10 o'clock
if I thought he did n't , I 'd send one of my niggers to show him the road . I wonder who was his lackey last year , that he wants me to be hisn this time . It do n't convene to one of our free and enlightened citizens , to tag arter any man , that 's a fact ; its too English and too foreign for our glorious institutions . He 's bound by law to be there at 10 o'clock , and so be I , and we both know the way there I reckon . I told the story to our minister , Mr. Hopewell -LRB- and he has some odd notions about him that man , though he do n't always let out what he thinks -RRB- ; says he , Sam , that was in bad taste , -LRB- a great phrase of the old gentleman 's that -RRB- in bad taste , Sam . That are Sheriff was a goney ; do n't cut your cloth arter his pattern , or your garment wo n't become you , I tell you . We are too enlightened , to worship our fellow citizens as the ancients did , but we ought to pay great respect to vartue and exalted talents in this life ; and , arter their death , there should be statues of eminent men placed in our national temples , for the veneration of arter ages , and public ceremonies performed annually to their honor .