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Congress which he now held.
At the time of winch | am treating, the
Tariff was the leading subject of Congression-
al disputation. Like other long wars, it had
degenerated from regular strategy into petty
conflicts, where the hope of the combatants was
to harrass rather than hurt each other, and to
satiate their rancor upon persons rather than to
engage in large bodies The adverse camps,
enable 10 strike any important blow at each
other, sat stills but to keep up their spirits and
| their hate, alarms were beat, from tine To time,
or little volunteer parties issued forth for the
! alHlabie purpose vi Il surprise OF an ambush,
and to butcher each other llhout compunctlon
AT this sort Of individual battle. when there was
no bioodIcr 10 be had, none was, ON the side
Of Protection, lurwardrr more formidable
than 1llstem Burgess wlIile ON the other hand.
his amicAoIe cn any, DAVIS, delighted in seeing
! lnln shy, ami, OF course, III setting people ut
him worthy ot being banged.
/ For tins purpu,r he on one occasion, pitched
upon cCrtllu Daule., Ut Kentucky, u JdckSpu-
IAN denagOgue, coarse, dull, and not hltlc
! bull headed, whom lie knCW hr could fire to
such an onslaught Of vulgar rrproacica against
! New England. az would Uc sure to bring down
upon HIN severe and an amusing cnas'isc-
ment from the maud of burgess. TO Daniel,
then: be went, aud knowing EIn for one oi
those blind horses to whom, proyeIDially. Il nod
. Il
that dIsc ,urses not un!;l Ii be played upon, he
proceeded to blow INTO Mir. Daniel a speech. N
general vltuperIton of (ankccland unl the
uwcIlers therein. y ~, to u GOnrrrssu1u of
i hardbJuud brains. the boon vi II speech ready
made Is gud-Scnd ANA Daniel, you may be
sutc sat Ike II woman III travail, unul he co4ld
4 deliver himself Ul the dlitr3e With which " ar
icn bad crlmmcd hln. lie tr"mbiel lest 1t
should ooz. out Of MS mc,nory, like SIR Lucius
O'IrIggers yI.ur t!Gm Bon Acres palms but.
lucEIiy, Ae SOON ubtulucJ tue luor
a variety OF tnose scuryy connonplaccs OF
rcprolcn with wmca loc4iy v,hf.s lo:All.y,
/ dld he deal lofh upon the North IN grnerIi.
1t was Il pln.lppic ul yuIpIrly. Bv and bv
coming lu New Enr ANA In pnr,Icuiir. il.
, hcupcd cont .ualrllcs upon her. lier lntciu-
ucnce, hc said, va. cllc1iy c.ortcd IN chraiinr;
her Industry, III trDtlcltug those VIE go uu.J-
duies wDlcu are known dS nJlJns: her God
was the dollar, her bpue. Diencc. tA: stealth.
ot Southern slaves her p.,,;,.., o.li,e seek
ing; her voice was IL snuff ; her couuteuaace
all outside oi Il SAINT, vi the sharper SHINING
though It, a, Tor htr tastes, lhcy Consisted
III onions, coGhNH. ana iI't mere ~ c4l 1nd cN-
cIeucnt ut sugar- noids>ro. [ pom his last
topic dIatnI. lie grew coplou, aud UriLilI
MUJas>cs, he snd WAS to lhc lu kcu, meat,
drlnn, AMI all but clothes; hr ale II with h,
vie salt pork; he sWectcnvJ D., ,lo) OF lra
with Ii 1t was Inc sauce u MS cxecraJir nd.
dngo uud pies Ia the shlp. vi hor.lj III II and
!n.acrdO.c ~ c!l II Was ui5 om,y nipple. Ia
shJrl he " iNct, moved, nd mad H., urlug' III
m14ssc, us was lt,t .it !.r ii, ana Il l,l h..n
Squevzo hln L.rl, 4..I It Mou.4 oo24 OK, Vi
) h.n.
Srn,cle>s as all ttis was, an bud IN temper
as low IA t4slc, It drew applaps,. iion the sSuuA
ami Wl-l. Som. h.rl IL Tor Itself: ot.e.s,U be.
! cause tue, saw t.!a, iua would follow
; Incle was hush o expectation fn an
answerer from New England Presently, the
} stark ana stately old knol!an reared nln,e!t
as ii us contempt far out"cnt l,is anger.
lie thinhcd the gfntl1min tro'n ne hAew not
! "h1t pollJe out nlWoihss re9l1p OF h"Htucky,