The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-04-08

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From the Louisville Journal.
Hon. Mr.. Brooke, the New RiVer-horse SEN
atOr from Mississippi.
The new Senator from Mississippi, Mr..
Brooke, turns out to belong rather to the
hippopotamus tribe of politicians than other
wise. He is very decidedly amphibious.
He is neither Wing nor Democrat exactly,
but sort of half and half chap. He may
come out Wing, or he may come out Demo
crat. He is now in a crysalis state, and
whether he will emerge a butterfly or a
moth, remains to be seen. Sometimes he
fancies himself genuine Wing and would
like to see that party carry all before it like
a NatcheZ hurricane, and then, when the fit
of another kind is on him, he feels deeply
solicitous for the success of the Democracy.
He is, for the present, "sittin' on rail, !"
though we cannot claim him as "coon" He
has one leg dangling over into the Wing
clover-feld, while the other swings into the
Democratic briar-patch. His eyes are in a
beautiful predicament, one looking over the
bridge Of his nose toward Democracy and
the other very decidedly directed toward the
Wings. If he does not get relief soon, we
fear that the operation for what the doctors
call SfrabiSnaus will be necessary.
/ How man feels in so delectable a state
of uncertainty, We cannot even imagine =
His destiny must seem to him to be dread
/ fully mixed up. Whether he will fling his
cap sky high for Cass or rend the heavens
with huzzas for Fillmore, is equally uncer-
tain. He only knows that he is in most
interesting state Of dubiety. He is like the
color on the neck of Miss Molly s poll parrot
which was
Neither very gray nor yet very greenish,
But rather a sort of betwixt and betweenish.
He is in condition of betweenity. The cords
of love draw him toward Whiggism, while
the cords of interest draw him toward De
!. mocracy. He is in plight of utter nullif
cation. The right hemisphere of his body
is on the Wing side, and the wrong hemis
phere is on the Democratic side Thus i
f he self-nullifed. He has pail of water OF
each shoulder, and can neither move to tn
right nor to the left for fear he may inclin
too much to one side or to the other
t There was never poor devil of a politician
! in an uglier predicament, and how Mr.
! Brooke can stand it is marvel
e Says the excellent Mr.. Brooke, while tn,
b Senatorial election was pending in the Mis-
o sissippi Legislature-says he, "My expeeta
: ton is to give my support to the Baltimor
g Convention ticket, provided it is not tine
! tured with secession and is pledged to tn
: compromise measures" And then, lest th
/ Wings should lose confidence in him, says b
: again, using his friend Mr.. Adams as hi
G mouth piece, 81 am still Wing" Oh
$ yes, still Wing, though expecting to SUI
> port the Baltimore convention ticket :
d Nice Wing, indeed He Dug int to get hin
self patented, and sell patents to all anxiou
politicians in a similar strait
But that S not all. Says Mr. Brooke, say
.e he, If elected to the Senate I shall
bound to represent what I understand to
the will of the majority of the State. -
4 Pleasant and accommodating Senator, il
r deed He will call on Mississippians a
t. ways to know whether he shall speak an
y vote on one side or on the other of all Que
ut tons. What tremendous influence he wi
a. have!
K Mr.. Brooke takes one step further, an
ID declares that, in the Presidential contest.
e. "the candidates of both parties are equal
" sound on the slavery question, he will su
1T port the Wing candidate !" Now, Il
IS deuce will be to pay if Mr. Brooke cam
be decide between the soundness of the tv
IS candidates. What sort of test does he pr
y. pose to apply in order to ascertain which
of the two is most sound? Will he wei,
ct them, or feel their pulse, to discover viii
on of the two he can support? In a bod
X way there is about three times as much
Fe, CaSs as there is of Douglas IF the sour
N. ness of man depends on the corporation
til carries, then the Michigan General is t
MS soundest Of the crew. We wish that NJ
by now Senator, Brooke had been more expl
u it on this important and agoniziug subje
He certainly, after having announced that
to means to support the Wing candidate, p
he vided both candidates are equally sound
nd the slavery question, ought to have inform
ed US what test, or guage, or measure he
CHI tends using in his enterprising efforts to
no certain which of the candidates is the soul
te- est. Perhaps he means to sound them hi
lS6 sell, III WHICH event ne Will Stlll ma IL dl
icy cult to ascertain their relative soundness,
ing they may be altogether too deep for him.
ng- Now it may happen that Senator BroO
IL after having decided respecting the relat
i've soundness Of the candidates, will MT be q
ray to satisfy everybody in Mississippi that
ter decision is correct. The Democrats IN Il
i've beautiful region viii certainly swear vi
leir rously in favor Of the superior soundness
their candidate, while the Wings, far
rn- addicted to profanity, we hope, will cain
me. assert that their candidate has more sou
)ast ness. IL things 60 by sound, then the
In mocraoy viii certainly carry the day,
NIB if they 60 BY soundness, then the dele,
bic bic Mr. Brooke will Be carried into cant
ady ~ By the Wings.
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