Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-08-12
Racy Stump Speech.

Racy Stump Speech.
The snhjoned eloquent grand, lofty and
stupel'donS efforts, was recently made by 4
promising geuins who hal announced
himself As candj late for Congress-:
| Friends ard frlIer citizens. of this con,
1jrlnous community, Use ri> mp to give you
warn1n' and make a political speech, and
what m going Ia speak about | II aiuie to.
Now. Id like To have you pay particular
attention. as the preacher says when the
boys Is pitchIn beans at his nose. | say
a crisis has arrived. the wheels OF govern
m"nt IS stopped. the machinery needs
g!ea>in,, the ruddor's unshipped. the buster
billed, and hell ahoat. and the river rlsn =.
Our glorious ship OF State, that. like bob
tailed gander is tloaed down the peaceful
current t1ime, has had its harmony dis
turbed, and its now drifting with fearful
| rapldtiy toward the shoals and quicksands
OF dl>nnion. threatening to dash everything
INTO hndrlng, and pick it>elfup in the end
gone go>Iin. Hsarken no longer We
worthy denizens Of Hog Hole, Teryapin
Neck, and adjacent regions, TO that syren
voice that whispers ia your too credulouS
eafs::the too deiuSive sound peace. peace.
Tor peace has done stopped and hewed to
other lands, or div to the depth of the mighty
deep. or in the more emphatic language Of
IrcumSerum. gone hckern' threw the
frogs of other chimes, tn ade the mi>er
watches in his dimes Or of the great
Alexander, at the battle of Hnnker's Bill.
who. in agony of despair, ffanlica!iy
Shreaked. %. gravy. peace has gone like
my schuieboy days, and don't care
darned' He was a whole horse and team,
sure.
Teller citizens and gals too-in our halls
OF Legislature confushun runs riot and
anarchy rains supreme Rise up then. like
porkers III tater patch and shook off the
dew drops off yer hnntinskirtS and fell into
ranks. Sound the t0eim! beat the drum
aud blow the tin horn! till the sta,ted
echoes. reverberatn from hill top to hill top.
and from gopher Hill TO gopher hill, shall
cause the adamantue hills of New Eng land.
The feTEuginous disposition of Missouri, and
the auriferous PARTICLES of CalIfony TO prick
up their ears, aud in whispered accents,
enquire of their nabors what the matter?'
Teller citizens and the wimnln-I repeat
it, TO your posts, and from the top-most peak
in the Ozark mountains, and bid defiance TO
the hull earth by hoIerin whose afeard. in
such thunderin tones. that, quaken with
terror they'll forget what Niger IS Don
your dusty reglmental>. grease the locks OF
your guns and put in new tlintS g,ind your
old scythes and make swords out on EN-
mount your bosses and save your nation Or
bust
Ladies and gentlemen; the great bird of
American llbertys aoft and Sorin upon the
wings OF the wind and now lowering high
over the cloud capped SUBMITS fthe Rocky
Mountain. and when he shall have pene-
trated lnte the unknown regions of unlimited
space. and then shall have div down and
hit on daddy's wood-pie shall be led 10
exclaim in the language of Paul, the oslIer,
root pork or die.
The time is critical boods goin to be
poured out like soap Sisds outen wash tub. |
and every man that's got soul a big as the
white of ni1ger's ey'lI be ready to fight, |
bleed and die for his country Them'S the
,mes--you want men III the councils of the
nation that you can depend on-thats me
Elect me 10 ConoIiS and III stick to you
through thick and thin like lean tick to
nlggers shin. I'm not goin to make a
speech. Fd Scorn the act |
You know me; I've been fetched up among
ye: already on the wings of topotrcaI
imagination fancy see you marchin up
to the polls in solid phaianx. and with
shout tina, makes The earth ring hurrah for |
jim Smith, come down Oh my opponent like
d thousand OF brick on rotten punkln
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