The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1838-02-24
From the Salisbury N. c. Watchmsn.
THE ROUND ROBIN.

from the oaIisOury ~. y. VdtCuWan.
THE ROUND ROBIN.
One Of the very best stories We know
Of is that Of the 'kouED koBIH" Is Il u
tamiliarly called IN the lower circuits ol
North Carolina, and owes its humor ia
the very fertile aud cultivated mind Of .
Lawyer who is still alive. but 10 distant
Western State. All the Lawyers attend
ing Court about the year l8l0-rboarded
at the house Of Mr.. B.. who al the
beginning Of bis life, as a publican. was
assiducus and provident: but riches mul.
liplied. and Bon,face became lazy, crus-
" and pars,moaious. HIS acco,nmoda
irons, as they are usually called, from be-
ng the very best. had by degrees. de
generated into the very worst IN the whole
country. THIS was horne With mutter-
ings from time TO time, until in a fit oi
desperation, the whole fraternity Of law
y.rs after mature deliberation In Con
pres. assembled" resolved TO quit the
louise. and 90 70 another IN the same vi.
lage; the duty OF announcing the sePara.
ton devolved upon the gen,lena" above
specified: who, being somewhat struck
silh the mock importanse the affair had
assumed, wrote the following, and sent u
to the Landlord, signed with the Games Il
ell the decsdenls IN a round ring below.
DECLARATION.
"Wben in the course Of human events
il be comes necessary for hungry. half
led, imposed on set Of men TO dissolve
thp bonds Of Landlord and boarder, q
decent respect for the opinions OF man
kind, requires that they should declare
The causes which have impellsd tlsm to
the separation.
We hold these truths TO be self evident:
that all men are created with mouths and
bellies: and that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalieoable
| rights. among which. is. that no man shall
OF compelled 10 starve, out Of mere COM
plaisance to landlord; and that every
man has RICH, TO Gil bis stomach aud We,
bis whistle with the best that's going.
The history Of the present landlord Of
The White Lion, is history OF repeatt
insults, exaction. and injuries. all having
in direct object, the establishment Of alb
svlute tyranny over their stomachs and
threats. To prove this, let facts be sub
mitted to a candid world.
| H. has refused TO keep any thing t
drink bu, blaze faced weiskey.
He has refused to set on his table TO
dinner, any thing but turnip soup, with
little bull beef aud sour krout; which are
not wholesome and necessary for the pub
lie good.
He has refused to let his only waiter
blink eye Joe, 4u. more than Elk grain
of coffee to one gallon Of water.
He has turned loose multitude Of deas
and ;sw.rms Of bed bugs to assail US in tn
peaceable hours OF the night and to "a
out our substance.
tie has KEEP, Up in our beds and bead
Is:eads, standing arEies Of these nerciles
savsges, with their scalping knives AM
ltomahaws, whose known rule Of wartar
| is undis,ing uished destruction.
! He has excited domestic insurrecton 4
moog us BY getting drunk before break
last, and making h,s wife and servant St
lbefore dinner, whereby there has ofte
ibeen the devil 10 pay.
lie has waged cruel war against natur
itself by feeding our horses With broo'
straw. and corn stalks, and carrying shsd
off to drink a, puddles where swine re
| fuse to wallow.
He has protected one eyed Joe 10 b
|viIlsny in the robbery Of our Jugs, b
pretending to give him mock trial. afte
sharing with him the spoil.
A Landlord whose character is th,
marked by every act which may define
ltyrant is unfit to keep boarding hous
for Cherokee indians.
Nor have We been wanting in our .
,sslions 10 Mrs. B -, and Miss Sail,
we have warned them from time to tim
Of The attempts OF B. TO starve an
ie..ce US. We have reminded them
ne circumstances Of our coming 10 boal
NV ~" ; ,o.m :. pave appealed 10 their n
Wc Jus"Se anu observation-disclosures ha,
conjured them Ia alter sM.s ~ ..;.,
which would inevitable interrupt os ~'" 1
nexion and spondenee. They te
have been desf to the voice of justie
We are therefore. constrained TO hold
three OF these parties alike inimical
our we'll being, and regardless Of our CO,
forts.