Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-02-11
More " POetry.o

DEAR JOURNAL line COW uoCtor Cauuob 1--WE
without patronage, and l am willing to be
" cupped" dozen times rather than have your
readers believe that Fucker City cannot furnish
a poet as we'll as neighboring cities. Now LISTEN:
FUCKER CITY.
Adown by dark and murky stream
Where the coon and the possum prance,
Where the Mahalas swim from shore to shore,
To join in the merry uenier dance;
"Where grizzlies roam like forest kings
And coyotas howl on every side,
Like yels and whoops Of demons mad,
Stands Fucker City in all her pride.
Here is the boys mining ground,
Their resting place just now,
And if we don't get water soon
We've got to starve, VOW
The poetry of aristocratic life
Here shines in all its splendor,
It's destinations look the best
When slightly on a bender.
FUCKER Cry, Feb I. JAcINTo.
SENATOR SEWARD AT HoME-Extract from the
reception speech of Senator Seward on his arri
val at Auburn
1t is true, as you have reminded me, that
have reached another and important stage in
Journey that has occupied eight months of time
and covered ten thousand miles of space--the
last stage-a stage beyond which can go no
further. Although in this journey have trav
ersed no small portions of four continents-Eu
rope, Asia, Africa and America-it is not until
now that have found place which, above all
others, admire the most and love the best. This
pacc-this very spot-on which you stand and [
stand among you is, indeed, the one point on the
globe which, wherever else may be, draws me
back by an irresistible spcll-the place where
when rest must dwell--the only place where
can be content to live, and content when life's
itful fever shall be over, to die.
1t is the spot cherished in my affections above
and beyond all others--above and beyond the
spot where | was born-above and beyond the
scenes in which was trained and educated
adorned and marked those localities OF my
earlier life are, by mountain and riVer-by blue
skies and genial cline. 1t is spot cherished by
me above and beyond the scenes of my severe
labor-of any arduous achievement, aud, II
may use the expression without ol1ense, OF any
personal successes | love it more than the
capital OF my native State, although in that cap
ita have borne the baton of civil authority
contided to me by three millions OF free, brave
and enlightened people. love 1T more than the
Senate Chamber-more than the Senate Cham
Der of the great confederate Republic OF which
we all are ctizens--although in that Senate
Chamber am authorized, with one other repre-
sentative, to pronounce the will of the leading
member of that confederacy. Hearty applause.]
| should not despair OF vindicating this prefer
ence by comparing the natural advantages and
the social development of the valley OF the
Owasco with those of any other place that you
or | have ever known. Lakes, meadows, fields,
forests are here which are nowhere surpassed
and comfort, ease intelligence, enterprise and
morals that may justly challenge comparison in
any part of the globe. But will be candid and
confess that my partiality stands upon simpler
and more natural logic. prefer this place be-
cause it is my place You may as well be can
did ALSO and confess that you like it best because
it is your place 1t is true, my excellent friends,
that persons abroad who do not know this at
tractive spot so lamiliarly as We do, crltcisc it
sometimes with severity.