Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-03-22
A speech in the Missouri Legis-
skature.

lowing speech We commend the eloquent
remarks to the stndious pernsal of every pa
triot of the land:
Speech Of Gen. Riley an the House Of Rep
resentotioes Of Missouri, Feb s, 1861.
After q long and heated discussion of the
reference of a bill amending the charter of
the city Of Carondolet to standing COM
mittee Of the House,
Mr.. Riley obtained the floor and address
ed the House. !.
Mr.. Speaker: Everybody is pitching into
this matter like. toad frogs into a willow
swamp. on lovely evening in the balmy
month Of June, when the mellow light of
the full moon nlls with delicate food the
thin ETHEREAL atmospheric air. Applanae. I
Sir, | want to put in word, Or perhaps a
word and a half
There seems to be disposition to fight
| say, if there is any fighting to be done,
come on with your corn cobs and lightuing>
bugs! Applause. In the language Of
the ancient Roman,
e'Come one, come al, this rock shall fly,
From its firm base, IN a pigs eye''
Now, there has been great deal of bonn
bast here to-day. / call it bombast from
alpha to Omega" (I don't understand
the meaning Of the words, though Sir,
the question to refer is a great and magnif-
icent question. It is the all-absorbiug
questlon-like sponge, sir--a large un-
measurable sponge, Of globe shape, in a
small tumbler of water--it sucks up every
thing. Sir, | stand here with the weapons
| have desighated, to defend lie rights OF
st. Louis county, the rights of any other
county--even the county Of Cedar itself
Laughter aud applause Sir, the debate
has assumed latitudinoslty. We have had
little black jack buncombe, a little two
bit buncombe, bang hole blDcombe, BON.
bast buncombe, land the devil and his grand
mother knows what other kind of bum
combe. Laughter.
Why, sir, just give some Of them little
Southern soap and : little Northern water.
and quicker than hound pup can lick a
skillet, they will make buncombe lathe,
to wash the golden flock that roans abroad
the azure n,eaeis OF heaven. Cheers and
laughter | allude to the starry 6rma
ment.
The peaker-The gentleman is out Of
order. lie must conhne himself to the
question
Mr.. Rlley-Just retain your linen, il Won
please. I'll stick to the text as close as a
pitch plaster to pine plank, Or lean pig
TO hot jam reck. lCries OF Ego GU, >
you'll do,
! want TO say to those cArtoniferous gen
tlemen, these igneous individuals, these Diet
onatiug demonstrators, these pereginotaS
yolcanues, come on with your cen, bustibes
II dou't-well I'll suck up the Gulf Of
Mexico Through goose quill Laughter
ana applause
Perhaps you think am di.niua.i7e, ia
bers and sparse in the mundane elevation
You may discover, gentlemen you are la.
poring under as great misrepresentation as
though you Lad ,ucinerated yonr inner vest
ment. In The language OF the great and
noble bard,
! - was not born in theket,
/ 70 be scared By cricket"
r. {Arplause.
Sir we have lost cur. pr6per position
I Oar proper position Is to the zennlh aud
Ladir-oar heads u the one, our heels to
the other, at right angle with the horizon,
spangled by that azure arc of the lustrous
| ornament, bright With the corruscations of
,anumerable consultations, and proud as "a
speckled stud horse on Court day (Lausa-
ter and cheers
'But how have the mighty f2ilen," in
the language of the poet Sllversmith We
have lost our proper position, We have as.
sniaed sloshlndcular or diagnological
position. And what is the cause echo
answers "buncomhe," sir, "buncombe -
The people have been ted on buncomhe
while lot OF spawned. ringboned, ham
strung, wing CALLED swyn-eyed, pot beiied
split hoofed, distempered, polleyied, poll
tlclans have had their noses in the public
CRIB until there Amt fodder enou gh LETT t.
make a Cruel for a sick grass hopper
Laughter ]
Sir. these hungry brais keep t,igginf at
the public pap. They say. '.let down your
milk, Sukey, or you'll have split bag =
DO they think they can stuff such huu.
come down our craw? No, sir. you might
as we'll try to stuff butter in wild cat with
d bot awl. CONTINUED laughter The
thing can't be did
The public grindstone is great institu.
tut.on, sir-yes, sir, great instruction.
One OF he greatest, perhaps that ever rose,
relgned CT fell. But, sir, there is too much
private cutlery ground. The thing Won;
pay. Occasionally big axe is brought in
TO oe hxed up, ostensibly for The purpose Of
hewlng down the guarded trunk Of error
aud clearing out tie brushwood of ;opo,
rance and folly that obstructs the public
highway OF progress. The machne whirls;
the axe is applied. The lockers on are en-,
chanted with the brilliant sparks elicit d
me tool is polished; keeny edged; and
while the public stare in gaping expectancy
Of seeing the road cleared, the Implement
is silly taken of: to improve the private a
ores OF some s'fathful friend CT the people J"
hat is the result? The Instructions re-
main unmoyed The people curse because
the ear lags-or. if it does move, it's at the
expense OF broken wheel and jaded and
bare backed team | tell you, tne thing
won't pay. The time viii come when the
nasal promontories of these disinterested
grinders will be put to the zione, instead of
their hardware. Applause am NIGH
ty afraid the machines going to stop The
grease is giving out laundering fast. It is