Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-26
During the Rus

sian campaipn certain officer was taken prisoner
and brought before Napolean. " How is TINS
count" said the Emperor 'last year cauSn'
YOU fighting for the Austrians the year before
caught YOU fighting for the Prusslans ana no"
cauoht Won fighting for the Russians Are you
man Of no nation 90 l trust that this gentle ao
monition may have the effect OF restoring MI
Reouer to the ranks of the Democratic parry
He that is not with me is against me- anu
defy him to be true Democrat so long as he DC
longs to the same association with william ~
Dunn. Arthur F. Hopkins, Charles G. Langdon'
and little Mr.. Augustus.
After Mr., Requier had duly apologized to the
meeting and had resumed his seat, there was a
call for a certain itenerant temperance lecturer
named Chiders. Presently there staggered for
ward a dirty, drunken fellow, and now began the
farce of farces-now with mockish patriotism he
bewailed the fate of the Union-then with stag
GER he bewailed his own fate like poor Pllllcoddy
Now he quoted a verse from negro s0ng-then
he related number of negro anecdotes, much 10
the delight of his enlightened frends-but no
ticed his poor old father, Dr. Childers, slipping
from the assembly for very shame. Before dis
miss this drunken harlequin, shall attempt to
give you thorough idea of his style of oratory,
and then tell me if you have anything like 1t In
Mississippi "You never heard tell on, this
mind YOU to the chairman Mr.. Stewart, about
Daddy Joe, did you? Here there was great
cheering and laughter by the crowd-the demo
cratic Vice President and Secretary hiding their
faces in their handkerchiefs. I say fellows, to
the audience1 you never heard tell about daddy
Joe? Mr.. Stewart, here the orator turned to
the chairman, who suddenly looked extremely
suspicious, fearing that he might be mistaken for
the Daddy Joe aforesaid, Mr.. Stewart" contin-
ued the orator, ''you an old man. Here
Mr.. S. again betrayed evident signs of apprehen-
sion-he an old man ''You are an old man, .
cried the orator with a screach, {" and L am a
young one" Here the orator shook his head so
violently that it fell off, but the chairman supplied
its place with the orators old straw hat, there be-
ING as much brains in the hat as there had been In
the head. g Mr. Stewart you are an old man,
and | am young one, here the orator shook his
hat but do you know what the lame captain said
to his soldiers when he went down to Floridy agn
the Injins Here the laughing and cheering con-
tinued for at least five minutes. Well sir, he told
his company that being little lame one of his
legs being shorter, longer than the other he
should here there was tremendous cheering.
But | have not the patience to go with this
rbbaldry, and l have only alluded to this low buff
foon for the purpose of showing you the character
of an assembly that did applaud about every SEN
tence that fell from his lips. What shall say
of the character of an assembly that not only tol
crates, but calls for speaker who is the out-cas
of every society and the buffoon of every brothcl
And yet this gar clown called for and spoke
of honor! 1t was the most shameful spectacle
| have ever witnessed, and it must have wounded
the pride of every gentleman to the very quick
who had gone to the meeting for the purpose o
/ hearing political discussion by statesmen; bu
instead of this, vulgar clown, who always
sets decency at defiance, was called up, and made
to discourse of honor and pirtue! and patriot
ism l cannot conceal, nor shall | attempt to dis
guise the deep contempt with which l witnessed
this dirty exhibition-it was SO low, and so mean
and so disgusting. Pah
shall give you full account of the adjourned
! meeting, and till then-adieu.
RICHELIEU.