The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-24
SPEECH on LOT d oOLITTLE,
on TIE BILL FOR TUE PROTECTION or
..,.. HE'S BOOSTS.

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MfsTUR SPEAKER Nc lsot here In.
my seat and heerd the opponents of5
this great nashnnaI measure expectorate
hagtn il, till Tin purity nigh barsted With
indignant commutions Of my lacerated
sensibilities. Mishu Speaker, are it.
possible that men can be so infatuated
as to vote agin this bll2 Mistur
Speaker, allow me 10 picture to your
excited md deau,leil ina gination some.
Of the heart-rending evils when arise
from the want of proper pnrtection to-
hen roosts, In my vicinity, anon gst MI
constituents. Mistuf Speaker, We viii
suppose il to be- the awful md melan-.
choiiy hour Of midnigl sail natur' am
hushed inrepJse the soIemTlwind soft.
III nouns through thu waving branches
OF the trees, and nought is heerd to
break the solemueholIy stiffness, save
an occasional grunt From the hog -pent
! / vii now carry you ia Imagination to
that devoted hen house. Behold its
peaceful and happy inmates gently de-
Ginning III baluiy sluplbcrs OH then ele-
Eyatea and majestic roostsl Look at the.
agedaand venerable and highly respect.
able rooster, as lie keeps lis silent Wigs.
| Jig with patience and unmitigatoa watch
i falness over those innocent, helpless
and yirtuons hens and puIletsl just
let y0nr eyes glance around and be-
hold That dignihed and nafronly hen,
who watches with tender solieituae and
pate nal congratulation over those jul
I=veniIe chickens, wha crowd around their
respectful pFQienitor, and nestle under
her cifonmambients wings. Now i ask,
Mistur Speaker, am there to be found
ii wretch So lost and abandoned as will
eater that peaceful aud happy nhuae,
and tear those interesting little bfliies
from their agonized and heart broken
parents? hIis:ur Speaker, / answer IN
thunder tones, there am! Are there
I anything so mean and sneaking as such
u arobbcry2 No, there are not! You
] may search the wide universe, from the
natives who repose in solitary grandeur
fand superlative majesty under the shade
of the tall cellars That grow upon the
tops of the EIimmaleh mountains in tho
valley of Josophat, down tothe degrad-
led and barbarous sayages WhorepOse in
sobscurity in their miserable wigwams
] ON the rock OF Gibraltar in the GuIph
of Mexico, aud then you will be so
much puzzled to find anything SO mean,
as you would TO see the arth rerolye
! around the sun once in the twenty four
hours without the aid of atelescope.
| Mistur Speaker, I feel that / have
said enough on this subject to convince
| the most obstinate member Of the anap-
proachable necessity of law which
shall forever and everlasting puta stop
Il to these fowl proceedings, and Ipro-
| pose that every convicted offender shall
suffer the penalty Of the law as fol-
| lows 44 j.. . Fl ,
For the first offence he shall be OBJ
liged to suck twelve rotten eggs, with
no salt on EN-. :. Il.
TOT the seeonu oifelice5 ne shall De
obliged to set on twenty rotten eggs,
until lie matches ''enl.. s SKI ....
Mistur Speaker, oil ] want is for
every member to act on this subject ac-
Ecording to his aconscientionsness. Let
him do this, aud he will aforementioned
INCREASINGLY by a grateful posterfty.
Mistur Speaker, I've done. Where's
/ my hat ?EDr. Valentine. . !. i J.