. taken, and we see the alternative ir
C the shape of his "blooming Mary
n Thy followers, also, are the same orig
Of inaI characters-a guodly company
b. with whom we can with pleasure ras
n an occasional idle hour. Reader,
/. you wish to behold, in a one-armed
r. one-eyed, gouty-erged, hard-yisagcd
m gray-haired, tyrannical old MIN c
k. sixty.iye, one Of the loveliest an
rs most interesting characters, living 0
#. dead-rcad the sold Commodore"
ne BY the by, leave these books alon
50 till after the election. You have no,
X. more important matters in hand. G.
r. to your neighbor, and tell him Of tn
O. gross outrage that has been committe
rs. by the Congress of the United State
II upon the rights and dignity OF Missi
m sippi. Tell him that she has bee
bv denied the right OF representation
Sc that body-that her elected Represel
we tatiyes, Prentiss and Word, were iIlt
TO galIyand unconstitutionally prohibitc
Ito from taking their seats in Congress
Ne and sent back 10 their constituents
uld the casting cote Of The Speaker! Tie
of him that Claiborne and Gholson WEI
MS the instruments through whom th
uld outrage was committed, and that The
GU men now have the presumption to n:
ich from the people sanction of the
ON. acts, by substituting themselves in Il
place Of our true Representative
Tell lin, this insult upon the Sta
the must be wiped away at the polls. und
to the banner of "PRENr IS AND WoRp
COL THE CONSTITUTION AND STATE ReHrs
TO Tell him, in short, TO do his duty
N in himself, to his country, and his &c
and L.
pit -
bose WHERE rs YOUR AUTHoRuYl--So 50
nfa. tho Ch;cLasov Union IN lie broth