Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-25


which amuses the town Is Buffers dis
missal Of Cox. Cox IL q little fellow,
weighing some ounceC under a hundred
mounds. and Butler Ia fat man, mashed
down by the weight Of badness. The
Democracy bet on Cox, and kept saying
10 him: /,
"Uoxy, 70 in and cleave his iDia mater I
Climb his frontispiece and take the roof
off his cerebrum Prepare YOURSELF like
David, with three smooth stones from the
brook, but be very particular about your
sling, and sec that there IL no rive TO II;
TO this said Coxy Everything is
ready I have been eating dictionary ior
a month and digestlng II with aqua fortis.
Joe Miller | know by heart, ana as 10
Parton's Life of Butler, know II ike
Bible"
aI,of ne Democrats and Republicans alike,
for il is not every day that you can see
two celebrated warriors attack each other
and If there was any sympathy either
way IL was with the light weight.
Accordingly, when he began, the other
day, Congress was excited. The Demo.
Gratis had packed away all the laughter of
a month to condense IL into one huge
gufIaw at Cox's sally for II was agreed
amongst them that whatever the joke
might be the laugh should be equal 10 II.
The Sneaker entered into the spirit OF the
thing for the man who won't run TO see
a fight isn't fit TO belong TO human nature,
and the Speaker inclined 10 give these two
pladiators all license possible. Butler
himself came up TO Cox's scat with the
fortitude of one walking 10 the Hari Kari,
end Cox, he let fly one fsh.hook which
made the galleries ring I'LL they cracked
The portrait of Lafayette relaxed Its iea-
lures, and the clock Of Congress stopped in
sheer anxiety. The pretoxt for the attack
was Buffers attempt TO cut down mileage
and get the support of Horace Greeley.
Tom Fitch had said that Butler could go
away and make big attorneys fees, and
therefore, live without mileage, and Cox
happily threw himself into the position OF
the defender of Buffers honor IL was a
chance for an acute man TO have made a
terrible satire; for the audience was In an
appreciatve mood, and the object OF as
sault was full of saliences, both in'his
character and career. Cox started by say
ing that Butler always took his pay In
gold, defended him from running away
either from Fort Fisher or Congress, and
concluded by u mock eulogy upon his
lofty patriotism and economy.
II was ms great q failure as glass of rain
water from soda fountain, but the Democ-
racy gave their outlaw, and Butler went
Immediately to his place. In three min
utes he was up, and this was the sole reply
he vouchsafed set in, as If negligently, al
the end Of miscellaneous remarks:
"As TO the vituperation of tho member
| from New York, he will hear my answer
TO him by every hoy that whistles 1t on the
street, and by every hand-organ, Shoe,
fly don't bodder mel ,"
When Butler said this he gave gesture
and grimace that was wonderful
gesture being polite, flowing motion oi
| the hand, commencing at the heart and
describing wave to the right, while he
| brought hishead down near the extended
arm, Indicating Cox with the peak of It,
and hIs face, turned sideways and looking
up his bosom, expressed the compassion
OF Uncle Toby In Sterne when he put the
| fly out of the window. The malice and
mock contempt of the thing was Just uT
| TO the appreciation of Congress. Had II
been higher fight 1t would have failed
The roar that followed Il was immediate
and continued for several minutes, ant
| broke out again and again. The Demo
Gratis joined in the laugh at first, forgetting
who 1t turned against. Cox tried Il
smile, but II was hard work. He lost hi
temper, and arose, and launched speecl
of mere billingsgate back, with "thief,
robbery" "rhinoceros," "beast," "bomb
proof soldier" and condemned man" II
| II, all showing that he had misapprehend
cd his art, and exaggerated his power o
mischief Cox, We are compelled to say
il artistically fraud. We sent for
Balaam to curse this Butler, but the as
spoke instead.
The rage of the Democrats Ia great
Is proposed TO drop Cox from the caucu
while Butler has been for three days th
greatest hon of the city.
"Well," says Jim Nye, referring I
Buffers physiognomy, "when you see
man whose eye waits to gnaw throug
, the bridge of his nose, stand out of h
way"
II is my opinion that this retort of Blu
Ter had been in pickle for month, becaus
: he was aware that Cox meant TO seek o
early opportunity tn engage with him, an
lacking the nimbleness Of his enemy I
keep up a running fight, he resorted to
familiar phrase and one burst of crushin
contempt. There is n good deal of talk |
} such papers as the Nation about what
} dignity, and art, and nicety, but in th
, rough battle of American life man need
to know what will answer its purpos
His art may be all wrong, but effects al
what rough men seek, and not merely az
proved processes, Butler, however, is
close reade' and long contriver, and on
might ain vt think that he had taken th
lesson for this gesture and illustratio
from Tristram Shandy."
Listen to II
/ my Uncle Toby had scarce heart I
retaliate upon fly. Go says he, on
day at dinner, TO an overgrown one whic
r had buzzed about his nose, and tormente
/ him cruelty all dinner time, and which
, after infinite attempts, ho had caught
last, as Il flew by him. 'I'll not hurt thee
says my Uncle Toby, rising from his ohai
, and going across the room with the fly |
his hand I'm not hurt hair of thy heaC
Go, says he, Lifting up the sash and oper
ing his hand as he spoke, TO let II escape
go, poor devil, get thee gone why shoul
hurt theeH This world surely Is wild
enough to hold both thee and me-"