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THE REPORT
Of Col. Jack Mclnnis, from the Select Committee that had Mr. McC^ughan's ^	Lawyer	Bill put to 'em.	-
Now, Mr. Speaker, if this House will give me its detention for a few minites, I think that I can explain this matter.
Mr. McCaughn has introduced a great passel of bills here, which is heredical and null and void, and hasn't got no sense in 'em. He put in a bill here to get up a theorlogical survey of the country, and this my constituents is opposed to, becase they think there's no use in it. The people have enough to pay for now that ain't of no account.
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There has	been	a good deal of 'citement	about my ferry bill;
and when I had	used	up Mr. Moody, and got it	into the Senate, Laboo
had to git up and say that he was at my ferry wonst and I refused to set him over the river becase he didn't have no money--and I jest told him what he said warn't so. Now, I don't know much about this	here Laboo, but I don't think he is the	clean cat fur, no how.
I give my	vues	about the pennytensherry	t'other day and I was
right for the things there does look like they was painted with tar--and I told the truth about it, and you know it.
Now, Mr. McCaughn is a man of great larning. He can write equal to any man in this House, and I'm sprized that as smart a man should have such heredical notions. He wanted to have a law passedk here for doing away with securities; but he couldM't get that fixed, and. then he wanted to get the law turned so that a man would have to ax his	wife when he	wanted to go a	feller's	security.
Now, I v/orked for my	plunder, and	I'm opposed to	all such	sort of
laws. This Legislator has already passed a law giving a man's wife his plunder, and his	hard EXXKXKg	yearnings, and	I believe
Mr. McCaughn was the	cause of it,	for it is jest	like one	of them
heredical laws of hizzen that we have all hearn so much about.
Now, I think this law bill is a rascally bill-for I believe in letting the people get any lawyer k he likes, and pay him what he chuses. And if this bill passes, why those heredical candidates would be always treating and fooling the people, just to get elected, There is too many rascals as is candidate^ now, and as sech, I'm agin it.
I'm much obleeched to the Legislater for passing my ferry bill. They ought to have passed it, for that man Wally, or somebody else, bored too inch auger holes in my flat jest because I got more ferrying to do than he did; but I've fixed him now, for I've got the best ferry any how; and the Senate’s agreed to it, for all that fellow Laboo went agin it. .And if you'll let :i?e have the bill, I will jest take it right down to the Governor to sign it. And- I will go and raise my sunk ferry boat, and stop the auger holes, and ferry every bi dy as travels that v.~y; and i'll take the greatest pleasure in cvosrnng the	of •; m. s LcMslater,
.-.y u.ai. :,'u I'm :..2in	'	s bill ; r,y s.-ov, it
IS ti.j;ie to stop ,,11 fich	dodges.	’