Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-12-28
TIE TALL YOUNG OYSTERMAS.
BY O. W. HOLMES,

BY o. w. HOLMES,
II was tall young oysernan lived by the river side
ts shoP was just upon the Dank his tide
ne daughter OF fisherman, stra ght and SLIM
Lived over on the other bank, right opposite him
~ was the pensive oyserman thar the lovely maid,
pom a moonlight evening, a-sitting in the shade:
ne sa" her wave her handkerchief say,
up to snuff young oysteFman, and dad gone away
Then up arose the oysteman, and himself said he,
guess III leave the shf home for lear folks SHOULD
I've read ii in storybook that for to Kiss his dear
Leander swan the HelIespont, and will this here =
And he has leaped into the waves, and he has
And he clambered up the bank all in the noonob
Q there kisses dew words as soft as rain
ut 'hy have heard their STEP and in he leaps again
Out spoke the ancient fisheman-sO what that, my
+ daughter.,
Twas nothing but brckbat sir cnuckd into the water
And what IS that there funny thing that paddles
ho'hIng but porpoise, sir, that's been swimming past
Out spoke the fslermansnow bring me my
III get into my fishing boat, fellow soon =
oVn Tell the lovely damsel, falls slaughtered lamb;
fef har droppd round her Pald cheeks, like seaweed
clam.
Alas for those two loving ones she walked NO, from her
And he taken cramp. and in the waves wa.
drown'd;
Bur Fate ms netamornlaa Aa 49,
AZ .rSTIEYES- feel much obliged to you Tor inc
unexpected and distinguished marx Oh consiu1 ..
,ion Won have SO kindly vouchsated 10 me, anu ~
return | assure YOU that to the uttefii'oSt VI ~
c,naci,v. will Justify your confidence by d'schaf
;s. 80 duties assumed me with the most scru
1,lo,s fdelity-in which effort anticipate th'
hearty co-operation of every member Oh 'he ooi'
vention. Coa,o,
The honor of presiding over such o.n'e"
, tion under anv circumstances, is gfea' i"ueI
, bnt is more highly appreciated by me- d ~
, 1;eve il was intended token OF respec' ~ /"
commonwealth of which am native cluZeh-
! and which am persuaded she will iee' ana a.
{ knowledge with becoming sensipihty- ~
V Commissioned as are, by a cohs'ltue">
o never surpassed in intelligence and PatI'o''s'i'
10 take charre ef their interests IN an all"i - "
G, gravest Importance, every 'ienD -, bas ass
N vention will feel the responsibility ne ha' aa'
- med corresponding with the honor cohietieo VI
is him in beino a member of the ConVehuoh'
at The American people have had onl 100 'e'
vs. cause to complain of the disastrous enc "
re mai.admnistration of their national aia'i7
m LARGE portion Of them are hled WIN III!
-. an3 alarm At the still greater evils threatened
. the future would to COP that those ie"'0
.i,hout fouudation-for myself, IN Inc so'o
an. Mace | now stand. | declare before my coun
tie that Iveriv believe the present 'lhie %
a 10 in travail with the great problem ol 'he -
err civ of man for self government. Hhe"
mi NV eve over tho Convention, ana see 'h0 III
toll. orev heads. most OF them who may Jhsry DC
,ea 5od tho conscript fathers OF the Repuoilc'
TO-, ~ Ionrr and illustrious services. alike IN
len, State and federal CouhciiS-a -,
hat I;es ~ Tho cause of liberty and tree uoVer h
I'D IN better times 10 be hailed by their ie
of citizens with the plaudt OF well done "heh
wer - mon. leaving their homes at ms meier
rrni- soasop. and coming from the uttermost cofue
tive the Republic 10 aid by their couhse's IL 7. 9
-sor fearful testimony to the awful soeHihits
n TO the crisis in which we are caleu ~ a.
ieye 90, !, he doubted that the voice oil saeh lie'
and ho heard with Respectable Haii9hilt u IS,
,ent ,,l not dare TO mpeach their moi'es'
have run their political course-thaF e,1s
,s,;rv that the place which once kue" the'
A.. shortly know them no more-they are het
- for then selves. but as trustees loe 'he
NJ, reneration of which their own beloFeu Gh
n gro nart-what motive can they nave u
60 yeIfa re Of their country. When they sFea
: Iitt;e demapogue with his sinister PHrpos
- e. most Of society," will! quail and stand rebuke
> nd the great body Of the people, no matter VIII
,,;IIo marty name they have been oaP1iZeu'
ha,o taugh, to feel that they have country 10
with well as party to serve.
When We are indeed in the midst OF revolution.
D the walls of partition which our Fathers cons
laws between the different departments OF the
ri an ment and which Judging from their own
/ doc hearts, they thought would be imPassaoit
Is him been lnsoIently and audaciousiy broken d
n was Executive aggression, and he has assn
,aniac himself mass of power utterly incomPatli
,tween that equilibrium which all experience ties
clared indispensable 10 the existence OF tree ms u
made The forms of the Constitution are Ietai
station rs spirit is gone-your President Is q
e said almost absolute L, would be waste OF