Lincoln telegraph., 1840-04-02

Mr.. @. Very we'll thank you sir
M p. Take chair.
.Mr O. Thank you,
| M. p, We have any thing but pleasant wealth
| or, of late, snow, rain and midland mud, rain
and STOW, seem to be the order of the day. But
little can bc done in the way of business, and
now is the time Mr. G. to look to political mat
ters, and politics is a kind OF business with us.
That by which man earns his liying, may fairly
be called business, may it not and you and
know, it was doing pretty good business, when
we managed to get into our respective office,
which we fill with SO much honor to the public,
and SO kttle profit to ourselves.
Mr.. @. You are sly one-and if any of our
party deserve office-if any man can handle po-
litical machinery, or walk into the affections of
the people in the way of politics, thou art the
man.
Mr.. p. You hatter me, Mr. Q.-but never
mind it, I'll soft-soap some one else, as much.
never am in debt in that line, there is nothing
like this holding a man up with one hand,
and knocking him down with the other, and
entertain the humble opinion, that am second to
but few, in that business.
Mr.. O. You may well say so--for believe all
parties give you the credit of it, I'm thinking
we made the most Of the Surplus question, and
under the circumstances, don't know that we
could have done more. To be sure, it was rather
unfortunate, that some of us had been so stfenu-
Gus to have it appropriated originally to purposes,
widely differing from distribution per Capita, and
lao 70 "a
river in the shape of Sagadahock ferry stock
but what of that The old ferry boat can easily
shift its paddles-go one way or the other back
wards or forwards, to suit the current-and so
can ,ce Although some may see our manoevres,
and read our motives: yet the people forget it all,
and suppose we have always been padding on
one side. We may compare them to geese in
"Merry- Meeting Bay"--and we are the old gun
ners in our floats, disguised, lying fiat on our
backs, padding up to get shot at them. And
who will say we did not kill any at our March
meeting! Why | could see the feathers Ay every
shot we made-and as we began by saying we
did not wish TO make political capital they did
not suspect u.s. even when we were shooting them
down all around US.
Mr.. p. l know we managed capitally, and if
the Wings had have come out and opposed us,
we should have had game enough But the fact
is, they don't seem to care uhat the toun does ,ih
the Surplus, prorided they dispose Of it legally. that
The subject may be put at rest forever. But this is
not our policy, and we were placed in rather an
awkward parliamentary being obliged to move
an indefinite postponement of the question, as
peg to rest our gun over, to shoot geese. | have
been figuring up, in the manner Of profit and loss,
to find out what we have made by the manoevre
/ have pretty large sum to pay as my proper
ton of the Surplus, and but little coming On
the other hand, have faith to believe, we have
had some accession to ranks by the measure
and this is the profit. For the more we gain in
party, the longer we shall remain in office, and
consequently the longer in Office the more
money. This is plain, and | presume you
understand it perfectly. In fact it is saying to
the people, rs the boys sometimes say in turning
coppers-"heads I win-tails you lose
Mr.. @. You right. 1t would be very hard
to pay our proportion of the Surplus, to these fe
lows, if they would not help us to keep our Off
ces~--and the idea strikes me very forciby now
that would see them padding in the river after
their "Sagadahock Stock" before would show
them the color of my money-for you know, our
feelings of generosity, were never very trouble
some to our pockets,
Mr.. p. | trust this Surplus business is not
done with-and that we may yet shoot more
geese, before the "bay breaks up" At all events
we will keep sharp watch, and bring it up if we
can. Every thing tells in these days, and I am
fearful that unless we are up and doing, the peo-
pie may tell US, that they have no further for
our services.
CONNECTICUT ELECTION. Monday 9th of