Still, they had votes, and were worth coax
ing—especially as it was hoped they would
prove simple birds, easily caught with chaff,
or ensnared by the strong spell of sprinkling
salt upon their tails. So, with all the art of
speeches or the better eloquence of silence,
our two friends of poultry plied the olivc
branch-fetchers, tiie one by the bill, the oth-j
tr by the tail. Cousin Crow—a prophetic,
lmt ill-omened creature —croaked forth to
them, in his blandest tones, a discourse in
praise of the beauties of Universal Conquest
and of Manifest Destiny ; brother Weazel
dilated on the delights of Peace and Princi
ples. The oration of the former is not yet
published, but may lie imagined from cer
tain speeches of his about “ fdty-fotir-lorty,”
swallowing Mexico, and licking up Yncatan;
of his rival’s, we have an outline as above,
in the Evening Post; and very captivating,
it must he confessed. Attracted, however,
by the unusual chattering, suddenly appear
ed, in a brown overcoat, on a white horse, a
sober old Farmer, for some time employed
t) keep the vermin out of tlie-o- parts, lie
was armed with a double-barrelled gun ; at
sight of which, pacific master Weazel sought
his hole with a squeak of consternation, and
warrior Crow, always averse to the smell of
gunpowder, broke his sword, and with a
lou.l “caw! caw!” suddenly grew scarce.
“Fables should have Morals; and so shall
ours, when crows and wcazels have them.”
* I’or the surgery of this ease, all afllicted sim
pletons may see the practice explained in one of
Col. Bestox’s speeches in the Senate. Some
cautery was there used.
