The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-11-17
WEBSTER ON THE STAGE AGAIN

p. WEBSTER ON THE STAGE AGAIN.
Mt Webster has been making some stir
again IN New York Guy. On FGday last he
performed in a new political dram,. a, me CIV
Hall, IN ths presence it Ia stated of ten thou-
sand spectators. The fete was planned--os.
tensby, 10 celebrate the ratification of the
b 'undary Treaty., but intact, to gIotifg- Mr..
"ebs.er' Tho performance waS announced
by hrng number OF guns from tho Battery.
The President OF the chamber of Commerce
then addressed Mr. Webster. in be half Of that
body, expressing their'high estimation of his
services, &c. Mr.. Webster replied in A
speech ofan hour, touching upon the relation
ofths with other countries, Croton water
&c. ..'. 0' '7a -'... 81. neal
The Wing party is rapidly accommoda-
ting l'saIf to the new position 10 which il win
soon appear on the POLITICAL chess-board, The
master spirit inthis new movement, is Dam
el Webster, the impacable eneuy Of Henry
Clay. The pretension the Kentucky ORA.
Tor will be check-mated by the more cunning
and dscreie artifices of the great representa-
tive Of the "Merchant Princess" For soma
time past; his political course has been ,e.
plee with mystery & conjecture but darkness
no longer shadows it, His work is progress
sing with remarkable success. He is fast
josuIng Henry Clay, with The cd fashioned
U s. Bank out of sigh; and the Exchequer
and hlmseI lnlo the faver of his Pariy.-Cun.
Eng. '~ '-
WHc CATEcHIsM DEFINITIONS. .-"What
is dlstrbvtou"
''It is picking Uucle Sans pocket. sir Of
the money he sells his wood lots for
Chow did he come by the wood otsl"
che jockeved with The Red Jacket family
torsome, and raff13d with old Johany Bull
for the rest" .
'fls his title TO the lots good?"
. ayes sir; good as white and black can mako
it-clear title, cir; signed, sealed Witnessed,
delivered, recorded land no incumbrance!"
~ "And why DON'T he distribute the wild lots
among his boysq"
"Why, sir, he cau't--the Deed won't let
him, He may ssIl them to pay his own ex.
peDses, and lay up the surplus against time
Of need; but the Deed says he shan't give
them away-alIenate believe the word is."
''Rut can't he sell them, and give the mo,
ney to the boysP .". -.
$50 some of them say, sir: but others
lhnk there's not much difference between give
ing them the lands, or the money they are
sold for. The graceIess scamps don't care a
fig for the deed, if they could get either |
reckon.@ ...... .,... ..... .s
'.What was their great strait for moneyl'
"Why, cir, boys-especialIy when there
are a couple dozen Of them in the same fami-
ly. Some had dug bitches and made lanes
through their farms, and other things Of that
sort, and some had jockeyed with one another,
and with old Johnny Bull, tl they were head
and ears in debt, and wanted The money to
help themselves out The suarI."e
'"Well, tell US how they picked his pock-
et." ..r. ....,. :. .'...-.. -. T -
"Why, sir, they enticed the old gentleman
got ont cooniDg one day, and when they had
got him pretty considerably fuddled on hard
cider, they plundered his wallet out of his
larboard pocket" ,.a ....... ..aa .. .-.l
"ADd go they distributed the money among
themselves, did IheyW .s'..., =. -
"No, sir;-they didn't quite de- that thing.
When they came to the distribution part Oft.
and while each one was gaping for his share
of the pIunder, they opened the wallet, and
behold, there wasn't one red cen, in q, all. at
all, sir' = PI,b an. ... ....s..... 49,