The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-03-20
Important Speech of General Riley,
of Missouri

We call immediate attention 10 the fol.
lowing speech. We commend tue elo'
qnen, remarks to the s,udious perusal Of
all the patriots Of the land:
After a long and heated discussion on
the reference Of a bill amending the char.
ter Of the city Of CarondeIel to s,andiug
committee Of the House, Mr.. Riley ob
tanned the floor aud addressed the House:
MR SpEAKER.-EVerybody is pitching
i'io this matter like toad frogs into a viii.
low swamp, on lovely evening in the
hamy mouth of June, when the mellow
light of the full moon fills with delicious
foo! the thin. e,hcrial atmospheric air.
Apraus". Sir, want to put in word
ar perhaps word and hall.
There seems to be disposition to fixht.
| say, II there is any fighting to be done,
come on with your corn cohs and light
ming bugs! Applause In the language
Of the ancient Roman,
"Comc one, come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base, in pigs eyes"
Now, there has been great deal Of
hombas; here 10 day. | call it bombas,
from Alpha" to Omega" Il don't un
derstand the meaning Of the words
though Sir, the question to refer is
grea. and magnificent ques,ion. 1t isthe
sll.sorbing question--like a sponge, sir
large un,neasurabIe sponge, Of globe
shape. In a small tumb!er Of water-,t
sucks up everything Sir. I stand hero
with the weapons ! have designated, to
defend The rights Of St. Louis county, the
rights Of any other county-even the
county Of Cedar Itself Laughter and
applause Sir, the debate has assumed
a stitudinosity. We have bad little
black jack buncombe,a a title two bit bun
comhe, bombsst buBcombe, hung hole
huncombs, and the devil and bis grand
mother knows what other kind Of bun.
comhe Laughter
Why, sir, just give some Of 'em little
southern soap and little Northern wa,
ter, aud quicker than hound pup can
lick a skile, they will make enough bun.
combe lather 10 wash the golden flock
that rosms abroad the azure mesds OF
heaven. aIlude TO the starry frma
nient.
The Speaker. The gentleman ia out
OF order. He must confine himself to The
question.
Mr.. Riley. Jus, retain your linen IL
you please. III stick to the text a. close
as pitch plaster to a pine plank. or a
lean pig to no. jam rock. Cries Of go
on, you'll do.
/ want TO say to these carboniferous
gentlemen, these ingenious individuals,
these detonating demonstrators, these per
eginous volcanoes, come on viii, your
conIbus,ibles! II ! dont--well I'll
suck the gulf Of Mexi:o through a goose
quill. Laughter and appIau.e1 Per
baps you .bink am diminutive tubers
ard sparse in the mundane slevation.-
You may discover, gentlemen, you are
lsboring under as great a misapprshen
as though you had incline, aled your in.
ner vestmenL 10 the language Of the
noble bard,
ri was not born in q thicket
To be scmed by n cricket"
Sir, We have los. our proper position.
Our proper position 10 to the zenith and
nadir--our heads 10 the one, our heels to
ias other, q, right angle with the hori.
zon, spanded BY that azure are OF the
lusuors armament, bright with the cur
ruscstlons o! inpomesabls consultations.
and proud as spsckeled stud horse ON
county court day.
"Bat ho~ have the mighty fallen" In
the language Of the poet Siiseumi,o.--
We have lost our proper position. We
have sssumed slosbiudicular or dia-
geological position. Aud What is the
csossi Echo answers 'buncombs' ear,
'bnnsombe'. Ths people hare bssa fed