The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-07
MIR. Ambassador shannon.

The town is all agog, it seems with ''wars and
rumors Of wars." Wall street b very much trou-
bled on the occasion-the militia are looking up
and stocks down--and all because ellis Excel
lency, Wilson Shannon like Dogberry, has
twritten himself down as an ass" How true Is
it that, alter all, your fools give still more trou-
BILE in this world than your knaves.
However, we beg the human race to be compo'
sed. The world need not alarm itself There
will be no war, however deeply that gentleman's
feelings may hive been hurt, because Senior Don
Manuel Crescencio RECON Sawed back' a lit
tie, instead Of submitting with tutiful Christian
meekness to the epistolary castigation with which
that rare model of diplomacy saw ft TO honor
him and his government. In this blessed year Of
our Lord, 1874, the American Nation is not GO
ing to plunge into the disgrace and crime Of war;
because couple Of foolish letters happen to have
passed between couple Of foolish writer's. Uni
versal Yankeedom has by this time read them
both, and instead of being stirred up, like the
paVing-stones Of Rome, to ''rage and mutiny,"
ut the severe dressing dozen which our minister
has had to submit to because he had So absurdly
deserved it, it has by common consent passed
upon it the good old homely verdict, "SGrved him
right"
But Mr.. Shannon will not have been quite
t'sarved right" until he shall receive from his
fond, proud, and admiring country at home an
afTectionate remembrance against any longer
prOtracting his absence from his natal air. We
have no such superAuity Of great men at home,
10 be able 10 spare him any longer to those semi
barbarian Mexicans He must come back-in-
deed he must-to take charge of the State de-
partment under the new Administration. We
cannot afford to confne to Mexico, miserable
Mexico, monopoly of those luminous concep-
tons, that exquisite tact, that profound diplo-
matic skill, which his brief plenipotentiary ca
reer has already sufficed to display, to such eni.
nent credit to his country and glory TO himself
Let them be extended over the whole range OF
our foreign relations, by making him their pre-
siding genius. The Pennsylvania Electors have
nominated for the Secretaryship of State an OBJ
scure third or fourth rate lawyer from that State,
one James Buchanan. They forgot Wilson
Shannon! Wilson shannon is our candidate for
that Office and we give Mr.. Polk fair notice to
expect no support from us his administration,
if its State Department is not graced with the
diplomatic lustre which will long iumine the
name of Wilson Shannonn,
A degree of unanimity equally rare and plea
sing reigns in this community on the subject.--
Wings, Democrats, aud all intermediate varie-
ties Of Nondescripls, all with beautiful ''concord
Of sweet sounds,'' unite in this chorus Of entrea-
ty to Mr.. Tyler, not to withhold this most ex-
oellcnt Of Excelencies longer from our and liv-
ing presence face to face. Let US delight to re-
assure with our own eyes the actual length Of
a"ah aaSs must needs grace such head Let
US survey him round and round, and judge for
ourselves OF the correspondence between our i'm.
perfect ideal Of great diPlomaiist, and thA
breathing, speaking, writing. reality! Let US be
satisfied through our own senses, that he is, that
he can be, a mere man. Happy country, 10 have
given birth to such a such son. oh, "too hap.
pyr' may we exclOim with Virgil--with Virgil
adding, "if ii only kneiO it!''--''O fortunate MIN
jun, sua 81 bona noTintH'- N. Y Nor. News,
Dec. r.