The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-29

BIunts and sharps.
|" A painted ship
Upon a painted ocean"
Ancient Marinxr.

BIuats asd shaTps.
81 painted ship
Upon painted ocean,.
The American people are famed for bravery generos-
;tv democracy and velocity. Our fathers turned out OF
doors by bsots and brass topped aristocrahse adrft
upon the in mid winter In tub with holes in the
botom-cast ashore, hungry, weary and sick black
rock called the Pilgrims Stepping stone-chased by
Indians ss Gy At ~ the Dutch
nation less thaa two hundred years after sproutng
time and occupy in the person OF their descendants.
the chief sea. IN ns " o. the xord
concise and graphic history OF republic from the
1900 the present day. we proceed TO the men and the
deeds Of the heroic age Inc mad prophet OF ARABIA;
borrowed from Adam pair OF green silk Pantalooas,
lea his ne6pressbles royal standard for his follow
ss and made "grssn me court color throughout the
from weary pilgrimage to Mecca he adds green stripe
10 his magnificent turban and looks down upon his less
adventurous fellows with unmitigated scorn AS Ma
home successful military general, perhaps the
worthy old gentleman, whose EMANCIPATION shoes are
s green" has devoted his leisure hours his life and
character and when called upon to fill the chair of the
majestic Washington, has, in his haste, adopted the vir
tues and example OF the former and the name and walk
Of the latter IL this be we account for the pro-
scrpye and illibera course pfsded BY the Executive
towards the democracy, and in the daily decapaton of
worthy victims behold second propagation of the Alco
ran OF whgery, bearing the Of ilustrious deeds
and clad in the verdancy OF the man OF Mecca. We
that the American people elected their present octaUo
President and that whatever may be his course must
bear with him. for 'vor popui is vor DEL" and to find
any fault with their choice would be 10 censure those
who in an evil hour, made the astonishing selection.
Mrs. Paringon. that good old lady who blends phi
osopby with knitting, and who invariably drops astch
brilliant mind from the Green family to State affairs.
La me- said she the other day. she read the list of
the appointments made-no by the President of the
United States, but by the Secretary of the Interior
they have Home Department last TO furnish homes
for all the lille politicians In the country who want to
live without labor and Department Of the Interior TO
are doing nothing. How considerate in Congress, and
kind to poor folks" and the old lady stopped down
pick W patch Of moonlight for her pocket handker
chief and resumed her knitting without her spectacles.
The Home Department, as It is now regulated and ad-
mnsered. is another evidence OF the verdancy OF the
heroic age That department created out of others.
and it declared on the floor of the Senate, before il
could be passed, that new appointments were to be
made; that Offices beyond those named in the bill
to be created; and at least that there to be
extension OF the of patronage, and tyrannca
expression Of power: vet when Mr. Truman Smith, who
constutionally ineligible, declined the office, Mr.
Secretary Ewing, the lerces proscrpionst Of General
HirsOns proscriptve cabinet taken from the Z" bar
and the plough" to manage the concern and 10 he has
made 1t the first department in the cabinet created host
Of officers to manage against law brought Populations
in short, made himself President over hree.fou of
the United States appointing all civil officers except
dpomaques in the name Of the Secretary of the Interior
merely TO enable him 70 violate the pledges made by the
friends OF the bill in the Senate, by recording applications
for Office appointments to office, charges made during this
contemplate war upon private reputation, and ISLANDERS
too base to be whispered in the OF power PRO
scribe prescription! Yes, my beautiful boys, it will be
done by the Senate and House OF Representatives at the
next session The Department of the Interior will be
abolished in the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
The erce poscrptonst at its head will be sent back TO
the hills OF Hooking, and the force appointed contrary TO
law will go unpaid and unptied to other and more appro
no Wa. tba
the old Daddy OF it, and you will "Priek the boi.'
The harmony Of the organs is theme for angels
with golden harps TO expatate upon, when they have
nothing else to do and sleep out OF nights. The Repub
he being Presbyterian in its incipency, and buckled
to the sword Of Gideon" if not also of the Lord"
will be some pumpkins in the green dynasty which, with
unless our Worthngton should, in view of the old adage
about luck and Children trip up the heels Of the organ
sb, T.. we calculate S RSn s e pretty bear
ever behed in the sashes of Mesopoama and the groves
OF Calico lnhis fight, like the abused wife, when her
husband and bruin were having back hug, we shall
and thank God that in either Justice will be done
and the public taste improved.
The anticipated recommendation 10 have the public
grounds closed because the Executive lost shirt from
the clothesne in the park the other evening, will be
resisted by the unwashed Taylor men, upon the ground
mat General Washington never kept the people from the
such thg in his message to Congress even if the plum
deeIs had taken breaches and all but "De gusfbus non
est disputandum and so we leave that branch OF the
subject
There is. however, another new view of diplomacy
intImaed by the Second Washington which, if adopted,
VIII nare the finances of the country than the pur
chase OF Mount Vernon for the country OF the Presi-
dent OF the United States We understand-and the wing
organ can correct us il we imposed upon-that at
late cabinet meeting after "Octapc No /" had told poor
Joke and laughed immoderatey loud it, the subject Of
removing the minister resident at the Sublime Porte was
agated This called up the old war horse, who des ell
Mr. Clayton to say why there should not be minister
q pfodfC fha W
tanzas and all other ports as we'll as to the Sublime
Pore and whether the bloody Turks whowere neither
native Americans Catholics, to be treated any
mlllennIum, known as the reign of King Iocus the