The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-12-15
From ge Washington Republic.
r. TOLD YOU so.

i lODU 4OU w.
Il told you so,' was the prompt reply o. the
knowing old lady who was informed that the
had swallowed the grindstono' This may
be read in Ii E chronicles Of Joe Miller.
Our venerable cotemporary Of the foreign or
gan is as wise as the old lady in the iest-book'
Nothing turns up right or left in pubic affairs
but there is the repetition of the same old song
81 told YOU so-this comes Of making a Presl-
dent of n man who was never a justice OF the
peace nor a member of the Legislature. knew
how it would be; 1 told you so-all this comes
Of not following my adyiee.'
What does the foreign organ intendby keep
ing up this perpetual din in the ears OF the
American people, and this daily assurance that
it knew SO much better than they did what
manner of man they ought to have taken Tor
their Chief Magistrate : Surely it was no
secret to the voters that General Taylor wasno
Justice Of the peace at the time they elected
him. This fact they understood as well as
that Mr.. Justice Shallow was one of the quo
rum. They did not consider it important that
the General should have a commission OF the
peace in his pocket in order 10 be eligible
Diurnally, however, it is thrown in their face
by their Locofoco Mentor, that they have been
fools enough to make a President OF a man
who has had no civil experience, and that they
are now reaping the fruits of their folly. II
they had only listened to the advice of men
who were fourishing in politics in tho days OF
the resolutions Of 1913, and were blessed with
half a century of civil experience,' all this
would never have happened.
The envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ipoteatiary of the German empire is politely
informed that he must rot violate our neutral
ity, Il told you So quoth the foreign organ;
8 this m of making a President OF a man OF
no civil experie: ce,'
A public fast is recommended by the Presi-
dent. The foreign organ is again attuned to-
its old note: Il told you so; what a pity it is
that YOU had not a justice Of the peace in the
Presidency!'
Rey ID abducted. 'There it is again. quoth
the foreign organ; Eif your President had not
been fighting Indians for forty years you would
not have seen the like Of this,' Then it groans
ont in the deepest bass, 8 told you sou
President Taylor ~contempIates and commen-
ces a tour, and talks in his plain way to the
people who collect to see and shake hands
with him. NOW for the speeches he'll make!
| shout, like to hear him speak as Mr.. Polk
at Bunker Hill! This comes of making a Pre-
sident of a man Of very limited educalion.'
{ told you so,'
the foreign organ never can be taken aback.
II has this one universal explanation always at
hand. 1t solves and settles every problem in
politics by the suggestion that it serves the
people right for e%levating such a man as Gen .
Taylor to The Chief Magist;acy. The Union
had told them the country never could getalong
unless it took some man who had been miring
for half a century in the dirty politics of Rich
mond and Albany and it is determined, if pos
sjbIe, to persuade the people that It was right,
and that they were wrong, 1t means that the
country shall not get along if it can be well
helped. Especially does it mean to play tunes
that will crafty its foreign employers, and en-
able them to write home to Europe that the
experiment has failed, and that the ex-organ Of
the Democracy has taken strong ground in
support Of the doctrine that even the intelli.
gent people of The United States have not the
least idea of what are the requisite q%ualitica.
tons for Executive administration, and are
utterly incapable Of making a sensible selec-
ton Of Chief Magistrate.