The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-26

should be uSeQ IN tHe hAeiie"n wv
gress, but, scandalous or not, some OF
it is, as Josh Billings says, " too cussed
good to be lost" and we herewith pre-
sent some of the more pungent parts OF
his speech. Said he, abiding to Wash
burne:
WHY. sir, the gentleman already feels upon
his shoulders the cares of empire. lie Is al
ready forecasting Cabinets, dispen sing foreign
missions. setting men up ana pui!Ihs men
down. We can apply to hing the language
that Cleopatra used of Mark Antony:
..In his livery
Ua1k,5 crowns and or, wnets: realms and islands
As plates droppl from his pocket
WHY, Mr.. Speaker, has he not lived IN the
same Town with General Grant And should
ne not, therefore perforce, be the "ar"lck;
the king maker, the power behind the ,hroHe'
never could account, Mr.. Speaker, Tor 'Ee
SINGULAR fact that the gentleman did live IN
the same town with General Grant except by
reference to that great doctrine OF conApehSa,
ton which runs throughout the created
world. The town Of Galena having tor so
many wears endured the gentleman, God
Almighty thought that nothing less than
TIvsses s. Grant could balance the account.
Iauphter.1 Josh Billings beautifully illus
trates this doctrine of compensation when ne
saws that it is question whether the salts
faction of scratching will not pay man LOT
the pain of having the Itch. Laushte
leave the gen,leman's constituents to apply
the parable. -,
Mr.. Speaker. bow humbly before the
genius of ULYSSES S. Grant. recognize HIM
as the greatest, broadest, wisest intellect OF
this ceueration cannot believe that he VIII
degenerate into puppet to be pulled oy wires
held in the hands of the gentleman from III.
nois; that he will degenerate into klnd OF
band-orcan to be toted around on the back OF
the gentleman from Illinois while his whole
family sit on top Of the machine grlnnlnS
and catching pennies like troop of monkeys.
IIaurhter.1 | NAV mention here. as a friend
surrests it to me. that do not now a!lude to
gentlemen of the same name who are fortn-
nate enough not to be related to the gentle
man bv ties of consequently. Laughter-I
But if it were in my power to whisper any
thing in the way Of advice into the ear OF
ULYSSES 5. Grant | would tell him TO take
counsel from that profound remark OF Ami
nadab Sleek when he said, You all expect
TO GET into heaven bg hanging onto my coat
tail; but will fool you all. will wear a
monkey jacket.
Minnesota. and OF course the dlStnSushed
gentleman from Illinois was with him, and
when General Grant was serenaded the gem
tIpnan from Illinois stuck his head out of the
window and thanked the crowd, laughter!
and when thew rode in an open barouche to-
pether. and the crowd hurrahed, the gentle
man from Illinois laid his hand upon his
heart and bowed profound owledgments.
, Renewed lauehter.l Why, Mr.. Speaker,
nv neonle nm there were in great doubt which
Grant and which was Washburne. They
,ratnra!Iy concluded that the cuiet little gen
tleman must be the fogrth-class poI'i!cjian,,
ana tha' tae cp, ,.rtlrI - lee. Good old
Jesse Grant it is said remarked on t i, &c,
,I;nI.l h. own. Iv,sos: hut he don't own
me, not by long sight. LanSA =. e
/ -. Gra,+ and Washburne, What
! com6ination! Why, Mr.. Speaker the ln'el.
iset " o,,1n IN tha GREAT cite, Of the older
continent, where floor rises above moor ana
ee'l''i ,,.h .Ea r,hesr merchandise
! The intellect Of the gentleman from limos
- ID s"',i, ~ aven,a where the entire
stock in trade of the merchant is spread out
IN ,he iron; ".i ;aov fo+ one dollar" Laugh
ter. Why, sir, he is the :. Cheap John OF
! leSi'Iat!oh' ln.t w -; h the nro5abiIi-
ties. Lord Dundreary was once asked why 1t
was oos "aE u ms - bocansa the dog il
rraatsr Than the tail. If it were otherwise,