Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-23
MISCELLANEOUS
SPEECH OF LOT DoOLITTLE,


ON THE BILL FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEs-Rooers
Mistur Speaker-l've sot here in nv
seat and hecred the opponents of this
great nashual measure, and expectorate
again 1t, till am purity 9Th busted with
indignant commotons of my lacerated
sensibilities. Mistur Speaker, are it pos.
sible that men can be so infatuated as to
vote again this bill? Mistur Speaker. al
low me to pictur to your excited and de-
nuded imagination some of the heart
rendlng evils which arise from the want
OF purtection to hen-roosts, in my vicini-
ty, among my constituents. Mistur
Speaker, we will suppose it to be the
awful and melancholy hour of midnioht
all natur am hushed in deep repose--
the solemn wind softly means through
the waving branches of the trees, and
nought Is heered to break the solemn
choly stiffness, save an occasional grunt
from the hog pen! l will now carry
your imagination to that devoted hen
house. Behold its peaceful and happv
inmates gently declining in balmy slum-
bers on their elevated and majestic roosts
Look at the aged and venerable and high
~ respectable rooster as he keen his
silent vigils with patience and unmitipa-
ted watchfulness over those innocent.
nelpless' and virtuous hens and pullets!
just let your eyes glance around and be-
hold that dignifed and matronal hen.
who watches with tender solicitude and
Paternal congratulation over those little
juvenile chickens, who crowd around
their respectful proienitor, and nestle un-
der her circumambient wings. Now, /
ask, Mister Speaker, am there to be found
wretch so lost and abandoned, as will
enter that peaceful and happy abode,
and tear those interesting little biddies,
from their agonized and heart broken pa.
rents? Mistur Speaker, / answer in
thunder tones, there am! Are thar any
thing SO mean and sneaking as such a
robbery! No, thar are not You nav
search the wide universe from the ma
tives who rcpose in solitary grandeur and
snperlatlve majesty under the shade of
the tall cedars that grow upon the tops
OF the Himmalch mountains in the valley
of Josephat down to the degraded and
barbarous savages who respose in obscu.
rity In their miserable wigwams on the
rock OF Gibraltar in the Gulf of Mexico.
ana then yon will be so much puzzled to
ind anything SO mean, as YOU would to
see the arth revolve around the sun once
IN twenty-four hours without the aid of n
telescope.
Mistur Speaker, feel that I have said
enough on this subject to convince the
most obstinate member, of the unap.
proachabie necessity of law which shall
forever and everlastingly put stop to
those Joaol proceedings, and propos,,
that every convicted offender shall suffer
the penalty of the law, as follows:
;. For the first offence he shall be OBJ
hged to suck twelve rotten eggs, with no
salt on 'en,. ~
:. For the second offence he shall be oh
hged t' set on twenty rotten eggs, until
he hatcnes 'em. 90
Mistar Speaker, all want, is for eve
iry member to act on this subject accord
ing to his conscientiousness. Let him do
this and he will be remembered everlast.
lngly by q grateful posterity. Mister
Speaker, I've done.---Where's my hatp
Ihe eloquent gentleman, according 10
the Boston Posts report, here donned HE
sealed-cap, and sat down apparentlv
much exhausted