Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1839-01-05
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NJ ,l,nugh.s Of the peeplen dom, give him
"a welcome, VIC arc very niich mistaken
r,;,or of the Nep York Daay ErPress-
.s,ne paper ny old friend Mr. Dwight
lila speH ago
New YoaK,last OF Nov, 1888.
The ..Two Poliics'' having been
1s,iy M, back in fittin out, OWN to the
m,siu I'D steam works aboard on her
-. ,,ake her equal to the British foiks--!he
w.xteru,r and so forth | amt had no
80 t.ok about me Of late, take much OF .
- ~ other publick matter: but lind there
s-xrssblc work to be done elsewhere, nna
~ ct q long and sad letter from Uncle /
lsn awful!y wamblc crop'd and wants I
- - To Washington and help him over
ensLi, troubles. lie tells me his barn Is
~ ats--penty Of straw, but little grain
IA IL that the Aboliiionisis, the Anii-Masons,
x Canada Patriots, The Sub Treasures, the
YIarcncy folks, and lot Of other 'hnmbugs'
II Mbesctfing him; and he says # VIII only
- and stand by him we'll go through nil
.,roablcs like dose Of salts, and 50 forth
there never was the time vet that ever
N rarlc Sam want a friend ii | could get -
and go I'll let the folks here tinker ut tho
Il ~ valves and steam kittes and GIT 'em all
Il i and III 90 to Washington and lend Uncle
4 and Congress hand for spell.
n rssre two things IN all creation IKE
- III as BLOWN up humbugs, and rat hunting
i .Aerc n re no two things in any country that
y dso poor chance us rats and humbugs---it
d. couniry when the people get n potion OF act
/. oo SECOND sober thoughts so ns Unclc SAM
n TO be on that tack, II won't he much oil n
thaye ieli'd him the first thing 10 be done
|. book 10 the sold barn." and he must loose no
!. il securing n1ssnprylce Of all the best TAR
4 il the couNfw md q; en- in good ,ranin
1 iselaliy all olf1hd well tried ones, who know
! ~ 10 station Qrruiselves and not likely ~ be
~ al On tho \ Aract ---ttat could rely on
II AZ old Saapy&6d Ctinchcr, and Spring, and
,cher, and Smash, and Twister, and such like,
1--we tried EN- all and if rele "a, comes with
Il ssmpin distance of any Of these he wont know
III pead from hts tail ar:cr one squeak. AL
i nc old and ftiti4ful crtturs amt had n fair
hare at a rat hunt for n long while, for when
sa they have taken their stations there has been
~aa dust raised that there was no seeing Uuclc
sn Or the rats TINT he waited TO clear out: but
Mgs will be differently managed | hope this
mani we don't mean TO make much noise l.
Aa. lcetle asaliilv to let EN- know trouble
seeming and then one shake and squeak and
nsI be the last of ARAT''
aher hinlshn off That business and husklu and
Esshng on, what grain remains, and glitin that
Allcr all balanced up. Ut there IS any balance
kh] we will next sec about siftn some of these
Eanbugs Uncle S I'm is pcstercl with Of late. For
alY docs seem to me If ..secOud sober thoughts
ba. open folks eyes aud let err see the differ
&arc twixi sound common sense and humbng. VIC
rs, Stop tllkin oF ..intciircncc" and take u, ole
sdwar,i, ,,t,J z, e-heol .:r,n-
II was all the tlshian Il spell aro, with somt
III, to talk up the doctrine thnr rich folks o.
efs'l poor folks. supposin Ill I there was NOR,
pr fIiks th1u rlch ones. tint doctrine would u II
ast vetes-1nd 50 II dill far spell. iii the $50
u second thoughts" of The people convince
.Em that rich i.!ks and poor folks were equal,
~ - ana "epee". u I i hif hh XII Is t1in
TX wuuiin't Gtht-tben ugIn IT was sud ouc
IN was us good any other man, NJ matter
IN rasped and dirty his shirt was, that this wa;
Tree country, and any man who wore clear
MT and had money IN his pocket was an arlsio
h, and warnt TO be trusted no how and no way
l tho world-and that he was u ,arnal C"nser
nivo Fedcral--but ragged dirty shirt aud nj
spacy was The sign of good and reliable demo
/n,-and he was the man TO be trusted. Bat til,
(sl5sr second thoughts of the people found on
Int this was not sound doctrine. though II sound
ahwcil There was something in il that scenes
1bvaf against common sense and hold up bonn
attic proiligatc-ii seemed 10 say, ''n yoa worl
' nj make yourselves Independent Of s-tcr, tina
0T S. wont trust vou. Keep poor and DEEPEN
nj, and Submissive. an1 hu,.i" lor US, anu we
NE care on YOU. Well, it was--snu onc.
anTs barn tells the rest of the story. -Nyy 'hl
sone humbug that IS blown up. by what may b
Eafd "spontancous comhuslion.''
The next is-but to make u long story short
Is, u put all the rest OF the hulnbugs in one po
-nr they al! belong To the same mcss-;herc i
piisonry and Antl-Masnnrs Abolition and Ant
|aaoition, and al! the rest, not cxcepun Hard Cul
Irency and Sub-Trcasury. and Animal M,gnc
|'sm-thc ssober second thoughts OF tho pcopl
will knde fire under this pc, and bile i, dow
10 dish and theu hand 1t over To the leaders an
iei them cat it. Tho folks who git up these hun
Tags must have very little useful employ tncnt
De troubled wi,h-aud it is an old and true 81,
|mg of old uneloN Hugh Williamson to son
|hs'n, Il want you my son." saws he, ..to DO us
|hlly empioved--anJ if don't find somethn f
Won to do I'm afraid the Devil wilt" And Just :
4 is now-a-iays
! have been ,hinlsin good spell what to say
aesc mltters
There two kinds Of folks cnlploy'J in ca
pm on IA humbug-thc cute cunnin folks, and III
naest ignorant folks. A sword Ia the wisc''
y ad TO be slt!icicnt, but bashel Of words 10 III
sa'taat aiat cnut--so | wont waste time or wore
@aay one on EN-. but saw To the honest wh
M'ghorant--and that class is big cnuf 10 kce
sss strait and 10 straitcn the crooked too
Stou, keep your s'scccHd thoIghts'' about 70
M II ti1t amt emf go 20 tho third and b
Sired that what | tell voa il truc--,hat th