Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-12-29

NUMBER 81.
d From he N. Y. Evening Posi-. !.
Mr.. CIny's Speech Revised A.

| Mr.. CIny's Speech Revised anA
Ye wings II Ill ages. all shapes and all hues,
Who desire your discordant opinions to fuse,
Who but ask for creed which your party can
r swallow, s'a2- s.t
Who but seek for aLeader your party viii follow,
Who but ask for path, SO to Office It be, si
Come list to your oracle; 10! ! am he.
/ am he, in this hour Of your desperate need,
Who will show you pathway, and teach yoa
| creed;
AGREED that shall spring, in symmetric dcsigo, Z
From assumption of one geographical lines s.
And snail prove ali y~N case, 50 you pisae 10 !.
oppose !.
What our Government does, give aid to her foes;
Every malcontent shade shall our system en-
|" f' brace, tf-as - 81 4#4ss @Ff IS
Every creature that can but show dough in his =,
face; .f,. ,s.,-. MI
From Greedy, consigning all war to the devil,
To Garrison, seeking to stir it up civil; 80
From the dog out OF Office who looks for his day, h
Tosthe Mexican agent, who looks for his pay, .fs
Let US form our array, let our front be unbroken,
Be the word Opposition the only one spoken; !,
Stand shoulder to shoulder, each whig by his
/ brother, t.< 1H al
From Quakers al one end, to traitors at t'other, q
Shading of with such arti6ce, no where shall =
An abruptness Of change from extreme to ex-
treme. t
These then are our tactics, the line fthe Nueces
H,,rdr thar, 6,.o .-nor., L.
Let Mexico's claim stand instead of conviction,
That all beyond that was Der just ssjurisdiction.'
Then it follows by logic ofperfect persuasion,
That Taylor's first march was a march Of inva-
'- sion, - as FPS a5 s's.,s
That Polk made the war, which he daredto deny,
And that Congress, sustaining him, voted lie. II
Oh Truth, sacred Truth, art thou lost among
men? Is. .c'.g.srssE aa.sas-t Z tsj.:.
Where, where was thy servant, thy champion
Corresponding with Cassius perchance 10 set,
forth ~ " <.r
Double sets of opinions for South and for North,
Orreyolvins as deep in retirement he lay, sE'
His career in the Senate from that early day .s.s
OF his entrance Illegal Of years something short,
Thus defrauding the laws which he s,vore to
support. '-7''@ 50 . ''-'s
To his flight from his pledge 70 the Compromise
act, IT, ~ % 49, g. IT, as ga
Which he would not maintain, and be could not
retract. ...-. ..-...--1. -
Hence, horrible shadows, scorn you, l. swear,
Truth. truth should have triumphed i'll had been
there.
IT'S the light of my age, twas the star of my
YOUTH ....te .-s <4-ae~.. ssHE
will lay down my life in defence Of the truth.
BY ihe way, 'tis extremely unlucky, think,
There should turn up another great question to
blink; .r.3-..E ..s>a
But the cost Of this can't be all paid glory,
And what's to be done with the new territory?
To begin. we'll oppose it, admitting at most,
OF harbor or fort on the Mexican coast;
Otis sensible project, as if you suppose, ~
One man had a wart on another mans nose,)
And throwing this out to define our position,
If the nation insists on larger addition,
Say million square miles. and If Congress de-
| clare, - .. .-. @.1gr- ....
That ',is lawful to propagate slavery there,
Twill be well. but let every good whg UNDER
stand,
It was not FOR THAT OBJECT we wanted tire land;
But rather refuse, but the land being won,
We can vote as we please what's next to be
done.
Fellow Wings, let this much for the moment
| suffice, -sr -r. LIS
As we all know the worth Of word to the wise:
Share amopg you these principles, certain am,
They will last us at least till we are over tha
/ dam.