The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-13
For the Union

But, children, you should never let
Your angry passions rise

To tear each Others eyes lWans
"Mrs PaIng,on, how do you think look in tights !"
snssmbk and Colonel Pluck in Jour pariiculars.'
"Slience' womanj what do you know about war;
Ben Jonsoa.
From the days OF the Pigmies and Liliputians to the
present age, when Thomas Thumb, esq, fourishes in
all the glores OF manhood "a inches high, we have
locked upon small things with peculiar satisfaction. We
love small foot, small ankle. small hApd small
mouth, and lin woman particularly small voiee too
We love to write small hand and to handle small
man, when must have fight with the psacs-makers
aroused from his leaden slumbers, and seated himself
upon the cushion Of power small things abound as thick
"as leaves in Vaambrosa"-
Where Peuarch wepi his little hour,
And Laura picked her little flower.
And il small things do thus abound in the language Of
early writer, ignorance doth much more abound; and
u such circumstances there is no telling, according to
Mrs Darlington, "what strange things nest Of fools
may hatch The present green dynasty that appears 10
have driven of the caterplars and poplar worms, has
been notorious for its love for and attention to small
things. II took three cabinet meetings and much hard
swearing, we understand, to make the Warden Of
the Penitentiary and the Commissioner OF Public
Buildings; and when the question Of bringing on Old
Hhiey at the expense oil the contingent fund OF the
Home Department was under discussion, we understand
one member OF the cabinet woke the Second Washington
from his early nap, by declaring in voice Of terrible
dlstnctness that the old horse and the old
(would you believe IT'D HUMBUGs. friend OF ours,
who supposed 10 be up to his elbows in the secrets
Of the pea green cabinet has limited to several times
name that at cabinet meetings he invariably ties
old stocking around his head leaving his deaf out,
and seating himself at the head Of the green table. smokes
the stump OF an oak leaf cigar OF kind which costs
far from cent grab, and then goes to sleep with the
parting injunction on his lips; "Genemen care moth
ing about politics, but wake, up when you to
anything about war; His love OF and warriors is
terrible He dreams of blood and thundet--of deadly
breaches and midnight sorties. Now he comes down,
like the Assyrian Of old upon the troops Of Sennacherb
and now he charges with YELL at Buena Vista now he
gasps the old black bottle which sits by the Premier
ike tomb stone BY living subject and shouts 'Giye
men s s he
TO finish, and which ends with the saving clause-'I
never want to see you again except in battle"
The removal OF watchmen and messengers consider
to be small maers and IT, as we understand, they were
made the subject Of cabinet discussions we think the
seven gentlemen advisers should give place to old
w h ! nsy run Tor the presidency can
notions and talk all the hair Off the head Of unwashed
faction. Jenny qeddes, we believe, raised the fe-
head Of bishop who attempted to read a proclama.
ton from the sacred desk; and why should not some
OF our old grannies, who really old women in nature
in green slippers through hs difficult passages ii The
heroic ageP Mrs Partington the dear old lady in.
formed us on late OCCASION is willing o take the bless
ssr q ns e % WIN
ing like Christian woman, and won't let the chief OF
the Home Department sit next ID her at the table, for he
chews tail and throws his legs about like all possessed
The Second Washington carries his love OF small things
down to the brute creation. Some time since, we are
COWS, and make his own butter and cheese fodder d no
fodder Accordingly armed with our friend Trists book
upon cows French work of great value translated by
BY he
the army, he proceeded to his PASTURE and spet busy
hour in examining the inner side Of the hind legs Of the
cows that no curl no a and Dice Vsrsa It 20 happened
however that the most priced and who exhibited the
signs of the milky way to the greatest perfection, turned
passing hour The Secopd washington. indignant at
having paid high price for the cow, and having been
assured that she would give 6ush OF milk day, de-
temined upon trying the animal to her full bent sign or
no sign. Accordingly seizng Guilty stool and large
Tin paul. he proceeded 10 extract the vital fluid from his
'home made Durham" while his aid looked on with
Lebanon. Just at this moment-oh, Ph1bus! who pre-.
sdest the morning and scous the rusty panels OF
the suns state coacha cointrynan with cart load OF
urging on his tagging tcain As the cart turned the
ner suddenly, il came upon the Second Washington Just
as he was finding his milk, and the patient cow weaied
kicked the pail umbed the ilustnous mixer into
the dust and made tracks for home in North Carolina
through the gate that the coal had left open Here
looked unutterabe things, and the upset Hero, rising in
his wraih app cached the coal man, and, with elo
quepse seldom eqaalled BY bin, exclaimed: damn your
cabinet for treason ses Balls executes against Beans
administrators against the same, &c")
Milk today is capital drink for statesman, and the
question long in doubt TO the best of making
has been settled at meeting Of the kitchen cabinet
Nutmeg, ASS milk, and Nep England rum triumphed
at the first going of which not far from breakfast
time in the morning This age OF small things is great
borej il is fussy, fumbling, misunderstanding, egg.
sucking, back biting rowssrs. tearing season II is like
flee tme-apfM wearing to the constitution, though the
bites are not so dangerous those Of mad dogs. We
love decided state. We hate TO half dead or
half drunk, half dressed or half educated Give us
a decided something; a Mr.. Somebody, that can
speak for himself, and do his own business, with.
out calling for the parson or the doctor.
The war upon private reputation that is going now,
puts us in mind of Titus Oates plot Il is piddt,
domd Plat but beyond that, your honors, / have
nothing to ofer except 10 name the traitors" We see
the gaherersup OF ineonsderate TRIES at every
rolling up the ball OF wrath to crush poor clerk
who happened to be democrat, and spoke like free.
man. This little business, which despise, and in
the end is not going to advance the interests OF the
scayengers OF party much for when the jewels be
made mp they will hnd Benedict Arnold found, thai
men love the treason, but hate the traitor
Alexander, when he called upon Diogenes asked him
what he could do for him. "Nothng, but stand out OF
my sunshine said the old king hater and so say we &c
the Second Washington. Stand out OF our sunshine
and 60 TO thunder with your old
"HERoIC AGE"