Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-16
THE MAYOR OF THE sLAsuES'
REMARKS
AT HANOVER Court HOUSE, VA. BEFORE Til
PEOPLE, LAST WEEK,


IN REFERENCE TO rHE APPROACH No nLEcrIos.
| C. rnmunea,sd for iks " \. Spirit Of the Times.
| Fsilotr- Ciii-sns-When a man gets IN slight
| place" they saw he must squeeze OUT the best
| xay he can; and when the cold koon'S" backed up
nein a tree with the dogs all around HIM. he must
! fghf or die. 10y Guinea. "FOdy dogs on Towset"
would hardly give you inadequate idee of my
present dllemmy. Last year had 10 tote the rhsle
Sanding .frmu my back, besides 'thc Sub. trea.
sury" aud the Niger testimony" aud, by Guinea,
had TO driHk ngrst man, Gap. Chntles) the
pouring ct liquor into whose paunch was like the
River Nile lo1sing ise; in the thirsty sands of the
Great Desert Ut Airicky. You have all heird Of
| them bis deserts out thar Well, this year, now |
have got to aginst the "D Siribution Bill" the
receiving OF the Land Money, as its commonly
called; tho States quota that is, OF the sales OF the
public domain tgreat applausel, and, by Guinea, TO
cap the climax, have got to drink and talk agnst
q man who has mighty small Swallow" Tor liquor,
but most monsious osiIs, for words. Fosrs like
| "rattlirg OF peas on q raw-hide," the way that
words roll out OF Capt. BaSset's mourn. Bringing
"A stray swarm OF bees TO settle 10y the beating Of
unp,n, is mere "childs play" tot. A Ysnkee
solicitor travelling through The land seeking patro-
ns sc for some new publication, and png up prnlses
Of tho works like pyrami l., all IN one breath;
| the Etnding of old hand orgn Nv an Italian
iunerant for monkeys g. dance by q don't mean
you, my valued fellow citizensl say. metho.
DIST preacher IN full strain ol glorihcation at
! camp meeting, m the month OF August, the clat.
tcr OF Wnole drove oil "NIulnCa tONlS" IN the tall
OF the year when Sto IA rs bTcirirg up IS moth
ing 10 the eternal whrl.wind Of language that
whzzss from Capt. BIS. throat, like guest OF ent-
up steam feom the mouth OF one of these "siean:
tunnels" Now, by Guinea, Il this amt giving
man. sister Sally SAID "leee tetchn Of bue
u Under his belt, then. BY Guinea. don't know
/ what IS. But, fellow ciuzens, Col. Billy l.. rises
transparent and maes &c above all these party
tramme's kicks of traces OF Distribution and IBID
Tom for nc don't b.iong TO nobody, and stands
Lac AL Ia Oh a
led Immense cappius aud shoutins,) amidst the
hetniiousnsS of universal democracy. For "t,ken
the different athletcs"-the principles of go, or
a game of "seven mp" lutlc "old slcdse," "two.
trick TORI nt for - the sweep" dollar anti bluff,
or the old lronside the glorious Constitution Of our
country, tn same Billy l.. high -hipd,-49 yeirs
old, the father Of fire ikey children At home, aud
not no low tooth in his head IS ID hard TO
beat Col 10 nSon said: "do YOU know I.urkin ?
you may beat him. but you can't out.het him"
Fellow citizens, don't come from among YOU ?
am no swel'd head Tory-no blut bsiiy'd Fed
era'isi, rolling m luxury, and grinding the poor
mans piancc out of him. llav'nt | pulled at
the whip saw and Graded the golden harvest. and
sweltei great drops Of sweat IN the summer s,ice
working like yourselves for an honest livng2 Do
come here tho owner OF College diploma, and
or 5000 acres IN body OF rich Pamunky low
grounds, with lots OF nsgers, and oceans of corn
more than could consumer for, by Guinea IT'S
hard s.uilng my poor "torry- firmly" 10 raise
enough TO eat. Hav'nt we fought side by side for
the Jackson faith and didn't we achieve glorious
! victory over blue. belly'd Federalism, and was'nt
| with YOU when you led on the immortal Van TO
the Presidency Are these things to be forgotten
/ these "erdutns memorials of our early friend
ship TO be thrown aside for Wing promise,7 Why
DIDN'T the Wings tell rs last year that they were
going 10 set every thing straisht-rlght the Go
| vernment-puriiy corruption, and give us a sound
currency and equal eXchangeS2 Why, fellow citi-
! zens, they preached and promised at their "hlrd
cider conventions 81 much about the great "Whg
| Millennium" that some OF my slash.cats" drop
ped their hoes, left their poughs and corn-felds,
and went home TO SIT down and wait for this
great era OF happiness and prospenty,-a National
Bank, Wing President, commerce restored. a
flowing Treasury. high prices for your produce,
and every man sitting under his own vine and fig
tree inhaling bank Noes Lord J -, Here
the Colonel raised his hand 10 his temple, half
shaded his eye low ell his head liIte, blushed M
behind the ears, AMI gave Of his significant
hyena squeals OF laughter, that carried TRIUMPHANT
rdicue and the crowd together Well fellow.
citizens. where's all this promised plenty and pros
perIiyl Where's all the money! have you cot
anyi any Of your ne'shbors got any7 any Of these
| Wings got anyl No, The first red cent to their
| names-the poorest people IN the land, these
| Wings When we Democrats had the CONTROL
We, party, didn't manage affairs so badly tibet
/ ice had no money. No, by Guinea, we were too
smart not TO take Of ourselves whatever might
become Of the others. But these Wings that talk
so much about II, amt got joll-r Tor friends or
foes :! lHere the Colonel fairly squated, as he
screamed out his hyena yells OF laughter. The
scene was irresistible, and Capt, 3. skunk into the
crowd, stole Oft unperceved, aud mounting his
horse, rode away, too happy to be freed tom the
! scorpion lash of Lorkin's severe paragraph
Fellow citizens If u Gle Sam wants "ihe money"
for Notifications and defences in anticipation Of n
war with the British, and he can't rinse the wind,
IN any constitutional way for the purpose, then
say let him have IL but II he has got means of his
oioH, provided by the Constitution, in Gods name.
| let as have cur quota OF the Land Snles-for the
State. as youall know, is very much in need Of NJ
this time, and great deal Of good could be done
the old Commonw cath by receiving her part of the
Trust Fund, ond laying it out in Free Schools and
/ Improvements for ourselves and our children Fe'-
low citizens shall now conclude by requesting 10
| take drink with one and oil OF you, az Captain
Bowles' elegant bar-rocm. IDeaieDing shouts OF
| applause.
More anon, from yours, ever,
SHOES.