Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1850-01-08

Gle Joshua, our delegate TO Congre IS from
this territory, starts for Washington; aud, a.
| hain' writ TO you for some time, thought
would send few lines by him to ct you
know how matters are getting along u p here.
We are talking pretty sharp about forming
q state government, aud some are Tor doing
II right off, and sending senators and repfe :
sentatives 10 this Congress But the major
Try was ir favor OF. only sending a delegate
now. and waiting TO see what Congress will
do with the other territories that are sprout-
ing mp round; for. rs things now look, we
couldn't seem To tell whether stale on Ma
son and Dixon's side OF the river, would be
allowed 10 come in. So we called meeting
TO choose delegate, and TO fix up the in-
siructions for him TO follow when he gets
there.
Aller the me citing come to order, aud
Col. Jones was appointed cheerman. Uncle
Joshua gor up and said The common practic Q
OF choosing a representative or delegate first,
and then tying his hands afterwards wirh in.
struclions, he didn't think was hardly fair
shake. He thought the Instructions ought
TO be agreed upon first; and then ifthe repre-
sentative had mind TO tie his own hands he
couldn't blame nobody else for IT, The NEE.
ting seemed to take the idea at once, and
sg,eed TO SO right TO worh upon the ins,ruc.
| tions first.
| The cheeruan said, s'It was eyitent from
the newspapers, and the way things looked
| al Washington, and all over the country,
that tins was going 10 be hot Congress-
! There was trouble brewin about the vii.
mot ProViso, and about admitting California
as a state; and then that monster Nullifca.
lion, that every body thought general Jack
sou had killed years and years ago, wasn't by
no means dead yet. He seemed TO be more
alive than ever, and showed ten times as ma
oy heads SOW as he did ia Old Hickary's
time. he war hard animal to handle then
as my worthy friend there on the right can
testify, for he had hand in ii. There the
cheerman poiuled to me and made everybo-
dy look at me. | say" says he, "if Old
Hickory and Major Downing had their
hands fall to master nullfcaion. when il
was only young criter and hadut but one
head, the country may well uemble and ask
what is to be done with him now that he has
growed up So large and tufi, and shows 80
many heads"
AT that, Bill Johnson jumped up AS quick
as fash, aud says he, II tel! you what. Mr..
CheermaD, jest send old Rough and Ready
arrer him. and u resk him If he had twenty
heads. Ii he wouldn't scatter and run AS
fast as Saula Anna did at Bona Vista, III
pay he toddy"
Well said tho cheerman, "lhat aintthe |
question betote the meeting The question |
Is,-What Instructions shall we give our
delegate about the Wilnot Prayiso, and The !
state of California, and Modification. and (
such like troublesome consarns. Gentlemen
will please III speak their minds on the sub
ject'
When Col Jones sot down, the whole
NEE ting turned and looked towards uncle
Joshua; for they think he knows more about
these matters than any body else in the ter
ritory; and besides he's a considerable speak
et when you ooce get him started They
kept looking aud noddin TO him, and at last
uncle Joshua got up.
"Mr. Cheerman," says uncle Joshua. says
he, "f you know Jest how Ihingswork in one
case, you can pretty commonly tell pretty
near how them same things will work 10 an
other case for I've always obssryed 10 my
life time, that when things worked Jest so in
one case, them same things would most al
ways work Jest SO IN another case. Now.
when | was boy. | knew a ease good deal
like this 'ere case you've been spedkin about.
And III should tell you and this meeting how
things worked out in that case, maybe YOU
could Judge better how things will work 10
his ere case, aud then YOU can instruct your
delegate accordingly. The case Mr. Cheer.
nan, was this:
Old Mr.. Sam West, a very clever respect
able old genteman-every BODY used TO call
hun uncle Sam he was a very stlrrin, thriyin
man, aud good tarmer-he owned yery ,
arge farm and picked up a good deal OF prop
suy.
His Oldest son, Jonathan, lived on the nor
hern halt of the farm, aud his other son,
JohD. lived on the southern half and they
both Of 'em had large families growing up |
lround 'em before the old gentle man died.
Jne day, some time before he died, he spoke
% his two sons, and said:
BOYS, | can'tbe with you much longer. I
shall leave the farm and all the property TO |
iou aud your children. The larm is under !
good way now, and there's plenty Of land I
or you and your children, aud your grand I
children. and your -grapd-chdreo: aud
charge you 10 always keep the families to-
yeIher on the farm, and live 10 peace. aud [
ielp each other aloog. There's no know
ug what sort OF neighbors you may get
uund you; therefore, cling together, aud {
AXE care OF each other.
The sons promised that they would mind
iim. and wrote II down in a book. and show I
lat isfed and could die in peace.
Well. alter the old gentleman was dead and j
zone, the sons continued TO thrive aud pros
'er and grow rich. Their large families had =
enough to eat, drink, and wear, and plenty \
'f FAT turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christ. d
mas dinners. and every thing they wanted. /
The two brothers carried on the farm. As /
'rothers should do in peace aod harmony, a
md helped each other along. Whaf one .
lidn't. t.raise. 'tother did and between 'em they q
'lwsys had enough of everything. There
vas only one thing that they ever had any
airing about, and that was, thistles. Johns
half Of the farm was covered all over with y
hsiles. and from scme cause or other, John $
lad a strange fancy for tlIisiles. and would r
,eyer allow 'em to be dug up or rooted out q
Il his half OF the farm. la
But Jonaihsn hated the very idea Of this
le; he couldn't bear EN- no how. There us. n
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