The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-08-29
For the Union.
Pump,ng Thunder.

brewing somewh where. "--Purk
..Chahss, who wrote shakspearep
"No, Mr. Fins saw his name at the end ofthe
book High Lifs bsiow stairs
"Won't you dance the Polka
Can't You dance the Pota
The joys OF earth
Have lle worth
Unless you dance the Polka !" IGnngL
Aiar off upon the solitary plains of ocean, when the
tempess have died away and the stormy petrol sits upon
the unrufled bow Matching her egg under her wing,
the superstlous sailor as he sits upon the man cross
trees hears far down the caves oil the deep the hun
der of the great organ peang amid the coral sepul-
chres of ages mlgled with the voices OF MeFmaids who
pour forth strains OF gushing music that shake the stern
est spirits and unlock the ount oil feeling and OF tears
Though charmed for few moments with The anthem or
the great seaminSire, he remembers that the storm
begins in the lowest OF the empire OF waiers and
that the music OF the ground swell will become The
bowling of the upper tempest and away he glides TO the
deck his comrades, staunch old ship in order
for the elemental war.
Oh! it is glorious upon the scowling bilow to battle
with the surges and to bid defiance to the gale Then
mind walks in light upon the night OF waters and amid
a thousand peTiis rides the tempest down.
The present hour, though ram the summers cloud.
less is but the precursor OF time OF tumult and OF
strife; and though men, armed to the teeth with the
whole panoply OF war, may not meet in the field
- Where stream. the lite-blood warm and
Upon the gittering bayoner-
STILL there elements OF discord at work around US and
amongst us which, unless met with the prudence and
foritude OF the gallant sailor, may wreck our glorious
Union upon the mdnght deep, and her gemmed
banner like sea-weed upon wave washed shore.
We have written thus much. first because felt it
and second because had fourth OF July Grafton
call us out and therefore kept our patriotism upon
stomach until afraid OF its growing sour Hav-
ing thus happily pricked what Mrs. Darlington has
uanty termed the boil of sympathy, and uncorked our
bottle OF eoquence, shall proceed, for brevits sake
to subject by dividing it into fifty heads: and firstly
of the rst the DEVILS to pay in Charles county. and Ha
gerstown too, and unless John Henry returns from his
post in the Generals train to his political stamping
ground, he will find but few there TO raise their eyes
with joyful recognition, and excaim, in tones OF melting
thunder, Mud! Mud Mud!
Q Ii is easy matter for man who has felt the
sting of hornet TO laugh at the dminuve size of the
yellow jackeed insect, and to wonder what people
afraid OF who make straight tail from his paper
house, but when once spiked BY the interesting animal
he is ready to excaim, with the Irshman who caugh
the yellow wasp for fly, By ST. Patrick, how hot the
dear little creatures foot is !"
The country at the present moment is infested with
much velmn and polluted with vast quantity of foul
airthe odor OF aristocratlc nationality good thunder
storm is therefore Necessary TO clear the moral atmo
sphere. and TO kill of the creatures who breed in Shiny
POOLS and grow fat upon decayed matter. Ii will be
duIy therefore, possible, TO pump up respectable
shower and TO ride like the eagle upon the OF the
whirlwind, and mark the course of the storm. The
elections last year placed parties IN positions ridicu-
lousy false. As it was when the owl brooded over
chaos. so it in the land OF FREE institutions and
liberal sentiments True, the alien and sei,tion laws
longer in force, and the prison doors OF bery's
dungeons have not grated harshy upon the of
freeman for telling the truth for many years
can forgive our fathers for making this a republic
and NE Senate eeetiue, there exists the tyranny Of
the elder Adams and the iliberay OF his day Of iron
letters and prison walls The people, however, have
way of curing these evils which is effective il is
supplementary and Questionable Sometimes they
take the brawlers up and rub their ears, and then sit
them down with easy jolt to egsate again for their
sountry sometimes they make them undo their dirty
work. and then return to unenvabe repose among the
things that werethe broken crockey of Lbertys back
kitchen; and sometimes they spring mine of indigna.
in unnQ ham sn hlph The
lighthouses OF the sky that they down singed
and altered that they remain political Eunlchs in the
harems OF the decency party forever afterwards.
Cuba is 10 be aken not by the few struggling soldiers
of liberty that have crept into that island, but by the
home squadron OF the United States, and the mock alb
ducton OF Rey ITO be the preext Of peace President
for this invasion and to keep decent appearances and
lnll Spain and the rest of Europe into security the
proclamation, written in the State Department and dated
nowhsre, was issued This is our opinion, after con-
sultng with sundry Dutch farmers OF Lancaster county,
who il supposed know everything about such matters
and who undoubtedly communicated freely with the Sec
ond Washington upon state affairs on his grand tour Ii
this true the correspondent OF the Journal OF Com
merce, who, like Titus Oates, knows there is damnable
plot on foot, has made slight in his differences,
and will have TO hold another mounaint conversation
with the hero Of Two bloody mot blood-hound) wars
upon the blue peaks of Bedford, and in the vicinity Of its
magic well.
The home squadron have long since received orders
TO demand REY beneath the walls Of the Moro CASTLE,
with the at quarters, the guns double and
the matches lighted and the little steamer Allegheny
has been sent out 10 arrest the invasion OF Cuba, and
preserve the faith OF treaty stpuations Ho no no
ha ha hal Well. this is diplomacy with vengeance,
which il takes something green TO appreciate
But there must be thunder storma respectable thun
der stom-or shall all be snohered in the infected
cloud Of pollution To do this propose 10 explode a
little sulphur, and TO stir the wild animals with tarred
pole until they make their official cages ring again
There have been more le ialsehoods, more mean in
situations. dirty work done in the last six months.
and less thunder, than have ever known before in
any age We hope, therefore, that everybody will see
the propety Of helping TO blow the bellows and raise
the DUld II is matter pro bono pubi,eo and cannot
but be acceptable to all dirty man better for being
amputaes diseased limb even without the consent Of
the patient, is benefactor of mankind.
We wish the Republic would say something about the
DENLY Gaze and Patrick Collins. This neglect OF such
greet mares nests crime, indeed. Can't you dance
Inc Polka Won't you dance the Polka but, fore Heaven,
face long enough lei il thunder Boy put in the sui
phuric acid, and let il fzthe people expect something
terrible and by beys cap and pole, they shall not be
disappointed. The city is now full OF cholera bombs
which are called, for short, water nHions-aDd per.
haps we can use them TO advantage in the grand
discharge! -
The Circulation Of the Republic Is some. We saw a
gentleman who did not find copy of il in western New
York perhaps il because those who received II
filed il away in their pigeon holes, certain Register
Of the Treasury, who was democratic outside and wing
within, once fled away Amos Kendalls Extra Globe in
the Harrisonc age -,
As this is weather breeder, we hope friends will
pardon "a for blowing all around the compass for we
have no object but TO raise tempest, and whether we
do il in teapot in the Atlantic ocean, II Is all the same
10 us.
The Secretary OF the Treasury, we understand, is
about TO die with broken heart He removed demo-
GRAFT the other day which has occasoned him sharp pains
and terrible Haiuent spirit Whether he can be cured