Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-24

was the ease with which he played every
thing in Kentucky. he penetrated Ohio
still distancing his rivals. The rider of the
! Adams saw that the day was against him,
and that as speed and bottom had failed
him he must resort to skill. He threw
out his Universal Yankee Nation,
and displayed it to the people
as he rushed along; but to no purpose;
| the charm was gone-Indiana was
another theater of the triumph of the Clay;
but when the State Of Illinois appeared to
their view, the Crawford, somewhat re-
flushed, essayed to pass him, and made a
splendid run, notwithstanding an lima
tured Cook threw at him mangled carcass,
cooked with his own hands, as a terrible
rawhead and bloody bones, to alright him.
In Mississippi the contest was interesting
for awhile, the Crawford nearing the Clay
up to the shoulders. M t
In this State was seen the last of the
Adams. A cruel master was in the very
act of scourging his naked, manaeled slave,
on the margin of the tract, just at
the moment when the Adams passed along.
A scene SO shocking to the feelings of
this sensitive horse, SD fnghtful to his
vision, overcame him, and he snorted,
reared and bounded across a certain de-
gree of north latitude, beyond which the
cries of the bondsmen are never to be
heard, add sought an exclusion from deeds
SO revolving to his nature, carrying with
him his rider, the Mazeppa of modern
times. Adown the State of Louisi-
ana the Clay led the way. But when the
plain of Orleans burst upon the sight of the
jackson, the recollection of times gone by
impelled him to an exercise of hismightiest
efforts He was Just in the act of passing
the Clay, and when he thought ''his for
tunes were ripening fast, he suddenly
found his career checked by barriers formed
of timber called the sthabeas corpus sus-
pended" extending athwart his path,
and reared by crowd of
little, noisy, ohaffering Frenchmen.
Amusement possessed him. 'SYou, too,
Brutus 2" exclaimed his rider. The noble !
animal stopped-his energies relaxed-the |
rider dropped his rein and uttered Ingrati-
tudel 1t was a shameful act. The people
of Louisiana had ventured their lands and
housss-their domicils, their wives and
their daughters, on this same Jackson when
he commended against the Packenham. He
preserved them, restored theml he tri-
umphed, and they were enriched so |
goes the world" The jackson was with |
drawn from the contest. The Clay and |
the Crawford bounded across the ''father |
of the waters, and commended for suprem-
acy in the State of Mississippi, and there |
the Crawford renewed his sway. The little
State of Alabama was the last point of the |
compass which was boxed; and in gallant |
and triumphant style the Crawford passed !
the winning post. And thus terminated |
this race for dominion.
The judges awarded the prize |
to the Crawford, and in all due form he was
installed President Of tie United States!
Strange! some will say, that horse
should reign over intelligent beings! |
Reader rather rejoice that it is not our
fate to be governed by an ass 1t is the |
lot of hundreds of nations to be ruled by |
The latter. History abounds in instances.
Horses, too, have had some share in the
governing, if the chronicles are faithful.
That furious mailman, Caligula, made his
horse Incitatus, the member of College,
and it is added that he was the most worthy |
member of the institution. He also created
him High Priest, and it is not shown that
le was less devout than his fellows. In
,itatus, through his masters favor, also
rose to the rank of Consul, and we see moth
ng in his history of that tyranny and "a
oacity which marked the administration of
'ther Roman governors. OKELLY.
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