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Then in rotnlion Louis, Rad — and Lyon, Addrcss'd the Electors, when some luckless Scion Of the selfsame stock, tho' ratlier rough in manner Seized on the tassel of a Lambkin's banner ; 'Twas Fitzroy's, which the Lamb enraged, now furl'd And doom'd the culprit to another world. But rescued by some Rams, or I'm mistaken. Lion himself could not have sav'd his bacon. Good humour still prevailing on the whole, The general cry was to the Poll ! the Poll ! Then to the Poll room rush'd both whelps and laraba^ Pursued by aged Lions and old Rams, Leave we the combatants engaged within, Whilst we review the votaries of Gin, So gentle muse, say in most plaintive strain. Who of Carleton's fair ones scour'd the plam During the conflict that in doors was fought, And in their sev'ral avocations wrought ; Well there was Mistress Louis, Widow Hill, The Widow Irwin, Mistress Somerville, Tho blue-eyed Lady of M'Cord was there. Of Carleton she's the fairest of the fair ; Snip's wife was there, and Snub's and so was Teddy's, And other ladylike angelic Ladies ; Some of 'em with bosoms like the Doves When they display their charms before their loves, Strutted with pouting breasts so high, so close A kiss could not have got betwixt them and their nose, But if it had ? — Feign would my muse be dumb. It would have been repulsed by Whiskey, Gin and Rum ; In ju;^tice though to Carleton's Aristocracy, These Ladies did belong to the Mobocrac And further more we're bound in duty to gl .,^dre, We did not see one lovely woman there, '• Siccet smiles have such, and kind endearing charms,'" A field like this, ill suits their tender arms. CANTO IV. ♦' Advance your Standards, and upon 'cm lords; Pell-mell, down with them ! " Which Hero should be chair' d ; which go to poti Was now to be resolv'd on Mother Taylor's lot ; Where every accommodation was indeed afforded To Lambs and Lions : here the lambkins boarded. Here as the Sun reach'd the meridian height Was the first vote given, that commenc'd the fight, 'Twas Dempsey gave it, a Lion he by birth, Which vote was gallantly rcturn'd by Firth : Firth was a Lamb, a pet fiar many years, And yoked is he, to one of Pinhey's dears. Hagerman then voted, then two Logans, These were all Lambs ; the next two were both Lions ; Eastman the one ; Hugh Ronan was the other ; A preacher one ; one an apostate wether * So warm, so general, now became the fight. Votes flew from right to left, from left to right ; The centre then of course becoming engaged. Lions and Lambs alternately were enrao-ed At much rude questioning ; many lame objections, Quite iuadinissable at cimlized Elections, But more especially, where the law has render'd Oaths if demanded, expedient to be tender'd ; Lambs would not admit of sufferance occupation, Nor Lions of what's term'd a Government location. Deeds must be evidence ; nothing but a deed Would satisfy th;. <. '-jUnsellors of Lion's breed ; And Lion's deeds, so little were they thought on. The Lambs would not regard them, tho' they brought them ; 'Tis said the Lambs, by confidential emissaries. Had been inform'd that some of Pinhey's adversaries * A gentleman who had promised to vote for the Lamb. 14 THE CARLETOX ELECTION. \\ Had recently been shnulatwg many a deed, Tliat, therefore Tinhey and liis friends agreed That oaths should be the test, to try the voters by, Since few would take false oaths, tho' more miglit lie. And deeds which never ought to come to light Were signed, and sealed, and so forth, over-night., Now while each side in judgments contradictory, Were trying which could be the most refractory : Forth stept the portly Monk of haughty Majc//, Indexible in humour, as in judgment arch. " Sir I" (to the Returning Officer said he) " Be please to hear one word or two from me ;" " The lands I hold in Carleton, being free " From all encumbrance ; held in " simple fee'^ " And from the Crown, give me a right to vote, *' Of all the arguments I have taken due uote ; " And my conviction, after much reflection, *' Is, if my vote's refused ; 'tis no Election — " That I'm a Freeholder ; I not alone declare it, " But by this sacred book 1 kiss, — I'll swear it ; " As for the deeds they talk so much about, " I know, nor care not, be they in or out, " Perhaps some of you, electioneering gentlemen, " Know how, and when, and where to get at them — " 'Tis said, some stores of deeds are in your stores, " A search vmrrani might bring mme out o' doors; " But should you have 'em, keep them if you please : " I'll still enjoy my lands in perfect ease. " Our right to encrease our present representation " Arises from an encrcased Population ; " Yet you'd restrict that right to the minority, " Which should extend of course to tho majority ; " And which majority that caused that Act to pass ; " To disfranchise would be a perfect Farce — " Prove first to us, our lands are not our own, " On which we've reap'd, whatever we have sown ; " On which we've built for us and our heirs ; " On which we've dwelt some six, some thirteen years ; " On which we've paid, and feign we would for ages : " Road duos and taxes ; even " Memher^s wages ;" ^ THE CARLETON ELECTION. " Refuse our votes ! why, we'll refuse to pay ■" Those wages you impose ; and well we may " For much I question, if you have the skill ' To exact pay, who work against our ^ 'HI. " To Richmond, for rta liberahty and bounty, " 111 offering two, to represent the county ; " Our thanks are due, but really we prefer " To choose some other gentleman elsewhere." " His vote's not good ! (cried out a Richmond orator) " And can't be taken, hij no Returning Officer." " Silence!" (exclaim'd the Officer) '« at this Election " To me belongs the Power of Rejection, " And if usurp'd by otlicrs, on my soul " I am determin'd to suspend the Poll." The imperious Monk, then took the holy book And gave to Moloch a monastic look, A look by which old Faustus taught the devil To know himself, and seek his proper level, 'Silent was Moloch ; with a vacant stare, He saw the Elector take the book and swear. 15 fl n CANTO V. " They have been at a great feast of languages, " And have stolen the Scraps." SlIAKSPEARB. A w^ar of words ensued ; all Parab'lism ; Quite as inexplicable as Diabolism — Never was legal sopliistry more abused, Never was confusion more confused : Doctors of Law, of Physic, even Divinity, Agreed in one bewilder'd unanimity. To frustrate and perplex the one the other, Not Babel's labourers even made more bother. " Down I down you Moloch, or whate'er you be, " Out of tliQ way, you dev'ling let's see " The Spree as well as you !" cried one, who gently shook him, Down Moloch came, as tlio' some blast had struck him. " Who dares strike me V" shriek'd shrill the little Lion, " 'Tis only Sparkes from By town ;" cried Pat Ryan, " For Sparkes will fly you know, and Sparkes will rise " When there's a breeze, so Moloch mind your eyes." " They're much inflamed"(quoth Sparkes) "and much exposed, " He may use them, but let his mouth be closed ; " His little Twinklers are far too prominent, " And what he calls his tongue is too predominant." That Moloch never takes offence, 'tis true ; Nor does he give it. — Give the devil his due. Now Rad — might have corrected many an error, Had they permitted him to read Lex Terra. " But" (said the Lambs) " of reading there's no need, " Has'nt Louis shewn us what it is to read ?" Prohibited from reading, Rad — then spoke. And took his text from Lyttleton and Coke. RB. I . hiin, osedj THE CARLETON ELECTION. 17 Who ever knew a lawyer slack of Jaw ; Fas vel ncfas, masticating Law / Rad— quoted this as Law, and quoted that Nilfuit verliupf, ct twn vcrhum sat. ^' That's not tlie Law !" cried Low, a legal Lamb ; " No !" cried another. Lawyer Hagerman. '' To say, that Laws not Law" (quoth Rad.) " is all a hum ' '• A verbis legis, non est recedum.* "In Riciimond, Perth, in every place, save this, " They stick to one Const ructio Legis; " Were these votes ofter'd, they would all refuse 'em, '* Such is the practice, qui follit abusum. Then, thus the Lamb ; " my honor'd learned friend, " In vain your classic lore and breath you spend ; " We come not here to construe Lex et Legis, " Or to be scared like suffragia plebis, "Nor is it here, we can decide which right is, *' Non nostrum tantas componere lites. " Vour Law, thougli you should skim the very essence, " Is currcuf. here for only so much nonsense ; '' Hero common sense presides ; each vote's a Jury, *' And curse me, but Cursus curice, est lex curiae:' In one dense mass were huddled all together, Richardson the orator, and Dan O'Connor, Billings who lives on t'other side the Ridean, Jamb'd betwixt two noviciates from Sligo, Lyon and Pinhey, and the old M. P. Matt Taylor of the Huntley tavern and AI'Glnc, James Bell who dwells on Goulburn's only rise, Whose wife is never seen without black eyes, George Clark, that's call'd the General, ard Lloyd, Mosy Wilson, Maxwell and old Boyd, Ormsby and Games, the brother to old Mosy, Good natur'd Joint, ill natur'dly called Nosy— il *Has not the author avail'd himself of a poetical license, to ■suppress the penultima in the word recedeadum I Kxr.mincr B 3 t^ 18 THE CAULKTON ELECTION. LicufOMants of tlio Navy, Captains and Comniandera, Old Datic, Father of March, and Huntlcy'H Ah'xanders, Colonels and MujorH, of tlio Army and Militia, Venders of Suits, of Uhuharl) and Magnesia, Tinkers and Taylors, Cohlcrs and Cow Doctors, Commissary Clerks and Government Contractors, Pull Clerks and ('onstables, MaBR. TIIG CARLETON ELECTION. Malt Taylor's house, a pretty strong redoubt, Scrv'd as a ncarp to keep the LioiiH out, Whilst in the burn, pork, broad, wine, rum, beer, gin, Provided wero to keep the Lambkins in. And then to stand as sentinels, two Rams Had boon selected from the choicost Lambs, With arms provided, mounted with a fist, Carved from the finger-nails towards the wrist ; There were they stationed, to repel attack. Should such be made, and drive the assailants back. No better weapon, than a well wrought fist For civil war ! mutton one is best. Well, this was their parlour, kitchen, pantry, hall ; Eolian music whistled through the wall; The Jlceci/ snow came through the roof above, And Jleccing Lambs kept warjn a little btove. By pitching in occasionally, as they found 'em. The tatter'd garments of some fallen Lion, A beaver hat, a cap, a boot, a shoe. Were now and then discovered through the flue. 31 Four tables, twelve feet long, by three feet wide. Were there with forms arranged on either side. Not of Mahogany was the furniture made. Neither with Rose or Satin wood in-laid ; But of the best Canadian Norway deal, On which a hungry man might make a meal ; That is, provided that he found it there. And who wijl say, there was not ample fare ? Eight hundred weight of beef, if we the weight might guess, As many of pork, and of the best prime-mess : Twelve hundred pounds of flour, made in sundry loaves ; Some caked in ovens, some in pans and stoves ; With knives and forks to each, were plates six score. Bought for the purpose at Matt Connel's store. As also five score tumblers, and as many glasses, " For Lambs are men, {s^.\d Acres) Lion's asses, " Who'll stand to eat their grub, should they be able, " But Lambs are Christains and must sit at Table. lil i2'i nn: i vrlkto.n elkctiox. Tracy wnn arcliittjct, AcroH iho survoyor, IVttT .M'ViMjjli, llio ])riiiri|»!il piirvoycjr, Torn AII»Mi, uIiiidnI worsliippM by tlii! I'lur, For \mu\f so prodijf.'il of ruin and lioer ; Four liurrols of the liiltcr (liVill .' like Will compose /* Could Sontag .' Vestris ! could Matilda Rose ! Will is the poet, to out-homcr Homer ; And though one Swallow never makes a summer, W^ill's voice alone, in song or oratory, Would make a perfect Paradise of Purgatory — He danced, ho sung, harangued, did all but pray, And kept the stable in a roar 'til day. CANTO VII '* Now, Ijcro wo are all gontlonien, And live at our ease ; A li.'ippy llioujrht was if , that broiij^ht l^« to these coloniuB." Vesper. 'p The morning dawned, on loot, In slei^jhs, on liorscs. Cunic to the field, each Ilellifrercnt's forces; In drilPd detuclunents, iiHinujL>(!ahle t^roups, ('ame on the whole of Richmond's veteran troops ; Of which, the weight the Laud)s could not withstand, So fell hack, colours flyinfr ; galjunt band, To their own quarters, where as in entrenchment They waited the expected reinforcement. Thus hy this prudent temporary secession, The liions held the field in tiieir possession, And deeminor now the liambs were over come, In strength numerical, theirs being six to one, •' Hurrah for Lyon !" cried thoy ;— " down with Pinhcy V Exulting thus, in their prospective victory, lie, who his arms judiciously would wield, First takes the cabinet and then the field ; So Pmhey coursing in his rough hewn car, Devising means for carrying on the war, To numerous aides-de-camp advice was giving. Counsel to friends, as well as from receiving, Advancing leisurely, in thought profound. His harassed steed paced slowly o'er the ground. The gloomy Sun above three hours high, Had reach'd its southern summit of the sky, When Monk of March, descendant of the General, Who rescued England ffom the troops of Cromwell, 1* 24 THE CARLETON ELECTION. i! Scourirtg the country like a rutting Ram, And coming butt upon the pensive Lamb, With furious eye and ardour military. Addressed him thus : — " Why Sir ; so dilatory, " What strange indifference ; what cold neglect, *' What want of discipline and of respect " To those who have the cause so much at heart, " Who've taken so conspicuous a part, " Who through the day, stood by you in the fight, *' And in recruiting passed the dreary night ? " Tis whispcr'd that you've fled, that you've clear'd out, " And e'en your liousehold troops are put to rout, " Your rival has in all the pride of power, " Had the advantage one long painful hour ; '* Haste and redeem the honours of the day, *' And victory is yours ! I Monk will lead the way, " One well directed charge ! the foe shall yield, " And wounds sustain'd, ere sunset shall be heal'd ; " As yet the field is theirs ! hear you their cheers ? " They breathe their last" (quoth Pinhey) "on mine ears ; " For lo I I come ; my centre's on the wing I " Tliis day is Lion's summer, — our spring; " Tomorrow is the day ; to him t'will be a fall, " His flag victorious now, his funeral pall, " And through the snow, tho' cover'd deep with crus^t, " The Lambs shall make the Lions " bite the dust." Why flew the whip across his courser's shoulder. Bright beamed the eye of the reproving soldier. Arrived the steed at the Election goal ; ••jHow goes my friends (asked Pinhey) novv's the Poll ?'* '* We're neck and neck exclaimed an anxious Lamb, " But many a Lion's vote's not worth a damn ; " And many a bleating lambskin strains his throat " In vain to break a false illegal vote — " They vote on land, they've sold three years ago, •' On lands acquired, none knows where or how, " On clergy lots that's only held on lease, " And as we bleat out shame ! they roar out peace. THE CARLETON ELECTION. " But I say war ! nor eat nor drink will I, " Nor quit the field, but with the victory." Through Lion's forces unobstructed pass'd, Behold the truant Lamb arrived at last ; To whom the Lion.—" Sir, 'twould be convenient, *' To clear the room, so many friends are in't ; " I would propose you should have two or three, *' No more, and I'll select as few for me." " Agreed," (quoth Pinhey) " I'll be free to own, " I think we'd combat quite as well alone ; " And from some information given on oath, " It seems to me expedient that both •' Agree that every voter shall be told, " That henceforth, unsworn votes shall not be poll'd ; *' A friend of yours, has too proposed to me, *' That widows may vote, provided we agree ; " But as for widows voting, 'twill not do ; " Old soldier's wives, may act the widow too, *' And some old soldiers slipping off their breeches, " May vote a second time, dress'd up like witches ; " For many of them at a pinch I ween, " Would like Hermaphrodites prove epicene ; " Besides, my widow'd friends are all so modest, " They'd vow of all things, it would be the oddest *' They'd ever done in all their blessed lives, " To front so many men, since they were wives ; " No Sir, a woman's voice I've no objection to, " But for her vote ;— 1 fear it will not do. *• Let every widow, take which side she will, " Go and become a bride like Mrs. Hill ; »' And barren be the job they'll have to do, " Be it to bring their husbands here for you ; •' For do your best, bring the whole county here, " I'll top you on the Poll— one hundred clear." 25 Tlie Poll room clear'd,— /resA freeholders let in ; 80 fresh the very Poll books smelt of Gin. — " Now" (said the Returning Officer) " we agree " That votes unsworn shall not recorded be, I 26 THE CARLETON ELECTION. *' So take the oath, Sir I Every man must swear ! " Who do you vote for?" — " For that gentleman there I" " Say what's his name ? — A gentleman has a name." " I vote for that ere gentleman with the inane.'" " Pass on 1"-* 'Who's next ?"-"Come take the book and swear I" " Who do you vote for ?" — " For the Lion there." " Another !"— " Off with your hat man !"— " Why, Sir, pray V* " This man's too drunk to swear, take him away, " I can't administer to a man's that loath " To doff his hat, so serious an oath." " He never drinks" (quoth Moloch) " not a drop." '• He cagg^d himself last summer in my sliop." " Aye" (quote the man) " 'twas barring some exceptions," " Such as ueos and births, and weddings and Elections;" " Tell me" (ask'd Pinhey) "are you drunk or sober?" " So drunk I could'nt tell a clout from clover." " Did you get drunk with I^ouis or James Bell ?" " To tell the truth, may I be d d to hell, " If it was James ; but some how I got hitch'd, " And here am I, just like a man bevvitch'd." " Tell him you're sober" (whisper'd Moloch to him,) " Damn'd if I do ; I'll tell a lie for no man ; " I came to vote for him, but that 'ere sly one, (Pointing to Louis) " makes me vote for Lyon." And now a gentlemim, we think a maoistrate, Declared he thought him in a proper state To take an oath, he having sent;e enough To know Election oaths arc all mere slijir " He's no! :so drunk" (quoth Moloch) " he's ;i dry oun," ** I'll swear him then (quothsKdwards) " he'js for Lyon." " Aye, swear if yon please'' (suid Pinhey) "let liitu .swear, " And all the sin of it, may Louis bear"- - •' Hark yc, my friend" (continuixl Pinhey) " pray •• Outside that door, will you be pleased to sav " The i