The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-30

thing. Sir, stand here with the weapons
| have designated, 10 defend the rights Of
st. Louis County, the rights of any other
county-evcn the county Of Cedar itself
F.. laughter and applause Sir, the debate
has assumed Il latiiudnosity We have had
iittlc blackjack buncornbe, a little two
/ blt buncomDc, bombast buncombe, burg
/ hole buncombc, and the devil aud hi.
/ grandmother knows what other kind Of
/ buncou.Le Laughter.
/ Why, sir, Just give somo of EN- little
southern soap and little northern water,
and quicker than hound pup can lick a
skillet, they will make enough buncombe
lathcr to Wa-h the goidea i!ock that roaus
the azure mcads Of heaven. [Cheers and
laughter l aIiudo to the starry firna-
ment
The >peaker-The gentleman is out OF
order. lie must cCptiuo himself to tLe
question
1Ir Riioy-Just retain your linen. If on
4 please. Il stick to the text as close Is a
pitch plaster 10 pine plank, or lean pig
to hot Jam rock. LCries Of Go On. %
You Il do.'1
! want u say TO these calbonifarous
gentlemen, these .gnvous individuals. these
detoEat!nE demonstrators, those pereginu-
Gus VoIcaEcc-, come on with your com
bustiJles. II Lgu't-weIl III suc,, the
Gulf of Mexico through a goose quill
Laughter and applause. Perhaps you
s:.:Hh / aIn d:miuuiive tubers and s1.arse
=. t..e h.uuiauc eiC.a;iou. ! on mag dis-
cover. gentlemen, y0u are latogiiy under
a. great Ini-ogVrchcusion as though you
had iuc!ncr.ted your inner ycstmcut. In
the language OF the noble bard
Twas uo, born in a tlLcss,
g -e s--re1 = 4 cricket"
[.Fp'ause-1
S,r we have le-t o,.r proper position.
CUr proper one ! - tie zcmi.h a1I naair
our lu.Gs u tie o@c, our heel q the
other. at isat angle with the horizon
sp.Ude. bv iL.t azure asc Of tue lustrous
!.rfa-l.eut. .-i-al viii. ;Ae c5.ruscut,Ju-
o. ..-a'c.Nb!c consultations, and proud
as q succ...ed stul horse OF q couuty-co,..t
day [Caeeis
Bat how have the mighty fallenr in
the language O! the poet S.ive.s!ai,.i. We
have lost our proper position We have
assumed siosLinlicU!lv or a diagouo.oE-
icai position. And what is the cause
Echo answers, Buucou4be," Sir, Bun
eonlbe.' The people have been fed on
buncom5e, while a lot Of spawned ring
boned- hamstruug, :gind-gaI.cd, wine eyed,
sg!it-hoofed, distenpened, poll-eriyed, pot
bc!l-ed politicians have had their noses III
enough left to make Cruel for q sick grass
hopper [Cheer and laughter
Sir, these hungry brats keep tuEging a.
the public pap, They say, Let down
your milk, Suclly, or you II have a split
bag Do they think they can stuff such
, bGunsmbe down our craw2 No, Sir; you
might as-Yeil try 20 stuff butte! in Wild
cat with lo. awI TContiuued laughter.
The thing can't be done
The public grind-stone is q great usti-
tuition, sir-yes, sir, a great institution
one OF tae greatest, perhaps, that ever
rose, re- gned, or fell But. sir, there l. too
much cutlery ground. The thing won't
pay. Occasionally big axe is brought to
be fixed up, ostensibly for the purpose OF
hewiug down the gnarled trunks of error,
and clearing out the brushwood of igpo-
rance and folly that otstruct the public
highway ofproEress The machine wh;rls
the axe is applied The lookers-on are
enchanted with the brilliant sparks elicit
ed. The tool is polished, kcenly edged
and, while the public stare in gaping eX-
pectaucy OF seeing the road cleared, the
implement is slyiy taken OF to improve
the private acres of some - faithful friend
OF the people What is the result? The
distractions remain unmoyed. The peo-
does move, It's at the expense Of a broken
wheel and .jaded and sore-backed team
tell you, tine thing won't pay. The time
will come when the usual Iromontories of
these disinterested grinders will be put to
the stone instead OF their hardware Ap-
pl&use. l am mighty afraid the machine
IS Il going 10 stop The grease Is giving
out laundering fast 1t is beginning TO
crcak on its axis, Gentlemen, it il my
private opinion, contidentisl!y expressed,
that all the = Grit is pretty near worn OF.
Applause.
Mr.. Speaker, you must excuse me for
my latitudino>iiy and Observation-Disclosures
Ny old blunderbuss scatters amazingly,
but if anybody gets peppered, it amt my
fault if they are in the way.
Sir, these candadical, supersquirtical
mahogauy-taced gentry-what do they
know about the blessings of freedom?
About as much. sir as a toad frog does OF
high glory. Do they think they can c.r
cape me? I'll follow them through pan
demonium and high waterI LCheers and
laughter
These are the ones that have got our
liberty pole Off its perpendicularity. lis
they would rcnd the stars and stripes
that noble flag, the blood Of our reyolu-
tionary fathers embalmed in its red. The
purity Of the cause for which they died
denoted by the white; the blue the free
dom they attained, like the azure air that
wraps their native hills and fingers on
their lovely plains. Jheers The high
bird Of liberty sis perehed on The toPmost
branch, but there is no secession salt on
his tail | fear he will no more spread his
noble pinions to soar beyond the azure re-
eions of the boreal pole. But let Missouri
pull the last feather from his sheiterng
wing to plume shaft to pierce his noble
breast: or. what Is the same, make q pen
to sigma secession ordinance. Applause.
Also, poor bird, if they drive you from the
branches Of the hemlock ofthe north, and
the palmetto of the south, come over 10
the gum tree Of the west, and we will pro-
tect your noble birdsliip while water grows
and grass runs. Immense applause i
Mr.. Speaker, subside for the present.
RosE BUGs-I have never seen better
way 20 rid trees of these pests than to
smoke them. Take an iron vessel, put in
Goals, and set it under a tree, on the head
of a barrel, and thep put in old scraps of
leather; as this smoke is very offensive to
them, they will soon leave the tree; by
giving it a good smoking they will not re-
turn. These fellows, as soon as they shed
their yellow wings, attack horses being
the small horsefy which is SO troublesome
through the summer.-Cor. Nsio England
Farmer.