... meaning only harassment to the Government; while questions and little debates ■over questions have come be as thick as blackberries, and wholly destructive the legislative uses of the House. Last evening was typical one. The ball was set a rolling, u ...

... patriotism, and freedom—in jovial combination with coffee, ginger-beer, and cold water! Teetotal bards are as plentiful blackberries, and if they oould not, amongst them, produce a new national song quite equal Tennyson’s, it would, fear, a fatal admission ...