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

III ROFOLio.
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 OH his
return TO the duties of his Office from his late ex-
cursion 10 the State of New York In preparing
that accountfor the press, we were very far from
intending to throw the sligh,es. dsrespect upon
the Chief Magistrate, or upon his numerous re-
spectacle friends at the seat Of Government. We
knew that all such friends lamenled as much as
we did the extreme folly Of those who got up the
idle pageant, and the worse than folly that tempt
ed them to the adoption Of such course rs was
well calculated to cover the whole affair with ridi-
cule and contempt. The efforts of the exclusives
were eminen,ly successful. The actors in the
silly display were greeted, from the Capital 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 rcbuke these who in gross and undis-
guised spirit of mischief, attempted to stir up in
this city all the elements Of party strife ana 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 Oh this occasion 10 an extraor-
binary pitch of fury, and has poured out the
vials Of lis wrath OH our devoted heads. What
could have made the poor man "swear SO terri
bly, we can scarcely imagine, unless, in our in
nocence, we showed Up the sort Of sDemocrats"
who made such an exhibition Of themselves in the
wake Of the publishers of the Metropolis and
few OF their co-workers i'll iniquity. When we
wrote the article which has drawn out the ire Of
the Metropolis, such . flies on the carriage Wheel
occupied no part of our thoughts; we pitched at
higher game. But we have since learned that
the President concurred fully with us in our OPT
Mon of his escort. Glad to escape from the
"rabble rout' that surrounded him. he very un-
tremendously left those who followed, or led him
to his door-the foreign orator and all-on the
outside OF it. We can, therefore, uadcr the CIR
cumstances, excuse the Metropolis for this little
ebulli,ion Of spleen. Like many military heroes
we have known, who have with all humility borne
the kicks and cuffs lavished upon them when
abroad, they let out their pen-up valor 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't
turn your artillery upon our little fort Tell him
that the next time he goes abroad he may pc,
home the best way he can, without your demo.
cratic assstance-,hat you will never, no never
drum up the democracy to escort him again
that you wont. We dare say the President will
be gerry sorry, but, peradvenlure, he will not cry
Our foreign orgali says that the Natiue fine
rican is the child Of forty fathers" That is
very great mistake. The Native American is the
child Of el2ren hundred fathers and, we are in.
formed that the proprietor Of the Metropolis, who
assisted at its BIRTH offered to take upon himself
the offie Of dry-nurse to the babe The fathers
however, unwilling to place their progeny in
"un(aith(ul and incompetent hands, rejected the
profered services. The result proved his pene-
tra,ion. The rejected having since entered into
foreign service, has given evidence to the worlt
that he has still enough Of the Hessian in him te
fight on any side for pay.