Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-09-22
Mistellantol1s.
skNAToR pouot,As ON JuLEps.

In the speech at Petersburg, Va, Tuesday
night, Judge Douglas, gave the following
historical account Of the discovery" o.
juleps:
About the year l776, man, by the name
of George Rogers Clarke, applied to the
Governor OF Virginia, and suggested to him
that as peace might at any time be declar'
ed between Great Britain and the colonies,
it would be well for US to be in possession
Of the Northwest territory-that which Is
now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and
Wisconsin-se that when the commissioners
came to negotiate the treaty oil peace, we
might act on the we'll. known principle OF mi
possidetis, each party holding oil they had In
possessop. He suggested to the Governor,
that he sbould permit him to go out TO the
Nor,bwest. conquer the country, and hold
it until the treaty Of peace, when we would
become possessed Of it. The Governor con-
sented. and sent him across the mountains
% pittsbure. From there he aud bis compa.
nv foated down the Ohio river on rats to
the falls where Louisville now is, and alter
remaining there short time, they again
took to their RATS, and hoated down TO tue
Saiues, Just below Shawneetown, 10 limos.
Here they took up their march across Inc
country TO Kaskaskia, where there were q
number of French who had formed settle
ment there, ard by means of guide they
reached the Oauaw river, and encamped near
peter Mercnd's house, some little distance
from the town. You see um well acqualnt-
ed with the locality. Laughter and ap,,
plsuse.l They reached there ct night, ard
early the next morning Clarke, got bis
little army of ragamutlins together, (for they
had no army.wagons with supplies, no sutIer,
and no stores, aud by this time began to
look ragged and wretched enough,) and took
nm his line of march for the little French
town Of Kaskaskia. 1t was summer, and
very hot day, and as he entered the town
he saw the Frenchmen belonging 10 II
sitting qnietly on the little verandahs 10
front of their houses, sucking their Juieps
through straw, and he rushed on lhem,
crying, Surrender you suckers you =
[Great laughter The Frenchmen surren-
dered, and from that day to this iillnoisans
have been known as suckers" hehe"eu
laughter :,
That was the origin Of our cognomen, and
when George Rogers Clarke returned 10
Virginia he introduced the juleps here
TLaughter.l Now, l want to give Virgin
iaus fair notice that, when they claim the
honor of o Jefferson, Of Madison, oil
Marshall, of u Wythe Of o George Mason,
aud Of many other distinguished sages ana
patriots as the world ever saw, we yleId
when you claim the glory you achieved on
the field of battle, we yield when you claim
credit for the cessou OF the Northwest
Territory that out of it sovereign States
might be created, we yield ; when you claim
the glory of never having polIed vote
against the Democratic party, we yield but
when you claim the glory of the mint Julep,
hands of; Illinois wants that. Shouts OF
laughter and applause
The above extract, showing not only the
remarkable geographical knowledge OF Judge
Douglas, but his versatility in the illustra'
tiops of his great doctrine, is erroneous IN "a
single particular, and that is that illinois is
entitled to the glory of the discovery how to
construc. julep. That great Democrat
John Milton, some two hundred years ago,
in his magnificent poem Of Comns, speaks OF
the julep 10 the following glowing terms:
"Amd fist behold this cordial iuep here,
That lanes aud dances in his crystal bound',
With spirits oi balm and fragrant syrups mixd
Not that nepeuthe which the wife OF Thone
In Egypt, gave to Jove-Iorn Helena,
Isol such power to stiI upjoyas this,
TO life SO friendly, or So cool to Ihi'st'