Show A or DAHIEL jtb STE R the following conversation occurred at dinner table where mr webster for the first time met col preston thena then a new senator from south carolina col preston said the great massachusetts lawyer in his est I 1 millin manner er 1 I am happy to greet apu u as a mem member of the body to lo which it is i s roy pride and bonor honor to belong but I 1 regret eget to ste see southern gentlemen so often stand aloof from me mr preston presto n answered in polito polite 0 and deferential terms when the oth T er continued the truth is I 1 am far jre more a southern than a northern roan man and I 1 think 4 1 should be treated as hail bail fellow by bya all roy my southern col i leagues i may I 1 beg to know said the other 0 the grounds upon which you make this claim certainly replie dAIr webster aia in the first place alce I 1 am very fond of a horse race and I 1 believe that the turf is a southern institution sec andly I 1 have in my cellar a dozen of the best wine unpaid for and that I 1 understand io to be a trait of southern life thirdly before daylight I 1 shall be under the table and I 1 suppose you yoa are Nv willing illing to admit this to be character characteristic i itic of southern life enough shouted led the other laugh laigh in in you have vindicated your cluing claim to be do ray my compatriot A laty lady was recently found weep ing in bitterly of at the icehouse ice house bouse attached tt ached to ml lilt vernon mistaking mista liny it for th toch cli |