Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02

Nn.AN LN-n aANA
dance an Irish JIG on burning Goals IN
hell with you forever, than TO be etern-
ally in Heaven with a Northern Cop
perhead." TGreat laughter.
Mr.. Henderson, Of lowa-Fhat is
pretty stiff; but / stick 70 1t.
Mr.. Norwood-Mr. Chairman, the
compliment paid by the gentleman
from Iowa to that ballOt-box stufing
and shotgun brigade has no EQUAL in its
sentiment of devotion. In history or
fiction there has been but enc instance
which approached it, and that was
when Dame Quickly was %narrating to
Pistol and Bardolph the circumstances
Of the death Of Sir John Falstaf
laughter when Bardolph, in the en-
thusiasm Of his roguish soul, cried out,
"Would l were with him, wheresome'er
he is, whether in heaven or in hell"
Laughter.
Speaking for myself only, while l
return my profoundest acknowledge
ments to the gentleman from Iowa for
the offer of the society, If | should be
so unfortunate as Is take the wrong
road and join him down below
laughter and while | do not doubt
that he will not be much worse than
the average of the naturalized citizens
Of that country 50 populous with in
voluntary immigrants, yet | here now
enter my solemn and vigorous protest
against accepting his delicate compan-
ionship laughter for | am persuaded,
Notwithstanding mis- peculiar delicaoy
in approaching a subject, and his ten
dency to fraternal feeling, that no en-
gagement, however pressing it might
be upon those who would be going
through the very rapid evolutions sup
posed to be incident to that torrid
cline, could prevent the gentleman
from arresting the column and mount
ing upon a red-hot stump and insisting
that we should listen to him declaim
that stale piece of political lore. That
would be a punishment greater than |
could bearl Laughter and applause.
| would be IN favor Of inaugurating
another rebellion renewed laughter
even with tho certain foreknowledge
that the gentleman In ten minutes
would be found fighting first for the
devil and then for me. Laughter.
The gentleman has caused in me the
profoundest gratitude by the an
nouncement that he fought for the
South during the late unpleasantness
between the United and the Confed-
crate States. When that overwhelm.
ing outburst of plethoric philanthropy
and continental patriotism spurted
from his pierced and lacerated bosom
as he approached the gentleman from
South Carolina the other day, as a
revival preacher leaves his pulpit and
approaches a hardened sinner laugh
ter / confess that | took an extra grip
on my lachrymal ducts, which l dis
covered were about to leak. Great
laughter.
| wondered If such patriotism is
hereditary, and if it were, | began to
think of that gentieman's children.
When Horne Tooke was or trial for
treason, and the encouragement began
to declaim about his personal virtues
and about his desire to leave his good
name as a rich legacy to his children,
Horne Tooke vas seen to be in tears,
and when his counsel asked him the
cause, he said he had just been think
ing of what a small legacy these un-
fortunate children would receive.
Laughter.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa. would
not change it with yours, my friend
from Georgia. [Cries of "Oh!" on the
Democratic side. My legacy to my
children | Can afford to leave side by
side with yours.
Mr.. Norwood-You will have your
time to speak when get through.
Mr.. Henderson, Of Iowa. throw
that in to help along affairs.
Mr.. Norwood thought also how
many valuable lives could have been
saved if, in the beginning of the war,
the gentleman had approached the Con-
federate lines with his peculiar delicacy
and decorated himself with one of
his sweetest smiles. for every Confed-
crate soldier would have incontinently
fed. Laughter. And when they
might nave recovered their senses, if
they ever could, sufficiently to consider
what it was they had seen, the mys-
terry would have remained unsolved,
like another mystery recorded in an
old song:
Some said it was the red moon,
And som said nay
Some said 1t was the devil,
And they all ran away.
TGreat laughter and applause.
Mr., Henderson, of IoWa-I never
net them but they did run away be-
fore | got through with them. APP
plause on Republican side and laugh
ter and applause IN Democratic side.
Mr.. Norwood-My honorable frlenu
the other day-and have ! not the
right to call him friend when he
fought for meI-declared he had said
nothing for the purpose Of rufiing the
feelings Of anybody, and it was certain
nobody could say anything that would
rufie his.
But / was speaking Of the gentle
mans expansive patriotism, and after
its exhibition here a few days ago, and
l imagined il Ben Lomond could be
aanarated from the Granular range