Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-11-30
ON THE DECLARATION OF IN.
DEPENDENCE.

DEPENDENCE.
The Salisbury IN. c. Wa,chman tells the s,o.
ry of a tavern keeper, who, having grown rich.
grew very ca reess and so offended the lawyers
by whom his house had beon filed, that, during
one crowded session Of the court, they with one
accord forsook him, leaving behind them the fol-
lowing parody on the Declaration of Independ.
ence:
"When in tho course Of human events it be-
comes necessary for q half.hungry, halffcd, i'm.
posed-on set of men, to dissolve the bands of land.
lord and boardcr, decent respect for tho opin-
ion Of mankind requires that they should declare
the causes which have impelled them to the sep.
araton.
"We hod these truths to be selfevident that
all mon arc created with mouths and stomachs /;
and they are endowed by their Creator with GER.
tain inalienable rights among which are, that no
man should be compelled to starve, out of mere
compliance to landlord. and that every man has
right to fill his stomach and wet his whistle with
the best that's going.
"The history of the present landlord of the
White Lion is history of repeated insults, ex.
actions, and injuries. all having in direct object
the establishment of absolute tyranny over our
stomachs and throats. To prove this, let facts be
submitted to a candid world
I" He has refused to keep any thing to drink but
bald-faced whiskey:
I" He has refused to set upon his table for din.
ner any thing but turnip soup, with little tough
beef and sour-crout, which are no: wholesome and
necessary for the public good.
1" He has refused to let his only servant, blink.
eyed Joe, put more than six grains of coffee to
one gallon Of water.
g He has turned loose a multitude of musou-
toes to assail US in the peaceful hours of the night,
and eat our substance.
He has kept up, in our beds and beadsteads,
standing armies of merciless savages, whose rule
of warfare is undstinguishod destruction.
Z" He has excited domestic insurreciion among
us, by taking btters before breakfast, and max.
ing his wife and servant do tho same before din.
ner, whereby there is often the very duce to pay
I" lie has waged cruel war against nature her.
self, by feeding horses with broom. sraws, and
carrying them off to drink where swine refused TO
swallow.
"He has protected one-eyed Joe in his vany,
in the robbery of our jugs. by pretending to
g'se him mock trial, after sharing with him the
spoil.
" He has cut off our trade with foreign ports
and brought in his own own bald faced whiskey.
when we had sent him to buy better liquor abroad;
and with Pcrfdy scarcely paralleed in the most
arba rous ages. he has been known to drink our
foreign Spirits and fill up our bottle with his own
dire potions.
" He has imposed taxes upon US to an enor-
nous amour: against our consent, and without
any rule but his own arbitrary will anil pleasure.
:" a landlord whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define tyrant and a
mser, is unfit to keep boarding. house for Chero.
kee Indians.
Nor have we been wanting in our attention to
Mrs. b. and Miss Sally. We have appealed to
their native justice and magnanimity; We have
conjnred them to alter state Of things which
would inevitably interrupt our connection and cor.
respondence. They, too, have beon deaf to the
voice OF justice we are, therefore, constrained to
hold all three of ,hese parties alike inimical to
our welibeing and regardless of our comfort.
We therefore make this solemn decIara ton
OF our final separation from our landlord, and
cast our defiance in his teelh.''
Death Of Chief Justice Buchanan.-The Hagers
town Torch Light, November7, says-h is will
feelings OF the most profound sorrow, that we an
nounce the death Of his Honor, jon BUCHANAN
Chief Justice oftho State of Maryland, in the list
year of his age. He expired at Woodland, hi
lats residence, yesterday Mt IL o'clock. after al
illness of about four weeks-BoH. Patriot.
Murder at Sea.-JoHN SMITH, a native of Con
necticut, and cook Of the brig Carleton, whcl
arrived yesterday from Bremen, is reported to have
| stabbed q German messenger ou brn nd eo o.. 4,