Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-20

After all, the OBJECT u' WHAT ! 10 rs Fhpssais-
tally To call on Congress to fetent 10 ~ lhe
subject r, on such reconsideration. Il tn71pfHy
of two thirds If both ltuttses should be III lafof
of this neastitn, it will become d law iut"ilh
standing my objection. IN u case OF eietr ana
manifest error On tho part 81 the Ifealastt'
the presumption Of The Constitution - ttitt
stcb tnajoritira will be found. Should they
h, no found IN this case, having totlHttana
tiously discharged my cM u duty, shall cheer"
fully acuuieBee in the result.
Washington, August 8, ls41s
lhe reader will please observe we'll the two
concluding paragraphs Of this production
With what eoH,placency ihe fellow lies IN HE
~furtnsfi With what shameless a%tdaeilt he.
ia The latter, seulfs Mt tht Efforts Of the majority
to do something Tor the feltet OF Il suffering
eountry'
I~ttAproe1,SA A Iosm, by " DealsT'o,t,
~ n .NasAtiAc. 1912.
A short poem, vitl, this title, was landed
n, last = %,tutiay, by our worthy youHg friend
Mr.. GEORGE Pike, 1T whose s'olc = few c'pies
are vet far Raie. M subject opens u wider
field FIR satire, course OF fine, aud The POEM
IL, nm tho subject indicates p%atillcaL 1t ID
AfIlFFSH III "A Siflfhifit f Dt'h a''t'fF g - y Iva
ahaunie IN pointed sallies and happy tIlr .tra-
lions. l~il,ahng ~ Il vast nutnher, y not IN
all liz rroIean toli,s, is placed i'll = ludjsro1s
attitude before The eye~~tor training the
reader Ia smrle, even while he prrcplees h
shade of his own picture =, the drawing.
In politics he wftttf has a broad F" weep
liz thcra arrpi.ns b'th partre, with their lit
Tie and big, tl'eir htad and silent uiea. From
this part VI the lem wc make nne extract,
portrayrhg y .,tasa NJ up-ataft politicians. alto.
netber tm common IN thIH da, and generation,
See riuugus, neSt, q double ti%ted wipht,
\, no Epranr from, nothing, 10 bis present
height
4 scrubbi#l imp. that Eear'l 10 proud degree
Like xhrnbs. sometimes. will swell aud seem
Il tree
With "4elt- rHtneln AS l1ree IA eetrirh ref,
Nnrr vote, he comes 10 etaip,. but hot 10 beg,
ilia holsted head, aud consequently air,
And s%tru,tipg STEP, alike l,is ""F1 tedsrlHrn
With face. that shapes the monumental tlah,
lIard.hearted man he H%eruples rot to stab,
With cruel thrust, his Nv dear mother -
tongue,
(A-eassln vile ! HE fellow should be pvnhp!)
Now, gains the stump, with voice I'm Ehrjll
and clear,
Aud sell. possessed. ae Hopping rhantielaer,
And, boldly. tells tho "gemnan' or tho
gems"
"Jhcm's my ldees, aud thhm's my cent.
ments -
If thou hast ears, that tlih car be- rera)ed,
tIoar Fungus history, by himself detailed
''rls so momentous, that he takes you through,
Fach fact and incident, in full review
Minutin ev'n, with interest 80 replatc,
Hell not withhold, it thou wilt hold thy seat
Poor bay, he was, whom Fortune would net
bless.
Left frtendIess on the world, and fafhftGsS'
With tfewns and adverse fate, who Fiai TO
iight,
And grope his way, from darkness, INTO light
Injured Ia labor, from his very birth,
To drive some trade, to delsc the mother
earth
He tells, perhaps, nnheeding smile or SCOT,
How, he 40 poor, was Graded in u trough!
How oil with hatless head, aud shnclcss feet,
He trudged through winters cold, or sum
mer's heat,
How of bo went To mill, or milk 'dsa u
ut means-~"see what | was what AIN
now!!")
Hist. his! all cry, he'll, surely, next rehearse,
Like Romulus, some wolf was his wet
nurse -
Beneath chill Peverty'e relentless rule,
So bowed, at frs, he never saw q school
Or II he did, so short a time indeed,
Some week, or less, he merely learned to
read,
Perhaps he "~cipher'd 10 the rule OF three"
Or go, some snatt'rirg small Of ''Jography!'-
"Rut, atterward, of course, he went TO college,
Or else how came he stocked with SO much
knowledge ~
Seli-tsueht, forsooth' for burned he every
night,
Not students lamp'-hut ali! the Ioreh's
light!
Thus cheating Sleep Of nearly all her due,
lie wadsd standard works as-~Blue Beard
through,
Or pouring, read, WRAPPED in abstraction dumb,
That ever spirit-stirr ny book-Tom Thumb.
He labor'd hard, throughout The ~lisclong day,
Nor did, ono leisure moment, while away;
For every second, stolen from his toll,
He sought refreshment in his favorite-lIovle.
Aud every hard-earned shilling glesned that
way,
(By toll or IIoyle y was saved for future day:
Thus, mite by mite, he lcap'd sufficient
store
To go To school again, full twc--weeks more!
AT length, perhaps, as It's with wis the rule,
Alternately, he taught, and went to school!
Stop! stop! no more no matter what his
plan,
Enough is told, to prove him set -mads mani
The concluding paragraph of the poem is
beautiful. As it is short we give it here.
Humhugg'ry on! thy grand and glorious
march,
Shall be beneath one 'Iong ~triutnphal ARCH"
Still " ider yet, thy flag shall be unfurled,
To flash and futter, DER a dazzled world.
Soon shalI by SONS desert the slail-like car,
Sn Itch lightnmg-wings, and cleave the realms
OF air;
CamIllalike, their p%inioned feet shall sweep,
With fairy speed, athwart the feaming deep,
Mount into space, with distant worlds CON-
mune
And reach, at last, their destined orb, the
moon.
No more, mankind need strive, or sweat, or
toll,
For thy great art shall till, for them, the soil!
Nav, thou, henceforth, shall reign and rule
alone,
And Truth and Nature tumble from the throne.
u The author of the Santa Fc sketches
is about starting for Washington to get two
copy rights for that book. We learn from pri-
yate sources that it will be@dedicated to pr.
Stillman-the great "SarsapariIIa and pill
man. To accelerate the publication, if the
author desires, Well draw up the dedica m
notice during his absence, that it may be rea-
dy on his return.
MAMMOTH aELos-We are informed by a