Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-12-26
From hc Missis'ppian.
SCENE TIE FIRST OF AN UN.
PUBLISHED DRAMA.

General Harrison from his bed room
they all rise anc salute him.
GLvI. Hanson
Welcome my u1ble friends, mos, welcome u
! You see the atohor hospitality
Is not pulled in | but arrived last night
And took The earliest opportunity
To summon you, my rusty counsellors,
On great affairs o state, demanding now
Declaration grave and cool debate.
''T'hus far, success attends upon our councils,
Aud each even, h1s answered. to our wish"
The ring.tai cooI, the emblem of our cause
Succeeded weIl and cider barrels Gom
rhei. spacious bUgs did pour forth liquid auean
OF wisdom on th2 peoples souls until
, OerAowing quite they cast up me into
This high estate. The son Of York is ioom'J,
(Like DiocItsian old at bis snlone)
10 Undertook he goes, cabbngc to raise,
, And marshal rows Of corn instead of men.
WEnsTcR-T rnscendah ly sapent!
STANLEY TO DlwsoS--Ye gods, that "policy'
would but allow
One yell Of Joy!
/ HARRsoN-Ny "ardent frcnls,p YOU of 9Th
farther Solth,n
COX up awhile, the bottles OF your bliss.
CIAY--fiear him, hear him; proceed Genera
proceed.
HAR.-Yes, ny friends, we've triamphed o'ei
our foes;
And LET me say the reason that you arc
Convened thus elrly--e'cr the popular tide
OF feeling rdshcs on to gratulate
Their man, is, that we may good counsel take,
The fruits Of VICTORY besl to secure.
And first will nine own opinion give:
Melhinks that gratitude of US demands
| That we proclaim it as or royal will,
/ That who so kills possum or raccoon,
A bear, an otteh or an eagle grey,
SHAH, as a ielon, suffer pans Of death.
That Congress in the marble capitol
Shal! be assembled not, bat that proud dome,
BE leyelled with the dust, and on its site
A CABIN, spacious, broad and Wide be built,
Fit for the AmpbyCtions Of this Union great;
That cider shall be drunk instead Of brandy,
And pepper ate instead Of sugar candy.
Speak lIeses all! and first, thou, Clay,
Thou man Of wisdom; what hast thou to saw
CLAy-Thc Inaugural must be Written A for
myself
have no part nor lot in your empire;
I'm but louker on, aud came to see
What course yon take; what be your "polcy.n
HAR--Speak Webster, speak, what think'st
thou o. my plan;
Speak freely, fully; thou ar, the God-like man:
Thou art the Atas; the Atlas shat, thou be
On whom III rest; gladly turn to thee.
W fRSTEG--With Difference great to al our
brethren here,
And most Of all to thee, thou man Of power,
wiz attempt the views hold TO give.
Ot what's betting to Thy royal state.
What course win test promote the public veal.
Secure our party and exalt our fame.
As to the plan thy highess recommends,
10 Il I'd heartily subscribe, but that
philosophy has taught and now It's plain,
That "the pleasure is as great
Ot being cheated, as TO cheat''
And - the means We used to wrench the helm
" state rom out the pilots hani, THEY'RE such
ASno discreet Of wise, or sober man
Can Justify; no law Gun dignity.
All save the icnoant, VULGAR, low and base,
Know well Tire arts we used, were but to cheat
The swinish bod" Let the hnmbug.ery then |
lie in nhlivion's ditch; and Lcthe's wave
'oil over it forever and forever,
viii wrapi in DANES, the realms OF ether glow, !
Md heavens last thundcrs shake the world be- |
low p
HAR.-Oh, Cod-GIe man, your voice to me i,
like
The voice OF heaven; your words are oracles;
'ut must then in sooth, give mp forever,
iy possums, coons, my cabins and burd cider!
WE8,--Forevsr! so opines your friend and |
Tie path Of honor is where duty ralls,
Our country one and indivis;ble.n
Write this upon your banner; give it to
The breeze; and in yonr inaugural address,
Jet not those words of folly and delusion,'
Cabins, cider, coons and gourds'' have place;
3nt those other words nov dear TO me,
70 you, aud every American heart,
Sank, improvement, tariff distribution
u public lands, assumption and resum3 ton.
STAN. WlaF, DAwsoN-Tarif assumption Of
state debis!
STANLEY By heaven!
}e(ore such hated measures we agIeo to.
Weld see the party rent ior'er asunder,
And hill receive the fragments Of our strencth.
What! VIC scoFr to argue such case;
We pledged our friends that General Harrison
Vas clearly, fully friendly to the South.
HAR.--"My ardent friends" here must in
tcrposc,
sprinkle cool patience on your fiery zeal.
STEVENS lis time that should speak--tbe
party which
rdle; ms antsmason friends expect,
That you should, in your inaugural, declare
Your hatred Gxel, and resolution firm,
gainst al nasons who shall dare uphod
Their sec,et ciuts and Morgan killing hlans.
PnoFnTr--May it please your lIighness, for
your servant 8 sake,
Throw in among your ether royal wares,
NGumbeland read, Improvement Of the West;n
I've sworn full twenty times you were for these.
Stan. That suits not US, d--n all such talk
say l.
PRor.- Be DID yourself, you southern dupe
and gull
Stanley draws A dagger, which at tho remon-
STRANGE Of Preston he puts up, who taking him
aside, says;
''Stanley be calm, remember where you are,
Let's see what course the granny takes, and then
Wen be for peace or war, as thrives or fails our
cause"
RIvEs-- Recommend Bank, my liege,
And from my party once again bolt.
TYLER-Ihe right 10 nulli(y you must pro-
claim,
Or never cabinet council viii meet.
sLADE-Ere that your majesty adopts your
course,
Hear the Goths and Vandals OF the North,
The principles that we hold dear, as dear
As life or hone of heaven | know f,ll vyelI