Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-15
Distractions And then again. |

Of such d'sirae.i0ns' And then again, am
willing, that "hc apparent enormiiy of pref "1
of a phrase" should he submitted 10 a proce,, !, :,
hriation and mitigation Of p,ima fae,c NM, o.
and particularly when the generality Of i ,.
man fnd restraint LY reference 10 he fact Of ode
mailer Jeang tonnd for operation Of he deJat,d =
guoge, independently of The terolting operate, -
However, though "he appetite IF construo,;.,
might slut itself upon "he unmeasnrcd apn.r"
ges Of GrOrgio," | should deem "Ms oMro 49,.
certainty ho prolific 10 0How monsters Of tong.,
tim 10 be tired 10 snppiy food for opsra,ion." y.
We may "asree 10 DEPLEAT his lar, withou, M.
ing "lau!ter room FIR poralogism," provided j !.
''proeess Of elaboration" can squeeze through 81
ordealScare" by Ills neeessarvinternai eouatcTa,,
and thus "soothe a temperament OF iy7ttabc eqlOD,
without pitching head foremost into a Civ.
eide"
But no wonder that don't know nothing :, i
no how about this report, for how should / NJ.
all It's ,irers run mp arc0m1 And that's a.
for, il says: "The Mississippi and Ohio rnnb;,,
as these streams do 10 great depth in The in,.rio.,
Now all the rivers that knows on, run ont o,,,.
interior as fast as they can go. But I'll ,cl yr
what, if was Choctaw agent, would ,al:,
for daddy says, when old Col. Dinsmuor was o..
taw agent, the Secretary OF War wrote 10 H.
wanting 10 know how far the Tombeckbee ,ig..
"run upmiO tiat c0rntry?' and lha, Col. Dmsn.'.
wrote back, "Sir, have the honor 10 inform y.
that The Tombeckbee river, 1Oni run ~ inio d.
tonnt'y nj ALL b"trnas do,rn;' and just for thai 4.
Secretary, writ him back word, that "This Der,-
ment had no further use for his services, as HI.
could help the river, when il took il into is .ea
from running which way il chose.
'Tolher morning lhort had all about the r.
port sure Tor The Teligencer said il would s,.
all; but people says lis no such thing; thai Nj
Gales don't know what Mr. Archer means Tin
SELF and he did, how could such ninny /.
him, give in one coum and one hall, wba,
took MIR. A. eight columns 10 say! And lh,,
say, it is mighty big insult and contemp; 4
the Senate, Tor Mr.. Gales TO pretend to put VII,
Mr.. Archer says into English, and they NAV has.
him up about it, a. The like was never seen betor.
When | got this far thought it would /,
better 10 try again 10 find some body TO Tell n,
what MIR. Archer meant, and save the 'spen>e !.
going 10 Richmond and back seeing compar-
OF Congressman roie-Bndcr lafiing about The r.
port shown nm this letter, and. Oh, crickyl hos
they did laii, and swaded me to keep on 10 Rich.
mond and see you: and | asked them ii he,
couldn't tell me, and they latied asin, ana ors
said M. Arcisr had oaiu been letting ont a d.
nc Of his darL,,sSs hand another said, he never on,
derS,ood till that Report come out, what ".
meant in the Scriptures bv ''hc H0clh.ss ~ l4,
ness. Then asked another what he lhoush
meant, and he said, he 'sposed 81 ras Touching
poiitcai circumstances mioeiH u did'm GoqiG,
10 great Abatement" And the last one ass.
said, 'Wat IL ro0H Depend upon a rOneaisnGtios i
etitiral contingencies, n that Report dtd 10, d,
tOtaci0uNv eontuS,icaie he incrtcuinGie prQ~acr,.
Of the coniradnnct,oa So broke OIL from then
as they talked just like Mr.. Archer writ ana. il
course, il was all low Dutch TO me. And !,
whenI got 10 Richmond and went 10 your hou..
the servant told me you was busy, and must !.
back 10 The tavern and write out what | hal
say--and 50 did and here it is. and Ill WI
Tor your answer at the Marshall House. on.
please, Sir, 10 lei me have il soon, as I'm migiy
impatient 10 get back
So no more, but yours ill death
SIMEON SLOPE Of Tao.