The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-11-21
F'INDERGNUENr IN nYrRrralna-
RiM Runter.

/ .s No.
THE VICTIM OF COMPROMISES,
/ About lhe ,piath name on The Re,
cordeo1r's LIST, yesterday .mqrning, was
that Of Bill Bnnier, and 50 littleaid Bill
feel Interested III bis name thai il h4d
10 he repeated audilly three lines be-
fore he v0athsafed 10 inform the C0utt
Ithath4 was its owner ply gd Mi1g@
f rReepder: Bupter whal are you Z i
BuateE:9 Well, Il airt1 mucH, yuur
IHpnor,uo how ysiI can ix il. l.tlumk
You mayscallme the Compromise Bill,
! for 1 have been the victim ofcompro1
misses through my life, Ny very birth,
| l used 70 hear my mother says was q
matter Of Compromise between Death
and lire Doctor Death finally consent.
ling ID let me live, intimating pretty
broadly, however, that I'd never be no
account. 59aaiae1tl as79 bn6 ,5au,9
! Recorder: Yes, audi Waterman
informs me that you endesvo,ed to
IbIing the spirit Of fcomprQEiseinnplay
kwhen yqp were arrested last night:
gop told him that # no, would let you
IoH, you would treat. This, Of itself,
Nc. Blnter, is an offence for which you
deserve to be punished-it is an at.
tempt to corrupt the stream Of luctice
at lis source. 'e es''' .-' "sf' t-'~
| Baater: ItNmay have been, sir, bdt I
did not view it in that light. The
watchman talked ofthe majesty of the
lawsi | dwelt on the hbelties9 oflhe
I'cilizen, and certainly did think That
both could be halmonized over bran
Idy toddy.
| Rec5rder: But you found the, watch
man was MOTTO be ta'mpered witli-
that he uwouIdmot foreeo his duty. 'H :.
Buater': + aid. your Honuf and il
was jdst as lathougit il w"dIdahe -
From my earliest you h up, AZ / have
already told your Honor, | have been
a Compromiser, aud | never remember
Fan Instance in which | had not the
wurat Of The bargain. ] compromised
with my schQomaster by agreeing TO
assist him ID teaching the juvenile class;
he, III His part, agreeing not 10 ask me
to learn my Greek or Latin. Ny
sweetheart gifted me after making the
most fervent pr6testatiohs Of undyfng
love, and married "a miserable d--I.
who had nothing to recommend him
but a Taste for music and a mpuslache.
was fool enough to cnmpromiss the
matter with her, because she invited
me to stand sponsor for her first child,
If the ghost Of my defUnct tailor could
burst the cerements Of the tomb, he
would whjsperin my ear Compromise!
Compromise y Compromise'g!'F IT And
again -----it II ges8 asgn st sg3
Recorder y l. have heard enough of
your history, Mr. Buuters | simply
wish to know how il 49, you were out
in the street al so late an hour last night.
aud without knowing where to 60 10. 7
Bantcr Wen, your Honor, it was
because Of the evil star Of my destiny
-Combronlise owed my laudlady a
weeks rent. "Buuter," said she 10
Etne. whenaiI went in about ten o'clock
I---"Bauter, your weeks up-yonkdbw
my TERMS payevcryweek" "Hknow
it, ma ar" said I--"disaPpolnled, you
knaw, inyemittance--exceedmgly anx-
Iious to seltle--hard up at the present
Itlme-will be flush next week-lmake.
| i, ali right. In the meaptime, WHAT say
ynn % d Comprnmlsel" She replied;
''She wasn't agoin' to be hnmbqgged
IN tia, ways n spoke of the'besaIles
of the Compromise system. She said:
t.Fladle decide! / became eloquent on
llhe questionrof. Compromise, and res
ferred to the Efforts Of Clay, Webster;
Fopie and sotbers,. il. behaIfanfmyi fa-
vorite dociline.i She neither apprecl'.
ated my argument nor my theory DE-
manded, peremptorlly, from me yfSe
dollars, and inqng il lnconveqienl to
nay it, I had to quit, This accounts
for my presence 10 the street and, for
my meeting with lie waichlnan. !
shall now Try my favorte doctrine with
Your Houori and ask ynu tU ComproA
mise tlis. matter, bysaletiing me off
without asking fromsIne jailfees, which
In truth, / have noil pays u5f + saH'
The Recorder asseHseds 10 ,the.propr.
osilion,. with lhe promise that MT, Bun
ter should ,lssye the city, which as he,
agreed 10 do,
HayihgeHsciea this ans Compromise
to his. sallsfaciion, Bunter left the Of.
fee, apparenlly as.rejoiesd as. itshe had
gained q great pOlilicslor diplomatic
triumph ieia.e diils tsasaas A
In 1916, Philip ID isentethe' young
Constable de- CASTLE toaRoaie, 20 con
gratulaie Sextus the Fifth onshis7ad>
yancemenL The Pope imprudeBtIy
SAID ~
care there 80 few men III Spain,