The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-04-10
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. AGsE a 'o7g And heated dscussica on the
tt'eTerct o. bill amsDding the charter Of the
city OF CsTchasIst, to standing Committee Of
. the House. s
} Sir. Riley obtained the foo. and addressed
the House. af q
Ms. SPSAKEH: Everybody "a pitching in.
; TO this matter like toad frogs into a willow
! swamp, upon a lovely evening in the belmy
mouth Of June, when the mellow light Of the
full moon fills with delicious food Of the thin,
ethereal atmospheric air. [Applsuse1 Sir,
want to put in word, or perhaps word and
half
There seems to be disposition to fight.
say, if there is to be any fghting done, come on
with your corn cobs and lightning bugsl Zap.
plause. In the language Of the ancient Ro-
man, sE8
Come one, come oil, this rock shall fly
From its hrm base IN pigs eye.
Now, there has been great deal Of bom-
bast here to day. | call it bombast from Alpha
J to Omega II don't understand the meaning
OF the words though SIR, the question to re-
Ter, Is great and magnificent question. Il is
the all-sbsorbing question-lke sponge sir--
a large unreasonable sponge, of globe shape, in
large tumber OF water--it sucks up every
thing Sir, | stand here with the weapons
have just designated, to defend the rights Of q.
ny other county even the county Of Csiar it
self Laughter and applause. Sir the de-
bate has assumed latitudinosity. We have had
a little black jack buncombe, little two bit
buncombe, and the devil and his grandmother
knows what other kind of buncombe; Laugh
ter
Why, sir, just give soma of them little
Southern soap and little Northern water. and
quicker than a hound pup can lick skillet,
they will make enough buncombe-lather to
wash the golden flock that roams abroad the
azure meadI of Heaven. [Cheers.l / allude
to the starry armament
The Speaker. The gentleman is out Of order.
He must confne himself to the question.
Mr.. Riley. just retain your linen IL you
please. I'll stick to the text as close as pitch
plaster to pine plank or a lean pig to hot
jam rock. Cries Of "go on;'' "you'll do.']
want to say to these carboniferous gentle-
men, these isneous individuals, these detoua.
ting demonstrators these pereginous volcanoes,
come on with your combustiblesl IF | dent
we'll I'll suck the guilt of Mexico through
goose gull. Laughter and applause) Per-
haps you think | am diminulive tubers and
sparse in the mundane elevation. You may dis.
cover, gentlemen, you are laboring under as
great mi>apprehension as though you had in
cinerated your inner vestment In the ian
guage Of the noble bard,
| II was not born in thickst a.
To be scared by cricket" 34g
Sir, we have lost our proper position. Our
proper position is to the zenith and nadir--our
heads to the one our heels to the other, at
right angles with the horizon, spanded by that
azure arc of the illustrous iirmament, glorious
with the conuscations nnumerable constella-
tions, and proud as speckei stud horse on
county court day. [Cheersl rt
how hov Ia ~. "a u =. AZ
guage Of Silveismite We have lost our proper
position. We have assumed sloshindiealar
or chronological position. And what is the
cause? Echo answers 'buncomb,' sir, "bun-
, combe." (" The people have been fed on buIconbe,
while q lot Of spavi ed, iiugboned, hamstfung,
wind CALLED, swyneyed splithoo fed, distetnper-
ed, poleved, pot belied politicians have had
their noses in the public crib until there amt
fodder enough lett to make Cruel for sick
Igrasshopper Cheers and laughterI
Sir, these hungry brats keep tugging at the
public pap. They say. "let down your milk su-
key, or you'll have split bag" Do they think
they can stuff such buncombe down our crawl
No, sir, you might as wel try to stuff butter in
a wild cat with hot awl. Continued laughter
The thing can't be did.
The public giindstone il great institution,
sir--yes, sir, great institution. One Of the
But, sir, there is too much private cutlery
ground. The thing won't pay. OCCASIONALLY
a big axe is brought in to he fixed up, ostensi
bly, for the purpose Of hewing down the gnarled
trunks o error and cleaning out the brushwood
OF ignorance and folly that obstruct the public
highway OF progress. The machine whirls; the
axe isappliei. The bystanders are enchanted
with the briliancy OF the sparks elected. The
tool is polished; of keen edg ;and while the pub
lie stare in gaping expectancy OF seeing the
rad cleared, the implement is slyly taken off
to improve the private acres OF some "faithfut
friend Of people," What is the result? Tbs
distractions remain unmosed. The people
curse because the lsgs--or, if 4. does move, tits
at the expense Of broken wheel and jaded and
sore backed team | tell you, the thing Won't
pay. The time will come when the nasal
promontories Of these dsinterestedness grind
ers will be put to the stone, instead Of their
hardware. lApplause | am mighty afraid
the machine IS going to stop. The greaee ID
giving out laundering fast 1t is beginning to
creak on its axis. Gentlemen, l. Il my pri.
vate opioion, confidential y expressed, that all
OF the "grit Is nearly worn of. tApplausel
| Mr.. Speaker, yod must excuse me for nv
lattudinosIty and circumlocatoriousness. Ny
old blanderbuss seattcrs amazingly, but ifany-
body gets peppered; it amt my FAULT if they are
in the way.
| Sir, these dandaeml, supersquirtical, mahog.
any-taced gentry-what do they know of the
| blessings OF freedom? About as IT. uch, sir, as,
a toad frog does Of high glory. Do they think
they can escape me? I'll follow them through
pandstnonium aud high water! [Cheers and
laughter.
These are the ones that have got our iiter-
ty pole off its pirpendicuarity. Ills they who
would rend the stars an stripes---ihat noble
flag, the blood OF our revolutionary fathers en-
blemed in its red. The purity OF the cause for
which they died--denotsd by the white the
blue--the freedom they attained, like the azure
air that wraps their native hills and fingers on
their lovely plains. [Chesrs.l The high bird
OF liberty sits perched qa the top most branch.
but there is secession salt on his glorious TAIL
| fear that be will no more spread his noble pin
ions to soar beyond the azure regions Of the boz
real pole. But let not Missouri pull the last
feather from bis sheltering wing te, plume
shalt to pierce his noble breast; or, what IS tho
same, make pan to sign secession ordinance.
Applause. Alas my poor bird, they drive
you from the branches OF the heinlock Of The
North, and the palmetto Of the South. come o..
yer to the gum tree Of the West and we will
protect your noble birdship, while water grows
and grass runs. [fnmsnse applaasa Mf.
Speaker, I sabside for the present. agl ysaast
MopERN observation-disclosures ----ssClarinds,
dear. arc you going into mourning icr Auars
death?" fsY -st M NJ 40
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