The "loil" legislature of Alabama; its ridiculous doings, and nonsensical sayings . downevery desk, upset all the chairs, spilled all the ink, mashedthe breath out of several loil constituents, and raisedthe wind generally. Smiling Carraway and Booby Hartwere the first to snatch the paper, upon the contents ofwhich the destinies of this disloyal country latter blockhead then mounted the Hon. Tom Diggs,and read aloud in a brave, tremulous voice, the dispatchquoted above. A tremendous shout was then set up, whichbrought in Coon, Farden, Sibley, Applegate and other spirits from
The "loil" legislature of Alabama; its ridiculous doings, and nonsensical sayings . downevery desk, upset all the chairs, spilled all the ink, mashedthe breath out of several loil constituents, and raisedthe wind generally. Smiling Carraway and Booby Hartwere the first to snatch the paper, upon the contents ofwhich the destinies of this disloyal country latter blockhead then mounted the Hon. Tom Diggs,and read aloud in a brave, tremulous voice, the dispatchquoted above. A tremendous shout was then set up, whichbrought in Coon, Farden, Sibley, Applegate and other spirits from the Senate, who had been watching theproceedings from the outside, and were afraid to venturein. Smiling Carraway then mounted beautiful Shaws bigback, and made the following patriotic speech : Mr. Speker : I node all de time what dat dere spatchkertained, but I wanted for to se what de gemmans wooddo, an if it wood hav a good confectionery on der centi-ments. Ise rejoiced to no dat its havin good eflfeck on degemmens, I move de spatch be dopted, and 1 thousand ,/^. U, .^^c^^ 41. The Speaker cried out, Order ! order! order! This Legislature is not-B8ur oili XX rcu8.^^j^ iiu :,0 ^iqe / copys be printed for de hotel kepers of dis city to fumisiidere gests wid. _ The Speaker ruled that the gentlemkn was Out of Hart appealed from the Chairs decision, andthe decision was not sustained. Soap-eyed Stewart movedthat the motion be adopted. Carraways motion was thenread and adopted, amidst a gigantic outburst of loyalty. This was an unparliamentary way of proceeding, but isalmost a/ac simile of the proceedings in the so-called Houseon the day alluded to. Incendiary speeches were made insupport of the measure by the blockheads, boobies andnegroes. The few Democrats opposed the measure solidly,and were assisted in their opposition by the moderate Rad-icals. It passed the Senate by a majority of one vote. Those who voted yea are—Bromberg, Buckley, Coon,Farden, McAfee, King
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