The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-12-23
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Anccdote Of Tristan Burgess.

Anccdote Of Tristan Burgess. .a.
Oliver II. Smith, of Indiana, in one Of his Rem.
inscences, published IN the Indianapolis Journal
tells the following story: sYj T 80 Tsl leaai
During the debate in Congress on the Tariff in
1928, an amendment was offered to increase the
duty on molasses ten cents per gallon, being an
increase Of hundred per cent. ad valorem. It's
object was TO choke off the northern members,
and indirectly 10 kill the bill The moment the
amendment was announced by the chairman, in
committee OF the whole, Mr.. Burgess, Of Rhode
Island, arose and implored the mover TO w'thdrax
It, He showed its effects upon the { ade between
the eastern States and the adjacent islands, in
timber and the return caigoes Of molasses, which
was the daily food Of the poor. His speech was
short and 70 the point As he took his seat, Henry
Daniel, OF Kentucky, sprang 70 his feet and IoGed
out at the top Of his voice: "Mr. Speaker, let the
constituents Of the gentleman from Rode |. lind
sop their bread only side in molasses, and they
viii pay the same duties they do now Mr.. Bart
lett Of New Hampshire, remarked to me: Now
look out for Tristan, Harry will catch IT," Mr..
Burgess arose, with ERE beaming from bis counte-
Nance and addressed the chair. " The relis pro-
posed BY the gentleman from Kentucky is but
adding insult TO injury. Does not that gentleman
know that the established habit becomes second
nature, and that all laws are cruel and oppressive
that strike at the innoc ut habits OF the people
me if should offer an amendment chat neither
himself nor his constituents shall herester have
nore than pint ofwhisky for breakfast instead &C
quarti Does he not know that the deposition
OF all animals partakes, in greater less degree,
Of the food on which they are fedY The horse is
noble, kind, and grateful; he is led on grain and
grass. The betr Cooking at Daniel, who was
a heavy, short man, dressed in blue coat, with a
velvet collat) viii eat bog and raw bominy You
may domesicatc him, dress him in blue coat
with velvet collar, learn him to stand erect and
TO initiate tbe human voice, rs some showmcn have
done, but examine him closely, Sir, Cooking at
Daniel somc seconds, you will dscovSr he Is the
bear etlL The gentleman told us, ia = speech
some days ago, that his district produced large
numbers of jackasses, hogs and mules. No stronger
proof Of the truth Of his statements can be given
than look at its representative I ak the gen.
tleman TO keep his extra duty off Of moasses, and
commence its use among his constituents, and AZ
feeble as our hold upon life is Mr. Chairman, q
man may yet, before we die, be permitted to 60 TO
bis grave with two ey q in his head ~ the gentle
mans district Daniel wilted under the sarcasm,
and few members afterwards felt disposed to arouse
the eminent son Of Rhode Island
OvER CHARGING man named LOWELL
hired a hackman named VIM. Moore, of hack
No. Al on Saturday, TO take him from the
Southern depot to the Central. The hackman
took him first to the Galena and then to the
Central depot, and charged him $3.50. He
was fined $25 by Justice King. ra p s.aatl
Another hackman, John Bingham, washired
by boy to take him from the Milwaukee to
the Southern depot, and charged him So He
was fined $25 by Justice King, and made 10
refund the boy the $5.--At6nny Stotcsn'dr,k