• * As fer ry principles I glory: In having nothing of the sort. I ain't a Whig ; I ain't a Tory; I'm jest a ..
... • * As fer ry principles I glory: In having nothing of the sort. I ain't a Whig ; I ain't a Tory; I'm jest a candidate in short. So the author of the Biglow Papers burlesques certain American politicians; and the lines would require but little alteration ...