Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-21
Prontico' Jokes.

ot the heads ot at least orty or hfty douglas ON
cials by tho Administration. We have read Of .
large church somewhere In Europe. the wallis Of
which arc constructed entirely Of human skulls
10 presume. that before tho end ofthis campaign
there will be enough Douglas heads lying about
tho land to build church Of at least twice the
sixe necessary to accommodate all tho decent
Christians that belong to tho disunion party.
The Louisville Courier talks Of establishing the
sway Of tho Democracy for the benefit of genera.
tons yet unborn. II the away Of such . Demo-
cracy ~ we have got now Is to be established. the
generation unborn had better remain ~ they are
or apply for admission TO some other country or
world than this.
II has been suggested by some who probably
havn't sounded tho depths Of Humphrey Mar
shall's dirintsrcsted patriotism, that he turned
Brecknr,dge man to get tho vacant season tho
bench OF the Supreme Court But IL Humphrey
gets to DO Judge this time. we are none.
Col. North. prominent mail agent in New
York, arrested mail rubber recently aud was
turned out of othte tho next day. Before catch
ing that partienlar robber, hc should havo
gone - Washington aud inquired whether 1t
would bo perfectly agreeable to tho Adn,instra.
tiun.
The Memphis Avalanche says TINT tl,cro seams
now Ia hc scarcely whisper for Douglas ia
Tennessee. That's II solemn fact. Tho Liitle
Giants Tennessee friends don't think il necessary
~ Whisper they prefer shoutins as il every man
of them had double ,ct Of lungs.
Mississip paper ,nys that JEFF DAVIS could
swallow ulhuglas without mn .tcating. Even If
JeH were to do that, tho L,ttle Giant wouldn' t
mind il Mt all. lie would reappear in n few mo
mcnrs as h,,sk and lively nm Gel swallowed by
sand hill crane
The Dcmoc,ntie organ nj Elsaheihtown saya !:
l,t,.l ,,T II
fer squattcr sovereignty 10 secession" Certainly
the people would. Sluatter- sovereignty IL bad
enough, bur, compared to Yanocyism, i, sllypo.
non to Saiyr,
The Dougns men aud tho Breckenridge mon in
Middleiown, C"nnccticnt. are dcmolishing each
others nng poles Why don't the cowardlv lc-
lows 80 10 work upon saeh others persons in.
stead Of wrenking their fury upon tho hslpless
timer
grand Breckinriase ratification meeting was
advertised to com. "Hnl Bowlin,reen on ,he 4th nf
July. Tho 4lh came on but tho meeting dint.
" any te.sovernl persons who huntcd diligently
Tor 1t couldn't find IL.
The frnnsy ylvaninns trust that Humphrey
Marshal viii long be shining light in tho Demo
cratic party, Yes. sci him on fire. and we should
think he might bern ill his blaso mingled with
the final c"tilnGfation.
The editor Of the Constitution says that his
friends must all put their shoulders to tho polit-
cal wheel. zach i"nw- he -houll he compel
led to put their fsn to the wheel-that sort Of
wheel called a tread mill.
We supp,se, thnt. when Humphrey Marshall
returns here. the Brecknridge men will kill tho
iattel calf for him. In compliment to Humphrey Y
the calf ought to be as fat ns he is.
Con. Bowman retired voluntarily from the Con-
.l..pa- :.
virtue Of necessity. aud it is the only virtue he
has got.
Tho Administration insists upon allying il,
rrlf with the Ynnccy Breckinrdge party.
Heaven knows the party would bo weak enough
without any such miserable alliance as that
Tho frs-eaters bolted the Democratic National
ConyeEti0n and then tried to get in it again and
couldn't. They bolted from tho hall, and the door
was bolted after them
Tho Memphis Avalanche talks about the forlorn
hope OF the Democratic party. All the hope il hns
got is so fororn to be utterly undistinguishablo
hom despair.
MIR We Il Of the the Albany Evening Jour
nal sncers at tho g old gentleman. = llc Ger
tainly isn't Of their number, though he is old ="
enough.
We don't look for combination Of the two
divisions Of the Democracy IL any Of tho State..
How can disjeintcd party get up joint tick
ct?
A Mississippi paper bpnsts TINT Rabert Strange
has joined the Btccknrilge party. We SUP
pose he is the partys tail "A Bob.taiel par
~.
The strange noise heard every night for some
timo past is said to be tho gibbering of the ghost
Of Lofocoism.
IIerschel V. johnson says that capital should
own labor. " We hold that labor should own
capital.