The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-12
Nirhmunh pispatrb.
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH IL. 1851.

ASpeech in the Missouri Legislature.
We call immediate attention to the follow.
ing speech. We commend the eloquent re-
marks to the studious pernsal of all the pat
riots Of the land:
Speeca Of Gen. Riley, in the House Of Repre-
ssntdtiees Of Missouri, February s, 1851.
] After a long and heated discussion on the
reference OF a bill amending the charter OF the
city of Caroudoiet to standing committee OF
the House,
Mr.. Riley obtained the noor ana addressed
Mr. Speaker Everybody is pitching into
this matter like toad frogs into Willow
swamp, on a lovely evening IN the oaimy
month of June when the mellow light of the
full moon fills with delicious hood the thln,
ethereal atmospheric air. Applause Sir,
l want to put in a word, or perhaps "a word
and half.
There seems to be disposition to fight. l |
saw if there is any fighting TO be done, come |
on with your corn -coos and lightning bugs -
Applause In the language Oh the ancient |
Roman,
Come one, come all. this rock shall fly.
From It's arm baso, in pigs eye
Now there has been great deal of bouIbast
here to-day. l call IL bombast from alpha
to Omega" q don't understand the mean
ing of the words, thought Sir the question
10 refer is a great and magnificent question:
IL il the all absorbing ues tion-like II sponge,
SRA large undesirable sponge, OF globe
shape in Il small tumber of waier-it sucks
mp everything. Sir, l stand here with the
weapons l have designated, TO defend the
rights of ST. Louis county, the rights OF any
other county-eyen the county OF Cedar 1t
self daughter and applause Sir, the de-
bate has assumed n lautudiuosity we nave
had a little black jack buncombe, little TWO
hit buncombe bombast buncombe bung hole
buneombe, and the devil and ms grandmother
knows what other kind ofbuncombe- Laugh
Why. sir, lust give some of EN- little
, Southern soap and a little Northern water,
and quicker than hound pup can Iiek , shil-
let they will make enough puneo,mpe ahrnad
TO wash the golden dock That roilns aoroaa
The azure meads of heaven. Cheers ana
lauehterl allude to the starry ornament
The Speaker-The gentleman is out OF or
,ar He mus, confine himself 10 the question.
Mr. Riiey-Just retain your linen II You
please FL stick TO the text as close as d
pitch plaster to pine plank, or lean pig 10
a hot am rock. [Cries OF ''go on, you II
want to say to these carbonerlferous gen
tleIneu, these igueous individuals, These de-
tonating demons traitors these peregihohs 'oi.
canoes, come on with your combustioIeGS "a
don't yell III suck the Gun OF mexico
through a goose quill Laughter ana APP
plause. Perhaps you think am olilh '0'
tubers and sparse in the mundane elevation.
You NAV discover, gentlemen, you are iiooL
ing under as great misa pprehensIon as thou5h
you had Moderated your inner Vestmeh'' AZ
the language of the noble ri,
81 was not born in a thicket $3.50 g,
To be scared by cricket lAppiauso'l
Sir we have lost our proper position. Gu
proper position is TO the zenith ana nadlr-Oui
he IDS to the one, our heels to the other, at
right angle with the horizon, spanded by tn u
tZnre arc OF the lustrnus armament, brlgh
With the currusc ttions of innumeribe con
,tplIttions, and proud as Il ~peckled stud
morse on county court day. Cheers
.sBut how nave the mighty fallen" in the
ltngu tye of the poet Slversmith We nave
lostour proper position We have assumed
a slo~hiudicultr or a chronological position -
Aud what is the cause Echo answers bun
combe' sir, "buncombe. Inc people nave
- h,,po pa WI n In n . n 4 npJ
riugboned, hamstrung, wind CALLED sWyn-
eyed split hoofed, distempered, pollevilled,
pot -bailird politicians have hid their noses in
the public crib until there am tfodder enough
H. [ /, txa Cruel for 8 sick grasShopper.-
GCheers and laughter
Sir. These hungry br,ts keep Juggling at the
public pap They ~, ''let down your milk,
Sucky or you'N have Il split bag" Do they
think they stuff such buncombe down our
crawl No, sir you might as we'll try to stun
butter in a wild cat with a hot aWl. Con
tiuued laughter.l The thing cant be did.
The public grindstone is "A great institution,
sir-yes, sir. gre 1t institution. one OF the
greatest perhaps that ever rose, reigned or
fell. But, sir there is too much private cut
Iery ground. The thing won't pay. Occa-
sioualIy big axe is brought III TO be liked up,
ostensibly for the purpose of hewing down
the gnar led trunk of error and clearing out the
brushwood of ignorance and folly that OBJ
struct the public highway of progress. The
machine whirl5; the axe Is applied Inc
lockers on are enchanted with the briilian
sparks elected. The tool Is polished keenly
edged and while the pnblic stare in gaping
expectancy of seeing the road cleared, til,
implement is slyIy taken off 10 improve tn
private acres of some faithful friend of TIL
people" What is the result The obstruc
tons remain unmoyed. The people curse be
cause the car lags-or, If 1t does move, us Il
the expense OF a broken wheel and jaded am
sore backed team. ! tell you, the thing won
pay. The time will come when the nasa
prOmon tories of these disinterested grinder
will be put TO the stone, instead of their hard
ware IApplause.l am mighty afraid tn
machine is going 10 stop. The grease IS glvin
out laundering fast. 1t is beginning TO crea
on its axis. Gentlemen, it is my priyat
IN, cont1dentially expressed, that all tn
''grit is pretty near worn oil lApplause.I
AZ. Speaker, you must excuse me Tor IN
la1itudinosty and circumlocu tOriness. Nj
old biunderbuss scatters amazingly, but
anybody gets peppered, II AIN my fault
they are in the way.
Sir, these dandadical, supersquirtical, ma
hogany faced gentry-what do they kno'
about the blessings of freedom? About a
much, sir, as toad frog does OF high glory
DO they think they can escape mer I'll fol
low them through pandemonium and hig
water! (Cheers and laughter.l
These are the ones that hts got our libert
pole off its perpendicuiarity. It's they VIII
would rend the stars and stripes-that nobl
flag, the blood of our revolutionary father
emblemed in its red The purity of the caus
for which they died-denoted by the white til
blue-the freedom they attained, like the azur
air that wraps their native hills and linger
on their lovely plains. [Cheers The hig
branch, but there is secession salt on his gle
rious tail. i fear he will no more spread h
noble pinions to soar beyond the azure region
of the boreal pole. But let not Missouri pu
the nest feather from his sheltering wing
plume n shaft to pierce his noble breast, o
what is the same make a pen to sign a sece:
sion ordinance. Applause Alas, poor bir
if they drive you from the branches of Il
hemlock of the North and the palmetto of Il
South, come over to the gum tree OF the Yves
and we will protect your noble birdshi
while water grows and grass runs. (lmmen
cpplause.l Mr. Speaker, subsde for Il
present.
Culture OF PEA NuTs.-The pea nut is Gu
tiyated in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolin
&c. 1t is planted in ridges about three fe
apart, and tie vine stands up about a foot
perpendicular height. The stems shoot out
all directions from it for about fifteen inch
around. These runners have joints about
inch and half apart; and at each joint
strong root strikes down into the ground abo
two inches deep at the e Id of this root Z
pea pod is formed, and comes TO maturit
Some farmers cover these lateral vines WI
earth, while Others leave them bare all I
time. 1t is not agreed which is the belt
mode. When ripe, one bunch OF vines W
have from one two quarts of peas. o
acre will produce from thirty five to III
bushels Of peas.
Poison IN SPIRITUOUs LIQUoRs.-Ina comm
nieation to the Boston Medical and SurgiC