The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-08-23
From tie MarsngO laIab,l Gazette.
THE CHIEF SKUNK
A PLAY IN ONE ACT.

seExE - sPleadil apartment 10 tia PGesi.
dsai's house, on one side Of Ahieh hangs
aF. Van BuEea's portrait. which r"st six
bundled dollars, aud oPp.,s te 20 IL Gsnersl
Washington, which e..st fifty o'lsIS. paid
for cut Vi she treasury al lhe Gated States.
Eater Mr. Richie. Van Bau'n. and Nc. KsndGl
Dr.. Richie. Gentlemen. the game is
mp, all is over with ms, unless some mas
ter stroke of policy can be conceived TO
put Mr.. Clay down in The South.
Mr. Tan Burtn. have endeavnred
strictly 10 follow in The footsteps nf my
illuslrinus predecessor: will not that assn
rance satisfy the South!
1fr. Richie. No. your Excellency, not
without The Generals endorsement; an
impression has gone abroad that some of
the acts Of your administration are not
sanctioned by the old Roman.
Mr.. RendaL. Inside. have been
thinking for some time, that the magic
spider would be caught in his own web.
lie walk in the footsteps Of Gen. Jack
son! The frog in the fable could just as
easily have swelIed himself IN the size Of
the ox-'fom Thumb could just as easily
have walked in the footsteps of the giant
David could jus. as readily have fought
in Saul's armour and with Saul's sword!
Well, have feaIhered my nest pretty
well, and now | neither care who gov
erns nor how; thank heaven | have fore
seen the storm. and my ark is prepared;
all now wish for. is decent preiex, To
retire. Clay will, in all probability, be
our mex, President. IhsEe always louk-
cd upon conscience As a creature Of edu-
cation aud the bug-besr Of fools; aud yet
] cannot. since the course ! pursued in
Kentucky and subsequently, 10 tina, time.
lnok that man in the lace: the stern me-
lanchnly of his benevolent counienance
and raIm blue eye, bespeaking (at the
same ,ime) indignation and pity, always
produces unpleasant sensations and les
sens me in my own estimation. Heaven
knows bore him no malice; knew that
he would make a better President than
any man who has lived since the days al
Washington, but likewise knew that
could moi obtain employment under him,
or il could, tina, the departments Of CO.
vernmeni would be too well regulated 10
enable me 10 pocket any thing bu, my
salary.
Mr. Taa Buren,. What is our friend
aud ally Mr.. Calhoun. about! Can he
not bring over the State Rights party 10
the support Of the Snb-rreasury!
Mr.. Richie. Can il be possible that
your Excellcncy is ignoran, Of the de-
signs of Mr.. Calhoun! Does your Elk.
ceIlency suppose that the man OF iron has
forgotten the time when your Excellency
would have sent FIRE and sword into Ca
roiina! When you denounced his party
as rebels. and himself as ,raitor--when
you called him John Cstsline Calhoun!
lf he appears to side with you now, it is
only 10 defeat Mr.. Clay. and after that
he will move heaven and earth to con-
pass your ruin. That man. your Excel
lency, unless death produces The myste-
rious change, will no, willingly occupy
the second place in The kingdom OF hea-
ven.
.fr. Fan Barren. Well, gentlemen,
what is 10 be done. Mr.. Kendall, you
are never at a loss on such occasions,
wha, do you advised
Mr.. Kendall. | would advise your Ex-
celIency. in the FIRST place. carefully to
consider the ground Of dissatisfaction a
mong The people; and in the next place.
to review what has already been done by
your friends. with the view Of allaying
the excilemenG your Excellency needs
M better index than our esteemed friend.
Mr.. Richie. Inside. sm determined,
henceforlh, TO play Mr.. Van Buren's own
game upon him. and be perfectly non
commit,al. That old humbugger. Riich-
lie, is not so wslchful as in his younger
days, or he would have let g" his iasIen-
ing and veered with the wind long ago.
Nr. Fan Buren,. Well, Mr.. Richie,
VIVA, do the people complain Of!
lHr. Richie. They complain. your Elk.
eellency, of the twenty millions Of Trea-
sury Notes which have been issued |;
when. they say. they had been laugh, to
expect gold and silver for circulating
medium.
Mr.. Fan Buren. Ali! knew that hoax
was too barefaced; that. Mr.. Kendall, was
a device Of yours and Col. Benlon's.
Mr. Kendall. Our purpose, your Ex-
cellency. was exactly answered by 1t. ne
vertheless. IL gulled the people aud put
down the Bank, and made You President,
and made my fortune; and we made
toni of Col. Benton. who was stupid
enough To believe i. really could be &C.
complished.