Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-16
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Now sir, the President is blamed for the small force
given to General Taylor. Why, sir, the very doc
uments show that General Taylor had authority tc
make his army strong he choose, and to gel
whatever he fit or deemed necessary prosecute
the war. And the old General advised the govern
ment. sir, what it should do; and he talked strong
and he talked weIl-he talked sir, as well as he fought
In the language OF Powers Greek slave to Caesar:
''Bemiea sni conaus It'd crownu,
Vste rem las Ryht, tie shu Fogi
A nyhve ineo rise srten yin nd bteiv-
Adhsci hsaev ace ras, IA snoa oitcay."
There, sir, what do you think of that! And if that
is not enough-if my words Inefficient DR.. Boyn-
ton, the mesmerist is here, and put you all to
sleep your hearts content Therefore, say it is
false-false-FALSE-t that the President authorized
a run upon the bank of the Rio Grande, or upon any
other bank No, sir-in the language of the poet OF
all time
"Panicum tinicum clink,
Mexico's got the chink;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory dickory-"
Mr. President, the last line / see is not going to
rhyme, and so leave the quotation unfinished, to
who wish to plunge the land OF Jackson and of Jeffer
son into the arterial evaporation of cmmeIian dsso
lulion-as Confucious confusedly observes:
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Whatifit was the object of Mr.. Polk to conquer
Mexico-was not America conqueredi Did we not
hold farms and dwellings by the force OF conquest!
nay were even our wives and children the trophies Of
our proves in armsl And who should object, ii our
army, after being disbanded choose take them
selves MexicanSSabnas after the Of the chill
dren of the Pope as so beautifully described in the
Cherokee version OF the Rape of the Lock:
"Hucko Bunko hominy squaw,
Winkum blinkum chousem outofem,
Ga-ge-ge t-a-awaugh!'
think sir, l see out brave and gallant soldiers en-
oying this Paradise, each with his Eve any little
Gains and Abels gambling about him
Mr. Clayton wishes to know ifthe gentleman mean
playing ano'ltc?
MIR. Foote-I am not to be interrupted by the gen.
tleman from Delaware who comes here to install the
deadly sirocco of the Wiimot proviso upon the ala
of our uprooted temple offreedon, whose bitter waves
forever crumble beneath the pangs of Prometheas
desolation. l would say to that gentleman, in the
language Of Potiphar to Josephs wife
''Timeo damme, don't fiout handelibus."
will tell that Senator, sir, that scorn to mlen-
ia humiliation his charge against the honesty of the
Democracy Sir, they as honest as the Wings
as honest as the Senator himself
Mr. Clayton begged to explain
Mr.. Foote-I am satisfied. sir, and l beg the gen.
teman's pardon for what have said-l beg your par
dons. gentleman, beg yours, Mr.. President beg
my own pardon-I beg everybody's pardon. meant
to have catawampousy chawed up MIR. Calhoun at
the close of my speech. and have recied the Sen
ate the greater part of Chile Harold and Jelersons
Notes on Virginia. But Intend no harm: Ihope no
Senator has understood me
Several voices-Not one ofus.
Mr. Foote-I am satisfied human nature is weak.
AS Shakespeare says:
"Ah, this rebelous mountain Of my thirst,
Pulsates, like Etna, for the creatur gone,
And lapse time il Ely,ium."
And now, gentlemen, you'll excuse me, must go
and liquor