Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-05-02

servant with key he don't think the better Of
his master for all his suspicious, and is plaguy
apt 10 get key Of his own. Then they do get
such drill through the press, that no mar
who thinks any great shakes Of himself can
stand it. A Teller must have hide as thick as
a BULBS TO bear all the lashing our public men
get the whole blessed time, and if he can bear
it without winkin', it's more perhaps than his
family can. There's nothn' in Office that's
worth it. So our best men amt in oilice-they
can't submit to it.
knew Judge Of the state court of New
York, a first chop man too, give it up, and take
the Office Of clerk in the Identical same court
lie said he couldn't afford to be O Judge; it was
only them who couldn't make a liyin' by their
practice that it would suit No, squire, it
would be long story TO 90 through the whole
thing; but we amt the cheapest government IN
the world--that's fact. When you come to
visit Us and go deep il tie matter, and see gin
Ieral government and state government, and To-
col taxes, and ginera taxes, although the items
larc small, the sum total is almost a swingin'
large one, | tell you. Take shop account and
read i. over. Well, the thing appears reason
able enough, and cheap enough; but if you
have beel arunnin IN and out pretty often. and
goin' the whole fgur', add it up to the bottom
and if it don't make you stare and look corner
ways, it's pity.
What made me first of all think o these
things, was SEEM how they got on in the colo
MES; why, the critters don'tpay no taxes at all
a'most-they actiIly don't deserve the name o.
taxes. They don't know how well'they're off,
that's sartain.-I mind when | used to be
agrumblin' 20 home when | was a boy about
knee high to goose or so, father used to say,
Sam, fyou want to know how to valy home,
Won should 20 abroad for a while among stran-
gers. 1t amt all gold that glitters, my boy
You'd find out what a nice home you've got; flor
mind what | tell you, home is home, however
homely-that's fact. These Blue-noses ought
to be gst sent away from home for a little
while; if they were, when they returned, |
guess they'd larn how 10 yaly their location
It's lawful colony ths,-thlngs do go on reg
lara Teller can rely on law here to defend
lis property,-he needn't do so as seed a
squatter to Ohio do once. had stopt at his
house one day TO bait my horse; and in the
course Of conversation about matters and things
and things in general, says |, What's your title?
is it from government or purchased from set
tlers?-I'll tell you, Mr. Slick, lie says, what
my title is,-and he went IN and took his rifle
down and brought it TO the door. Do you see
that are hen, said he, with the top-Inot on,
afoodin' by the fence there? Yes, says |, do
Well, says he, see that; aud he put ball right
through the head of i. That, said he, reckon
is my titles and that's the way I'll sarve any
tarnation scoundrel that goes for to meddle
with it. Says |, if that's your title, depend OF
it you won't have many fellers troublin' you
with claims. | rather guess not, said he, lar
fin; and the lawyers won't beover forward tc
buy such claims on spekiIation, and hewped
his rifle, reloaded her, and hung her up ag'ln
There's nothin' of that kind here.
But as touchin' the matter O cheap govern
ment, why it's as we'll as not for our folks to
hold out that ourn is SO; but the truth is,
atween you and me, though wouldn't like you
TO let on to any one said so, the truth is, some
how or other, los're put our foot IN it--that's q
fact.