The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-06-12
For the Union.


The old fashioned trick TO keep his cord,
Though lis RIGHTEOUSNESS and shame
In meaner men to do the same "-Hudtbfas
Sand So said she, have parted with the colt, and
have only got gross OF green sPseaees, win copper INNS
The statue of Memnon sent forth strain of sweetest
melody, when the last rays Of sunlight glanced upon lis
haowed summit; and the park of the Second Washing
tom by the aid Of the marine band, Saturday eve
ming, when It does not rain, discour sesamd the weeks
washing, that hangs there encngly to drymost elo
quent music This music soothes the distracted of
power, warns the sinking spirit OF the anxious office
seeker and consoles the wives and children Of the dis
missed from Office whose cases, in the language of MIR.
Ewing have just been considered.
This national serenade, on drying or airing day. is
very well for than proves 70 the for
egn ministers that the Second Washington has bount
full supply of clean linen, and satisfies them that the
public not shess others that have existed, and
made more smoke though less noise, in the world
We have often imagined the feelings OF the represent
atves of kingy governments when they beheld the Sec
ond Washington mingling with the children and nurses
in the vicinity of tbs music OF freedom, chewing
shortcut long, It's all the same and nqurng the
price of marbles, while at hand, in revolutionary
simplicity, six penny cotton shirt wOocd the soft gale,
and noated in the breeze:
The developments which time is daily making at the
of government Of official transactions startling
they ludcrous; and occasionally feel like the
boy who said that il he not attending his mammals
funeral he would lay down and laugh his trowseIs off
The government of the United States like the
scale of music, divided into eight parts or notes. and If
person only find the there is but little difficulty
in singing out the tune. To find the mi therefore, in
the octave, is the things and becomes sagacious poll
ticans TO employ some well Informed young gentleman
whose experience in the service OF Congress and in the
Washington managing committee has given hun pre- EN-
advantages sound the cabinet and the President
beforehand for them, and thus enable them slick as
mud TO sing for their suppers, like Thomas Tucker
of old recorded in the nursery hymns of Mrs Goose
The administration is conducted the principle OF
organ, of three organs 1t requires much wind many
stops, and heavy touches, to get up respectable tune
Ordinary musicians cannot play on the instruments with
success and those who do play to the best advantage
wonder what made the noise The organs, is Iumored,
about 10 play together but the National Wing, the
National lntelligencer, and the Republic can no more
harnonZe than bass singer with the asthma tenor
singer with fit OF stammerlng upon him, and high
counter with fatal facility in music that would sing the
through twice before the others had finished slave
When the trial tune is performed, shall be there If
possibe and il we do not split sides with laughter
we shall write an account OF IT, to be handed down 10
posterity the drollest failure of the heroic age.
We recollect once seeing drunken trumpeer going
home from muster. A mad bull met him on the way.
'Boo oo-oo," said the bull. damn you, sound your
sSound your A." again replied the trumpeter AT length
the bull took the trumpeter upon his horns. and pitched
him the fence. At this strange and extraordinary
treatment the part of brother performer the trum
peter slowly raised himself to his feet and, shakn his
fist towards the cloud of dust that surrounded the r
umphant bull, exclaimed in voice OF mellow thunder,
''You may be good musicianer, but damn If you
The Inteligencer has of late endeavored sound his
at the command Of the "Whg," but has made com
pete failure of it. thas, however, tossed the "Whig" into
roic aye to take care of itself Whether the "Whg will
admonish the neligencer as the umpeter ana the bull
from the former, and little ones from the latter From
the Republic expect another sort of music; and, as
has green sign, have no doubt but that VIII De
great favorite at court
The late mistake in the appointment Of navy agent TOR
this port has made sad havoc in the higher circles Why
andrs to be in the Dstric, Of Columbia we know not,
unless the retrocesso OF that place to Virginia was IN
constitutional We know the Executive never could
LII az al. T1.tr.c IL
cal Office here, because he declared it and the Second
Washington never has never will violate pledge or
break his wofd, If he thinks Of it. we certain.
The friendship which the old chief of this new heroic
age enterans for of his old friends is astonishing
When asked who he really meant should have certain
navy agency. told that he replied with more than
Napoleon promptness, "Why, the man who married the
niece Of my old friend B. don't know whether his
name is Laihrieum or Lnttrop, nor do care" This
bes so well with the Aison letter and the Inaugural
address, wherein he stated that he had friends to
reward and no enemies to punsh and Is so strictly IN
accordance with the declaration that capacity, honesty
and fidelity shall be the requisites and the governing
principles in all appointments that we begin, after hav-
ing repeated several times out of doors, to believe that
it is true bill AT any rate gentle readers. you have
as cheap as we had it, and hasn't 1t played what
he told Bragg to give the Mexcans, in Georgetown
We pause for reply.
Ii is a glorious thing to be above all law-to be free
from all rulesto do as one darnd peases do at all
times and under all circumstances; but yet in free
country where of soversgns elect one OF their
number every four years TO sit at the head OF their po
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the person of such autOcra with all OF old
Charles the Kills (of Sweden) obstinacy, and with but
little of his good sense. In view of such election, We
feel as old Pallet felt when he got his thumb into Peregne
Pickles mouth in Hornbecks bed chamber 'If II is not
bite il is 80 near one that there is in quarreng
about the difference"
The present order of things being accidental we un-
derstand that the most is to be made OF the tuck APP
pontmens therefore, which would have been made
under other circumstances thickening and crawling
upon like frogs in the kneadng -troughs OF the Egyp
ans; men are bles who hardly dared to hopes Interests
are consulted and fosteed that hardly dared to exist sins
are forgiven that of the pale OF pardon and men
write and speak in praise of the powers who caught
logic catch any other infectious disease and pour
out their words like water from watering pot where
every drop is alike, and all are l,ttetnarm.
1t is, however understood that as the policy OF
the administration decided upon, hare will be another
order of things in Washington. green THINGS, which
meet every turn, will be repudlaed The new Or
gan is expected to nfuse little wisdom and consistency
into the heroic dough- and pechance the party may exist
until the August electons but of this have serl
GUS doubts AT any rate, the wife said when her hus,
band was dying any change must be for the BETTER aud
so let the night of oblivion in silence upon the yellow
laurels of the ''HEROIC AGE"
To Druggists and Dealers In Medicine.