Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-19

still seud The clouds iofire tho Storm
etlI naked IN the bowling night
The red ei ed light. house lifts it form.
ea without, The world Is Wild With rage,
Bu with the father and the son
within, there is the peace Of God.
French Run ut the Expense of the United
p statss-Fhe Paris CharIvarf ON our De.
meslio ARairs. m1-
Ckasivari has something to say about the
row in the United States. The following is
his history of the proceedings in a caucus of
South Carolina Secessionists;
The Chairman-Jobson has the floor.
Jobson-Nothing is easier | shall take oc-
casion during the applause of the house to eat
n bite of bread; your murmurs will give me
time 70 clean the bone of my leg of turkey,
aud your indescTibable emotions to empty a
glass of wine.N
Chairman Smiling = You'll sprinkle
YOUR speech.
Jobson-Yes, and l beg Of the audience
not to be sparing of their manifestations.
Light hilarity, which the orator puts to
good uEe.l
DEMONSTRATING with his mouth fully
Gentlemen, l wish TO submit to you a project
I have a long time studied, but | must say to
you in sdvance-That nerves this turkey
must have had
Cha;fman-That last remark will appear
TO tie audience as irrelevant to the subject.
Jobson-No doubt, and it wa not to them
I was speaking It was an aside. To resume
In the first place, gentlemen, we ought to
take steps for the organization of a powerful
army. | need not tell you that the Union
has never been famous for the number of its
soldiers.
A voice-whats the difference if the quail.
ity is there 2 General appreciation followed
Chairman-Well! has the orator gone to
s.eep2
Jobsou-A thousand pardons, but I had
found a more tender side.
Chairman-To our soldiers?
JObso1-No, to my turkey. We were say
Jig that we ought TO form a powerful army,
sld thanks to my project, we can form il
vita the greasest facility. | propose to
enrol the nigeers, aud to treat them exactly
IS the East India Company did the Sepoys,
[SciveTing s and murmurs
Cbairmar-You desire, then, that our
q siaves should do 10 US what the Indians did
to the English during the last revolt?
Enthusiastically not; it is not that that
I wish.
Chsirmau-That their example may serve
us for a lesson, then?
Jobson-I yield and acknowledge not
having sufficiently reflected on what | said
my project, certainly, is not mature.
ChSirman-Your turkey absorbs you too
muck.
80 Jobson-It is finished, Mr.. Chairman.
Ghairmau-Ahl So much the better.
.Jobsor-Now that l have shown the way
to have a powerful army-[Groans in the
audience. Jobsoa profits by the noise to
take q pull at his bottle. Hilarityl-we
must msneuver t usefully. We must, under
the penalty of ,owardice, seize the City of
w TI,.-rr I - zaav,Dr AIo No.,
itoi. We shall then have at our disposition
the Federal treasure, and archives, and every
thing we need. He drinks.l
Cb8irman-I would beg leave to remark to
the orator, that he was not interrupted, and
get be took a drink.
Jobson-I confess that I counted on a lit
tie applause in that place.
Chairmsn-Contiuue.
Jobson-To drink?
C~hsirmaB-BhI No, to speak.
Jobson-I obey. Fellow citizens, now
that l have unrOlled my vast plan, | have
OulY now to propose myself as a candidate
for The Presidency.
Voices-Thsnk youl How you get along.
The turkey has msde you ambitious.
Jobsor-Wss il not | that suggested the
means of creating a powerful army?
Chsirmsn-He IS going to bore us with his
% powerful army. Numerous voiees-Yes,
yes
Jobson-(Wiib tears in his voice)-Ingra-
titude already | ought 10 have expected as
much. Be il So It Is not to me you will
owe your Numerous cohorts.
Chsirman-Not possible!
JObson-At any rate, ! may aspire to the
command of The army
Voices-Hsve you ever been in battle2
Jobson-N Never and tits on That's u that
I dare 20 solicit your confidence. General
establishment. Speak explain YOURSELF 1t
is clear that | shall not carry into the com.
msnd Of the powerful army | have created
Voices Againl
JobsOu-None of the prejudices of which
the great captains have given US such unfor-
tunste examples, If I commit any faults
they viii not have been taught me by Vauban,
nor JOmini, nor Napoleon. No, gentlemen,
/ cay it with pride, my mistake will be above
al and before all American mistakes Long
Rppisuse. Gentlemen throw their hats
scfoss the hall afew r~evolvers are discharged
in tOEe en- ofapprObstion there results a short
respite which enables the orator to resume
bis conversation with the bottle.]
C~haiImsn-l join in the reclamation of
the audience in order 70 do justice to this
magnificent effort of Orat0ry and desire to
complete the triumph Of the citizen Secs
sionis;s by awarding him an embrace. He
seizes Jobson by force arOu0d the middle OF
the body and embraces him; the rapidity OF
the movement i~nteIcepts the passage Of the
liquid Z he throat OF The orator and gives
him a violent At 0fcOughing.1
Several Yoices-He's suifocating he's
tuTting blue let him gol
GhsiTman-(With kinduess)-No matter
tie meeting is adjourned.