The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-23
tIiRB WAfsHthis Distinguished

tlRB WAtsif-fhis distinguished
humorist-and representative in Con
gress from New York, has not lived ,
long life for no purpose. Ills speeel
on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, wa
quite a relief to the prosy patriotism
wasted on that occasion. We canno
refrain from making few extracts o
Mikes speech 4 4
Ny friend who handed me that pa
per, said yesterday that he had no
the Advantages Of education whicl
other gentlemen had feeeiyed.
think he is better off in that respect
than am; for [ never attended
school but three quarters, and | got
Turned out once or twice. { Laughter
Yes, sir, | got Turned out, for what the
sohoolmasters in their benighted stu
pidity termed chad conduct" but
which subsequent events have salts
factory proven to have been merely a
striking and precautions manifestation
of genius. Increased lsughter.)
A man can be man Of education
without being drilled through college.
It is far better to know the men among
whom one lives. than to know men
who have been dead three thousand
years. If | am deficient in classic
lore, ! am pretty well booked in the
raseality Of the age in which | live.
(Laughter) 1t makes no odds how
a man gets up to the roof Of q house
whether he climbs by a ladder, or
goes up some other way. would
not barter away all the practical
knowledge | have received in lumber
and ship yards for all The latin that
was ever spoken in ancient Rome. |
would rather speak sense in one plain
and expressive language than speak
nonsense in fifty. (Laughter) Mr.
Chairman how much time have | left,
as that appears to be the standing
question (Langhter)
Contrasting the slavery ofthe North
with the slavery of the South, Walsh
said aaoe
Why sir, poor man at the North
will work for fifty cents 4 day, drag
more in q hand cart than three ne
groes, with four mules will bring into
Washington, though they have white
man to watch them. Oaughtef.) A.
man ut the South gives 1900 for a
negro he las to feed and elothe
him ; he has to provide for him in
old age; to take care Of him in his
sickness, and to bury him when be is
dead. In the North we have no such
bold, manly, open and above board
oppression. Oh, no sir. Here is
specimen Of the cold, crafty, sneaking
oppression Of the North--an oppres
sion which reaches and prays heavily
upon the unfortunate upon many Of
the pursst and brightest spirits Of the
land. These are the boys (exhibiting
b pawnbroker's duplicate amidst great
laughter) I will read IT.:
No. 1872. Joseph Simpson & Com
pany, 25 Cathain street, July 1853
Gold watch, Sc Mike Walsh, Not
apswerable in case Of damage by fire
or ROBBERY; twenty-five per cent, per
anhum. lGreat Laughter.
! could easily enumerate sundry
other little items and devises which
90 to still further swell Che measure OF
his gains; but even were it limited in
all cases, instead Of not being Sc in any, |
to the mere legal twenty five per cent,
he has $500 a year, and his ISL 200
eats nothing, wears nothing, consumes
and can be used for the same
instrument Of oppression after he is
dead. His children utter him can be
used us the same instrument Of oppres-
sion among the children and grand
children Of the survivor.
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