, 1860-05-01
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Mr. Wm. Allen Buffers Fungus paper in the
Independent Of las. week embraces Bcorchine
rasiow Of the recent session Of o Sew York Leg.
islaturo. The paternal Fungus appears in the
character OF broker in Senators and Assem-.
blymen. We copy few of the concluding par
sgraphs:
Being somewhat flushed with success, aud
knowing tlat could never discover where be
had made his bold operation, Fungus let me in
to the secret Of his method Of procedure. lie
Gays he found a community where the honest
and entcrprising men we're ali hard at work al
tending to their own affairs; if they wcre poor,
they we're trying to earn Irving; If they we're
rich, they were trying to take care Of their
| property Those who had no other means of
obt1ning livelihood, or disliked earning their
bread BY the sweat IT their brow, gave their
| special Intention to the science Of government
| and made it a business. snow, it's very poor
business that wont pay" says Fungus, .'and if
| your are in business you must make it pay.
'Diligent in business isn't that Scripture =
Very we'll; these fellows hare no!hing Of
their own. hardly shirt apiece to their
bucks, but if they get into the Legislature,
don't you see, they have all sorts Of property
ct their disposal. They are the people Of
the 1S.,; state, then; The people are sosere'gn.
and the people can do what they ike with
their own. Isn't that Jeftersonian democrecy1
The people eau be liberal if they like. If they
want to contrac: tor new buildings, or cire
away public lands, or acknowledge old claims
against them which could rerer be collected, or
them the exclusive right 10 use the roads or the
streets or anything else tA2t is public; if they
want to run their arms into the pockets Of rich
corporations and make them pay the debts Of
other people; i theJ choose to pay Tom, Dick,
and Harry eighty Or ninety thousand dollars for
printing list of old deeds and mortgages, or to
take the public money and buitd railroad down
through the wilderness to carry one passenger
every six months, don't you see, Eobody can
complain, because they are the people. That's
what it is to lsrc in Il free country" continued
Fungus. ".says ], if they have got the power
perty, l may as well step in and take my share;
30 stepped in and took it. Any harm in that,
sir? it's the relation Of Capital to Government.
Of course had TO pay. but you can't get prop
wouldn't be honest"
And pray" says I, "in this precious COM
nor and no veto power, such as we have here:"
Fungus laughed as If this reminded him Of
good joke. *'0f course they hare, but the best
Of tbs that it takes fewer votes to pass bill
after reto than before The siy fellows have
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well of Constitution. See Low ingenious it's,
1ttakes majority Of a!l the Senators elected to
pass bill At first Out Of thirty.two that re-
xuires seventeen. But after rcto, only tso-
thlrds Of the members present are required. II
enough happen to Step out and there are only
eighteen present, twelve can do the job. This
IL great country"
people get through and 60 home, what then1
'.Oh, little tussing and fu,ntug IN our |
rather sizeabfe village, at the mouth Of small |
stream, where tue shopkeepers live, and which |
splundered somewhat extensively, but nothing
more. Why, sir, tho party in power held . |
paid of my troops. almost before they had time |
to count their money, and didn't dare to say a |
word against them, not syllable, and what is |
more. sent q great many Of them of to aid in
ehsosing Prudential candidate on q platform ]
Of pure princip,t, while the uther rogues, Of a
different strife, but who shared in tile pluuder,
published q long address to the people, caution
isg them against electipg dishonest men to |
office. That was prime; beats the Pharisces"
was silent. "Wbat are you thinking OFF,
said Fungus.
~ am thinking" said I, show the chickens !
you and your Legislative tribe have hatched will |
come home to roost- How certainly retrihution |
these shameless fellows will be sibbeted in his
tcry. How the finger Of scorn will point at |
them; bow their scared and blackened memo
ries will hang like scarecrows in the annals Of
the state, to frighten others from like crimes
mud an equal niamy."
"That is rather Lighaown," said Fungus,
and ! should advise you to put it into the
newspapers. but, my dear fellow, We don't
mind it, not in the least-and What is more, it
loesut pay"
And be lit his cigar with the air Of man who
had successfully solved the great problem Of
le true relation between Capital and Govern
pGut.