The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-06-11


could command, at the speech Of Gen. Free
man on the night Of the 4,h inst, and feel
ing not a little amused at his vagaries, VIC
felt curiosity to see it in print; hence we
have at some pains written it out, and take
pleasure in laying it before our readers
: We have not perhaps given his language
entirely, but oil will admit that we give COZ
rectly his positions; I was about to say ideas
but that would be wrong, as he never had
any. Indeed we would 10. give shHcks for
his head, il an idea should chance tc get in
it; it would explode like pop gun.
lie began his speech thus:
FelI0U Citize@s:-Some year or two ego
the democratic party, of which was lead
ing member came to the strange conclusion
that had drawn long enough from the
public Pap-had been promoted far beyond
my deserts alread dy-so, when modestly
suggested, by doing the taIest electioneer
ing Of which man Ofmy brilliant cOncep
ton is capable, that should like to 60 to
Congress, il was darkly whispered that
my skirts were not clean. and was he&ved
over board, like Jonas, and Col. WIN. Nc
Willie, thorn in my flesh, was taken up.
The torrent rOared; and did bufit it
With lusty sinews; throwing it aside
And stemming it with heart of cOnlrOyer-
sY
But ere | could arrive the point proposed"
/ found myself last sinking, where Lethe
would soon run its cold waves over me-
Even now am chilled, and shudder at the
very thought. In my terror, cried-Alas
that cry! Oh, Fellow democrats forgive it,
it was made in exIemis-T cried
Help me, Cassius, or sink!'
And the whig party, ever groo
- mo ,oIiot "a edy to ga;he
sw.lIoweI .uc party, swan ou
-, as Jonas did the whal
- me body and breeches.
.srefOre my fellow citizens, appear b
h fore you with my political garments "a
IS ragged and dirty" you will understand an
;; ;; pardon me. Candor cOmPells me TO say,
# do not like the awkwardness Of my presel
RS position, but mad rather, be standard bea
ri er of my bitterest foes-thoss who hat
me as the devil does holy water, than serV
as "high private" in the democratic ranks
" 'rather reign i:i neil than serve in heaven
- Private life is not at all cOugenial TO n
" taste or my great talents.
Il is proper in passing, fellow citizen
~ and the passing took him nearly thr'
hours to take brief review of the gre
- - adjustment measures; upon the success
which in this congressional district, {
pend for seat in Congress; with them
must either sink or swim, sink certain wi
=. - out them, and awlully fear I shall sink a
how.
- The future looks gloomy indeed.
: "Couds, shadows, and darkness rest |
!, on it.
- Blu; to these great questions: the I'M
:. meeting" was the first move made by Mi
:, iss;ppi in this matter. In it was pro-
II; nent actor, the ruling spirit, looked up
- by Sharkey, Qutman, Guion, id ct on
genus. / prepared some sort of paper
al. its action; do not now recollect wi
in. but it was regarded as something Gonside
,re BILE, at least thought so. You see |
eg- held high office. and had acquired the ha
ned of expressing my opinions uPo1 great le
,di. questions, and always did so with m
per ability. That meeting did something
the any rate, and gave rise to the October C
The vention," which laid down a broad $
,ple platform for Mississippi. There Missis
up p took her stand, and nobly has she mi
rest tanned it. was not at the Convention,
~, like he old school master, "had
of in it," / Hill show you now Fellow
e ad zens, that Mississippi has never taken a
sis back from that day to this. She cIal
act the privilege for her citizens, Of goinl
ase California with their property, and wOr
ould the rich gold mines there, nPOn an
nate equality with our more favored bret
,se. Of the Free States. For this she long
L nobly struggled. & 10 her gldry came {
ster last second best, in military phrase, was
The sted horse, loot, and dragon, or in The
inter-, expressive language ofmy friend, Mr.
stinryy auber, she rGs fOOged. But nOlwi,h.
q all ing this Waterloo. defeat behold herl 7
and she stands, triumphant upon the Ocl
in platform, "as clear as she sun, fair a,
80 nu 80. 1911, A. J. ~ .aaA.a. -