The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-25
From the Washington Uaion. THE III ES SAGE.

nent, with verbal request that we would have il published in the Union soon practicable, for the purpose of enabling somebody to write a mes sage worthy of the Heroic Aags, it having been hnted that the Executive is ago.ng to content him self with copying simply the celebrated speech of ofths earlier Presidents of some republic, to-wit:
 ''peni vtdi rci."
 aud 4o have Congress supply the rest by means of
 ts frBitfai inaginings. Considering, us the boy said when the lightning struck him, that soe- thing should be done. we have concluded to give the precious moyeeaU received it, and to leave the result to God aud tho country.
 HE HEROIC AGE" CsntsYaea of tle Senate and ftke House Of Rey~e- k sentGfises: Tine foregoing Is my owu compost don.--Z. WAsHiNCToS, r. U. $
 Opening.
 Again tho rclinaiion of the north pole. over the Left has brought ocean bound republic to tlIs lne of zero, and killed off tine aDimaiege ol nature. The seasons have followed each other like porposes in the wake ol assnackerel catcher, and Autumn, the nut brown maiden, with her brows boun with golden grain and rcd leaves, has had narrow squeak of ii to escape the terrific charge of blus.er- ing Winter in bis fear -nought, with his pockets full of boar frost and his giteri0g wi eicles The harvests have been abundant. The heart of the hushaudman reloices Plenty cocks up her heels before the cottage fire, and Luxury takes something hot from silver Porringsr, in a vain scotlel parler hang round with French mirrors and hoored with Wilton rags. Ceres exaits her horn bursting with fruits ana flowers; and Eater prise in short shirt breaks 10. the back settle me Hts with foot saod with lightning and face as sharp as a shingis. The hyperborean bear sleeps in his hollow sacking bis paws for breakfast and growing for supper; aad tbe wild geese nave gone squeakiDg to the South, iu the shape of harrow, pretty toleraby cold and remarkably hungry. The school boy longer plays truant in the woods bunting for Pawpaws and chestnuts. aud the spotted iree-toad sings treble to the double bass Of the buiiireg ia tHe ssshes pistarecus BOW ! pass for twenty-five cenis aud dimes are received as isvys from ihs Bay of Fuady 10 the bar of Tom piker.
 While such blessings surround ns, and while ths 1 prevalent. which we never cared fig for on our own account, but only account of those who came after Us, has subsided, it behooTes nH- tioa of Christians, without regard party, return thanks for mercies received, aud like the poor boy in the woTk- house. 10 humbiy ask for more.
 Composed bg Psrfsef Bliss, i. D. CT
 state.
 Our foreign relations, ugder the present golden administration, the most favored oi any relations
 we have Iirst. there IS England, extremely sen stiye to all our movements, North or Sout1-anx- ous beyond measore To regulate our domestic affairs and manufacture our under clothes aud morality al price 50 low tiat tis ridiculous mention it
 With a love for Gye-stui!s aud mosquitoes beyond :he love of woman, she has put her highest ardeE (the garter) upon the neck of bare bae sd woofv headed king, aud has set him, with wooded sword, upon a throne of mahogany, to circulate the area ol freedom and keep the universal Yankee nation ! from padding theiI own canoes in lake Nicaragua If he siss there ieng. he viii stand chance of get | ting dyed in manner that will last him forever, | and if the Mistress Of the Ocean wants her lion licked into a lamb, and ncked into the bargain by | the grizzly bear of fhe New World, she can just hz, | in the bay of Honduras. We swear; but If ! John Buil undertakes 10 play Russia in Europe" on this side of the water, he wilt hnd breakfast of moral eariha uakes and dinner of liquid thu nder- bolts, ready dressed and piping hot, old Ciapps wife said when she put him ;o 5sa with the warm | ing pan, and be d-d to him.
 Then there is Spain, for whom we have manifes- ted a tender interest-for whom We have called our couutrymen 'vagrants" and biockaced them on ! our own shores, and, in return, have been kicked out of Cuba ana received the thanks Of the inqui- sition. On. how love that arisiocT ratio nation. the only people earth that bow to etiquette, and live by plumber Every child of that noble land is an hidago; anj if pride, fed upon chestnuts and puckered by olives, is national blessing they have it by the h6gshead. May sine live thousand years and may her shadow. il she has any, pever be less. When minister finds his Way there with his present passport. which be Is not likely 10 do ai present. we will maSe you further commuuica-
 
 | be suffered to take her accustomed sleep.
 l Russia and ourselves thick two thieves. We are the northern powers of tte world; anu 1he she gives the southern nations Inc "knouf" We intend to give the ricketty republics below the ''idsso" We have received her minister al a special audience. and have recprocaled lhe warmest senti- ,iments of friendship and love. We have sworn upon the altar of nations not to rob each other aud if We cannot do better, shall give her in short time (oh precious gitN Ewing for Bodisco - | The black eagle anu the bald eagle viii make d rumpus in the sheepfod of the universe, when they go a-hunting together, and wherever they lay, We should like 10 see the nat ions tIat would dare to needle with their eggs. The two nations are now making great railroads round the earth in the noyth ern temperate zone Russa Is framing her iron { horse over the Siberian wilds, and are pushing ours along towards the Pacihc sea
 ''Where the wild Dragon rolls, And Hears sound save his own flashing. The presen, Administration. with the pertassIon of Col Benton and the Heroic Age" IS ready to run oa the track into Sleepy creek. or to streak il to immortality over this railroad IL cannot b. saId hereafter thai we have principles for we have hfe ad and butter al the nations expense and tal- road from Chrlstiana creek 10 sunset.
 France, that beautiful republic thai gets more lib eEty at grab than ali the rest Of the world, and loses ali three days, is toucbv creature upon the subject oi tobacco. Like the silver bodkin 10
 
 Shaitcn, plug of negro-head will throw her into convuisions. Her kings can be exiled. her thrones burnt III the TnIefies, her queens can be slsugh- tered amid bahd Of iishwomen, and her Directory can blot oat the Sabbath: but never, oh never pound of tobacco enter " Ia Bale nstion,' excep- ting through lhe Farmer General The French naion IS as chsngeaeie an April day; but the French custom-house IS but familiar name for lIn- mortality We have lately had 10 dismiss her min ister for insulting Us about chew Of tobacco and little private matter about dspated pet,icoa, m which somebody came oH second-besi. May she chew the cud oi reflection 10 the batter eR9 ant send us any thing but democrat assn for an envoy ex- traoriinary and minister pleniPo'eniIary. King Pepn and oarseli-the Second Washington--afe said be very much aIike; and if The former could kili mad bull with blow of has bare hand, we think eouiG twist cocks head of at punch, If Il dId come iron the ehj1ken-coop ot CharenagEe. fGaace may be republic, and her President may marry a red-aaiFed princess, and by-and-ey sEp into bs grandiaiheT's bloody shoes, and stIadde over the word like saanander on suits; we ssail not quarrel wih her. 80 long she chews CaveRdish aud let's onr ehiaigsn and her children slde upon The