Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-17

On the BlH for the protection of Hen R0OStS.
MisIor Speaker I've sol here in my seat
and heered the opponents Of this great nashnnat
measure and expectorate again il, I'LL I'm purIy
nigh busted with indignant commorons of nv
lacreaed sensibililies. Mistur Speaker. arei
possible that men can be so inIa,urare ed a. 10
vote agln this bill Mstur Speaker, allow mo
TO picture 10 your excited and denuded imaotn-
alton some of the kesrt-rending evils winch
arise from the want OF purleclon to hen roo.,a.
in my vicinity, among my constituents M,--
tur Speaker, we will suppose it 10 bo the aw
(ul and melancholy hour OF midnig gbt--all Datut
am hushed in deep repose--,he solemn wind
softly means through the waving hfans he, ~
The trees, and nought is heered to break ,he
solemncholy stiffness, save an Occasional prauns
from the hog pen ! will now carry YOU 10
ina ginalion 10 that devoted hen house. Be.
hold it's peaceful and happy inmates gently de-
clining in balmy slumbers on their elevated aud
majestic roosis Lock al The aged and veneer
able and highly respe c,able rooster, as he keeps
his silent vigis with patience and unmiIgarei
watchiulness over those innocent, helpless anI
virtuous hens and pulle,sl JUS, Lex your eyes
glance around and behold ,ha, dlgnified and
matfonai hen. WHO watches with tender sOlIci
tude and patef nal congaularion Of those Iiula
juvenile ch hcF.ens, who crowd around their res
pecitully projenlor, and nestle under her cis-
clrcumambient wings. Now, ask, Mistur
! Speaker, am there 10 be found a wretch 90 los,
and aoaIIdoned, as will enter iha, peaceful and
happy abode, and tear those interesting liuls
biddies from their agonized and hearl.broken
parents! Misur Speaker, | answer in thun-
der tones. there am! Are thar anything so
mean and sneakng as such robbery! No,
there not. You may search the wide un.
Iiverse from the natives who repose in solitary
grandeur and superlatiye majesty under tie
shade Of the tall cedars that grow upon the
tops of The Himmaleh mountains in the valley
4 Of Josophai, down to the degraded and babar :
Gus savages who repose in obscurity in their
miserable wigwams on the rock of Giberalter
in the Gulf of Mexico, and then you will bs
SO much puzzled 10 find anything 50 mean, as
you would 10 see the xr,h rsyol,e around the
sun once in twenty four hours without The aid
OF telescope.
Msiur Speaker. feel that have said
enough on this subject to convince the most OBJ
: ,rinaIe member of the unapproachable necessity
of law which shall forever and everla,,insIy
put stop TO these FOWL proceedings. and [
propose that every convicted offender shall suf
Ter the penalty OF the law as follows
For the first offence he shall be obliged To
, suck twelve rotten eggs, with no sal, on EN-.
For The second offence, he shall be obliged
10 set on twenty rotten eggs. until be matches
'em.
Mistur Speaker, all wan, is for every
: member TO acs on this subject according to bis
conscieniiousness. Let him do this, and he
will be remembered eserlaslingly by grateful
F.; posterity. Mislur Speaker, I've done. Where's
= my hat
5 The eloquen. gentleman, according 20 the
Boston Bos.s report, here donned his seai-csp,
) and sat down. apparently much exhausted.
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