The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-22
"THE BALANCE OF PoWER.n-M Guisol

"THE BALANCE OF POWER."-yM Gusoi.
Though the following letter comes as "pripaie and
confidential" yet we shall take the liberty Of
making it public; because, like Charles Surface
on selling his family library we confess ourselves
to be Of too communicative" disposition to keep
so much treasure to ourselves We even go farther
and beg the favor Of our cold FRIEND" whose lite
rary fame is as well known as Knickerbockers
himself, to furnish u.s. from his abundant scrip,
with many more such "prvate and CONFIDENTIAL jsur
d'sspit
To the Editor ofhhe Union:
Nrw YoRK, July 90, lS45.
Private and confidential!
MY COOP OLD FRIEND: You and have been so
long fellow-laborers in the vineyard ofdemocracy,
which, though It sometimes produces few weeds,
Il don't mean Thurlow Weeds still fruitful in
corn, wine, and oil, that shall make no apology
for addressing you, especially the information |
have to communicate is, as you will presently per-
ceive, highly interesting and important.
refer to the declaration of M. Guizot, at present
the leading member Of the French cabinet, with re-
gard TO the necessity of establishing "bdidnce Of
po,cer' in the New World, similar to that which has
cost so much boodshed in Europe for ages past, and
resulted in the destruction or utter degradation of
all the secondary States Of Europe. Pecuaropportu
mites have enabled me to ascertain to a certainty
that such a plan is not only In contemplation,
but that a secret confederacy has been formed,
between several of the principal States Of Eu-
rope, to arrest the alarming growth of the United
States, and preserve the balance Of power on this
continent; and that the matter has proceeded so far,
that the respective quotas OF each OF the parties had
been agreed upon, and arranged, according TO the
following programme, which you may be assured is
ynfth he original The DANCER
and though have marked this letter 'private and
confidential" still il is submitted to your discretion
TO publish it or not, as you may deem expedient
Imprinis-The States of Italy have stipulated to
contribute sixteen thousand prma donnas, four-and-
twenty thousand fddlers "all in row." under one
of their most experienced leaders of the orchestra,
together with flying squadron nnique-(some call
them ounuch- singers ito animate the combatants,
and frghten our backwoodsmen. They have also
agreed TO provision this force, by contribution OF
three million yards of maccaroni, and two hun
dred thousand bushels of chestnuts.
lem. 2aThe States of Germany stipulate to fur
nish six hundred thousand boxes Of homeopathic
pills, by way of ammunition; which, 1t is presumed,
will occasion q great mortality among our militia,
il thew can ONLY be persuaded to stand their fire.
Ninety thousand doctors armed with -- and
forty thousand profound and ncomprehsnsble meta
physicians, mesmerites, ana trapsce1depialsis,
are provided to guard at the same time they disrl-
butte the homeopathic pills, seduce our forces into
a swamp of metaphysical profundity, and there put
them ali TO sleep by touch Of mesmerism
Hem-Holland agrees to furnish three hundred
thousand boxes of cheese, round and hard as bull
let's and salt as Brine to be reinforced by one hun
dred thousand kegs Of picked behring's. These, 1t
is presumed, will create ouch np inolerabe thirst
among the Yankees, that they will all die af drink
ing cold water, in spite of the temperance societies
Hem-Our ancient friend and ally, La Belle
France, (God bless her notwithstanding her late
backsliding,) WILL in the first place. set the fashion IN
Paris for gentlemen to adopt the present costume OF
the ladies'. This will, of course be adopted by our
good people, and rsnder them an easy prey to the
enemy, since they will nehes be Rble TO creep,
crawl fight nor run away. In addition 10 this Suss
a, gue,re il is in contemplation, though not actually
stipulated, 10 collect force OF sixty-sx Thousand
opera dancers little black-eyed grisettes and lash
ionable milliners, commanded by Mesoames ieS
lioni Titnnouse, Kattala, and Saligny, all which
being properly administered, it is shrewdy antici-
pafed will proye worse than Gamma to our modern
Hannibals The last item Of the contribution Is
sixty thousand bales Of baked hair from the tails
Of vertable donkeys, for the purpose Of repen'sh'
ing the whiskers of the allied armies.
Hsn-England however being the undoubteu
head of the Holy Alliance for keeping this grasp
ing" confederation Of empires in proper orusr
| and preserving the balance of the New World by
putting her big foot In the scale, is, OF course the
principal contributor, and sends six Formidable ar
mies-ronsalipg first, Of forty thousand o'itcs
armed with double patent Perryan pens; second
ninety thousand printers and printers devils, 10 pc
spatier US with ink and belabor us with composition
stocks; third, twentysx thousand editors Of newspa
pers, led by the editor Of the Times, and fourteen
thousand editors Of periodicals, headed 10y Douglass
Jerrold, Punch and Judy; fourth, one hundred thou
sand promising students Of Maynooth College, edu
Gated by the bounty of Sir Robert Peel, and led by
; the third Daniel, Who came to judgment the othe
J day, but escaped through loop-hoIe OF the law
fifth, fifty thousand valiant and neitsbe pspper
from the mines and manufactures, to enact the par
Of specires and devils, and frighion us out Of ou
} wits with their black and white faces. Il was il
contemplation to feed these poor halfstarved crea