The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-28

more about button making than the tow
 blacksmith, and indeed not hafas much. anc
 had much rather attend to his farming ant fishing, Tn the pursuit of which he was per fectly contented and happy. "You content ed and happy!n cried UNCLE SAM. " "Wh, you snivelling young blockhead, who made you judge of happiness2 Go to your but tons, and let ploughing and fishing take cart of themselves'
 There was no saying nay, and so the young man went about the business prescrib. ed him; but being without the necessar, skill and experience, though very ingeni- ous fellow, he found at the end of the veal that hls buttons cost more than he could get tor them, notwithstanding they were protect ed in the manner have stated So he came 10 UNCLE SAM for more protection, whiel, was accordingly granted. At the end of the next and every succeeding year, it was the same thing; for although the young manu- faeturer began h5- degrees to acquire skill and make money, the more he made, the more he lusted s.a1 V ,.it,., a,,, ,ilo higher became his demands on the old man.
 By degrees these frequent applications for protection began to excite the attention of the rest of UNCLE SAM's family, out of whose pockets all this money came, for whicls they got nothing for buttons became dearer than ever, every time protection was given They grew more discontented every day, and cried out lustlly against being forced to pay so much more for what they needed, in conse- quence of Squire Bull being under the neces- slty of clapplng on an additional profit on his goods to meet UNCLE SAM's ssPRoTEcTIyE SYsTEM,o as the old man termed 1t. This put him ln great passion; he called them all sorts ot names, and treated them little bet ter than dogs. "Get along,n would he cry out-"Get along about your business, you ignorant, unlettered, unphilosophcal, big paved Cyclops What do you know about the sublime mysteries of human happiness, or the means by which 1t is attaineds You that never read treatise on Political Econo- my in your lives--you that never handled silver fork, and most likely never saw one l! I'll see to your happiness, of which am the best judge. Away with you about your bu- sinessn One of them ventured to reply, :" We'll, father, that is just what we want. We want to mind our farming, fishing, and other occupations to which we are used, but you wont let us You are continually meddling in our concerns, encouraging one and dis eoufaging others, until everything is turned topsy-turvy, and no man knows whether he stands on his head or his heels.n Whereup- on Uncle Sam called him Agrarian, Jack Cade, diserganizer, Loeo-Foco, and other hard names, at the conclusion of which he fourfshed his crabstick, which the poor fe- low only escaped by lodging
 This is only sample of UNCLE SAM's pa- triarchal system, which he by degrees applied to almost all the private affairs of his family, and all the occupations of life He would have his finger in every pie and if he had his will, not one of the family could have breathed, coughed, sneezed, performed any natural office, or exercised any natural func- tion, except in exact conformity with his mo- tions. His family more than half the time did not know what to do, or what business to set themselves about, for they could not tell what maggot would get into his head next, what business he would prescribe, or what occupation he would protect at the ex- pense of all others. The worse his system worked, the more he seemed determined to carry 1t out; his obstinacy only increased with resistance, and the greater the discon- tent ofhis family at his perpetual interference, the irmer his determination to interfere be- cause, to use his own words, "people never knew what was best for them, and, like little children, always required a nurse to take care they didn't burn their fingers or get into some kind of mischiefn He poked his nose into every hole and corner; undertook to ln- struct his wife and daughters in " domestic industry,o by sending them to work in a great manufactory, and so pestered them with his diabolical uperintendence, that the old woman wished she was widow, and the young ones that they were married. Once, and once only, he met with his match in dealing with one of his lads, on whom he at tempted to levy contributions for the support of his Protective System, and who, forgetting for a moment the reverence due to a parent, refused to pay another dollar, and behaved with such spirit, that Uncle Sam was fain to offer s'a compromise"
 Besides all this, UNCLE SAM projected a great variety of new occupations, which he bribed some of the members of his family to adopt, in the same way he did the button maker. To be sure, these employments were such as they were in great measure unftted for, and which they were actually disinclin- ed to pursue. But they were tempted by UNCLE SAM's bribes, which, as they s came out of the pockets of the family, cost the old man nothing, so that he could afford to be generous.
 By these, and other means too tedious to mention, he, in the course of a surprisingly short time, managed to produce the most bit ter heart-burnings, jealousies, and antiquities among the different members of his family, which had been heretofore strongly united in the bonds of mutual interest and affection, as well as to alenate them from that respect and regard they had always cherished for the old man. Those who were obliged to part with portion of the proceeds of their own labor to encourage the labor of others, declared at length loudly and openly, that the policy UNCLE SAM was equally partial and unjust and thus directly opposite interests were inn planted in the very hearths and firesides o, those, who, if he had only let them alone,