Mountain Democrat., 1857-03-21

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head upon NY shoulder, but my claim
was stili ungrantcd.
".Nt length assaulted member. who
had moved tn lay my hjil Oh thr table
whoa il WAS to have been passed f. il.
third reading anl was arrested re-.
member litup of the tri,l, save only ia,
white face ofmy poor Molly. Had til"
JuGE" uo pity fpr b,r. '-,rca he passed hi.
cra,l S0nt urr. lIr hail IN thoughts al
the bottom ofh;~ stony heart ormy WIFI,
sorrow ~ rrsd OF sympathy to be
reached, went 10 jul, for could not
g., pHo thc enr impoS"dby law. and lay there
Whi.c tOu,'rce~ sat and my bill might
have pas~r,l, white lay thcro Gagged be
hind stone Wa,la,
"At that time wrc;c long letters "a
the public journal, Nelly took them,
and waited caErrly day by day. to se-
them in print, and sprcalNbroad through
out tRN land. Rut they never printed
them, tSir 80. never - mrch as noticed
them; when u hi, ro,umu in the Her
all, or Tribune, or lntclligenccr, would
have ensured nay claim.
"rhc people went on voting for their
candidates, all wnknnwing that one of
themselves iHf -iH,AsGerated- in Washing,
ton, that GoSrrnmcrt might pass his
claim silently hv. think that Govern
mcnt brihcd tn '>r Journals, that my claim
might not be liquida.cd. | think the
President himself ordcred those journals
to beware AMI YET We call this free
land! But, forg' myself | was tell
! !n~ YOU my story.
ii came out ut length, md wca, home
with Ncily. The rrpr room was brighter
! th&n my cell and was cvutcnt wa !
, not free again ,tn Nurse my claim?
"l called upon our n9w prrSlcut, WHO
had Just hcca inauguratcd. and urged my
clOinS 70 at least Il smaIl clcrkSEip. and |
received n promise that something should
ht ,ioNv lor me-. lovr %c,ly, too. called
upon the Secretary 81 state, who had !r
m"rlv hrrn intimate IN her tathci's Emi
, ", aud b, god Aul impiricd r,r ne su"c
place lhat WoilI ouRppl. lis. .NIy'hiuH
wnI'H d", I = We N,rc children, aNl oar
W"NtS Wvrr I''N: AMI Ii" prumi>rl----
T,g tNfr""\,.' " h"lI is paved W'f
good intentions, rurgotory surely is with
, PROMISES UA' t"r l"Wgatory lave
'irrd IN thrSr lany years, il which IL,
life wasted, and IL! hopes died ont.
II have IN NV possession notes dirio-
matical,y " worl,d, trop statesmen, any OF
whom could ut any monent have procured
! the passage OF my bill; but alas pos
s}s>cd no influence htyund my personal
y@iraNor#, for the summer friends Of my
prosperity had lrEi me-, and lay wealthy
relatives hgt trNritcd me after few small
loans which / could no repay They
loa'!rl mr with cpithrtS. Called Inc
tai : Idle, Had not worked these
Years, an,l years, lab0ring Mt my claim
None disputed that, 1t amounts to only
SiAty thousand dollars, and what is that
To II government like oursY My grand
| tNthrr had supplied Nv" Cnnt'nrninl trr,l-
with StnrcS, horses. Wagons, Nc. under
contract; and through some miSmanagc-
mrnt, the debt had never been paid, even
in the worthless scrip which then flooded
: the country and What was at first several
thousands, had amoantcd with interest TO
the sum had mentioned. am the only
heir Cannot this Great government nj
turd to pay t!.iS claim? And still il lin.
Gvrvd on.
"Ou1 Of E,n irvlHt mon have mcniaacd
offered to procure its passage ,'&r htlf
'@t Yo'"S, &nd srurnld his oilcr, Is I
Wou,d S'urn - ,i> or steal. What, cheat
the Government,
Never, S;r, am, thank Gol, tho
>uh 50 low, an houcSt man. II | could
no, get my claim uron its merits, Iwould
lr>e It. uh, Iooi that was! Twas only
g'r'NH hjm some thirty thousands, that
nigh; hH at !""r"r daring The remainder
cf my life, anal refused IT Refused
forgive mr, sir forgot myself
- the years PASSED On, and felt at
!r0gth that stony hvmtcdness stealing
over me, which is th" result of hopc de-
trwcd. When ! como to die, they will
tind that my heart beat it ever 50 fierce
ly while live, is stone A,solid stone; and
that ,pos>aS4 Of the Scriptures will be
tN',' rMswTrn thcrron--"Put not thy
t"ut in Princes" Are not these men
rrinrrsr Who ru,csY DO the people
rule, Sir9 No! \ rotten government. in
the hands Of an aristocracy OF cunning,
rules CllS nation. The people have no
vo'NG GSNYdA Almd!N To cast their votes, a,
tho ErSN men hid them. Look at it.
From the highest to the lowcst--trom u
national CViirCnIion, to town caucus, the
few pull The W.ics ana the many dance
accordingly, "l the measure Slew or live
lr SrrirUS or ray And they cheer, apd
hight, and NN;r, poor fools, "a their bet
tcrs bid them Perhaps ii lgol my claim
| IA, lll lot Gc 80 cJ uical.
Well, time passed ON, Al! took no
delight save IN prosecuting with unwca.
lic'' rStirncc this claim OF mine. till | fell
into u sad state, sir \ sort of insanity
hv>vt ne. 50 that Eancivd AT l<nath Mat
pp r'G@, hi .a%S,i! Ancicd, sir,
that Was worth sixty Thousand dollars
what satire, >;r, is that phrase "wo'th,"
Naiuiag Il m@n in dollars ami cents.
taucic,i that ;"E dear Nrlly and rode in
y cNarh, "ad W>rr happy; being fee at
lrAgth !yo:A vi, hoyrihl incuhu, Of eA.
ErrlStiNo.
All Il fancy, all fancy, sir! 1t is a
fancy OF mine, too. that I'm only forty
seven, I, who have wasted fifty years ut
least, in this cursed city. I think that
Nelly told me this very morning, as we
rode hero in coach, that was forty
seven. DO you know, she must ply her
needle rapidly, rapidly, sir, to pay for IL
coach.
II cannot count thc years that have
been here. have forgotten the number
ot sessions that failed to pass my bill
My hair is very white, and my face wrin-
klcd for forty Stvcn."
Tho OoNr man rCoSnd 70 cnrok and hi.