The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-14
Seeing the EInnhanf.

At the New England supper, as the : wee
hours" approached, the following toast was
proposed =
The State of Mississippi-she has sent us
her best apprentice.
Judge Ballard moved as an amendment the
addition Of
sand we have made him master work
man."
1t is needless to say that the toast was
drank with the honors. Mr.. Prentiss replied
in his happiest style. He spoke with deep
feeling of his attachment TO Mississippi, and
of the honor and chivalry of its many gentle
men of all parties. In the course ofhis speech
he told two of his electioneering reminiscent
ces, which 'set the table in roar" He said
that six or eight, or twelve years ago-he
did not like to be particular about dates-he
went to Washington thinking he was mem
Der of Congress, but he found out his mis-
take, and came home as fast as possible to
get right. He made speeches in fiity-Iour
out of he ffty-siX counties in the State. -
He sent printed bills containing his appoint
ments twenty-six days ahead Of him. Now
there was caravan just at this time peram-
bulating the State, and the proprietor avail
ed himself of the gatherings collected by Mr.
P.'s notices. This, by the way, said MIR. P.
was quite in the ordinary course OF things, as
an observer Of political excitements must
have remarked, that caravan OF some
kind or other usually follows in their wake.
The first time Mr.. P. g saw the elephant"
was ln--county. in the northern part OF
the Stale, near the Alabama line. 1t is one
Of the most beautiful counties in Mississippi,
! it's population chiefly from South Carolina,
and though they had voted against him on
the previous election, he hoped their State
right notions would bring them into his sup
port at this contest, when he did not run so
much the candidate of party, as the repre-
sentative oil a State whose dignity and SOW
teignty had been outraged in his person.
At the appointed hour he found over three
hundred ladies and gentlemen assembled to
hear him. He was in :" high leather" and
began to speak with more than usual energy
The audience listened with marked attention
: and he felt sure of bagging game. When he
} had SPOKEN about an hour he began to OBJ
serve some of the outsiders looking over their
shoulders, and this movement was gradually
followed by more and more of his audience
He began to think he was growing dull, and
endeavored to rouse himself up to more ami
nation; but it was no go. He at lengtf
looked in the popular direction, and there, if
his horror, just coming over the hill. was tht
elephant, dressed in his scarlet trappings ans
SNNS''
occupied by the musicians, and in the real
came long line of wagons and cages. A
foolish feeling of vanity not to be outdone BY
the elephant came over him. and he contin
) ued to talk, appealing to the people in th'
name of the State, their patriotism ETC.; Du
all in vain. A few well-mannered persons
remained; but evidently they were retained
only by their polteness.
swell, ladies and gentlemen, am beaten
but have the consolation Of knowing that l
is not by my competitor. | will net knocl
under to any two-legged beast, but yield t.
the elephant" To be sure, he was at hrs
provoked by the preference shown to TIL
beast over himself, but on reflection he wa
/ inclined to think the people were right.
D Bengal tiger or an India elephant was an an
imal to be seen once III a lifetime, but polite
ians they could see every day.
D He said, however he had his revenge
= few days after. He found that he must conn
f to some understanding with the caravan s.
he agreed with the proprietor that at Holl.
Springs he would address the people unde
I the great awning for one hour. and then h
: would give way to the monkey and clown
S He hoped his would not be charged upon hin
as "bargain and corruption" At any rate
was honestly carried out by both parties. Be
tween him and the caravan, large assem-
K blage was gathered under the immense avn
ing.
One of the cages was converted into ros
trum. He heard low sound, which resem
bled growl, and learned that the hyena wa
E the nearest listener. There were large aug
t er holes in the top ofthe box, for the admis
) sion of air. He commenced speaking ana
when he reached the blood and thunder por
ton of his speech, he ran his cane into tn
cage and called forth most horrid yell fro r
e the enraged animal at the same time gestic
# ulating violently with the other hand. TIL
effect was electric he called down the hons
in perfect tempest of enthusiasm. From
this time he had it all his own way. H
Y hurled his anathemas at his foes, and enlorc
ed them by the yells of his neiglbor TIL
# hyena was good for n hundred votes, and h
thus converted mischief into profit.
Mr. P, here attempted to draw moral
but as that is always the dullest portion of !
d public speech, we omit it.-lM o. Pic.