The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-23
WESTERN ORiTORY.
Secession iis Missouri.
SPEECH OF GEN RILEY,
N dte Hotlse Of Representatives. Of Missouri, Feb-
ruGry {, 1861.

IN hte Hottse ~ Representatives, 9t Missouri, Fe-
ruary s, 1861.
After a long and heated discussion on the re
ference Of bill amending the charter of the
city Of Carondelet, to standing committee Of
the House,
Mr. Riley obtained the floor, and addressed the
House:
MR. SFEAkER Everybody is Il pitching into
this matter like toad frogs into a willow swamp,
a lovely evening in the balmy month Of June,
when the mellow light Of the full moon fills with
a delicious Hood the thin ETHEREAL atmospheric
air [Applause.l Sir. want to put in u word,
or perhaps Il word and half.
There seems To be disposition to fight.
say, if there is any fighting 10 be done, come on
with your corn-cobs and lightning-bugs IAp-
Plause- In the language of the ancient Roman,
- Come one, come all, this rock shall fly
From this firm base. in a pigs eye"
Now, there has been 4 great deal of bombast
here to-day | call it bOmbIst from - Alpha to
- Omega U don't understand the meaning of
the words though-) Sir, the question to refer,
is Il great and magnificent question. 1t is the
all-absOrbing questiOn-like u sponge, sir-a
large, unreasonable sponge, of globe shape, in Il
small tumbler Of water-it sucks up everything.
Sir, / stand here with the weapons | have de-
signated, to defend the rights of ST Louis coun-
ty, the rights Of any other cOunty-eyen the
county Of Cedar itself. Laughter and applause.
Sir, the debate has assumed a latitudinosity. We
have had I little black Jack buncOmbe, a little
twO-bit buncOmbe. bOI..b;ist buucOmbe, bung g-hOle
buneombe, and the devil ana his grandmother
knows what other kind Of buncOmbe- Laugh
ter.
Why, SIR Just give some of 'em little South
ern soap and a little Northern water, and quicker
than ! hound pup lick skillet they will
make enough buncOUlbe-lather to wash the golden
flock that Fuams abroad the azure meads of heaven.
ICheers and laughter | allude to the starry
ornament.
The SpezIker-The gentleman is out of order.
He must confne himself TO the question.
Mr. Riley-Just retain your linen If you
please. I'll stick to the text rs close rs pitch
plaster to pine plank, or lean pig TO n hot
rIm rock ICries of :. 20 on - - you ii do ]
want to say To these carboneriferous gentle
men. these igneOus individuals, these detonatins
demons traitors, these pereginOus volcanoes, come
on with YOUR cOmbustibCs, If dOn't-well. |
III suck the gulf Of Mexico through goose quill.
Laughter and applause. Perhaps you think
am diminutive tubers and sparse In the mundane
elevation You may discover, gentlemen, you
AZ. Iaboring under as great a misapprehension rs
though YOU had incinerated your inner vestment
In the language of the noble bard,
IT, b. scared by a cricket IApplarse.I
Sir. we have lost our proper position. Our
proper position l. to the zenith and nadlr-Our
ha,tIs To- the one our heels the other, ut right
ANGLES with the horizon, spinned by that azure
are. Of tine lustrUus firIaaHrent, bright with the
c,rruscltions Of innumerable consultations, and
proud rs u speckled stud horse ON county court /
day. lCheers.
= But how have the mighty fallen in the Ian
e,,Ia,e of the poet Siversmith. We have lost our
I,rnner ulSfti6n We have assumed Il slOshIndIcu-
lar or a Chronological position And what Is
tn. c.luse2 Echo answers . buncoInhe, sir,
buncombe." The people have been ted on
buncornbe while. q lot of spawned, rIngboned, |
hamstrung wind-galied, swyneyed, splithooted, |
distempered. poIleyilIed. pot-bellled politicians
have had their noses in the public crib until there
ain't fodder enough left to make cruel Tor
sick ,rasshOppcT. Cheers and lauShter-I
SIR. thes.. hungry brats keep tuggIng at the
public pap. They say, - let down your milk,
Sukey or YOU IL have split bag" DO they |
think thew can stuff such buncombe down our
crlw2 No sir YOU might as well try to stun
butter in 4 wild with a hot awl IContlnued
IaughterI The thing can't be did
The pnbIfc grind-stOne is "a great institution,
7r-veI -ir. a great institution. One of the /
..re.ltest perhaps that ever rose, relsheu OF zen
Eut. -ir. there Is too much private utiery
,--,uud The thing won't pay Occaslonally a
r., Az. = brought in 10 he fixed up, ostensIbiy
for the purpose Of hewIng down the gharleu
trunks Of error and clearing out the hrush-"ood
of ignorance and folly that Obstruct tne Pupiic
HIGHWAY Of progress. The machine whIrls; the
ave !. appIied The Iookers-on are enchanted
,,i-b tbe brilliant sparks elected. The tool Is
polished keenly edged; and, while the puoliG
star,. I'm gaping expectancy OF seeing thc IO'u
cleared me implement IS II yly taken on 20 I'M
-r,vp the private acres OF spiie I'IltiiAu lA'~i
If The ratpIe- What is the result? The OBJ
s+-,,crians remain unmOved. The people curse
b,,,s, the car Iass-Or, if it does move, 'tIs at
-. ,.-r.ense of a broken wheel and n Jaded and
-,re-bicked team. | tell you. the thing won
~ The time will come when the nasal pro |
-r+,rias of these disinserested grinders VIII De
Ut ~ the stone. instead of their hardware |
fInnIause.I I am mighty afraid the machine Is
!, ,iiinq to Stop. The grease is giving out thun-
,Ia7ing fast IL Is beginning to creIk on It's axis.
Gentlemen, it Is my private opinion, confidential
10 expressed that all the grit Il pretty near worn
of. lAppIaluse-l r1..;
Mr. SPEAKER, you must excuse me Ior my iiti- |
t,,5inositv and circuniOcutOriness- My old blum
JerblIss -cltters amazingly, but if anybody gets /
Tanuered. it amt my fault if they are IN the
way ...r - |
Sir. these dandadical, suTersquirticai, maho-
.,,n,--f,ced e,entrv-what DO they know about the /
TI.t.5nrz of freeciom? About rs much, SIR rs /
80 fr7,r does Of high glory. Do they think
tbev can escape me? III follow them through |
,,anIIemonium and high water [Cheers and
laughter
TI6ese are the ones that have got our liberty
,oIe off its perpendicularity- lis they who
Igo,,Id reud the stars and strIpes-that noble
a,o, tn. blood of our revolutionary fathers EN-
L,ined in It's red. The purity of the cause for
,rbirb thew ded-denoted by the white; the
bIue-the. freedom they attained, like the azure
air that wr.lus their native hills and fingers on
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