The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-01


your blood you seoundrel, if you dare to say
that ogin' see if don't, SO there now
Oh dear, such shoutin', roarin', and clappin
of hands never heetd, my head run rount
like spinuin' wheel i, was all burr, burr
burr, buzz, buzz, buzz. bit my breath Il
keep cool; | felt was on The edge Of Q
wharf and only Que step more was ovel
head and ears chewailop in the WATER
Sam, says 10 myself, be man be coo
take i, easy so | got up agin. but va:
so confused / got into my other speech OIL
agrcultur' that had learned by heart, ant
mixed the two together all in ravcl. This
ties, says |, is the bane Of all good husban
dry. Exlrpa,e them from the land; they
are usurpin' the places Of grain, and all
SIickvie Will be iilled with polls. lfthey
have no voice in this assembly, how can
you expect them TO obey the laws they
never made. Compel folks to cut them
down in the full of the moon, and they'll
all die have tried il myself With uniyer.
sal suffrage aud the ballot.
Well, artillery is noihin' but a ropgur
TO the noise the members now made--il
was an arhquake tipl . With thunder and
lightning. never ueerd nothing like il.
| felt | was crazy; wished | was dead
amos', or could sink through the floor into
the middle Of the sea, or any where bul
where was. Al last cousin w oodberry
took pity on me, and come over TO where
| was, aud said Sam, said he, set down
that's a good fo!ler; you don't know what
you are doing Of; YOU are maxim an ass
of yourself. But dido'i hear him. Con
found you said he, yeu look mean enough
to put tho sun into eclipse, and NE laid
bold Of the skirts of my coat, and tried 10
pull me down but instead of that lie pulled
EN- right oif, md made On awful show oil
the. That soi me of ogin, quite rayin as
bad as ever. won't be put down, says I
hr. Speaker; fight for liberty and the
polls | stand agin the forty shillingers.-
finland me, you slave said | touch nc
not, or III sacrifice you on the altar of nv
country and With that ! ups fist and
knocks Woodbury. over as fla, as a pan
cake, and bolts right out of the ball.
But | was so blinded with the cold in nv
head and rage together, coud'n, see no
more nor bat, and pitched iu,o several
members 10 the way cut, and most broke
their nccks and ny own too. /, was the
first and the last Of my speech making. |
vent by the name, for years afterwards, in
orr town Of free aud equal Slick" |
Ssh could wipe Uu, that page of my fol.
lies from my memory, tell you but it's a
caution to them that navigate in politics,
that's fact.
Noihin' on this side Of tue water makes
so big a fool of man, squire, be continued,
as goin' 10 the house Of representative with.
cut bein' fiji for i. Them tha, hanlc list
goi the right weight Of ballast are upsot ID
10 thge, nnl toraed ba,lom upwards afore
they know where they be. Them that are
ltitlo vain by uaiur, get so pulled % and
50 consatcd, they become uothin b8, laugh
IA stocks 10 all The world, Guoat ridiculous
fools; while them whose principles amt
veil anchored in good holdin' ground, lei
the rogue peep out O. their professions plain.
er than they are alhiukln' on--The skin Of
the beast will show through, like an IRISH.
mans elbow, though he has three coats on.
Bot that amt the worst Of il uee.her. A
man IS apt to become bankrupt in business
as well as in character BY !. Dom big
ard taIkin for three mouths in the year,
and pufio each other up TIL they are ready
10 burst with their importance, don't con
rene with sellln' tape by tic yard or loading
on carts, when they return homo 10 their
business.
Ia short, squire, country ought 10 be a
rich country with larned men in It, and mon
Of property to represent il, or else assembly
work is nothin' but blgh !fa below stairs,
arter ali. | could point you out legislators
on this here continent where the speakin' is
all kitchen talk, all strut, brag, and vulgar
Impotence. Its enough to make cat sick
to hear fellers talk Of independence who are
mortgaged over head and cars 10 debt, to
listen 10 the chaps jawng about public var
toe, temperance, education, and what not,
all day, ~ho spend The night in back room
Of market tavern with the key turned,
drinking haiIstorm and bad rum, or play.
ing slxpenny loo. IF mankind only kaep
uhnt fools they ,rere, and hon they helped