Democratic banner., 1845-07-05
SPEECH OF LOTT DOO-
LITTLE, ESQ,

MeDltcr OF the Legislature ''o"
! New jerusalem. Hucklebury county,
! Vermont, on MebiN fer the Pr'tect'o"
.cl He"Joosts.
Mistur Speaker:-rre st here IN
my seat, and heered the opPonahts o
this great nashunal measure arghv
and expcctorate agin it, till I'm Pur'
itvnieh busted with the indignant
connections Of my larcerated sensl
hrlilies. Mr.. Speaker, are 1t posi-
ble that men can tie so infatuated as
to vote agin this tiiIl Mr.. Speaker
| blush to say that it am. Mr.. SPEAK,
Ell, allow me to plcter to your eAc'leo
and denudded Imagination, some OF
the heart-reniing evils which rise
from the want of %purtecl'on OF c
roosts IN my vicinity. among my con-
ssli'ueDls. Mr.. Speaker we VIII sup
pose it TO be the awful and meian-
choIy hour of mid.night-ali mater
am hushed in repose-the solem wind
softly moaus through the waving
branches of the trees and nought is
heerd 10 break the soImncholly still
ness, save an occasional Srunt in the
Hog Pen! viii now carry you IN
Imagination to that devoted Hen
House. Behold ITS peaceful and hap
py inmates gently ceclinlns IN balm
Y slumbers on their elevated and ma
lestic roos's! Look at that aged and
venerable and highly respected Roos-
ter, as he keeps his silent viglls with
parental ana unmiitigated watchiul-
ness over those innocent, helpless T.
vi,tucus Hens and Pullets! Just let
Your eve glance around, and behold
that digritied and matronly Hen, who
watches with tender solicitude' and
parental congra,ulation, over those
juvenile chickens, who crowded a.
round their respected progenitor, and
nestle under her ciIcumambIent
Wings.
Now T ask. Mr.. Speaker, am there
to be found j wretch SO lost and a.
baudoned as will enter that peaceful
and happy abode, and tear those IN
teresting and innocent little blddies
from their agonized and heart broken
parents! Mr.. Speaker, answer in
thunder tones that there am! Are
there any thing SO mean and sneak
ing as such n robber! No, there are
not! You may search the wide uni
worse from the natives who repose IN
solitary grandeur and superla,ive ma
ieSlv under the shade OF the tall ce-
dars which grow upon the tops OF the
AlmmaIeh mcuntains IN the valley OF
.~Jei.osophat, down to the degraded y
barharous Savadcs vino repose IN OBJ
security in ;heir miserable w'ig-"armS
on the rock of Gibralier IN the Chill
OF Mexico, and then you will be as
much puzzled to find any thing So
mean, as you wonld be to see earth
revoIvc around the sun twice in
twen,y-four hours, without the aid Of
telescope.
Mr.. Speaker, ! feel that | have
said onuf on this subjec; to convince
The most obdnrate member OF the
unapproachable necessity OF a law
which shall forever and everiastInGly
put a stop to these FOWL proceedings,
and | propose that every convicted
offender shall suffer the penalty OF
the law as foIlers:
For the first offence, he shall be o.
to suck twelve rotten eggs
without no salt on 'em.
For the second fofience. he shall
Obliged ~ set on twenty rotten eggs
until he hatchas 'em.
Mr.. Speaker. all ! want is for eve
ry member to act on this subject ac-
cordin' to his consciousness. Let
him do this, and he will be remem-'
bered for everlastingly by a greatful
p~osteri,v. Mr.. Speaker, I've done.
Where's my hat!
The eloquent gentleman here don.
ed his sealskin cap and sat down, ap-
parentIy much exhausted