Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-20
TIIIRRAI{ FOX ShM Nj T,

We want to hold Sam up for fight. we IKE
Sam Us HI opponent much better than we do Greeley
and Stewards Northern hive of isms we can anu
will whip them, it is true, but had rs lief make war
on nest of vipers, or yellow jackets. Fighting spcn
enemies is disagrecable, and victory ng!orious'
For it more s,irs the blood TO the lion
Than TO start the hare!
A short while ago, Sam was All enemy worthy W
our spear. lie is now bruised, dlapidated anu "'''
on his back. He was stunned by the fall we gave
him in Virginia. He got up, brushed his preee"e''
cried Hurrah for Sam! and hied TO Ph'hdephla'-
There, Sam boosted, that, like Oymplan JoVe' nc "
astonish the world by bringing forth from h's WISE
head another Minerva full Of wisdom, and armed lot
6,h,. But Barnum's baby-show was going on sam
peeped m got to longing-and brought forth tr'p'eS'
Not Minervas, but mice. Nor were they all "i''c
mice. The eldest born was black as coal. sam
swore he would not fathcr it, kicked II out o' "c
house and now the little precarlous thing h"s SCI u"
for itself somewhere in the suburbs oi Bos'on' NV"
anuses himself daily by curslnS his daddy i"e
noyt horn was n white mouse, pure white. sam,
however didn't like him either, and forthwith des-
,,hod him South and he is now nibbling bread nnd
cheese in n convent in Louisiana The third-and
now Sam thought his travais were ended ana Ills So-
~ berun-wasa large muato mouse. This, to be
snre. would please everybody. 1t was neither too
b.ct E,r tho South nor too white for the NORTH
Donelson might loude it, and Frederick Doug lass
adopt it.
In irving to please everybody, Sam has pleased
nobody. The black mouse is all the 90 in Boston,
md the little white one highly respected South
.bo ti,n rn1I lhnul-
der everywhere Indeed, since he was introduced
into the family the desertons which began during the
fight with Wise multiply every day in number. Re
treat is cngendering panic, panic begetinS STAN
pede, and the stampede fast becoming u regular
| fc0re! qui pcnt
| Sans situation is most distressing onc In at
tempting to stand three stools horrible feat for
featherless bpd) he has had fall that's knocked
the breath on, of him. We pity Sam and have made
new stool for him. We have dispensed altogether
with each of the old and long and numbering plat
form. Our pedestal is worthy of Sam. lie can
stand on it, firm rs the Colossus OF Rhodes. brave as
MARI strong rs Hercules Ii is small niiair, 's'm-
p!,.r mundtus," but strong us Scbastopol firm the
rock Of Gibraltar. Here it's! llcRRAH FOR SAN.
Sow. nv dear good fellow, do rise. There, take
our arm, ma srpI, inrr. uio "P' ""'' "''''
Was mn and "Richard is himself again See he
,,,Is off his hat md waves it-"Hmrrdh for Samr'-
Did S,eptor ever howl like that The bison the
nrer;es Of the Vest startled at the sound rush head
lone down steep-,he whales in the dive deep
and deeper into the abyss-he miner in California
thinks of earthquakes, and quits his work. All ma.
ture tremblcs in alarm! Do, my friend, try it again
.Hurrah for sam. Hurrah for Sam. Ask Inc no
questions, and I'll tell you no lies" My fellow!
that's the music Heretofore You blabbed too much
Your platform was long. You drove off the foreign
era and you drove othe Catholics aud their votes tell
o., election day. You offended the new Sta;es, who
welcome immigration because their population is
| sparse. You offended the States Right men, by
| threatening them with the Supreme Court You dis
pleased tho old States by proposing to give the regu-
!at;on of social and domestic matter, TINT of nni-
grafton to the federal government. New York may
wish to check emigration The West to encourage
and promote it; but Virginia and the South
are entirely satisfied with things they Differ
ent States have different interests and different poll
cics on this subject, and By regulating the right
of suffrage, can carry out their policy and pro-
mote their own interests. Sam! you must not play
the dog in the manger. The Indians wished to do
that--a handful 10 occupy Il contincn-and witness
their fate. Now, Sam, arr but handful, when we
look at our immense domains. No, stick TO your pre-
sent platform, "lIurral for Sam. Ask me no ques-
ons and III tell youno lies. Hear how the boys take
it up. From Boston to New Orleans every urchin is
exclaiming, "IIurrah for SAM The rising generation
i, all with you. We will beat You this time, but if
you will stick to the platform you now occupy"Hur'
rah for SAM Ask me no questions and III tell you
no lies!"-youre bound TO succeed. The boys, we re
neat, every under ten years Of age, are ON your
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