The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-19


character ofthe circumstances COM
pels me TO leave before the speaking common
ces. But, my dear sir, my ppointments urge
me forward with such imPetuosity that an
hours delay might cause me to hazard the
certainty of meeting them all with that de:
gree of punctuaIity which 50 anxiously de-
sire. Exit Freeman,-on horseback.
A few minutes after this time II O'Clock
arrived, punctual TO the hour. Gwin mount
ed the rostrum and off he put; though in
much slower pace than Gid his friend Free
man a few minutes before. A half whisper
ed enquiry was seen passing through the
courtroom which plainly betokened disap-
pointment of the expectation that Freeman
was to speak first. But when this was fol-
lowed by the awful tidings that he had ''tet7
tOtOn half an hour ago.! it seemed to produce
a feeling in some half dozen persons, which
was so singularIy portrayed in the counten-
ance that we find some difficulty in copying
it correctly Listening TO the Doctor, enqui-
ring of half dozen at time, NOhy so few
were out to-day, stepping and reaching the
head this way and that to know. if Freeman
wasgOne sure enough! and why! and where!
and wherefore? kept few individuals most
lsingularly busy for some half an hour or so.
This perturbation, however, seemed at length
to find some reliefin contemplating the person
of Mr.. Secretary Woodward who sat rear by.
Much expectation now rested upon him.
And all this time Gwin was rolling on
ltugging away like an OK team. Now he mo-
we'd forward almost in a walk, and now the
up hill seemed so terrible that one would in
voluntarily take an object on the opposite
side to determine the prevalence of progress
sion or retrogression. "John Tyler-my fell
low citizens, John Tyler,-Iet me tell You,
fellow citizens, John Tyler-of Virginia-the
President of these United States-yes SIR
my fellow citizens, he ii is that has broke W
this whiggery; yes, this federal whiggery If
the length and breadth OF the land" Thu'
rolled on the industrious Doctor. If he lack
ed in gesture he made it up in pummellini
and clawing the air first with clenched 6s
and then with the open hand and extende,
fingers. Ifhe lacked in diction he made it u
! in words. 1.-The was not bold in his expires
sions, no one could complain of his polite
ness, for he commenced, middled and ende,
} every sentence with ''my fellow-citizens!'
And up he tugged.-
"FainI and YEARLY the way-worn travellers
: And on, and on he labored! Talked Of ''JohI
lTvIar3S eor,o ,v,oro ,ban of a mir IF vat
messages-of the Lard bill-of the Revenu,
bll,-Said that the House of Representative
did not take the ayes and noes sOhen IN com
: nsiHee Of the sOtOEe! And at length hauled al
amidst the applause of not less than FIVE O
: six good sound raps on the floor, which were
: distinctly heard through the whole cour
room.
But, oh! Father Disappointment! Hor
ror! Confusion!-Every thing!-Where'st tn,
: Pond Question! "Where's-why. where
: Woodward Woodward was much like III,
rest of the folks,-quietly walking out of tn,
+ house, and the ''Bond Question had gone /,
Yazoo City two hours before.
Thus ended the speaking of the long looked
for 'sMonday the 11,h.' Anti-bondisln wa
not spoken above a whisper that day in Ben
! ton. The battle was now over! Not bont
payer was slain. The outward appearance
of the day seemed not unusually marked
The sun maintained his equilibrium and trav
+elled on as he had frequently done before
: Friend Swasher gave US all an excellent din
: ner.-The Doctor ate hearty and said he wa
} going to Jackson. Some eight or ten anti
bonders seemed to find themselves standin,
sentery around the entrances of the court
: yard, apparently not knowing whether the
were ready to go home or not; and some O
: them had not exactly found out what the
came there for. One looked at the other. an,
the other looked back again as if kindly offer
ing to share
"Each in each.other's woe"
Thus ended thisto be glorious and evermem