Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-12-14

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snake without head, though it had tbron +o;f NAV
snake at all, and in the end would oni '".'
the water in mud puddle rustic the leaves IN me
hollow. We are of the old lady's opinion ourselves
and while we have reasonable Appreciation Gor ~
bitter end, we do desire above all things to have
biting end. Give us Speaker and if we can't have
an angel with flaming sword, give us BALKAN and
if we can't have Balaam, give his ass provided rs
was the in oden time, he is the better animal
We want head-something to gather around for
appearance-sake and when VIC do get started Col
lamers express mall which reached Baltimore before
it left the capital will be able to oyertake US
The democratic party, by the workings of mys-
ferrous Providence have again risen from the dust i'm
which they had been left by the magic charges Of
Buena Vista: and why they should now sit with their
fingers in their mouths, like poor boys at funeral
Is more than We can account for by any system Of
ethics from Smiths morality to N1udds philosophy
We recOllect fisherman, once a chancellor who
went to tish in pond with frog bait. 1t was rosy
morn when he dropped his line into the water witha
modest little bull-frog hooked alive at the end of
it. and it dusky eve before he had received tho
least symptom of bite. At last it became necessa-
ry to quit, and the aged fisherman, who had gazedt
all day with infinite delight upon young frog who
sat on messy green stone opposite to hm-the on
y living thing about him. and his equal in stole per-
| seyerance-began to wind up his reel, when 10! and
behold, the line came home the observed as we'll
the observing frog tumbled off ofhs seat and
home also dangling at the point of his hook. Shade
of Walton" said the fisherman with oath, if it
isn't my own bait I'll be DID, And so it was
The two great parties in Congress for the last six
days to have been fishing for respectable bites
and nothing else; and with all their bobbing and
trolling like friend the chancellor have nothing
but their bats to show for their pains We think it
is most time to have of fish, in spite of all
the denuncatiOn of all the presses from Seeper to
&cepy Holloar down to the Piscatalrag Gazette Now
what shall be done Shall we bob all the year for
cells that won't bite shall not (both parties)
catch the impractcabes first by change of bait,
and then draw the seine for the remainder in tho
pond who willing to be caught lumpus, provided
the fishermen catholic in their political faith -
There various ways of catching fish in various
countries. Sometimes fish caught by means Of
cocuIus i'dcuS sprinked upon the bait which intox-
icatcs the multitude and renders scaly harvest sure
Fl Then again, they caught by tcking-trou espo-
cialy, who have thin skins and large mouths Then,
they are caught by imitation flies and grasshoppors;
but most all snap at a worm with avdity, and find
hook in their jaws to certainty. Both parties
f fishing and both, when asked the number of fishes
they have caught, reply in the words of the school
boy of the Cape Z" When cotch this that is ago
ing to bite, and two more, shall have three" Oh!
it is trying, tickIish time The whg party proper
may cry to their lost plead, y Come back, Seben,"
with all their mite but the cheering response :" I'm
a coming will never break upon their ear like fairy
. music moon-lt lake and when the tempest of
= party comes on, they may call all hands to save
ship through the pealing trumpet of a brarI-new
Gabriel but their Gentry During to their impracti
cable Cable will do nothing but shout, in the Ian
: guagc of the sainted Morton, "Hark! from the
= Ioombs doleful sound
= The democracy also may call for Hercules to help
them out of the slough of their making; but
Hercules, and all the other gods of the Pantheon will
never lend lift until the braWncy hands of the pcO
pie right the United States appe-cart and set the
: civil horse agong. Then shall we have democrat
ic king Preston us without cr0'rn and D0rid
l. who never s,cw, and never was aewed with any kind
; OF sling, and Root taken out of dry ground, and
c pleasant Holmes long hidden from eyes and rOHh
that rcnt out with Long John returned to of the
tallest kind, and Durkee to dirk no longer for the
o millennium will be at hand, provided our Venerable
s friend Is not bent making question of order upon
the rising Of the sun of peace with healing in its
q wings.
c Yes must have Speaker. The country de-
II mands Spcaker-posterity demands a Speaker-tho
: church demands Speaker for until he is made there
G can be no chaplain chOsen-thc members demand n
Speaker for the mileage sleeps in the treasury until
he puts his long spoon in at the doorthe expccants
for election Offices want Speaker, for until he is
made they not The clerks, and messengers, and
IF pages, want Speaker; and the widows, who have
t. precious boys who fit for Congress and nowhere
c else, want a Speaker The dead who cannot be bu-
rcd officially until his election is announced want
d Speaker. The army wants Speaker; the navy
= wants Speaker; the civil list wants a Speaker
IT Zachary Washington wants Speaker, for he fears
his message, though kept in a cool place, away from
lie dampness and the fies will spoil. Europe wants Il
h Speaker Asia wants Speaker; America wants a
Speaker but for Africa, she don't care tinker =
:, anathema about it.
IA Oh it is terrible to have such want and to know
= that Mr. COllamers express arrangements so ex-
pensive. If the message could only be published,
his report has been before it made, all this ex-
pense would have been saved and, in fact if all the
business of Congress could only be done before tho
session commenced great deal of trouble might be
n avoided and then would make sort of difference
Ie whether there Speaker of another House
Is On this continent not But, seriously the House
I'd should have Speaker and informed by
or Zachary Washington, that unless Speaker is made
en- P. D. O., he will deem it to be his duty to follow the
of example of Oliver Cromwell ESQ, by prorogung the
H. whole body at the head of the militia and thus
ieve the Secretary of the Interior from all fears and
the appointments that have to go before the Senate
.es from all danger for a twelve-month to Wall
Street is ready to advance twenty millions upon q
10 pledge of the public lands and mortgage upon the
CHI ships OF war, instanter; and you the yellow
n snews can be found, and country continue
re without being governed too much for session at
IT, least and in addition to all this General James
so Watson Webb will not be recalled from Vienna be-
ON fore he gets there otherwise might be the
er But we think Speaker had best be made and that
the wing side of the House should be put down at
hundred and one and to time should not be
he called any until of the tenderfooed gen.
ore lemen ready to change their votes Can't you
"a organize Vote for your whole number, two hun
Ir dred and alphabetically if you can't do any
better-and concentrate the one who gets the lar
p gest vote; that will do it. Blow out the lights anC
VI let the attorney General go into the hall and cacf
us the first man he can find in sleepy hollow and pu
him in the chair that would be pure luck for all The
' candidates would gather there, and he would have
oh choice of Joshuas and Aarons We think long gen
tlemcn, however, should squat to make it fair. Blu
zen we must have q Speaker we will have Speaker
NJ Then let us have Speaker if he is dumb pos
'he and deaf as adder! Give us a to swear b.
at in the of the blessed Union and if beans don