Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-21
From lhe National lnleIllgehceF.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

81 how to Critlcse orevenhoW 10 deScrloe tfS oook
lis object is POLITICAL its style sarcal. We leave
1ts renders to discover what its politics are, and
who are the objects of its SATIRE. There is much
dry hunlor in many OF its scenes 1.-the charac-
lsrs in general, are well imagined and sustained.
The political parties Of the day, and their opln-
ions, principles and conduct are often very admir-
ably hit off. The author, whoever he is, unler
stands his subject and brings to the execution OF
it much talent, wit, and graphic power We
promise the reader many quiet smile, and many
hearty laugh during his petusal, though we think
that the machinery Of the book is too complex,
The narrative, at times, little prosy, and the wit
not always very evident. 10 if' B"
We extract the following account Of the speech
Of Theodore Fog, Attorney at law, and iRdepen
dent candidate for the Legislature: jEI
Theodore Fog,s figure is about six feet; lean
and bony, and with stoop which inclines little
to the right so as to bring his left shoulder nearer
to the ear than his opposite. His arms are I'm
usually long, his head small, his face strongly fur
rowed with deep lines his eyes Of a greenish Ius'
tire, his nose decidedly OF the pug species. his
mouth large, his complexion Of that sallow, drum.
head parchment hue that equally defies the war Of
the elements and the ravages OF alcohol Although
short Of fifty years OF age, his hair is from gray,
and spreads 10 thick mat over his whole cram
ium. At no time OF life has he been careful Of
dress, but now has declined into an extreme OIL
negligence in this particular. On the present oc-
casion he wore a striped Bingham coat, rathershort
in the sleeves, and crossbarred pantaloons; his
shirt collar was turned down over a narrow, horse
hair stock, and broad Black riband guard eros
sed his breast, and terminated in the right pocket
Of a black bombazet waistcoat, wherein it was
plainly to be seen, from the external impression,
lodged large watch He presented himself to
the multitude, holding in his hand a rather shabby
straw hat, which he nevertheless, 1oufshcd with
the air and grace of one who had known better
days than his habilinens seemed to denote.
He stood for some time bowling and waving
his hat in return for the clamorous appreciation
with which he was greeted; and when, at length,
silence was restored, he began his speech:
"Countrymen and Friends, you Of Quodlbet,
Bickerbray, Tumbledown, and the adjacent parts,
hear mel | am an old, tried and tTusty, unillnch-
ing and unlenfed Quodlibetartan, New Light
Democrat-Flan Sucker bring US tumbler Of
water--tangle it, Flan-no hypocracy in me, gen
temen, 90 for the ardent You all know am,
and was from the fist, opposed to the iron railing
there arose q cheer from the Anties)-but
don't come to talk to you about that. You know
moreover, that am ii anti.nominaton man--lm
out on independent grounds--every man for him.
SELF as the iackass said to the chickens-(a loud
laugh want TO say word about Agamemnon
FIag-commonly called Ag Flag. Who's he?
Look at them gold spectacles and you will see
what he is at once When the plastic hand Of
Dame Nature set about the fabrication Of that
masterpiece OF human mechanism, genuine out
and.oul thorough stitched New Light Democrat,
she never thought of sticking upon him nose to
be ridden by two gold rings hung over it like q
pair Of saddle bags loud laughter) We have
other use for our gold-we want it for mint drops
old Tom Benton's mint drops-to be run up into
them to give the honest poor man something bet
tel, when his weeks work is done, than Copper
plate Bank rags, signed Nicodemus Handy loud
shouts and cheers lrom Elan Suckers squad and
the Tumbledowns and goans and Kisses from
the Convention men and Brckerbrays) Friends,
tell, you our party is split, emphalically split
| have seen this coming Tor some time. We have
three sets Of New Lights amongst US, and it is
time we should know it. There are the Mandar
ins, our big bugs, and could name them to you
You will find them on Copperplate Ridge Bah!
Bahr from the New Light Club-'Go it, The go
it, old fellow from the Anties.) You will find
them at Popular Flats-( 'That won't do!' cried
fifty voices-three cheers for the Hon. Middleton
Flam!'--loud cheering for Flunl--'WaIk into
them, Fog! from the Anties-greaL laughter and
rubbing OF the hands amongst the Whigs.) You
will find them in the Forwarding and Commission
darnes come the Mddlings, and after the Mid,
dlings, the true Grts--the hearty, whole souled,
no mistake Quods, I'm True Grit (Great APP
plause.) We are Natures noblenen-- Royal
Family OF the Sovereign People Genewed laugh
ter and applause) ! am no kid glove. Mandar-
in. democrat, | am no milk andwater, flesh and
fowl, halfhawk halfbuzzard- Middng- Democrat,
/ am, TO all intents and purposes, totes quotes
in puris naturabus, True Grit, whole True
Grit, and nothing but Tue Grit. (iere The
odore was obliged to pause full minute OH ac-
count Of the cheerlng)
"Now this brings me-" he continued, after
drinking off the potation which Elan Sucker had
assidiously placed upon the stand for his use, 'to
Andy Grant Andy Grant has told you great
deal about Gen. Jackson's pledges, and his
changes and what not. Well, sirs, he did change,
what OF ii? Is democracy like the laws Of the
Modes and Persians3 Is that great sublime truth
which WHITES the patriots heart, resuscitales his
ambition and sparkles in the human breast, like a
stone in the bottom Of we'll for toads to sit on?
or is it the divine rainbow spanning the earth with
its arch, and changing with the sun, now in the
east, now in the west? It's post set up in a
stream for the liquid element OF human policy
forever 10 roll by and leave behind? or is it the
mighty moss Of steam power that not only floats
upon that element, but flies onward across the
great ocean Of mortal things forever changing in
It's career? Is not democracy itself the march Of
Intellect? and does not marching consist in change
Of ,Iaca7 | hear Won all ansUer with Oun