The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-17


 struggle, and plead "infsaey' and "want of knOwf- edge In whig ethics as his sufficient justification, especially to those who Of his way of think ing.
 Tcs, the anniversary of our national independence Is to be csecra,ed by the removal from office of one hundred of the best clerks In Washington, for no other cause than to make places for sandry pap loving patriots who are to elect or attempt to elect Mir. Ewing or Mir. Clayton to the presidency. As the democratic party are to have a hand in this matter, and calculate to run strong man for the same high office in 1852. we rather think thers will be tTsHgaIar political Gae ufteF the manner of the one recorded in Jack Easy. In this duel the demo- cratic party will represent MidshiPmaa Easy. who has the first fire at the of the State Department Old Foreign Affairs, after receiving tho fire in the checks to the detimeut of his tee tn and fatal loss Ofwind, will then fire at tho Home Department, who will be pumped through the bacon, and who, ia his eagerness to stop the vunt, in obedience to the gun ner's word of command, will forget to fire at the successful candidate and thus leave the democratic party standing al ease In the centre of glorious and victorious battle field. We expect funny time in the end of all these matters The Second Wash ington"-who reads no newspaper except "The Plough, the Anvil, and the Loom,n and whose pe- culiar vanity is a stock farm, with wilderness of sugar-cane and brigade of musk-cented Africans really believes that there has been reHorals for opiniOn's sake anywhere since he came into power; that he has been consistent to a his pledges made before election; and tha, every who finds fault with his dear old soul, does for the simple love of IL; and that he really has no friends to reward and no enemies 10 punish" That he has very few friends, is certain; and when we hear of such men as Mir. Msngum, of North Carolina, and the Lone Star of Virgiaia-who came very near representing the Loudoun district second time-6nding fault with him, we begin to think his corporal's guard will be less than President Tyier's in the fourth year of his reign.
 But this is an almighty great country. The sun shines upon twenty hours out of the twenty -four, both in summer and in winter commencing at Eastport and ending at San Francisco. IL has the only citadel of liberty, the only altar of free worship, the only free press, and the only free men and women in the world. And while 1t lies ike giant, with it's feet in the Atlantic and its head in the Pacific, with one hand full of Mexican clay in the South and another full of Canadian snow in the North it heaves and sets like bear tied to gate post, and easses like Uncle Toby's army in Fian- ders. Every time it winks, there is an earthquake out west; every time ii frowns, there is thunder siorm and every time il fumes, there IS hurricane When it sheds tears, there is freshet; and il has continual it of the snufes, owing to its exposed position, Niagara is always running ia laundering karry to carry of the surplus water.
 And now, with such country, ought we 10 have
 Second Washington to sit on the pit of its stomach, in the chair of the First, toho reads eaai is said Ggaias hifa, hut only listens to the praise of sycophants and of selfish cOurtierS1-an Executive who, like the ostrich, when closely pursued, puts his head in a sand heap and deems tha, see the remainder of his person. We reckon not. And those who can make rope of sand, or tie the northwest wind into knots-who can buid a sea wall of jelly, and catch buifaoes with spiders webs may tinker up the Second WashingtOn's immor- ality, and go down with the whole posse to the Dead Sea of oblivion; while we from loOp-hole, will look upon the awful catastrophe, and write the ap- propriate epitaph (oh! pleasing taskl of the 1 "HERoic AGE"