Stocks, indeed!--there are no stocks in all the land.

Put me in the stocks?
why, the President will come down to the quay, and ask me to dinner, as soon as he hears what I have said about the King and the Church." "I shouldn't wonder," said I, "if you go to America, you will say of the President and country what now you say of the King and Church, and cry out for somebody to sent you back to England." The radical dashed his pipe to pieces against the table.

"I tell you what, young fellow, you are a spy of the aristocracy, sent here to kick up a disturbance." "Kicking up a disturbance," said I, "is rather inconsistent with the office of spy.

If I were a spy, I should hold my head down, and say nothing." The man in black {106} partially raised his head, and gave me another peculiar glance.
"Well, if you ar'n't sent to spy, you are sent to bully, to prevent people speaking, and to run down the great American nation; but you sha'n't bully me.

I say, down with the aristocracy, the beggarly aristocracy! Come, what have you to say to that ?" "Nothing," said I.
"Nothing!" repeated the radical.
"No," said I: "down with them as soon as you can." "As soon as I can! I wish I could.