The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-04-28
THE SPEATCH OF MR.. TWISTER, OF
BUNKUM, ALA, ON STAIT ADE.

me the onner of a sea. on the floor, and
rise to lot it be knonc that my sufferins in
this house will likewise all be for Bunkum.
Sur, other gentlemen may talk about patri-
tism and progris, but go in for 8unkum and
ben elected. Watts the good its goin to do
fe!ler if he givs ever sch good vote for
the Stait, ef he's to be beet into doll rags
the august folle.in. Sur, as said in the be-
ginnin Of my speatcf, the free sufferins OF
Bunkum put the here, and ef can find out
how my county, or n majority Of it wants
me TO go, lie 90 that way on till my heels
flies up.
Sur, Mister Speaker, i'me ded out agiu
Stat Ade, and for why? You see ef tho
Stat passes the AIDE, in the fust place all
hands that's got ennything to do with rae
rods will hav legle lawful rite to stick
.iei. ha,ass np 70 the e!bers, in the Stait
Treasury, to git the money to bid the rods;
cause that's the beginnin OF the robbin Of the
peoples money, for it stands to reason, l say,
sur, that ef you or me, for an instance, Mister
Spceker, has the rite to go in ard pull out
and hawl away from the public pile; it stands
to reeson we amt agoin to forgit to fill our
own pockets, Mister Speaker. Emmy boldly
would do it, that gets the chance. Ifi know
ennything, Mister Speaker, about the hui
man family, the fust thing that natur says is
to git all you kin and keep all you git. Aint
that rail down gosp talk, Mister Speeker?i
just want you to tell this house ef il amt.
Sur, we've had 8 tax.colectors hand run.
min in Bunknm, that's tuck good share Of
the public money, don't mean no reilcxiou
on them gentlemen for they are all three my
constichunts and my onnable friends, but
st to show, Mr.. Speeker, wha! we all know.
that these rale rud mems after the samo
thing. | reckon they amt no better than tho
gentlemen up in Bunknm. No, sur its jist
prime adzact!y wat we'll all do when We git
the chance aint it, Mr.. Speaker. Gentlemen
needn't talk to Inc about securin the Stait,
for that vas the talk about the Stait banks
and oyeryboddy knows that the Legislators
themselves done the main part of the stealth
| thar i don't mean reflections, Mr. Specker,
cause you sec emmy boldly will take money
when they has the chance, and of course these
! onnuble gcni,emea like me and you, Mr..
| SpeeSer, as sune as ennyboddy else. Sum-
boldly sed fu days ago that we mustn't leg
isate as ef all the world was raskils; now,
Mr.. Speaker, that's the very pay Cor us to
legislat-all hands will talk it ef they kin
get it, jist rs we all talk the purdyum no
matter what we say.
But, Mr.. Speaker, thar's another cause for
why i'm agin all the prnjecs. You sec i'm
agin the raIe rods theyselves. Sur, wat good
do r.le rod do emmy boldly but town folks!
Sur, don't it skeer all the gain outen the
kuntry! Sur, don't it fetch all sorts of fur
rim diseases into the kuntry! Sur, the for.
kydcer complaint and all these uther sickness
Is fetched inter the kuntry on these rale rods!
Sur, it kills up stock too--jist you walk over
to the depot and see that injun comm in,
BLOWN red hot coles and putin smoke and
cinders and . ciatterin along on the iron raik,I
and ravn and n snortin like something de-
s,ractcd, and jist you say ef stock raiser
hav emmy business n havn it TO come by hs p
door. Sur Jim Hooks that lives up in Bun
kun, used to live up in the Cherryky kuntry,
! in Georgy, and, sur, he told me will, his own
mouth he had the likcliest sort Of young
COW, and she in calf and wood weighed
! 100 in the quarter, run over and cut all to
smash, with the consumed thing, the next
week after il come on his land. Jim was
smart, tho, Mr. Speeker, for sumo time after
that he sold his land up thur, that he only Civ
$500 fur, fur $4,000. He never let on to
the feller that bot it, enny,hing about tho
COW twcl after tho money was paid and the
papers all sincd. Then he told him, sur, and
the fcler looked like fool, and said he was
goin TO put masheenry thar to maik IRON
Jim like to busted when he heerd that Mr..
Speaker, for Jim had lived on the plais four
year and never seed bit of iron on it--only
piles of crumbly brown rock.
Mister Speaker, sur, these rale rods aint
good for nuthin but TO hav in the big towns 4
and for big folks to ride on. They amt the
thing iorpcople that live in the kuntry. Aud
sur, i'me agin these big towns too sur. Jit (
look at these brick tavcrns s,,arssis s.' 49,.
for bord, sur, when kin buy a y xXyS
Bunkum for five cents and kin bord S3orS
month for four dollars. Sur, i'mo agip ~
the kuntry people is the ones that sd
All the tayn comes outen them, sur, AZ a
rich people down here that's got nigS ~
bord at the brick taverns, sur, and's ~
ey to pay two dollars for bord, tsSfj
smart, sur, TO pay taxes, sur. Its tn
people does it all, specially them In d
Sur, cf Stait Ade passes, Mobcel win
be like M Orleans arter little; MOI
ry, Selmy will get 70 be like Mobesf =
the rich town folks, sur, will talk, =
nu,hin will be left for the kuntry.pss5
they'll git,sur, will be to have theirytS1
ed, to have all the deer and turkey -
to pay 81 day when they go 70 -
and 10 kcich the forkydeer, and The
fever and the small pox, and to nl
taxes. Sur. Bunkum can't stand 10 e
stand it. Sur, with one hand on T.
Of the Constichuson and the uths
the amcrikin egle by tie tail, l1l
back and 60 it blind for Bunks -
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