The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-24
THE PuFFMAsTER aENERA1,

recent letter of w. r. g." Qhe Puf7:M Gon'
eral fthe "great whig party' in this State fro"
Washington City, dated February IL, Is46"
to his paper, the Raleigh Register. That letter
deserves 10 be framed in cabbage-saIks, soldercd
over with shining pewter, and hung up for the in
speetion of the /" little whigges" at every cros,
roads and in every sohag store in the country
More than this The letters w. r. c." which
daDgle at the bottom of it, and which are bv M
means necessary to complete its extreme good taste
elegance, and beauty, might as we'll be cxpnnped
for no one who reads this delectabIe episLe can
for a moment doubt as to the person who ner
ned it and sent it forth to the world What
rare fortune is this How happy ought anv man
to feel, who lives in prospect of having his letters
not printed on dim medium and bound un IN
common calf along with the efusions of such men
as Pope and Byron, but who looms forth over the
world of intellect in nice, clean cabbage,staIks
with shining pewter as bis representative in met.
ais and with no sign-post TO say to the gaping and
admirng crowd, this is the Grea: Western, or
that is the Puff Master General of the great who
party!
The chief subjects of this uRparagOned letter
are Badger, Corwin Mangum, Barringer, and
Hollister while Senator Cass is written down an
Asa "humbug g"-and /" a bag of qoiadn
for the purpose no doubt of convincing the public
that w. r. c." is great IN more than one sense
10 wit: that he can kill off an accomplished states
man with as much ease as he can puff novice in
politics into national notice and renown.
As the agreeable fates would have it, the Puff:
Master entered the Senate Chamber Just as MIR.
Badger was "engaged in one of those incidental
discussions which so frequently spring up and
which are calculated, better than any regular de.
bate, to bring out his extraordinary powers as a
speaker" and before he knew who was speaking,
he "saw from the fixed attention of Senator'S that
! some one, born listening Scnatcs to command"
was on the floor! OF course Mr.. Badger carried
every thing before him. In an argument as pro.
found as his eloquence was fervid," he exposed
the terrible results which mast flow from the
maintenance of certain point Of Ords, but
melancholy to relatel after he had fastened con.
viction upon the minds of the Senate Web
ster had been mesmerized, Calhoun subducd into
state of absolute certainty as to has course and
Benton tanned and rendered as "genlleas any suck.
ing dove" and just as the vote was about 10 be
taken" the hour for the special order arrived-the
vote was stavcd of, and the world in one moment
lost the benefits of a unan1mOuS decision of the
Senate in favor of the extraordinary powers" of
that speaker, who, according to the Puff Master.
never speaks but to fasten conviction" on listen,
ing Scnates," and never opens his mouth even
on point of order, but 10 pour out "profound
arguments" and to delight mankind with "fervd
eloquence." -. .i
The Puff Master having been most grievousv
disappointed. we do not wonder at his subsequent
bad humor, as displayed in his notice of Senator
Cass. Speaking of that gentIeman's remarks, he
says:
| This gentleman has been so long in public life
that we expected 10 be edited at least by his
speech, if not convinced. But we must say, and
10e do ii NTH just appreciation of Th0t is due
to truth that a1e did not hear during The late Ses
| sion Of our Stale Legisture, regular speecA
avhich did mol erceed al in positive ubikitu When
H. Iho huot of olitic a..
years since, wag asserted that the character of Mr.
Cass could only be appropriately designated BY drop
ping the initial G. from his name, thought that
truth had been sacrificed uo-a bon 1n0f. We will
not say that the assertion Is true but will
say that we never heard a a more disconnected
erractic, contradictory speech in lives. But one
word in the English language, will convey our
idea of the honorable Senator, and that word is
HUMBUG. He is emphatically faro bushels of wind
compressed into q busbel bag"
AS soon as The Legislature of Michigan, now
in session, shall hear of this. we have no doubt
they will recall their Senator or al least instruct"
him not to be an ASs' but only Humbug"-
or perhaps they will send on 10 this State for Mr.
Walser of Davidson, to take bis place as Mat
gentleman made "a regular SPEECH" during The
late session. and as he appears, in the estimation
Of the ufMaster, to be " positively as able and
as learned as the present Senator from that State
Indeed, after this, we are surprised not rnereiya
the conduct of the people of Michigan, but VIC are
at loss 10 know how any Administration ever
happened TO send him as Minister to France, or
how it was that he received, in the last Baltimore
Convention, so large and respectable vote for The
Office OF President of the greatest Republic in the
world And when we reflect further. that the
Puff Master makes the above statement "wih
Just appreciation Of what is daeto t1uth" our sur
prise is magnifed into amazemcnt and we arc
bound to believe that Senator Cass heretofore con.
sldercd one OF the most graceful orators and one
OF the ablest statesmen of his day, ought TO go
forthwith into retirement, and thus relieve the
"dtgmifed" Senate from the presence Of an "Ass"
H1mb"g,' and a bag Of fwind."
But the Puf,Master after doing his duty by
Mr. Badger, and after despatching Gen Cass,
comes 10 Senator Mangum, the Lion Of Red
Mountain. Hear him:
"When thus speak Of Mr.. B0dge1 let it moi be
supposed that our elder Senator, Mr.. Mangunp is
less active or efficient. distinguished Senator said
10 me to-day" Y ou are very modest people in
North Carolina. No State in the Union has its
intellectual and moral character more strongly re,
presented in this Chamber, than your good old
State. Mdngum was always host and now
BADGER bas taken US all captive. Pray sir, have
you any more of the same sort left 2"
Only think: of that, will you2
But the hour for the special order has arrived,
and " Mr.. Coraoin takes the floor. With high
reputation for talents" says /" W. r. G." he, (Cor-
win) has scarcely opened his lips for eighteen
months"l Merciful fathers "Tom Corwin,
the wagon boy" neither eating nor drinking for
eighteen months--hs lips unopened for that long
PERIOD and he too fab poor Tom NY with