The Mine Owner and the Jackass
The
Mine Owner and the Jackass
While the Owner of a
Silver Mine was on his way to attend a convention of his species he was accosted
by a Jackass, who said: “By an unjust discrimination against quadrupeds I am
made ineligible to a seat in your convention; so I am compelled to seek
representation through you.” “It will give me great pleasure, sir,” said the
Owner of a Silver Mine, “to serve one so closely allied to me in—in—well, you
know,” he added, with a significant gesture of his two hands upward from the
sides of his head. “What do you want?” “Oh, nothing—nothing at all for
myself individually,” replied the Donkey; “but his country’s welfare should be
a patriot’s supreme care. If Americans are to retain the sacred liberties
for which their fathers strove, Congress must declare our independence of
European dictation by maintaining the price of mules.”
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