Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-03

h;n ".ssel-pnd away she went, with three hundred
horse mower, To Kentucky and Ohio. The vessel was
beautiful and the was beautitn and Inc iauy vas
beautiful but all the beauty ar could not cave the
name from the catastrophe 10 which all long ltes a'e
subjected Il was cdatry abbreviated, ana, n Tue
abbr- yalion sadly delcrorated At frst they caeu e
,he hit- no, the French bciie, which sighlnes .i"s
beautiful but The plain English deH, which, W III, VI.
II,ly Scriptures, was defined to be tinkhe y '
l This was bad enough but worse was coming. :;
| happens that the vrrnacuar pronunciation VI
hr E.ntursy waters, is crt-0ic; SO they began " u
his beautiful boat the cfeowl but things o'o no, s,oP
here II was too exraragant 10 employ '"o - 80
| tn one woud answer as well, and be so niuch more
o;cal. so the first half Of the name was dropPeo'
\ aud The last retaned and thus In BeHe C.e"'.-'
beautiful creole-sailed up and down .he MISSISSIPPI
all her If. by the name, styles title, ana -,
T,y Owl. (Roars of laughing in the Senate, win
yclamu,ions from several that il was good name LOT
n bank-that there an Ow-Creek Bank IN ONO
once now dead and insovent, butt IN lis day. Us gooo
as the best) .,.,,... ,,,l u,;lI
ia FIR This child of long name, and many fathers but
ye must have name, and must continue Trying tii
100 cet one Let us hunt far and wide Let Us nave
recourse TO the most renowned iEsop ana ms iao'es'
and to hat one his fables which teaches US now an
aid black cat succeeded in getting at the rats nsaf
after having eaten up too many of them, and become
ton well known under her proper form, 10 catch any
more She rolled herself over IN meal tho-con
yerted her black skin into whIte-and walked iorth
i
they had never seen before. All were charmed TO
see her! but quick application of teeth and claws
10 the Threats and bellies of the rats let them see
that it their old acquaintance, the black cat
and that whitening the skin did not aiter Tue ihsc's
of the ANIMAL nor blunt the points OF It's teeth ana
claws The rats, after that called her the mea-tub
cat and the mealy cat. May not call tins corpo-
rosily the meal tub Bank: catfish name womb ccr-
tanly suit il in particular; for Ikea cat mas many
lives and cat you know must be killed nine tunes De-
,bot of tha
of all histories the traditions of children are the most
verucious They teach that cats have nine lives
So Of this Bank. II has been killed several times, out
here il is still scratching biting and cawng Jackson
4 killed it in 1899; Tyler killed It last week But Ibis
is only beginning Seven times more the rates must
cut the thread OF its hydra life before It will yield up
the ghost
The meal.tub No insignificant or vulgar name
lives in history, and connects IT'S fame wlth kings
and statesmen We all know the Stuarts Of gland
an honest and bgotted the beginning, but always
unfortunate in the end. The second Charles was be
set BY plots and cabals. There were many attempts,
ar supposed attempts TO kill hm-nany plots against
him, and some very ridculous-among the rest, one
which goes by the name OF the meal tub plo-because
the papers which discovered it, were found IN The meal
tub where the spirators their enemies had Ind
them Now, between that meal tub plot in England,
and this corporosty conception IN America, ihere may
be simlliude, and striking one, Gf you Will pard"n
NUM- in this, that, Whereas carh Ind killing for their
o6jret the English 10 kill King-the American L"
XIII off President If so l hope the American Pre-
sident may have good luck Charles the Second
am sure he deserves beiter-and escape all The ma
chinations of al-tub, corporations consprators,
whether the design be 10 kill him off, or to chain HIM
In bank
Sir have given you good deal Of meal this morn
ing; but you must take more yet. II is tfmgM
theme, and may give US good name before We are
done with it, have "reminiscences, as the novel VIII
lrrs saw and will ,eit. When small boy, went to
school in Scotch Irish neighborood, and learnt many
words and phrases which have not met with since, but
which we're words Of great plth and power; among The
rest shake poke. (Mr. Archer never heard that be.
4 core) Mr. Benton: But you have heard of poke
| You know the adage, Do not buy pig IN poke;
that say, tie bag for poke signifies bas or wal
let; and Is phrase much used in the North Of England,
and among the Scotch Irish in America. pug Is car
RED TO market in poke, and if you buy il without
+, taking II cut first You may be "aken IN ~ corn Is
carried to mill III 4 poke, and when brought home,
ground into meal the meal remains in the poke IN me
houses Of poor families until It IS used up Nhcn le
bag is nearly empty il is turned upside uo%n aud sha
KEN and the meal that cut IS called the shake
uoke that is TO saw the last shake OF the bag By an
easy and natural metaphor, this term is also applied to
the last child that is born family especially u
puny or rcketiy concern The last Child like the last
meal is called shake poke; and may we not call tins
f.euleus corporation sakepoke also, and Tor the same
reason It's the asthe last al all events for the SEES
sion! is the last meal in their bag shake poke
and il is certainly rickelty concern
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ling: that is privilege paternity or Of sponsorship,
and | stand in neither relation 10 this babe But
name Of brev'y of breviiy and signicance-it must
have and if the fathers and sponsors do not oestow H.
The people will for long name is ahhorred and es-
chewed in all countries. Remember the fate OF john
Barcelona the cantlng hypocrite in Cromwells time
He had very good name, John Barebone but the knavc
composed long verse, like Scripture, TO sanctty hun
sci; with it, and ntituled himself thus:-"PraiSe God
BartLonc for If Christ had not ded for you, you 'cond
| LcI Mo- sanclDO-
ninus; hut il too long-too much OF good thing
and SO the people cut all off but the last two words,
and called the fellow slammed Barebone, and nothing
else but damned Barcelona, all his life after Solet this
cosporosity beware it may get itself damned before IL
is done with W, and Tyler too.
/ But, enough. Let give over names, and talk
about the news Have you heard the news, MIR. Pre-
siGcn: If net, am but poor hand TO tell it to you;
for hear nothing but what meet on the pavement as
| walk backwards and forwards from the school.room
of my children 10 The Senate Chamber Of the I. D VI
hear hut ltlc but that will give ynn 1t runs thus:
Col. Drayton IS ant IF The Bank lie IS out and you
know how much sorrow expressed that South Ca
rolina gentleman had gone into It, Near three months
ago in ny first speech here, expressed that sorrow
lie is gone Biddc in. not corPorcahy, for that would
njure the corporation. But lie IS IN and Samuel .du.
don here, and helped to write the charter oil ths
Corporation Fisca,y, and il is all Bidde Bank con-
cern Lock al the subscribers for the stock, that are
TO be- See section line 10. Corporations they are TO
subscribe and the Blddlc Bank, and It's affiliations,
are To take the whole In pam r.n5i'sl, We a'e ie
charterng the dcfunct u. Bank, making II worse
than ever, and giving il charter for nothing winch
NIGH, be sold for five millions in open market lhs
is the news, SIR and here all are, beset and be-
sieged by Bddles Bank thing TOO weak to pay a.
dollar TO creditor; but strong enough to imprson the
Scna,c-to gag the Ilouse-to menace the President
with expulsion from oilicc-und 10 hold Congress TO.
gethcr until it again takes the vote upon IFS mperous
demand for charter
Il And now, Mr.. President, have but one word more
10 say, and that Isl comply with my promise, to show
the ploprety of constituting this Complete, to whom
We have committed this Fiscal Corporation, on the
same principles on which was constituted the Bank
4 Examination Senatorial Committee Of 1884. The
propric,y is this: Both Institutions are the same
Il They are both the hng-Bidde Banks-and both
II require the tender Of kindly friends
u Mr. KING said the Parliamentary law as read br
the President, had been introduced into either
House Of Congress but the practice had as he had
al