Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-10-08
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Ion ne merits o. ne great speech OF Copper
al srxxs on the subject. IL comes to Us re
ported m ''siingar@, !" a paper published in
Mississippi city. Messss. ALLEs, CASs and
sIiSsssss mus, give way To the Corpora"
who IA ynquestionaby .'tOarcr, and no ms
lake" How the ''whoie or none" meu must
i4mem that they bad not The all Of Corporal
syEEs "a the Ssnalel IL could not have failed
10 decide the question. Perhaps it's not too
late now and we therefore take leave 10 call
slse especial attention Of Gen. Csss 10 the
sgcech Of the Corporal, who, we must say /,
seems 70 have had ~ his mind the recent ef
foffS oi lsen. 4. on t1e same subject. Perhaps
close examination may delect plagiarism on
enc SIDE or the other. Bat here is the speech,
which IS ~ sureiy be good Trading" in these
summer days:
TREMENDOUS GATHERING AT THE
HOLLOW--0REAT SPEECH or
CORPORAL SYKES.
There has been q tremendous War meeting
at Wolf Hollow ai which Corporal Jon
srxEs, commonly called Tiger Sykes, ''csndi-
date for Constable, made q speech redolent
with ssiipetre patriotism, which was applaud
ed by the boys most fiproraciousy. lis OPP
ponent u said TO have admitted, like Judge
PLrMMrR, when called upon TO reply to an
effort OF the Buckle eve Blacksmith, that "it
was impossible to reply such speechl'-
We are indebted to frIeed, who took notes
OF the gallant Corpora's remarks, for a copy OF
them; which We hasten 70 lay before our read
efs IN advance Of their appearance IN Father
iaircME's paper;
Fsilr Citisas aud Gen- III min ef IpoB Iiollw
take the stump to inform you thstl'v con
scented al the call Of many OF the sovrins in this
par the burg aud up on SkHnk's Rest TO be.
come candidate for the sponsibile Office Of
beat constable agin Jrs BURBiex: not thai I've
any thing particular agin him personally, eI
cept thai he never stands treat; and IS oppo-
scd to our people licking our nalrsi emmy ou
tea the Oregon country which Is nexten to
Texas the finest Of these United States, and
abounds in deer, bufilo. bar and other vermn.
Now Pm Tor threshen Great Britain rite off (;
without sioppin to strip up sleeves or Oily dsl-
lin about hit; cos we kin DO 1t, and not half
try cos didn't we do il when we war unly
knee-hgh to a gopher, an infunt child OF a ma
ton, as might say We did so, fellursl an
by the hoky poky, We kin do il now, when we
are a right smart chance taller than any other
nation guess Yet JIM BURBIcK-thai's my
opponent for the high and 'sponsibe office Of
justice OF the peace, agln me, says we amt
prepared, an Ell we am going TO war Tor hull o!
Gree -gon, we ought all on us be taxed, an
millions o dollars and a large standing army
raised mme -diately aside vessels OF war.
Fel.ur Cit zens and Gen-tl-min
Pm posed 10 standin' armies, in time OF
peace, and war, too an go again taxation
OF the masses don't believe in TAXI no how ;
no Stree looking meatax-ly at his oppo-
nentl and l warn you agin men who are for
taking the sensis, ashley call il, and goln round
assassin the last chicken of the wldur and or
y1ltn at and VIM tho farrpors 7
the bone and snuz-an' | may say the hide,
meat and tallur, too-lhe men who do all the
fghtin, and git nothn' for it--under the pre-
textures cry OF tixin an preparin' for war
Gen-til.mi an Fellurs, Cana you an | fife,
ef we're so disposen. without preparations; ef
we feel wolish, an like lnduisln ieetie, can,
we jist cum out like men, and go like hossis
Wuli, we kin! And what's TO hinder Uncle
Sam anu Queen Vic from jlst ;akin it right
on, now on sight2 We've got powder and
we've got guns and what's to hinder us from
crackin at the inimy simultaneously jis, as we
did at Bunker's hill, Sar,i-toga and Orleens
jim Burbick, that's my opponent for consta-
ble--he says he's for preparation aiore hand
Preparation be darncd He may be nifty
clevur felur-l don't say II TO hurt his leelins
and have a right smart chance of book larn-
ing bu; atwixtyou an me, think he lacks
heap Of being bright on the 0 He gon question,
an IS heap too far behind the times to be
spreadin hisself fur the responsible off. Of
cons,abIe--I think Gen tilmin!
Fellur Citizens and Gen-tlmin!
While my opponent is for lettin our ns,ral
-inimy have 40 degrees or parts of cur glorious
country, I'm ahead length of him or any bo-
dy Use, on that sub jet Some Of my friends
say they are willn 10 take 81 and so on-sori
er COMPROMISED! Hail an fury Who's a
go;n to compromise with our na-ual cneniy2
Pm for dom no sich thing. don't understand
sphyin or iogriphy and hav mt kalkilated how
much there is Of the Oregon country but
I'm for all ther is, more or less up 10 the end
Of til there's 800 degrees of il none Of your
ASS or SOS for me- No Street Pm for the
hull-or-none policy Who's goin 10 sell any
part OF the blessed lie Of ireedum. like the base
Judas, for mess of potash? I'd rather be a
isrra-piu, and feed on tad-poles, in the mud
dest branch in all creation. than be the man
that would come for TO 90 for to sell the land
Of liberty: every inch Of which was bought of
the MINIS with the blood and treaSurers of the
pilgrim fathers, and which our natural inimy,
the BRUSH, tried 10 roust us outen, IN times
which tried mems Soles and uppers too | reck-
on, and couldn't come IT, Gentmin the Bat
tie OF New Orleans wasn't fouten for noihin,
was ii? We whipped up Britain thsn, didn't
we2 Well then, | think, she ought 10 stay
whipt, and not crowd nor crow neither. 1t
won't do, fellurs! Fen the wimen folks
wont stand il. Pve sister al hum that gifts
fairly red eyed at the idee Of Queen Vic's
spreading her small clothes over any part Of
this land Of liberty. Jest let Vic come over
TO the Hoi!ar if she wants TO see the fire fly
why, down in Catamoun, bottom, kin raise
regiment OF the protest ysller-hared gals, of
any se,tiemint, every one on 'em weighin two
hundred, that I'D fight like painters, aud drap
IN their shoes, (if they ever had ENVY rather
than any form petteoat government should be
set up IN Oregon, or emmy partof this star-spsn-
ged country. Bfmy opponent has any idee
OF gitun single vote down in the Bottom,
should rather reckon he'll miss it; Ia advise
him not TO 60 down in the Bottom hlfilutn on
the Vic side, for them WALLER flowers of the
forest could no more keep their washing pins
outen his hair than Queen Vic could abstain
from being-
Gentilmin and Fellur- Citizens:
Its agn he law iorer sell drinks in town.
md a candidate fur the rec sponsibil offs Of
constable, shouldn't violate the laws and set
bad examples to the young but ef You'll step
Outen The corDOraton limits IN iist vondar - "a