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every body laughs- when he sorrows, all is sorrow- when he speaks all are struck dumb, when he sleeps, all is torpid and universal still- ness, when he wnkes all the world seem to breathe anew, when he nods every body think themselves favored-when he waves his hand all fall to the ground, when he condescends to speak, for indeed it is a great condescension; all are in extacy-when he tells a tale, his hearers wait-the sign whether to laugh, or look sorry, and if the sign be to laugh, an universnl roar follows, but if the sign he to look i;;orry or mad what rueful looks are to he seen, when he is happy all is joy and gladness, when he moves all imitate his stately strides, when he looks wise, all looks wisdom when is wrathy all is vengeance blood and slaughter Mr Speaker this is the distinction between my friend and myself-who would have thought of the advantage of a name? What a wonderful man! :My friend of San Augustine will recollect that the citizens of Jasper are not so important as his friends of the East, of whose valour he boasts so much. He was elected to Congress, an<l because certain persons as great as he, but not so self important by a fraction, abided in the City of Austin, he dreamed of nothing but the destruction of this dernted City. He set out and tr~,·elled slowly towards this place, that the citizens of this place might hear their doom announced before he could reach the Trinity, and besides it is highly incompatible with true greatness to move in haste lest the natives might miss the sight as he passed along- He had no doubt but that the citizens of this place would meet him at the Trinity, an<l he delayed purposely to afford them the opportun~ty- He imagined at every step, that the next step would bring to his view the citizens of this city on bended knees and with outstretched hands, crying out 0 General! dont moYe the City, dont destroy and lay waste our coun- try, what shall we do to find favor in thy sight? permit us to live for thy service and thy glorification,-while all_these things were rolling in his mighty mind he was trying to reconcile it to his feelings that he would deign to shed the light of his refulgent countenance upon them, but a proper sense of his own importance told him to pass on without noticing these supplicants- But alas! This wicked and stiff necked people had not the reverence which they should have had for this mighty man. So all his dreams of adoration fell to the ground, and this presumptuous people had like to have forgotten that he was coming- No wonder that he doomed this City to ruin and desola- tion- The good people did all they could to appease his fury- He would have relented but-that would not show his independance. 'l'his would be inconsistent with his crab disposition- )[r ::;peaker let me explain why I say "crab." :\ly friend of San Augustine spoke of the advantages this charter would afford in gathering oysters and crabs which lie in large hanks in the Sabine Pass, I presume my friend wishes to establish frie11dly relations with the crab family, who are always backwards in their operations-and of whose character, I think, ruv friend partakes not a little, and this is the reason I presume, of th·e establishment of the aquatic city of Sabine. The~e my frien_d can abide with his kindred and without fear of molestation ancl enJoy in peace the title of Lord o,·er his backw~1.r<l subjects- (Here :\fr _A_rm- strong was c:alle<l to order, he apolog1secl and proceeded) My friend
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