The native American., 1839-10-26
THE METROPOLIS.

THE METROPOLIS.
In our last we gave our readers some account
of the proceedings which took place in the recep-
ton Of the President Of the United States on his
return to the duties Of his Office from his late ex-
cursion 10 the State of New York. In preparing
that account-for the press, we were very far from
intending to throw the slightes, disrespect upon
the Chief Magistrate, or upon his numerous re-
spectacle friends at the seat Of Government. We
knew that all such friends lanenled as much as
we did the extreme follv Of those who got up the
idle pageant, and the worse than folly that tempt
ed them to the adoption of such course as was
we'll calculated to cover the whole affair with ridi-
Guile and contempt. The efforts of the exclusives
were eminently successful. The actors in the
silly display were greeted, from the Capitol to
the Presidents House, with one universal stream
of laughter from the spectators-Whigs and De-
mocrats-who numbered about twenty TO one
over those who formed the escort. Our object
was to rebuke these who, in a gross and undis-
guised spirit of mischief, attempted to stir up in
this city all the elements Of party strife, and make
the President himself an unwilling party in their
contemplate scheme.
The Metropolis, which seems to be The favorte
organ Of the foreign portion of our population,
and has proved itself to be worthy successor in
that high Office to Madam Royals Huntress, has
worked itself up on this occasion TO an extraor-
binary pitch Of fury, and has poured out the
vias of its wrath Oh our devoted heads. What
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bly, we scarcely imagine, unless, in our in
nocence, we showed Up the sort Of !" Democrats
who made such an exhibition of themselves in the
wake of the publishers of the Metropolis and a
few Of their co-workers i'll iniquity. When we
wrote the article which has drawn out the ire of
the Metropolis, such g flies on the carriage Wheel
occupied no part Of our thoughts; we pitched at
higher game. But we have since learned tina,
the President concurred fully with lis in our OPT
MON Of his escort. Glad to escape from the
"rabble rout" that surrounded him, he very I'M
tremendously left those who followed, or led him
to his door-the foreign orator and al-on the
outside Of it. We can, therefore, uadcr the CIR
cun,staaces, excuse the Metropolis for this little
ebullion of spleen. Like many military heroes
we have known, who have with all humility borne
the kicks and cuffs lavished upon them wher
abroad, they let out their pent-up vaor in abusing
and beating their wives, children, and servants
when at home. If the President affronted YOU
gentlemen, stand up to him like men, and don
turn your artillery upon our little fort. Tell him
that the next time he goes abroad he may ge
home the best way he can, without your demo
cratic" assistance-that you will never, no never
drum up the 81 democracy" to escort him again
that you wont. We dare say the President vii
be Gerry sorry, but, peradventure, he will not cry
Our foreign organ says that the Native fine
rican is the 9 child Of forty fathers.' That is
very great mistake. The Native American is I'll,
child Of eleuen hundred fathers and, we are in
formed, that the proprietor of the Metropolis, who
assisted at its birth, offered to take upon himself
the ofie of dry-nurSe to the babe. The "fathers,
however, unwilling to place their progeny in
'un(athlul and incompetent hands, rejected the
proffered services. The result proved his pene
tration The rejected having since entered into
foreign service, has given evidence to the worl,
that he has still enough Of the HesSian in him tt
fight on any side for pay.