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In
obedience
to
this
command
the
crier
performed
another
concerto
on
the
bell
,
whereupon
a
gentleman
in
the
crowd
called
out
‘
Muffins
’
;
which
occasioned
another
laugh
.
‘
Gentlemen
,
’
said
the
mayor
,
at
as
loud
a
pitch
as
he
could
possibly
force
his
voice
to
—
‘
gentlemen
.
Brother
electors
of
the
borough
of
Eatanswill
.
We
are
met
here
to
-
day
for
the
purpose
of
choosing
a
representative
in
the
room
of
our
late
—
’
Here
the
mayor
was
interrupted
by
a
voice
in
the
crowd
.
‘
Suc
-
cess
to
the
mayor
!
’
cried
the
voice
,
‘
and
may
he
never
desert
the
nail
and
sarspan
business
,
as
he
got
his
money
by
.
’
This
allusion
to
the
professional
pursuits
of
the
orator
was
received
with
a
storm
of
delight
,
which
,
with
a
bell
-
accompaniment
,
rendered
the
remainder
of
his
speech
inaudible
,
with
the
exception
of
the
concluding
sentence
,
in
which
he
thanked
the
meeting
for
the
patient
attention
with
which
they
heard
him
throughout
—
an
expression
of
gratitude
which
elicited
another
burst
of
mirth
,
of
about
a
quarter
of
an
hour
’
s
duration
.
Next
,
a
tall
,
thin
gentleman
,
in
a
very
stiff
white
neckerchief
,
after
being
repeatedly
desired
by
the
crowd
to
‘
send
a
boy
home
,
to
ask
whether
he
hadn
’
t
left
his
voice
under
the
pillow
,
’
begged
to
nominate
a
fit
and
proper
person
to
represent
them
in
Parliament
.
And
when
he
said
it
was
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
near
Eatanswill
,
the
Fizkinites
applauded
,
and
the
Slumkeyites
groaned
,
so
long
,
and
so
loudly
,
that
both
he
and
the
seconder
might
have
sung
comic
songs
in
lieu
of
speaking
,
without
anybody
’
s
being
a
bit
the
wiser
.
The
friends
of
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
having
had
their
innings
,
a
little
choleric
,
pink
-
faced
man
stood
forward
to
propose
another
fit
and
proper
person
to
represent
the
electors
of
Eatanswill
in
Parliament
;
and
very
swimmingly
the
pink
-
faced
gentleman
would
have
got
on
,
if
he
had
not
been
rather
too
choleric
to
entertain
a
sufficient
perception
of
the
fun
of
the
crowd
.
But
after
a
very
few
sentences
of
figurative
eloquence
,
the
pink
-
faced
gentleman
got
from
denouncing
those
who
interrupted
him
in
the
mob
,
to
exchanging
defiances
with
the
gentlemen
on
the
hustings
;
whereupon
arose
an
uproar
which
reduced
him
to
the
necessity
of
expressing
his
feelings
by
serious
pantomime
,
which
he
did
,
and
then
left
the
stage
to
his
seconder
,
who
delivered
a
written
speech
of
half
an
hour
’
s
length
,
and
wouldn
’
t
be
stopped
,
because
he
had
sent
it
all
to
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
,
and
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
had
already
printed
it
,
every
word
.
Then
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
near
Eatanswill
,
presented
himself
for
the
purpose
of
addressing
the
electors
;
which
he
no
sooner
did
,
than
the
band
employed
by
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
,
commenced
performing
with
a
power
to
which
their
strength
in
the
morning
was
a
trifle
;
in
return
for
which
,
the
Buff
crowd
belaboured
the
heads
and
shoulders
of
the
Blue
crowd
;
on
which
the
Blue
crowd
endeavoured
to
dispossess
themselves
of
their
very
unpleasant
neighbours
the
Buff
crowd
;
and
a
scene
of
struggling
,
and
pushing
,
and
fighting
,
succeeded
,
to
which
we
can
no
more
do
justice
than
the
mayor
could
,
although
he
issued
imperative
orders
to
twelve
constables
to
seize
the
ringleaders
,
who
might
amount
in
number
to
two
hundred
and
fifty
,
or
thereabouts
.
At
all
these
encounters
,
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
and
his
friends
,
waxed
fierce
and
furious
;
until
at
last
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
begged
to
ask
his
opponent
,
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
,
of
Slumkey
Hall
,
whether
that
band
played
by
his
consent
;
which
question
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
declining
to
answer
,
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
shook
his
fist
in
the
countenance
of
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
,
of
Slumkey
Hall
;
upon
which
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
,
his
blood
being
up
,
defied
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
to
mortal
combat
.
At
this
violation
of
all
known
rules
and
precedents
of
order
,
the
mayor
commanded
another
fantasia
on
the
bell
,
and
declared
that
he
would
bring
before
himself
,
both
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
of
Fizkin
Lodge
,
and
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
,
of
Slumkey
Hall
,
and
bind
them
over
to
keep
the
peace
.
Upon
this
terrific
denunciation
,
the
supporters
of
the
two
candidates
interfered
,
and
after
the
friends
of
each
party
had
quarrelled
in
pairs
,
for
three
-
quarters
of
an
hour
,
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
touched
his
hat
to
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
;
the
Honourable
Samuel
Slumkey
touched
his
to
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
;
the
band
was
stopped
;
the
crowd
were
partially
quieted
;
and
Horatio
Fizkin
,
Esquire
,
was
permitted
to
proceed
.
