The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-07-16
LOOK TO THE SENATE. %

"A 'a'eIIer, wandering among the diamond
mines IN Brazil, would be apt To throw away
piece o' black rock valuelrss but the prac,jsed
eye would soon discover under lis ,nn,Ly snrc.oo
brilliant speck of light of dazzling hue. and no
would Quickly extricate tho priceless gem
Hereditary wealth and ancestral honnrs rive In
me BRUSH Senate many eminent and dignIfied
members; but il is after all a transmissibe talent
when riches and education have uniformly
strengthened and developed. The many self
made men who. from the most humble beginnings,
nave elevated themselves to the highes, rank and
are now in Congress, are characteristics ,,ai,s in
me history of our coun,rymen, and show how
superior nature is to artificial establishment. and
What perseverance and indomitahe energy will
finally effect
Luck at this newspaper said one senator re
Gently To another; see how that scam abuses
mel'
Well. the freedom Of Inc press must be- sus
'a'ned. There is no divine right which ex.
empiS senators from It's scrutiny
Very true bui the ungtateful hound nr an
editor should never have attacked me Vbv
SIR, he came into our village ragged fellow and
bought The cloth and made him the FIRST good
suit at clothes he ever WORE
The devil you did z Why, then you are
tailor 2
To be sure am
why, how came you to he a lawyer2'
oh That was nnc of the contingencies of get.
ting on in the world was a cnmmon snIdier
under Gen. Jackson dnring the Indian wars. and
heSIdPS that h"n"r hid fair 10 become n common
drnnkard and when got back 10 our village. |
g"' 'h'n $" many scrapes. whipping 81 many fel.
lows, that was thrown inlo Jail for tile sherif's
fee
How did you manage TO get on, of that diff
cntyY
why finally my brother paid the costs. and
invited me To study law with HIM
You made rapid progress. no doubt 3
MOI very rapid. The difficulty was, that
MAD never learned To read sn educated myself.
and studied law at the same time GOT admitted
vent further west got into Practice 90, into The
legislature; got into Congress and ecce signun,.
here am in the Senate
The senator is sensible, well informed in
'eiligent citizen. fiji for any station Sam Hons
inn senator from Texas, is another of those
r"ngi and remark able gems like the rocky and
'"e sterile surface OF tbs AlleghaDies, full OF
mineral riches beneath. Sam was oriUinal = car.
Pentcr in Nashville turned ont The shavnos from
his plane and resolved 10 60 ahead while making
grooves and InoTiices and mailing up pusts and
SaShes lie became governor of Tennessee, fpught
as common soldier To The Indian wars, and
secured by his courage and perseverance, the
liberty and Independence of Texas
There said Cen jackson. having map Of
Texas before him there is the ColoTadn. tbe,e
cans separate their forces and come down Tins
pass. and Sam can catch em under the brow
ut thai range of hills, he'll lick 'em. and lake
Santa Anna You'll see q
just as the old general predicted, so il turned
oni at San JaciniO. The English would have
made Gen. Houston duke for achieving such
victory We see the progress of events; Gen.
Dam Houston is in the Senate.
One dark. stormy evening. some years AGO,
niue alter tea time, coming down Nassau
street, and, on turning Fulton, came upon tall,
athletic man, wrapped in blue cloak
W no goes hereP
y fTiendn Ii was Sam Houston.
am going by invitation to a meeting of cIer
gymen, al the corner Of Ann and Nassau street ia
make speech about the hest mode of reforming
The Indians come along, Major
We did 90, and heard a most able and interest
lng discourse, showing his familiarity with the
red men, and dcprecating the course pursued TO
reform tAem. by giving them repiun first, and
'hen education and industry. He was practical
ana convincing. but they did not carry out his
PROPOSITIONS This is class Of men we find in
our ornate-men not made IF handed by a tailor,
ont iashinned by nature for perseverance,, courage
and consistency .-Noah's Sunday Msssengcr'