The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-08-23

you. Speak"
Slowly and majestically Mr.. S. ii
StackhOuse, of the Hazlchurst
Copiahdn, rose to his feet, and when
he had finished Strengthening him.
self up, he looked n foot taller than
usual. And thus he spoke:
"Mr. manager and Ladies and
Gentlemen Of Bufalo-"
"Take the stage! Take the stager
was the refrain which echoed aud
re-echoed throughout the vast audi.
torium. The orator assembled to the
stage, and, advancing to the foot.
lights, he resumed:
"Lddies and Gentlemen aud Fello'c.
Citizens of Butalo-Onr surprise is
equalled only by our qualification
at this extraordinary and unex
pected demonstrations. We are
struck dumb, and words are no
where in an emergency like this.
YOn have absolutely silelced us
with your kindness, and | will not
attempt the impossible task OF
clothing our feelings in language
There was pause here, as if the
speaker meant to give it up, but
cries of EGO ahead! Go ahead
Tell us all you knoww brought him
back to his mutton.
"When the Queen of Sheba," re-
sumed Mr.. StackhOuse, "visited
old man Solomon's ,lOminiOns in the
olden timc--Hew over his hills and
dales in his lightning railroad
trains, sailed over his great lakes
in his big steamers, rode upon his
keel boats as they plOwcd his canals,
examined critically his farms and
machine shops, she finally made her
way to his headquarters and for
mally interviewed the thrifty old
autocrat of all the Jews; and i'll
that interview candor constrained
her TO acknowledge that, although
she had heard much of his greatness
and magniticence. the half had not
been told her. SO it is with me,
fellow citizens of Buffalo, in refer.
euce to this tremendous country
you have got. We have heard Il
great deal about you. We have
heard much concerning you in your
big newspapers, of your thrift, your
push, your genius, enterprise,
wealth, progress and irrcpresSl'
bility.
"But now, since we have trav-
ersed a considerable space of your
grand domain, we are, like the
Queen of Shcba, forced to acknow.
ledge that the half has not been told
us.
PEACEABLE INTENTIONS.
"Fcllow citizens of Buffalo, we
assure you that this invasion of
ours is altogether harmless in its
object. We are not spying out the
land with any hostile intent. No,
we are much obliged to the few
bloody y-shirt gentlemen among you,
who, for some inscrutable purpose
providence may have in view, are
allowed to. live and delay the year
of jubilee in this American family,
but we have heard enough of war
rather too much of it. Our voice
is for peace. Applause. We are
like the little dare. devil boy who
played around the heels of Il mule,
got badly kicked and his face badly
manglcd. lie asked his father if
the scars would ever disappear
from his face again. NO, sonny
replied the sire, you Will never be
pretty again, but you will have a
damn sight more sense. Laughter
and applause.
NO MORE WAR FOR US.
ave are not going into any more
war with you fellows. If we had
known how contounded numerous
your were--what vast resources
you had-what a nation of git up
and gitters you are-we should
never have been guilty of tho alb.
surdity of trying to whip you in the
first place. Now that we have seen
for ourselves, and gotten some sort
of an idea OF the magnitude of the
job of cleaning you out, we consider
that another war Oh our side would
be prepOstelous and ridiculous, and
we are for peace.
ayes, fellow citizens of Buffalo,
we are here in the interest of peace
--God-like peace. In the glowing
language of the inspired Psalmist:
Peace hath her victories no less re.
nOwned than war; We believe in
peace. We are quite ready to be
harmonized. And / am glad to be
able to say that everywhere We
have been in the North and West
we have met a cordial welcome and
kindly greeting. Nobody has made
faces at lis. We have felt o. X. all
the time. The railroads have
deadheaded us and given us the
best drawing room cars to sleep in.
The hotels have reduced their rates,
and some of them didn't have the
heart to charge MS at all. We have
been well ted at your eating institu-
tions where we have slapped. In
some places they have wined us and
they dined us, rode us ont in car
riages aud showed us the sights,
made speeches to us, serenaded us
with their brass bands, etc. We
have had just splendid time of it.
The ladies God bless EN- always),
have smiled upon us, the men have
sometimes even gone to the extent
of asking us to take q drink with
them. That last is The eapstone to