Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25
A Stnmp Speech.

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NOR we find in one of our exchanges,a un
der the head Of ssCaliiurni, Correspond
ence." They purpor, to have been deliv
cred BY stump Candidate a, San Francis
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"FELLow REpURtIeANs AND FELLOW.
SuFFERERs: lam q, plain and modest ulan
born fat an early period of my existence
Which great event occurred at home one
night while my mother was out-I'have
struggled from the obscurity, to which an
unlucky star had doomed me, till / have
risen like bright exhal.ation in the even.
ing, TO ,hesvery summit ofhunan grea,nes,
and grandeur. Gentlemen, profess M
principles--unfonuna,ely,, /, have. npne.
On the unhappy occasion Of my, birth, q
dismal aud melancholy man, clothed in
the sombre hues Of mourning. swapped me
away for another baby, and subsequently,
lost me at rafe. Sad event! Blu, who
can control his falel We are the Great
ures Of destiny" ""there is a divinity that
shapes our ends, rough hew them how we
wilI.".,
"uS lIlCHucu Nv IutuIo lOT u SfG GGl
statesman. aflad 1 lived in the days. of
Hannibal, should have beaten that great
chiefiain in crossing the Alps, and ii is h
dead certain thing that | could have dis.
tanced Cor.ez in crossing The lsth,nus. lie
never performed the tents did; he never
cameE up the Chagres river in n cunoe,
with deac and dumb 'hombre,' without n
red cent, or change. Of summer apparel.
but q light heart and n thin pair Of
breaches, goes merrily through iheworld." ;"
F. *f* =.sSir. every man who has come
here is a. Columbusl He comes to discov-
er new diggings. | am n Columbus!
was dead broke at home as Columbus was,
and | have come out mere to strike a new
vein But am not going 10 the mines!
Oh, no. You don't catch me up to my
waist in ice wnler, with a Juvenile pickaxe
and an incipient cro@-bar, lnboring under
a sun Of one hundred degrees in the shade,
to dig ou, the filthy hcre. No, Sir! Tam
not on that lay. ! hate labor liz was al
invention TO vexs mankind. 1 prefer nm
office, one that is lucrative aud mol laberi-
Gus; what you call q sinecure. And if |
cannot get one myself, will 60 in for any
man who will divide on the dead level, and
no splits. 411 ,7ia3s"s. nss@ ,Fa1.Haia
b. y ~ n "Sir, where will you find a
country like this9 Talk not of oriental
gofgeousness Of eastern countries. Tell
US no, of the fairy scenes which poets, who
revel in the great warm bath of heavenly
point, with golden pens, ON
leaves of satin. The description Of this
beautiful country should be, written, with
the golden wand Of an angel dipped in the
softesi rays Of The sun beam upon the blush
ing and delicatc surface ef rose .eaf
Excuse me, gentlenen,> Eexcepi only the
rainy season and the time when the dust
flies. ...s -....-.-....--......., =,
I'VE love our native land we honor
her flag, and would net rob the Custom.
House il we had Il fair show But Con.
gfess must not put on, any airs, orawe will
take charge of the Custom House and Post
Office, and make great muss generally.
These are my sentiments, gentlemen II
they don't admit US into the Union, we will
burst open The Custom-IIouse and ndmi,
all liquors free OF duls. And now, with a
parting blessing upon the girls We left be
hind US, and the boys who are coming afer
us, we will adjourn and take n private
drink" e .E.,s d..