The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-07-16
The Lantern and Mrs, Stowe,

ihcy arc not our slaves, ana lis ucklingly |
pleasant,
To think they have frcodcm--to die in
Though down in our mines, naked women, like
cattle,
Must crawl on all fours dragging coal TO the
shaft,
Still we are the chiefs Of lTnmnnity's battle,
And we arc the crew of Libcrty's craft!
Though lrishmcn rot in the fever and famine,
Which we have crcatcd-wc speak it with
pride
That il You will calmly and fairly examine,
fonll find they were perfectly ircc-when
they died!
We only "asserted our right" and the novels
Wherein lay tho sick, We tore down without
ruth;
But no one would think of admiring the nov
els.
That told such domestic, dctostablo truth
Tho scamstresscs' fingers grow thin unrcqui-
That we to the Hottentots blankets may
give;
The promise Of youth in its blossom is blight
cd,
And peasants arc shot that our pheasants
may live!
The haggard mechanic may pine in his garrct,
His daughter dishonorcd, his son in n iail
But still we can proudly declare, q la parrot,
That happen what will, :" Bri'cns are not
Altho' in rank rooms, every night without
number
The old and the young, the dcbauchcd and
the pure,
Lie down on tho same wisp Of straw to their
slumbcr,
We cannot be blamed for their sins wc arc
sure;
Our rents must be paid, and the poor-housc is
ready,
Where her ,l,!, husbands and wives are divorced by
Perhaps il their skins were but black, and not
ruddy,
Some pity ard cents from our purse they
might draw.
Oh, right,mindcd creature! what deep atlmra-
ton
We feel for tho home scorn" your book
has confesscdl
How happy are we, that our great rival nation
Has na,isishcd a viper to sting it's own breast
Then freely our penny subscriptions We offer,
Proceed in the path you have hitherto trod; /;
Like Arnold, each anti American scoifer,
Detcsted at home, will bc honored abroad.
The Bastrop Advertiser, of tho 2sth ult.,
has very sensible article on tho qualiiica.
tions Of congressman, which is, We think,
worthy OF tho consideration of voters at the
coming election. We make few extracts
from IL, the entire article being too long for
our space just now. Aitcr some mtroducto.
ry remarks, the editor says:
The discovery has been made that il ia not
at all important for member of Congress To
cviucc any ability to talk; that the intelligent
people Of tho United States. throughout their
length and breadth, have all along been gross
" in error, in manitesting n disposition, as they
have invariably, tn honor cloqucnce and ora
tory The art OF speaking. which was held IN
sopo respect even before Demosthcncs peh.
blcd his mouth, must, Il appears, now yield
to the "modcst and courteous manner.
The grsccs and charms &c oratory must
hereafter yield To the gcnilenanly address;
and no who once might sway n senate by tho
magic Of his voice. will bc held as nothing in
comparison with tho popular dummy or ma.
n@avering lcg.rc,er. With these opinions
We can by no means agree. Nor do We be.
l'cNc the instnnccs arr many where the intelii,
gent people OF our country havc hecn lc,i to
overlook true merit No. the man mos, likely
tc hc chosen for the station cf which We
speak, is he who possesses the power Of ora.
larry, nc Who has kncwlesigr to clucijate and
the shssiiy 20 convince. And Il hss always
tscen so. What matters it that IN tho "ssosmy
days ef ss,s revolution NC hail same grat
ard g~fsi men, ipea cf power and influence,
~ action; who >cscsi well their parts 7Nss
~cgv net sse tsettsc sssirsfss sw theus we
must look TO an utis, an Adams. = f,ssfssk
Henry, WarWn. Thrsc Were the men who
Todd the ressple of their wrcags is saeb Ian
ssssTv ~ tsafnsd into their sossss and FVs,s$sSi
,hesa Ia cs~iisea Then when tho sosrh III
liberty was hitiy mss-,tssa nen Il ssshsa ss,i
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