. Punch . of getting Government totake the matter up. As Lord Palmerston has long been a favouritewith the ladies, perhaps his powers of persuasion would incline theirears to reason, although we are aware it is the last thing in the worldthat a woman likes to listen to, and one that few men have the art tomake her really heed. An Interlocutory Decision. There s a frantic dispute And no end of a suit,As to who shall have charge of the Marquis of Bute : The deduction from which 4 Is that Bute must be rich,And the lawyers are sure to get plenty of Loot. The Political Atmosphere in America. The la
. Punch . of getting Government totake the matter up. As Lord Palmerston has long been a favouritewith the ladies, perhaps his powers of persuasion would incline theirears to reason, although we are aware it is the last thing in the worldthat a woman likes to listen to, and one that few men have the art tomake her really heed. An Interlocutory Decision. There s a frantic dispute And no end of a suit,As to who shall have charge of the Marquis of Bute : The deduction from which 4 Is that Bute must be rich,And the lawyers are sure to get plenty of Loot. The Political Atmosphere in America. The latest intelligence from New York tells us, that a thick fogprevails. We fancy this thick fog prevails more or less all overthe country. It is very clear, and it is the only thing that is clear,that politicians do not exactly see their way. However, let us hope,when the fog has cleared off, that the ground will be taken up by aspeedy settlement of the Blacks. PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.—March 2, LOOKING INTO THE ACCOUNTS. John Bull. NOW, MY FRIEND, YOU TAKE A HOLIDAY FOR A SHORT TIME. I DONT DOUBT YOUR HONESTY, BUT I WANT TO SEE HOW YOUR BOOKS STAND. March 2, 1861.] PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 93 ALLIGATORS IN TEARS. E see that Louisianahas seceded fromthe American Unionin a manner equallydisgusting and ridi-culous. Despatchesfrom Baton Rougecontain the particu-lars of this absurdproceeding. The de-bate in the Conven-tion on the questionof secession havingclosed, we are told,a vote was ordered,and:— The Galleries andlobbies were intenselycrowded, and a death-like silence the call of the roll,many members were intears. Who were theweepers ? A nume-1 rous minority in theLouisiana Conven-tion, bewailing thefolly which the ma-jority was about toperpetrate? Not so;for the vote havingbeen announced, theAyes turned out tobe 113, and the Nays17. The weepingmembers were there-fore Secessionists—Slaveowners, Slave-drivers—and aboutwhat then were these ru
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