The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-03-21
A SPEECH WORTH HEARING.

The Quincy Qllinois) Whig of the LIST
February, contains the following report of
a recent speech in the Senate of that
State, on the bill for repeating internal
improvements:
"Mr. Speaker, l rise Sir, not to make
a speech-specch making is not my trade;
but to tell the friends of repeal, that am
torment them, although hate railroads as
bad as any man on this ycarth, prchaps,
and have good reason to hate them,
yet l shall vote agin repeating them, be-.
kase all my constituents on this side OF
the river bodashiously arc for them, and
a good many on the other side too-it
are a fact, Mr.. Speaker, / know very lit
tie about railroads, but guess / know as
much as some other folks do. We have
had railroad in Clinton for some years,
across the bottom there at Carlisle and one
over Crooked Creek bottom, in Marion,
and of all Internal roads in creation, for
roughness, they bangs the beater, gen.
tlcmen may laugh-but it's no ioke-my
constituents have lost, in the single item
Of brcakage Of eggs, sir, handsome for
tune. Scott who keeps tavern in Carlisle,
and a rale tavern too, not one of your
Springfield greaseyes, but a right jam up
chicken fixin tavern, told me that no NOR
tai man could tell the eggs that had been
broken, i'll bringing them to market, across
that infarnal railroad, and Tully told me
the same thing exactly about Crooked
Greek railroad-somc smashing of eggs.
You know Huey, Mr.. Speaker? wish
you could hearn Huey curse, the time his
carriage was jolted up into eternal smash,
crossing this same railroad. Here the
Speaker, unable any longer to control his
rislblc faculties, laughingly observed, 'the
gentleman must confine himself to the
question, and to the rules of the Senate.
Well sir, as / was saying, he Gust and
he sore, and fairly snorted agin, but still,
he's for railroads. These are my notions,
Mr.. Speaker, and / could not sit here
without belching it out; Here the orator
turned his head and in an audablc voice
addressed senator to his right-'Unclc
Peter, what's the name of your wolf bill!
but receiving no answer, he then, straight
ening himself up, again addressed the
Speaker.
As l am now up, Mr.. Speaker, | will
give you my notions on Uncle Peters
wolf BILL Here the Speaker interrupted
him again, by reminding him that the wolf
questions was not before the Senate, and
therefore its merits could not be discussed.
You're mistaken in your man, MIR.
Speaker; I'm not a cussing character,
and if l was, | should be very far from
cussing Uncle Peters wolf bill. No, sir;
| want you and all this here Senate to un-
dcrstand that | am no Jupiter Iscariot, in
this or any other matter. I'm for that bill
head and ears, no mistake in shave tail -
| 60 it, sir, on the loud.
One more thing, Mr.. Speaker, and I'm
done, the gentleman from Shamrock coun-
ty-I don't think that's the name exactly
cither---but the two headed gentleman
over there, said the other day. Here the
Speaker assuming as much gravity as pos
slble, called the gentleman to order, and
requested him to take his scat! After look
ing the Speaker steadfastly in the eye for
at least twenty seconds, with vince of
askancc, he said---Are you in rale yearn-
est, Mr.. Speaker! if so be you are, you're
into me about feet, | s'pose you think,
but sir---look out---1 warn you sir, to keep
a skin'd eye for terrapin traps and mocca-
sin tracks,--.I have rights, sir, as the two
headed gentleman over there, (pointing to
the gentleman from Hancock) said the
other day, that shall pot be troddcn on
nor treated with discorf---Pm done, sir,-.-
| would however, before | sot down, say
to my friend from Union, not to look so
serious, when he tells his funny stories,
in his speech, but to give us sort of a
smile, as do, when he comes to the nub,
or laughing part, so that we may know
when to laugh too. have now got all l
was arter, Mr.. Speaker, and l will con-
clude this speech.
Lafte, the Pmute.----It is generally
known that Laftte, for q considerable
time, occupied Galveston Island, and f.