, 1861-04-11
Missouri Eloquence.

be regular brick, or, to the better .cOmprchen-
sion Of Caliornians regular I" Suiek." On
the subject Of amending the charter Of the city
Of Carondelet, he rose in the Assembly, on the
Sth Feb. and made the following rambling re-
marks: syaf rarr -er .f.
II Mn. SPEAKER :-Everybody Is pitching into
this matter like toad frogs into willow swamp,
on lovely evening in the balmy month Of June,
when the mellow light Of the full moon tllls with
. delicious flood the thin, ETHEREAL atmospheric
air. [Applause.l Sir, want to put in word,
or perhaps . word and half
There seems to be disposition to fight
say, if there Is any fighting to be done, come on
with your eorn-cobs and lightning bugsl APP
planse. In the language Of the ancient Roman,
30 Come one, come al, this rock shall fly
From its firm base, in pigs eye" Il.
Now, there has been great deal Of bombast
here to-day. call it bOmbast from alpha" to
/" Omega" Il don't understand the meaning Of
the words though.) Sir, the question to refer
is great and magnificent question. It is the
all.a6sorbing questionable q 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 desig.
mated, to defend the rights Of st. Louis county,
the rights Of any other county-evrn the county
Of Cedar itself Laughter and applause. Sir,
the debate has assumed o latitudinousty. We
have little blackjack buncOmbe, Q little two
bit buncombe, bOmbast buncombe, bung.ho
buncombe, and the devil and his grandmother
knows what other buncOmbe. [Laughter.l
Why, sir, just give some Of EN- little South
ern soap and little Northern water, and quicker
than a hound pup can OK q skillet they will
make enough buncombe.lathcr to wash the
golden flock that rOams abroad the azure meads
Of heaven. Cheers and laughter.l | allude to
the starry tImam. nt
The Speaker. The gentleman Is out Of order.
lie must cOntne himself to the question.
Mr.. Riley. Just retain your linen, il YOU please.
IN stick to the text as close as pitch plaster to
inc plank, or lean pig TO a hot jam rock.
[Cries Of " go on;r "youll dol e-ra.
II want to say to these carboneriferous gentle.
men, these ingenious individuals, these detonat
ing demonstrators, these peFegenOiis volcanoes,
| come on with your combustiblesi lf | don't
well, III suck the gull Of Mexico dry through a
goose quill [Laughtcr and appausc.l Perhaps
| WI think am dl,ninutive tubers, ahL s1arse in
the mundane elevation. You may discover, gen.
tlenIen, you are LbOrng under as great u mis-.
apprehension, ~ though you hal incinerated
your inner ycstmcnt. In the language Of the
noble bard, gaf '7'fs'l s.'zss
2 ~ was not born in q thickct u r-9l
To be scared BY a.crickeL" tApplause.l
Sir, we lave lcst Our proper position. Our
proper position IN to the zenith and nadrA-o6r
heads to the one, our heels to the other, at right
"s"e NJ .us HP@.,.eI " '"a:
S'o VI me luaarGns ~. nr.'nue" pnsn. w" .ns
gurus, ou'usea1o"s M " ,"tu.nsIao'e oulessl'"'o"s' ~"
TSa.. Huu "s 'te'N''u "o'S' =" COUNTY 'ou'' way
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uS ~ NV nas. u,g .nsnt .a"vu, ~ me IA"
,,"r Sroner roi;,;or W. h.y" .ss"x.J \ slosS.
PUT pToPer PoSit'oh, we nave assumed sos''. su.
inu,culqr OF dlaeanoloScal position Andwnat
s tne cause! ESuo gI answers o"hco'""e, n sI'
, ou"eo. ~ peoro nav oeen ~ y, ="
Sunconoe, Mnus : 10y ol spavlneg, s. HngooneI'
n,alns'Iung' ,g "lnu'game0, s""e,eyeu, sP"t,ncc.eu,
y'see'IPyTsu, .Po.eV'"eu, Pot'1eneu pomuyIAlls "
nave nay the" noses in inc puohc crlD uh theLe
HInS ,ouuer enough 70 make gLuei 'or s'cA
s'sssnoPper' lonee,s anu 'ausn.erJ ~
Si, .nese hungry orats Keep tugslns a. une
I"Sw JUS pap ,ou% s s s';,, M uJ~" W. OII w , sh.s,
sSkyy; % yooM nave ., spIt oag 10 tney
MunE 'nsy eAn sun spcn ouncomUe uown our
erawt no, ar you might as as wei try 70 stun
ou1er uvwn sw.a M cay WIN anos asLL lOonun-
uea laaenter:l Inc thng can't % dld.
Hne puonc grndrseone Is great Instteuon,
Mr-yes, s'r' great 'nstltntnn. One OF tne
greatest perhaps that ever rose, reigned or fell.
bue s'r, there Is TOO mucn prlxate cuuery
gseanot Ihe ening won't pay Oeeasionaiy
Eso,g axe1s Drought 10 20 % nxed up ostensIoly
Tor tne purpose Of hewing down tho gnarIed
rHakse = Ierror Eng se.I'ne ou. tne' osashyosd
highway Of progress. The machine whifis tlie
axe apPneg. Ing Iookerson arc 1 shcnantgu =
Win me brilliant sparks elicHe1 Inc 700, .
pohshed; keeniy edgeu; ana, WINE tne Puohc
stare Is gaping 10 expectancy o. seeing .he road
slsareaS ths Implement y slyy mken On % lm,