Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-02-12

they Wee nasty, dirty. despicaDle niggeTs I;
and yet y boast your glorious constitution
VIII any member answer me this 4? Have
they biz 4 taeir veins 2-and If they have
it, it must be free blood and If free it must
bell. tfiekle, tickle, goes my boscis agin,
and hs5 e stop to search for my nose-rag.
The honorable gentleman saps seme fellow
or another, for most on 'eu1 are strangers TO
me, mems blood puddin I suppose. All!
L thought should have gone ravin' distract
ed mad. knew I was taking nonsense,
that l he'd run off the tracks with all steam
with all steam on, and was pioLgtin, thro'
the mud in the'felds like anything. Says I,
III have your blood. you scou1Grel, if ycn
dare to say that agim, see if don't. 50 there
now. On dear. such shoutin, and ro@rin.' ,
and clapeing of hands : never heerd: my
head run round like spinin' wheel it was
all burr, burr, burr, and buzz, buz;. buzz
l bit in my breath to keep cool feit was
on the e,lge of wharf. and only one step
more and was over head and ea-1 caewallop
in the water. Sam, says 90 myself. be a
man be e9Ol-take it easy 50 1 got 81
agin' but l was 50 confused I 20. into Nv
other speFch on agricultur' thai I had larn-
ed by heart, and mixed the two together al
! in a ravei. Thistles, says I, IL the baue IN
all good 'msbandrv. Extirpate them from
the land they are usurpin' the places of the
grain, ard al Slickville VIII be fled win
Polls. j they have no voice in this as
sembly.hew can p0u expect them 20 obey
the laws hey never made Compel folks to
cut them llown IL the ll'nlooa, and they'll
die: I have tried it myself with universal
suffrage aud the ballot.
Well, sftillery is nothing but a pop---
| to the nCise the members noy made--it va,
an art; quake tipped with thunder anG
| lighting, never heerd nothing Ike it.
felt Yas o~sesy wished was s!cat. a mos
| or could siIll through the floor iato the mid
die Of the sea, or anywhere but where l was
At last cousin Woodbury. took pity on me
and came over to where was, and said SaE
said he. set down that's good feIler yOl
don't know what you are 4 doin' you ar
maxim an ass Of Yourself. But l di IN
hear Kim. Confound You said he, you lool
mean enough to put the sun into clipso
and lain hcli of the skirts of my coat, an,
tried to pull me down but instead Of tina
he pulled 'em straight off. and made an aw
full show Of me. That set me OF akin quit
raviu' as bad IS ever. went be put dow
says l, Mr Speaker l fight for liberty an
the Polls /: stand acin the forty shiiiingcr:
Unhand me ynu slave! said 1, touch me nC
or I'll sacrifice yon on the altar of my cou
try; and with that Iup fist and knock
Woodbury. over as fi-t as a pancake, an
bolts right out Of the hall.
But l so blinded with the cold in N
head and IA &c together, couldn't see I
more nor bat. and pitched into sever'
of the members on my way out, and mo-
broke their uecks and my own too. 1t wa
the first and last of my speech making.
went by the name, for years afterwards.
our town, of - Free and-equal Slick. y
wish could pipe out that page of my 70
lies from my memory, I tell you but it's
caution to them that navigate in polite
a that's fact.