Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-06

vour department Than killed hleIicaEs. Anu
as 10 YOU, ABOLITION, what's 10 become Of my ols-
oers in LouIsiana-hey7 But come, Mr. Secfe-
Iary of The Navy. wha, have you to say3
PRrsr. (blowias his no,e)-l have an idea.
GEN. T.-Bless US really? Traits noVel.y.
Let's have il. hope is good, Tor burnt o'a'''
will hardly save Us.
PRE.r-1ne Navy is The rhins-is popu'af'
See wha, credit we 60, abroad Tor promising "
search for SIR John Franklin, and in the ia'e
Round Island affair. Now (snsssing) l am Wy
10 snuff. ,.,
Grs. T.-Bless me! hey-are you, inceec
PRrsr-You see that Dr.. Jnao Sahaurauruo
The seventh and lneal descendant 0. Hua,nads>
e,oae, the eat Inca Of Peru, depending upon
an ancient prophecy, that the people OF Inslata'-
GEN T.-What hard names!
PsEsr.-Would tree his country, has address,
I'd YOU a letisr, calling you The Possessof OF my
proloundes, IespscI and vene'aloI"
GEN. T. (Grat6ed)-Did he say sol
PREsr.-Ald places himself and his country
urder our protection. Nov, how popular We
shall become, it we send our whole navy to The
Pacific, and conquer ami annex PeIu,-ls'NeS
inx l-lhals my ltsa.
GIN T. My stare! that is an idea musing'
lvl-bul dent e1 ,cily see that W. are he Peo-
50 ppose, is French for Eng land-nor ROW are
we going TO annex Peru, " hen We have sci cur
face against having Cuba, and deny The iilie Of
The King OF The Musqulees, and all that muss,-
Il makes lie i,ch ~ lnins Of il. However, III
talk 10 my sonain-aw sbontil.
CL.YToN Our foreign policy il you please
MIR. President.
GENT. (Ttstily)-It don't please Inc, Sir,
and il don't please anybody else, sir and pleas.
to stop talking and rocking till your turn comes,
Mr.. CLlYT,N. Lei's go on. We will hear from
the war Department, MIR. CRAaronD
CRAVE. RD. My humble opinion is a-a-a-
backed by my friends a-a.a in Georgia.
GEs. +. (Angry)- Ge> Ge'Georsla, SIR; u
your friends can give no batter opinions man
they did vol,s, 10 help US along we had oeaei
no have them. Ge .Ge>Gcoigia, incted
wouldn't give three hairs OF Old Whi!ey's tail for
Maryland ant-Penns, wanna (loOktrg hard
Georgia, 10 be sure
Crawl will prepare a>a-a my views in a'a-a
wiring, sir.
GEN. T.-Very well. sir. Now. Mr.. MraE.
pra before we laik aboutueasury affairs, cant
help saying thai think Jour State ueacd me
very shabby. I'm mol angry with you, sif.
suppose you couldn't help il. But that friend Of
yours, your Governor, lusecd me about y snow
me up like an elsThaDt, ill he made me Sea; and
Ii. people and The papers said nas an elephant
think ui that sir, and seeing Inc once was
enough, sir. lIisd one or Two speeches, bu; ne
took all the hontr to himself, and made some
grand ones; and as my tavorile Es'p says
"woIds are bur brea:h," he sometims uttered
some very strong ones. But il was o! no use,
sil; Pennsylvania wouldn't stand hlm-yoo-us
| mean. It's TOO bad.
MEa.-I admit lha, Governor j HN.ToN has
not exactly accomplished what he promised and
unfortunately, Lehigh didn't do better. as cx>
peced and you deserved, but
GCS. T.-(s0Otdtd) Well, well-maSe nc
apologies. Let US 10 business. fonf report
will b. an important one. You Know T.',p 5
fable about "money iing The naIe 90. -
Please give us your views
MrR -(muet relieved aud taking another 9uid)
May il please your honor-l beg raTdon-Mt
PresiJepl, ha We been thinking and writing veiy
hard lately. IL is The hardest case-suoJect,
mean-I ever studied. BY The Industry AID cum
mig OF our immedia e predecessors, tn county,
in all its interests, is financially prosperous; mo-
ney is abundant and labor is rewarded, and eve
Thing goes on swimmngy There is The d,ctfll
IT, you perceive.
GIN I'll can't precisely say | do; but is AL
right, suppose. Go on.
MER Why, We mus, modify The present by
eong back 10 some Of The older system, and give
reasons which will induce a hope al greater
prosperity, and thus by The collision OF two pre-
existing principles, w- strike ort new lhnc-
This taking anottsr Oh ~ is what We lawyers
call t.rtium quid-oo you perceive
Grs. (which Is il old Virginia you SICK
TOT
MEa. Oh no; it belongs to meme oil h.r Dem
ocra,ic abstraclions II is remedy 10 gain u
POPULARITY which il is evident we want.
GIN. T-(aside.) What IS lie driving al
MER mean that we shall floor MIR. WALK
RR, successful as his theory has tGrned out III
practice Nov, for example, take the iarit
GES. T. All, that is puzzle to me. can't
make anything OF it. II there hal been such
thing when Esop wrote might understand 1t.
Perhaps you will explain
MER The whole subject is dI"i'ed into sps
tnie and ad us'oren,. Thee terms require some
explanation, gentlemen of the Jury-oi The c. bi
mel, mean. Specific is the application of GER
tain rules TO uncertain subects-you perceive!
CIV. T. like every hing specific myself.
sir 80 that can understand il.
MsR Exactly so. Now al uafoTem IS TO,
on, or according 10 the value.
GEN. r. Well! like valuable thirgs, too
Suppose we have little Of both
MIA. Exac ly so, again, sir. The sagacity
of his honor-the President, mean-has an'icl-
pa,ed my conclusion, and am therefore done
GEN. T. The Secretary of State will please
| proceed.
CLAYr Our foreign poiiey, Mr. Pfesident-
GEN. I. Bah! MIR CLAYTON, don't mention 1t.
You must excuse me. am ut snt!cen'ly 'e,
covered 10 enter upon thai. You have conlI'ec
some how To gel US all into fix, and YOU mus
Try and gel US out OF ii. flow about the pn5'ic
opinion OF rs2
CL.yT. We are all right, sir. as loas az :" e
have such an able defender ia The Ao'h Amt
| can.
CIV. T. Pooh! gen lcmen; | called uron you
TO alleni to mugs which | do ~! understand
myself Every election, siucc ! h'v'. been IL
office, goes against rs; and suppose NV YORK
will come along nex Ike whirlUird. What
hape don \? know scme people say, moth NJ;
bu, that's NV misfortune, not ny iaul, >hali
be the fl Pre- sdtni, 10 hum lie hs Congress
after his election, will b. in opposition. Tae
Senate will not coCil'm my--youT appointments
and see no help Tor mr.. am miserable Oh
gentleman. Will talk TO my >cn-in liw asru
| it, The session is ended. Good mo:ning, GER
lIemen.