Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-12-04

W. Nc TO his old friends of the National
.lu,elligencer. We make an extract or two
Il I'm his letter.
"Says l, "Uncle Joshua, what's the pros
poet about the Presidency"
"Wcll," says he "Major,''-he always
calls inc Major-says he, "Major, there amt
no prospect at ALL"
GLOW So" says I; show can you make
chat out" ..-.
"Well," says he, ''there's as many parties
now, and they are all SO mixed up, higglcdy-
piggledy, that you can't see through 'em
with the longest spygoss that ever was
made. That's why there amt no prospect
at all"
"Well, now, uncle joshua" says l, ''jest
name over all these parties, so l can begin
to have some idea of them"
"Well," says he, ''we'll begin first South
side of Mason and DiXon's line. There's
the old Wing party, and the old Democratic
party, and the party Of Union wings, and the
party of Secession wings, and the party of
Union Democrats, and the party of Seces-
sion Democrats, and the party of Co-opera-
ton Secessionists. And then if we come
to the North-side of Mason and Dixon's
line, we find the regular Wing party, and
the regular Democratic party, and the Union
wings, and the Abolition wings, and the
Union Democrats, and the Abolition Demo-
Gratis, and the silvcr-grey wings, and the
Woolley-head Wings, and The bunker Dem
ocrats, and the Barnburner Democrats, and
the Seward party and the Union Safety
Committee party, and the regular Free-Sile
party, and the regular Vote-yourself-a-Farm
party"
Here Uncle Joshua paused little, and
Aunt Kesiah laid down her nittin-work,
and looked over her spectacles, and says she
TO me, 'Your Uncle Joshua must have q
wonderful memory to keep all them hard
names in his head, for my part, l don't see
how he does it," Then cousin Nabby she
clapped her hands and laughed, and says she
"Now, cousin Jack, which party do you
belong to-" ...
Says 1, I'll be hanged ifI know. If The
Old General was alive-I mean Old Hick
ory-I'd go with his party, let it be which
it would; for then should know l was go
ing for the country. The Cd Gineral wa
: always ready TO fight for the country agains
, Bunk monsters, and Notification monsters
and al sorts of monsters.
f swell, now," says Uncle Joshua, "hov
g, do you suppose we are going to work
. make President, with all these parties il
= the field, fighting cress-handed, and c"tty
= corners, and every which way"
y Il am sure can't sec," says l, ''unles
E we can get up party that will surroun
;. the whole of EN-, as the Irish corporal sur
Y rounded the hall-dozen soldiers that he too
prisoners"
!. what do YOU think of Mr.. Calhoun
y. p'an," said Uncle Joshua, "that's laid dow
5 in his works just published"
i, whats that" says l, Il don't think "
heard oft"
=. "WeI," says he, che recommended
a choose ilCo Presidents, one for the Mort
: and one for the South each side of Maso
and Dixon's line, and no law Of Congress
1 to become a law till it is signed by bot
J, Presidents. How think that would work!
''Nyell, guess" saysI, 'if the countr
: depended upon laws to live on, it woul
starvc to death as sure as the ass betwee
:, between the two bundles Of hay"
At that cousin Nabby spoke up, and say
she, 'More like the country would be Xix
bundle of hay between two asses an
$ would get eat up pretty quick"
Uncle Joshua couldn't help smiling, b.
V he looked round as sober as lie could, al
says, he, Come, come, Nabby, you hush u
G what do yau know about politics."
c "Well, now" says l, 'let us look at TIL
= plan of Mr. Calhouu's little, ana see VIII
4 It amounts to. Ills notion was, that thci
. was two parties, one nor,h and one south {
Y Mason and DiXon's line, and that under Oh
II President tEcy never could agree, but wou!
;. always be qu"rreling and fghtin and crowd
;, ing; but if each party could choose Pres
: iiant thcn they would get along smooth an
o quiet, and live as pcaccable as lambs. Nov
: il lie doctrine is good for two parties, it
:. good for twenty. So, if Mr.. Calhoun wa
II right, the best way would be TO let the twer
d ty parties, that are now quarreling like cal
II and dogs, go to work and each party choos
t; President. Then what happy, peace;
c be time we should have of it,"
0 "Well, you've fairly run it it into IL
c ground now" says Uucle Joshua, "and
IL Guess we NAV as well let it stick there.