Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-10-30

Hof West Baton Rouge. | shall speak, fellow
4 citizens, but FIVE minutes, as | believe nobody
;sshere can reply to me. As Pericles said wher
& addressing the Roman Senate, | shall make nc
remarks that will in the least CRATE harshly up
d on the Tiympanium of the ears of any here
u present. No, felIow-citizens, Milton in his Para
4 disc Lost, said many hard things of the devil:
\ but shall not speak hard of the Wings. The
aour coast to let the British see "what was
3what." know that the British newspapers,
the London Times, the Manchester Examiner
land others, are in favor of Gen. Pierce; but,
Afellow-citizens, Lord North-yes, the corrupt,
avenal Lord North--was a Wing? But, fellow
a%citizens, | must tell you something about the
aTariff--the odious wing Tariff. Fellow citi-
/ zens, the wings don't want to tax the rich
I mans gold watch, and the rich woman's silk
gdress, but they want to tax the poor mans su-
4 gar, his coffee, his tea and his salt. Yes, fel-
How citizens, there is q tax in the odious tariff
upon the poor mans salt, coffee and tea. This
Mr.. Balch knew wasn't exactly so. But this
Tariff was made in order to make Abbot Law
srence rich, and now he gives every year $780,
1000 a year to charitable purposes. How dareE
The to give $4,000 to educate the poor--theI
federal whig scamp! He has 10 right to givei
s$5O,O0O to the poor and naked. Fellow
s~citizens, Sir Robert Peel was a Democrat II
believe in his doctrines-free trade and sailors
rights. But the wings tell YOU if you have mol
tariff the working men will have low wages,E
sthe laborer will starve. We'll, we can't help
that; you know our motto, "Ali for principles,s
nothing for men," We must take care of curl
principles and let the men 60 to the devil. But, !
fellow citizens, ] must hasten to a close. N.Y.
five minutes is most out. You know | am AZ
Fire Minute Man. To the wings | would say,g
repent of your transgressions and come intos
the Democratic fold. Come one, come all. Thek
Bible says Il
"While this lamp holds ont to burn, E
lhe vllest sinner may return" u
THE Bible says no such thirg.] Yes, fellow
We belong to the Democratic progress. Z
sive party. We want Cuba. We will haves
Cuba. We want the Sandwich Islands; we I
will have them. We want all of Mexico andE
South America clear down to the Terre delf
Fuego, the land of fire. Yes, in the languages
of the immortal Shakespeare: d
No pent up Utica shall contract orr powers, d
But the boundless continent shall lie ours.l2 y
Mr.. Kirkland, is my five minutes out? yes
sir, it is out" | an very glad of it, for | as q
sure you, sir, | have about run out myself. Butt d
before closing this five minutes address, n
would say that I went to school in New EIamp. d
shire to Gen. Pierce's most intimate friends.-a
Fellow ~citizens,' in conclusion, may the being. u
oant smiles of a benignant Providence rest
oenignantly on you all" s
Thus closed our young Cicero amid the 4
of an appIauding audience. His fire. 4
luent bursts of fancy eloqucrce came well y
Ugh, on several occasions, bringing the houseH
upon us: but still we bore it all, and I /
IN, at this present writing, scarcely recovered q
rom the electric shocks then and there re. &
III
Whether the speeches of Mr.. Allen or Mr.. n
Robertson made the least impression upon a
heir audience, one thing is certain, Mr.. Edi~ n
or, that Mr.. Balch, the Five Minute Man, has Il
eft his mark. He has left a deep and lasting Il
Impression upon the grey headed sire and the \
isping school boy. For years to come the h
lanes Of Mr.. Pericles, John Milton and nv
.ord North, will strike upon the ~tympaniums &
f the good folks of BruslGe; and whenever I.
ell shall ring again for the meeting of t!Ieka
aasses-whenever the good and hosptabIe y
'eople of Bruslee shall gather to hear p~oliticsE
iscussed, the first burst Of popular enthusiasm .
'ill be "Balch! Balch. Five Minute Balch -
is Balch? Gentle shepherd, tell usS
GUY MANNERING u
DUNs1NANE, Oct. 81, 1852. n