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BY DAVID OVER.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
For the Inquirer.
BONG—To My Wife.
/IT— "Ben Bolt and Sweet .tflice.''
Come sit tlieo down I v me, r.iy love,
And I'll sing a song for thee,
Oh, may it fall on thy iist'ning
Io a gusli of minstrelsy :
The silver moon is sbi'iira'ring -lowi,
And the stars .so bright and clear;
TL-y look, suspended io the "upper deep,"
Like a gorgeous chandelier.
'T'.v.is just on such ars ere, my lova,
As we wandered o'er the lea,
You listened to my heart's fond tale
Of love, so Washing!)';
VCe ever chose the night-queen*# light
To talk of things divine,
•Twas at fair fret -II spas gle-dceked,
You promised to le mice.
And faithfully you kept your vow,
For cow yon are my bride,
To share n.y cups of grief and care,
Or what may else betide,
Oh ! dearest, how cry heart swells up,
To t'niak of those hours past j
Those cherished moments that 'round my life
A blissful hc.lo cast.
4ml I love to Think of the pearly brook,
By the foot of that green hill,
Where many a time we lingered long
To list the wild bird's trill;
The cowslip fair, in its laughing grace,
With the daisy, decked its side,
And the tiny fish in the soft sunlight,
if ore sporting ht it# tide.
And the nicss-corereti stone on u o'-h.wo s..t,
, So oft in the twilight gray,
When "viewless hands" were a-closing up
The curtains of smiling dry,
With arm enclosing thy pare form,
And with gaze turned in thine eyes,
Fnraptmed I t Iked to my angel-one
Oh I di-vmed it a paradise!
Oh, yes! on these enchanting thernos,
Dear wife, fond m.-m'ry dwells,
For erch, as they rise in thcmirrcre I f me,
A nectar-d language talis
Of the hopes and fears of that sunny tiw,
When onr hearts wore gay and free,
As the lark that soars to its native sky
So light and joyously.
And new the 'witching dream isprst,
Yet love we cone the less,
Than when oui souls transported were
In young love's soft caress ; J*
And, dearest, though deep woes on earth,;
May in our pathway lie,
IFe'li love still faithful, even or:—
Aye, love until wc die.
And cur little home shull be, dee.r wife,
A bright and cheerio spot,
Where mem'rfes sweet, will cling fore'er,
Ar.d cares shall be forgot.
And joyfully we'll plod life's way,
Together hand in hand,
Till opes to our unwearied souls
That far-off • 'Better land."
W. J.M.
For the Inquirer.
WATERSTREET. Feb. 17, 1859.
Mr. OVER: —As many things transpire "iu
tho course of human events," a brief sketch of
seme of these even's, compiled, is not without
n tnesfure of inierest to the general reader, es
pecially when be is acquainted with those with
with whom tbey occur, and familiar with the
localities to which tbey arc confined.
In the iopc wi'Cr evenings, whilst the storm
is howlicg around our dwellings, tho Large
flakes of saorr falling thick and fast, tho brooks
*hd rivers covered with thick ice, and the leaf
less trees sighing a mournful requiem to de,
parted loveliness, as tbey bend their heavy
houghs iu obedience to the command of the ra
ging winds, end harmony reigns around tho
hapny fireside, 'us then, and there, tho news
paper is a welcotno guest, and affords a pleas
ant enjoyment, which fills the monotonous va
cancy, which its absence occasions. In peru
sing it wc find gems of intellectual interest fot
young men and maidens, for lad aud lass, anJ,
in short, for all ages, sexes aud classes, l'ictj
Htsd virtue arc gathered therefrom, to frame
'be youthful minds tu act well their part?, when
the affairs of the world, with its tioublcs and
oares, shall oomo upon them, aDd their ances
tors shall have passed away from earth. But,
in addition to these things, a knowledge of lo
cal transactions, are as eagerly sought, as tho
m&*t profound research of science, or the cul
tivated tastes of art. 1 will endeavor to fur
nish you a few of these, for tho gratification
f, t those whose delight it is to administer the
healiug balm of consolation to the distressed,
and to "rejoice with these that rejoice, and
weep with those that weep."
I'ho catalogue of chronicled events- wonld
bot be full, did we omit to record a distressing
accident, which recently befel our much es
teemed friend and worthy citizen, Dr. Win.
Ruroh, of I'at'onaville. About 'four weeks*
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since, he was called upcn to set a broken arm
for a little child of D. K. Burger, at Judge
Noble's mill. When he was about to return
home, he procured a book it the house of J.
B. Flnck, Esq. Mr. Fluck wrapped a paper
around it, at which the Doctor's horse became
frightened, ran away, and became entirely un
manageable. The Doctor, losing bis equilib
rium in the saddle, was violently thrown upon
some logs and brush by the roadside, by which
his ankle bone was badly broken, and a sharp
knot on one of the logs pierced the skin and
flesh in such a manner, that pieces of the bro
ken bone were found in the stocking. The
horse ran on to tho barn, unnoticed by any
one. The night was cold and dreary—the doc
tor lying alone, uuable to move, and in intense
agony. He called fot help, but as few wore
astir at that hour of the uight, his culls were
unheard, and he remained in this horrible sit
uation fur (to hiu) a long time- hafcra any anc
came to his relief. At las? he was heard bj
Mr. George W. Grove, who was passing along
the main road; he procured assistance, and con
veyed the Doctor to his own house and horror
stricken family. Dr. S. Smith, of Wood berry,
was immediately seat for, who cutne ia haste,
set the bone, and dressed the wounds. The
family and kind friends assiduously adminis
tered to all his w*nts, and used every effort io
iheir power to mike him as comfortable a" pos
sible, but tho wounds cottM not heal. Dr.
Smith, true to his philanthropic nature, was un
tiring in bis exertions to restore the Doctor to
soundness, called ether physicians to his assis
tance, hut so vexed was the case, that amputa
tion was finally decided upon (by several med
ical gentlemen in consultation) as the only
remedy. The operation was performed a few
days ago, by Dr. H. T. Coffey, of Holiidays
burg, assisted by Drs. Smith and Oolig, of
Wnodberry, Dr. J. Compiler, of Bedford, Dr.
Asbcoai, of Hopewell, aud Dr. Bloom, of
Martinsburg. We are now happy to say that
the Doctor is recoveiiog. I cannot close this
part without stating that the thanks aud re
spect of the entire circle of friends and rela
tives of Dr. Burob, are due his attending phy
sicians, (especially Dr. South,) for the mauner
in which they tuvc discharged their laborious
duties.
The religious community will no doubt be
gratified to learn that au extensive revival lias
bo**; going on for some dole in the Ira the ran
Church on Potter's Creek, under the pastoral
cure of Rev. Mr. Seifert. Since the com
mencement of the meeting, many have profes
sed to have obtained tee pardoning influences
of divine grace, have been baptized, confirmed,
and added to the church. The altar is still
oiowdcd after night, with earnest srekcrs
of the of salvation, and a desire to flee
the wrath to come. The prayer of every
christian heart eeetus to be fcr a eontiuuaUoti
of the glorious wo;k, until every house shall
become a house of prayer, and God be glori
fied, and Crrist bo all in all.
Our business pursuits have in common wi-h
all other s cticus of our country, been sub
jected to tho blighting influences of the late
financial crisis. Although this part if Bed
ford County is proverbial for the richness of its
soil, and inexhaustible mineral resources, yet
the veil of depression has been intervening so
greatly, as to obscure the vision to a serious
extent, of the most irugal dealers \nd business
man Yet, notwithstanding the intervention
of these difficulties, some ot our business men
L-iVC boldly confronted the Scry trials of the
times, have triumphed over every danger, have
stricken the death blow to adversity, and have
successfully stemmed the current of opposi
tion; and now, through perserveranee, proudly
ride upon the placid bosom of the sea of vic
tory.
Am.ODg this number, we take tho liberty of
mentioning our worthy friend, Mr. James Ri
per, Jr., of Bedford Forge, whose indomitable
energy, and persevering zeal, justly entitle biai
to a mil share of tbo confidence and respect of
the entire community to which his business op
erations are confined. Tfcs souud of his heavy
forge hammers is beard day after day, reverbe
rating from the surrounding hiiis, wbich seems
to swell the symphenious uote cf abundance,
nod betokens geueral peace and prosperity.—
Robert Raiston, of tho Waters'reel Woolen
Factory, 13 one of that number who smiles at
.i isfor-nne. Hi* establishment ws cutered
some time ago, aud a large amount of goods
taajt.*, Uj i.omo viiihixi. y- - n*j ori-uly
quenches the rising ether of despondency, re
doubles his energies, und keeps his head high
above the restless waves of misfortune. The
concordaut sounds of the operations ot his ex
tensive machinery dispels all gloom, and that
same old factory goes braveiy on, as though
the hand of villainy hri never snatched tho
fruits of his industry.
Will the reader now go with me to the Ware
room, iu the pottery of Win. G. Eickoltz? He
will there see the finest specimens of stoneware,
(manufactured by Air. Eicholtz and Mr. John
L. Bash,) that is anywhere to be found. Il
the admirers of taste aud beauty are uofc fully
gratified, tbey aloue will be to blame, ua no ef
forts have been spared ou the pari of the man
ufacturers to get up a superior article of stone
ware, that must and will pisaso every tic
holder.
The schools have all been supplied with ex
cellent teachers, who faithfully discharge then
duties to their scholars, and are laying in their
young miuds the inundation of future great
ness aud true usefulness.
Besides the schools and teachers' institute,
a lyccuui was organized in this place early last
wtuter, which meets onoe every week. Tho
regular members of this association are John
B. Fluck, Esq-, D, M. Bare, Esq , Robert
Ralston, John L. Bash, Win. G. Eicholtz aud
Jacob Ketriog.. The regular meetings are
generally well attended, aud are of considera
ble benefit to all participants.
\' j BATTER.
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1859.
AGRICULTURAL. _
BOTH USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL.
In the American Institute Farmers Club, re- !
cently. Solon Uobtusen, speaking of the culti
vation of small fruits, remarkod that he had
growing ia his yard, as a mere ornament, the I
Spirea, which blossoms only once a year, aud ■
which wis useless; whilo the currant was a
kj'Unmer Lush, end tu addition to ornament,
it afforded a wholesome fruit. Another year
if he lived, would root out the Spirea, and put
in its place currant bushes, lo proof of their
superior beauty, ho directed atteutiou to sevc- j
ral branches of currant bushes laden with de
licious fruit, which several members ol the
Club h-d brought in as specimens. A section
from a ebony currant bush, in particular, was
siuguLrly beautiful; the berries being large, of
uniform size, and equally distributed over all
the branches. They were more inviting than
strings of rulks.
Solon Robjoson scarce forgave himself when
he thought of his unproductive Spirea, which
Las cumbered the ground that would as freely
have bestowed its gifts cn plants yielding fruit
for uian—even the berries his palate so relish
ed iu hot weather. But lie promised amend
ment for next year. Those currants were de
licious, so were tho gooseberries, which looked j
like big green pluuis that giow on trees.
Yes, when it is as easy to cultivate what gives
beauty and kod too as that which gives only
beauty, why not have the useful and the orna- j
mcn'a;? We rejoiced to hear wisdom speak in 1
that strain.
ti j; for loose *tio ffifTpTt&y of
for both ornaments! shrubs and berry buihes, i
to beautify their hemes with a variety of at- !
tractions. But if only one can be cultivated,
by every consideration let that one be such as
yields food for mm, especially as sueb f-red has
no substitute.
Some kiuds of the email fruits should grow
iu every yard where there is a spot large enough
to plant a bush.— Life Illustrated.
We are decidedly iu favor of growing cur
rants—they are admirably adapted to our cli
mate, easily grown, very productive, and so use
ful for a variety of purposes as to be quite iu
uispensable in every household. Their extend
ed cultivation cannot he too often recommend
ed, and especially the proper cultivation cf good
varieties.
The way to do this, however, is not to uige
farmers to dig up their spiroas and other orna
mental shrubs. We are too utilitarian. We
do not sufficiently appreciate tho beneficial ef
fect of the beautiful, either on ourselves crour
children. Those who take pleasure in orna
menting their homes and keeping neat gardens,
wi'l usually be found tbc most intelligent, the
most thorough and the most systematic culti
vators. The man who plants potatoes in his
trout garden, seldom has good stock in Lis yards
or good crops in his fields. He who digs up
his spire-as to plant currauts, will set them out
ia the ccrti'-rs of his worm fences, and leave
theai to struggle wiih the Canada thi-tles for
the mastery. A stranger, seeing our friend
Solon's recommendation to dig up tho spireos
and plant currants, would think tho Uuiied
States too most densely populated country in
the world, and that there was oot land enough
under tho best system of cultivation, to supply
the inhabitants with the common necessaries of
life.— Genesee Farm°rs.
CATTLE KILLED NR EATING SORGHUM.—
The Independence (Iowa) Guardian gives an
account of tho destruction of seven head of
cattle from eating the refuse Chinese sugar-cane
after il had been compressed in the mill. 'J'he
outer coating of the stalks is of a very virte
ous character; when thus broken up aud takeu
into the stomach, it operates like broken glass,
cutting, aud in some cases penetrating entirely
through the coats ot that organ, producing a
violent inflammation. A post mortem exami
nation in this case revealed this as tbo oauso of
death. This important fact should ho made
known to every farmer, as it may he tue means
of preventing a serious destruction of their
stock.
The Senate of Missouri has passed a resolution
appropriating two thousand dollars to tho Ladies
Mount Vernon Association.
There are 23 military companies in Beilts
county.
"Anything iu my line," us the hangman said
I to tbo Judge!
THE CUBAN DEBATE. j
SENATOR THOMP.IO.tS SI'GECiI-"
A JOLLY TIME It THE SEN ATE.
The speech of Senator Thompson, of Ky., on
Siidell's thirty million bill for tho acquisition '
of Cuba, has been one of the iucidents of tho j
present session of Congress that will lie longest
remembered. Tiie sh irp, practical wisdom, the !
dry, caustic wit of tho speaker, joined "with !
his apparently shattered constitution, his feeble !
frame, his entire concentration on his subject, I
his imperturbable gravity, his evident sincerity,
hu nervous susceptibility, Lis eccentric ways,
his intense anxiety of expression, his restrain
ed but effective gesticulation, aud finally his
sitting posture, in which, from weakness, he
delivered all bat the first fifteen minutes of his
speech," all made tbe speech ooe remarkable
in 1?B way. Of it® effect a eoncspondeot '
says: -
"The Senate was full aud the galleries crowd-}
cd. The entire audience were often convulsed j
with iaughter, and tho Vice President at last 1
grew too weak to rap auy but tbe most gentle !
admonitions. Indeed, it was about the only oc- ,
oanion I ever witnessed ia the Senate in which ,
the attempt to preserve order was abandoned, j
The fun got to be so universal and uproarious ;
that it was iJIe to attempt to step it."
The speech is too long to reprint in fail in !
tirr columns, but we select a few extracts which 1
wili show its --pfrit:
AMERICANIZING CUBA.
Two cr ibrec very vague notions have been j
introduced into this debate. Gentlemen have ]
talked about Americanizing Uuba. What sort:
of Americanizing wiil go on there? 1 under- !
stood the Senator from Louisiana to express
sympathy with Cubans, who, he said, were 'pant
ing tor libcity.' Annex Cuba; and men from
Georgia, from Alabama, from Kentucky, will
go n there; they will say: "Tho Government
ha? bought it; 5 end, as against a Cubian, they j
wit; (consider tbat-it is preempted and paid for j
by them, pie truth, is, it is hereditary; or it I
b been taught to (hem; at auy rate, it is in j
thS{ Anglo-Saxon Wood. Our people believe it!
i'- harm to take asi*y (rem a Spaniard or a i
MeVicaa-or -an
tbey want; and tbey do not believe it is boon- ;
cide or murder to kill hiui either. [Laughter.]
What will he done by our adventures when tbey i
land there? Not to be iodvidious, L will take ;
my own State as an illu-traiion. I will sup- i
pose that three Kentuckuns go down to Cuba;
oue of 'bom au old fellow, with a parcei of
negroc3- As Mr. Buchanan is going to buy i
Cuba by a sort of forced sale, without authori
ty of law, warning off all other bidders, this
o.J fellow would fettle upon some Cuban, hunt
him out, take possession. He would then
begin to survey aud deuiark for anuexatiou some
other man's plantation. He would elbow him,
browbeat him, and frown at him; show him
bowie-knives aud revolvers; knock him down
with bis fist, perhaps, aud stamp on him a lit
tle in a pLce where he could not be seen, so
us to escape the law. A man would he mcliu
ed, naturally, under such a process, to give up.
There is a sentiment auiocg our people that
they have a right to do that thing. They would
murder; they would marry, or they would do
anytbiug in the world to get all that was go- j
ing.
The other two young gentlemen, whom I sup- !
pose to co dowu from Kentucky, arc a ccuplc i
of your filibusters—elegantlne.il, having no<h- j
ing to live upon aad dotDg nothing, and nothing ;
to do anything upou. [Laughter.] They talK
about fast horses, about pistol shooting, aud
about gunniug, and they can shoot pistols.— j
Ooe of them will get to be a:i overseer for a
widow, aud marry her, and the next yc-ur you
would find the rest of tbe family disinherited.
[Laughter.] Tho other, being a remarkably
spry and good-looking fellow, will run away
with Some old Cuban's daughter; he would gtt
into the family, and he would be there but a
little time before the old mau would be in a
corner of the plantation, and he iu full posses
sion and with a good title. That is the way it
is to be Americanized, and the ff .y they will
go on whe-u they get there.
Why, sir, there is not a Sp-uS-iru now foAe
fouud in New Oriean.--; and 1 have been there
and perambulated over the whole city. There
is cot one that 1 ever saw iu St. Louis, and I
have been there two or three times. At St.
Augustine and Pensacoli there are none. The
truth is, the Spanish race ge! out of tbe way of
our race. Toey will not remain in Cuba; they
have too much instinct for that. You just put
out here iu one of our forests, or ou the plaiu*
at a j print' or lick, a lion from the torrid zone,
ard let a herd of buffalo see him last) his sides
with his tail, and toar, aud strike dowu with a
blow a horse, and break the back of an eik,
and they will have sense enough not to go back
ibcre Put dowu a tiger, and lei bim, with hi? '
fierce fwc-p, and his yellow, glaring eyes,pounce ,
in upon a of deer, and 1 veLture to sty j
ilicy will uot be iu that neighborhood, nor with- j
iu twenty iniies of the place, iu forty days. j
Your Cubans know, if they have any scusc, how j
this population have been root'.d out. 1 will j
give a familiar iiiustrutiuu that you can all on- j
dersuod, aud that 1 waut the people in the ;
country to uudcrstand. We formeily had about
our bams in Kentucky what wc called tbe old
fashioned blue rat, and there arc in the couu
try swarms of another description ol rats call
ed the Norway rats, who eat up the blue rats. |
When the traveling gangs ot tue Norway rats
invade a barn, the blue rats scamper for their j
lives, knowing that tbey will ho eaten up if
thay do not leave. They are literally Cubans
'panting for liberty,' aud would also be Cubans
panting for life under those circumstances.—
[Laughtei.] That wiil be tho effect of it, cvi
d ently and plainly. That is (he process by
which the Americanization would go on.
FILIBUSTERING AND THE PRESIDENCY.
Mr. President, in reflcciing on the propo
sition of the Senator from New York to let off
the spirit of filibustering, I must say a word or
two more to him. He is a man of einiccut
ability,.aud genial iu feeliag. Ido not ihink
his election would be casus fa Uris ; no breach
of tbo Utagno between the y'ates. He is s
constitutional man, nod if he should be elected
there must be souie over act of oppression, or
reboilioc, or dereliction from duty, before you
could complciu. My opinion is, thai he is such
ajgcr.erous-heurted mau that he would rather
lean towards the Sotitii, byway of showing
that he was impartial. Bat, sir, Ido not want
him to talk sny uiore about that gang of Aus
trian# aud Netherkndmen and Irishmen in the
Rocky Mountains, making his Pacific Railroad,
with the idea that tbat is going to work off (he
fiiibuster spirit. Ii reminds me of an anecdote
which 1 heard, about a country,nan of my friend
from South Carolina. For the first time in his
life he saw some monkc}s, and from the
agility with which they jumped from prong to
prong with nice iittic fingers, he thought i'
would be the grandest speculation in creation
to train theiu to cotton picking, cud he gat
some for that purpose - A friend met Lint af
terwards and asked him how be had made out.
"First rate," said he, "except that i: took two
overseers to watch each monkey." [Laughter.]
That will be precisely the way you will work
the filibusters out, according io the plan of the
Senator ftdifl Now York.
Mr. President this is a tiling (vt
another reason. Is, brings up agitation ou the
negro question inevitably aud certainly, I was
iu hopes that after wc had got rid of Kansas,
the country would have some quiet. I have
beeu now, off and on, nearly tweuty years iu
Congress ; and I trusted that for one" session,
at leas?,! should live here ia peace, and hoar
no more about negroes. Now, we have the
same old story again. Ido net say that the
President proposes any such thing, or that he
has any designs or views in it; but I know this
the other moroiog the Senator from Pennsylva
nia, (Mr. Bigler,) who, it was said, represented
the President—and he did not deny it w'.cn he
was called upon by the Senator from X. Hamp
shire—gave us bis views on ihs tariff. As the
iicua'or from X. Hampshire taid the President
bad oof been invited to tlie Pcfficcratic eantmfci
or from some other cause, be did net agree with
theus, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
representing the Picsideui'3 views on the tariff,
went fn for a pre'ty large iucidentaiisin
on iron for Pennsylvania. If Lis Cuba
horse, his Cuba hobby, can tickle the South,
and upon the iron questiou he can hang the old
Keystone State to him ly bars of iron and
hooks of steel, he will Le very apt to stand in
a pretty good position for demanding a nomi
nation—a position where he can say : "Gentle
men, just step upou the platform; here is your
candidate; you must lake hiui ; you cannot do
without biui." It locks to me mightily that
way.
1 know, Mr. President, that it has been men
tioned often, laughingly, that there has beeu a
belief that if notlting else, your luck would
would kill him ;. that you got everything you
ever went tor, all you wanted, and that if there
was uotbiug else ic his way, be would never
survive your luck. [Laughter.] Well, sir, I
have taken a good look at him. He looks firm,
pretty substautiai, and strong, and 1 tell yau
the white of your eye is too white, audali'tho
conjuration aud witchcraft, and incantations of
which you may be master, cannot avail. I
give it as my opinion—l am somewhat cf a
doctor, acquainted with hygiene—l give it as
my decided opinion that he is good for ten
year.-, and I profoundly a-k your pardon for
saying so. [Laughter.] • I know he has said
that be only wanted to rua for one term, but
Jacksou taiked that way, and i suppose Jack
son was nearly as firm a mau, aud probably as
pure a man as Mr. Buchanan. Of Mr. Buch
anan personally, I desire to say nothing.—
Although General Jackson only wanted one
term, be was willing to soive another. Ctc-ar
thrice put away the crnwu, and yet he took it.
But beyoud ali history or example, 1 never
knew a Scotchman when he had got a grip upon
anv thing and had it iu his £:'Ap, would
ever let go, if it was a good thing, until death.
He will hold on, unless you wrench it from him;
aud thru if it were iu his power lie wuuld send
it to some liucal, favorite son if his—in poli
tics, I mean, for nono he has otherwise.—
[Laughter.]
CLAY, RANDOLPH AND DOUGLAS.
When I was in politic?, audi may say, when
I was alive, [laughter,] aDd old man Clay bat
tled against tbo Democratic party, lion-heart* d
as he was, like Richard Coeur de Lion hiuiseif,
when he went into the Holy Land to rescue it
froui the custody of tbe Infidels, Mr. Clay,
with u HOD'S heart, and his battk-axe oplifteo,
fought to rescue what he believed to be the
Constitution aud the rights of (ue couutiy from
ibe d emocratic party, that be thought wasdis
lojal and uuirue to them; then, sir, I fought
uud felt like a field matsbal.
Wvl ! , sir, as to the Democratic parly, Ido
not kuow that 1 could very well joiu them unless
1 see a little further into them. I could not bo
a locofoco anyway, and 1 understand that the
aiscipliue is extremely rigid. [Laughter]
Tbey muster their men with great severity, ac
ccrdiug to regular drill, and if a man does not
chalk up to the mark, overboard he goe9; and
the rule is that it is better to have an enemy
out of the camp than a friend in the camp
cutting capers and cutting shines. JcLn Ran
dolph, of Virginia, said of the Democratic
patty —but I wilt not say of them—ihat ail
tbey wanted was men of sense enough to k*<l,
aud fools enough to follow, [laughtu,] and ii
any man could not subscribe to these pnuciplo.-,
and want iuio the party aa a leader who had
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not sense enough lo load, ho ought to be turned
out. I believe you did cashier one or Iwo. I
do not kuow what the severity of the discipline
is. If I can get a private conversation with
my friend from Illiooi? [Mr. Deuglas] before I
leave here, I should like to know if ho has not
lesraed something on that subject. [Laughter J
I wi.-b, just privately and confidentially, to know
from him if the discipline is not excessively
tight. If I wa9 to go in I do not know upon
what sort of probation or trial I ehould be put.
I suppose it would bo long enough to make
them certain that tbey had got all the old gen
uine, gentlaai-anly Whig principles and feelingt
ouicf me, and that I really Ld ihe true reli
gion and was converted. Then they miMit put
mc in the kitchen of 'ho household of ;Le Lo
eofocos until they believed I was really a Chris
tian, and showed it evidently. Ido not know
| how I should he treated, I think I shall look
! little further before J go in.
j THE ' BLOODY OLD BRCISEU" AND JIIB DOGS.
Mr. Preside ;, my strength is failing me, but
I must say som iiing more. I utterly con
: dcuin this rampant spirit and cry for war. It
! is a wrong cry ; it is a wrong teaching for tho
country; and ipredict ihcat if we get into
I calamitous war wl:b France and with England
on this sccoun', we slwli repent it io the latest
i Jay of our lives. Do not pass this unneces
sary bill, aud insult a neighbor by this propo
sition, which is every way unadvised and un
called for. When you get into a war, you trill,
find tba: fighting John Bull is not talking.—.
( When England f>eniuiea Lere ill the- last war,
and burned this Cspiiol, is was a mere by-play
J for her? She era-Upholding all continental Eu
, reps then, against the colIos3a! power of Na
poleon ; and yet she came here just as a by
; play, end troubled us as she did. Our people
' tbiub we whipped England, and you bear them
.say throughout the country that- we whipped
Wellington's iavincibles : aud they believe thnt
we absolutely whipped the veterans who fought
the battle of Waterloo, although that battle wan
| aot fought until the 18 b of June after the Btht
of January, when our battle of New Orleans
: waafonght. They are stuffed up in that way,
; and inflamed with a war spiri'.
I Old John Bull, as 1 said, is a Hoody old
bruiser. If the Senator from Georgia was her©
: I would ask him if he did oot see bow Spain
aud Saidinia sent off tbeir quota to the Crime
an war, at ibe request of England, although
they had just about as much interest io it as I
had. Knglanu just soM to th-m, -rif you do
not fight on my side, I will whip you." That
|is the whole of it. They follow England in
; (hat kind of way. John Bull, if I may use a
familiar illustration that will bo undetstuod in
the country, is like a great uuruly mastiff, or n
buii dog. 01J Bull goes prowling about hunt
huutiug up fights. AloDg io bis train follow
Taa-ar atyd Pompey, Jumper aud Jupitei; and
though the first two are Roman? of high degree,
and the last a god, they follow iu his train witli
fear aud trembling. When he nails a dog, they
leg him, aud nip him, and down th*n T get him,
until he bis throttled to death, aul there is a
nation blotted from the map of the earth; or if
after woirying him and crippling him, and
wounding him, they seud him booi>, it is iu
| pain to work the balance of his days to pav the
expenses cf the figh'.
V\ell, sir, I do not know the Senator from
Georgia's idea about it, but I take it that in
unking up a figb', there ought to be some
! sense about it, as there is about any'biog else.
| There ought to be some reason for it. Now,
sir, the United States comparatively is a hull
i terrier that i 3 as game #s ten thousand lions,
and snpeiadded to his natural pluck, be has
the spirit ot the seven devils that were driven
out of Mary Magdalen. Do you suppose I
would hiss hiui on that eld ball j if 1 thought
anything of the dog ? and 1 know I love mv
country better than I could any dog. I don t
want to make up a tight cf that kind.
Sir, tbesc men who arose ready to talk about
fighting, very often are the las! men t 0 J 0 if.
Whenever 1 sec a man oul in a muster field or
in a court yard, blustering and talking about
his willingness to sbed his Lst diopof blood, 1
would rather rce somebody who would bo
willing to shed the first drop. [L ighter.] If
Wil ge? :~to this war we must go through whh
it at ail hazards, at every expense, and etcverv
loss. Oar commerce, our progress, everything
would be k>B3 aud ruin to us. We, with onr
insufficient navy, should be utterly on blc to
oope with those two Power?. They do not
seem iuclined to fight us; they do no' want to
fight us; tbey were wi.ling tu share faiiiy with
1 suppose the talk about fighting means
just this, and uo more; men koew that there is
iu this country a deep rooted popular sentiment
of dislike, an invetcra'e feeling of hatred
towards England—l mean with the lower or
ders. It comes down traditionally from our
revoiutiouary war. It ws revived by the last
war we had wiih her. It is a safe thing in aDj
ignorant crowd to curse England, and you will
not find anybody of any party who does not
back you. I suppose it is a popular theme for
declamation; but I think it is time we had quit
it. I believe that is the prevailing dominant
feeling with the ignorant portion of our popu
lation. Whether it is just or unjust, I will
not prcteud to say, but it is an element in the
American character; au element like their ig
noriug the rights of a Mexican or a Spaniard.
It ts a feeling they have. Thay hate a red
coat or a Bniishcr. Mr. Dallas or Lord Na
pier may have a ma-jy -rippers und feats as
you please; they uwy <alk about tho same lan
guage, and reading the aaujo Milton und the
satue bhaksjH-utc and about a coa.mon blood
and fraternity an-1 nil Very vrt-11, that
is just us nice as two hdics ,ho hate each oili
er iiku its Dcv;!, gos.-ippliig Wry pleasr.tly
OT"! u tea tabic. [Lsoghfcr.J
THE PRESIDENCY AND PLATFORM.
Mr. Pre*ideui, I btlicvc 1 have spoken pear
ly to the extent of my ntr ngU and pow{