Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-22
A Speech in the Missouri
la LEGISLATURE. T q

W tIle lOlloWluS oPSSNn'
commend the eloquent remarks
to the studious perusal of all the
| patriots of the land: N =
Speech of Gen. Riley, IN the House
of Representatives Of Missouri,
February s, 1866.
After long and heated discus
| sion on the reference Of a bill a.
mending the charter of the city
of Carrondolet to standing COM
mittee of the House, va4e
| Mr.. Riley obtained the floor and
| addressed the House:
Mr.. Speaker: Everybody is
pitching into this matter like toad
frogs into willow swamp, on a
lovely evening in the balmy month
of June, when the mellow light
| of the full moon fills with deli
cious flood the thin, ETHEREAL atmos-
phere air. Applause Sir, I want
to put in a word, or perhaps a
word and half.
There seems to be disposition
to fight. l say, if there is any
fighting to be done, come on with
your cord-clubs and lightning-bugsl
n
Applause. In the language OF
the ancient Roman, sa.l
"Come one, come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base, in pigs eye"
| Now, there has been a great
deal of bombast here to-day. |
call it bombast fiom "Alpha to
Omega" q don't understand the
meaning of the words, though. }
Sir, the question to refer is great
and magnificent question. 1t Is
the all-absorbing QUESTIONABLE a
sponge, SRA large immeasnra-
bic sponge, of globe shape, in a
small tumbler of water-it sucks
up everything. Sir, l stand here
with the weapons l have designa-
ted, to defend the rights of St.
Louis county, the rights Of any
other county-even the county OF
Cedar itself: Laughter and ap-
plause.] Sir, the debate has as,
sumed a latitudinosity. We have
had a little black jack buncOmbe,
a little two-bit buncombe, bombast
buncombe, bung hole buncombe,
and the devil and his grandmoth,
| r knows what other kind of bun
combe. (Laughter.) -9
Why, sir, just give some OF EN-
a little Southern soap and a little
Northern water, and quicker than
a hound pup can lick skillet they
will make enough buncombe-lath.
er to wash the golden flock thai
roams abroad the azure meads OF
heaven. [Cheers and laughter.
l allude to the starry armament
The Speaker-The gentleman
is out of order. He must confin'
himself to the question.
Mr.. Riley-Just retain your lin
en- if you please. Tllstick to the tex
as close as pitch plaster to apin'
} plank, or a lean pig to a hot jan
rock. [Cries of ego on" 'youl
,, do" @
I want to say to these carbon
: ferrous gentlemen, these igne
Gus individuals, these pereginou
+ volcanoes, come on with your com
> bustibles! If l don't-well II
! suck the Gulf of Mexico througl
!, a goose quill. Laughter and az
!. plause. Perhaps you think ! an
8 diminutive, tubers and spares L
. the mundane elevation, 70
e may discover, gentlemen, you ar
j laboring under as great mlsaE
!. ,prehension as though you had IL
T Generated your inner vestmen
' In the language of the noble bare
s 81 was not born IN thicket,
II To be scared by cricket" Applause. y
= Sir, we have lost our proper p
: sition. Our proper position Is
: the zenith and nadir-our heat
to the one, our heels to the othe
!: at a right angle with the horlzo'
d spanned by that azure arc OF q
- lustrous armament, bright wit
Ie the corruscations of innumerab
+ consultations, and proud as
If speckled stud hoyse on coun
to court day. CHEERS
to "But how have the mighty Il
llen," in the language OF the Pc