The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-12-17

| party, and the Uoion Safety Committee party,
and the regular Free sIle pa ty, and the regu.
lar Vote. .yoursefa. Farm patty"
Here Uscle Joshua psus d ia,!e. and
Aunt k'z ali laid down her uu IL work, and
| looked over scr .pec,acles. ans .lys she 10
mo, g our uucls Joshua mus, have Wondsi-
ful memsiy 10 keep all them hoid nsaies IN
his head for my part, d nj see how h.
does IT," Then cousin Nabby s.e cisrped
her hands asd laughed, aud ssJ she, Vow
cousin Jack which party do you betotg 10 7"
Says IA be hhogcd Il Anos. 1.-THE
old Glnsral was ai,e-l mean ohi II Ok Try
I'd 60 With HI. purity, le, It Ls vhlcu
twould; Or then .hou kno~ yes going
for ihs cos,,ry. Tbs cd Glner4l vas always
ready to h.ht i.r tas.. country ngla.. Bank
moustsr a d Sa'Lhcstija m a..e5s, sud oil
soris Of tnon.Ier.."
Well 400. .a,, u.clV J JJshus. " how d.
you surp.so .e.Ie 4ria. 10 ~ors to make a
Prssidsnt ~itn al these prrtts. ~ tho fisld,
hghun' cr...na"ird, sad eatsy cofhers, and
every ~h,ch S.y -
"l'a .1te caa't see, .ays "uness We
can get W . pAty thai -,l surround the
whole Of ga" -. ine IRISH corporal surround.
ed the half d.Lra ~ d.eTs ira. us took prls.
oners"
"Wh., - ,sa ,Llh Of Mr.. C.lAeua.
plas said Uaclo J.shus, " thats lsid down in
his vsrks 81 suh I.rte
What.tAal ssy. IL lor. .hiak I've
heard Of A.
"Wsl ~ s.y. ,e "hc recommends to
choose two pfsslleul., one for the North and
one for South, each side q N sson aad Dlxon's
line and M Law Of Congress to become q law
I'LL it stgne! BY both Presidents, How think
,hs, would .orsl"
"WsI' | guess" says 1, ii the coul,ry
depended upon Avs 10 live on, II would starve
bundles Of hay"
A,that cousin Nabby spoke up. and Gays
she, Msrs like the eouatry would be like
buade Of hay between two asses, aud would
get eat up pretty quick"
URcls Joshua csudu't help smiling bu,
ho locked round as sober as he could, and says
he, Come, come Nabsy ysu hush up what
do you know aboui politics 7"
Well, now" sys let Us look q, ,his
plan Of Mr.. Cslhoua'sa little, and see what
il amount. to- Ills notion WAS ,hs, iicts were
sou aud D,xons line, and tha, Under one
President they nsvcr could agree, bu, would
always be quarrsI!,ng and fighting aud erswd.
lag; but il each party cocld choose Ptesi.
dent, then they would &c, along smooth and
quiet. snd live - pcacssbs ss lambs. Now
II the doctrine 10 good tor two parties, i, is
good for tse.ty. So, II Mr.. Calhoun was
right, the best ~ty would be TO lei the TWEEN.
ly parties that arc saw qusrrelIIns like cats
and dogs, go 10 work sHs each party choose
4 Presider, for i.solf. Then, wha, happy,
rososss.s t!Es "a should hr=a Of H."
"Well, you've fairly rus it Into the ground
now, says Uscls Joshua, "sni / suess we
may as we'll lsl it stick there. l'm more
troubled about elscting emo President thaa
Am two, or twenty and should like to GET
sour idea how i, can be done. know Gin.
'rai Jackson used 10 think a great deal OF
your opinion. may be you can contrive soma
way to get US on, Of this hurry burly thai
vs are 10, 90 that ws can make President
,ext year vhsn the time comes round"
"Well" says |, "Uncle Joshua, according
. what you say, about he parties now. q, days,
III spl, up into hinders, and cross. grained
very way, don't think there's much chance
Or any Of EN- to elect President, especial.
y il Mr.. RitshIe don, help. BIZ, for all that,
here's two ways Of doing it, One way is.
> get up a new party that shall surround all
he other par,ies-I mean real constitution.
! party, an ou, and out hetienal party; a
af,y that will stand up to the rack, foddercr
. fodler, aad 60 for the Union, the whole
)nisn, and nolhing but the UnioB, live or die.
his party Eosld have to be made up OF the
wsnty parties you have named, so | guess
70 nigh. a. well call i. the party of 'Na,isnal
,omeou,ers.'
"Ths 'tother wcy would be, to get up
ort Of revolution annsx KAT on manifest. desl-
y glory party, and have a grea, bornsr
hin'ed, with Cuba on enc end and Canada
q 'tother aud what there is left of Mexico in
ie middle; asd get up a great torch light
'ocession frem ono end of the country to the
her, and hire kossu,h when he gets over
ere to mako stump speeches fer our cendi.
ates through all the States. If we ddn't
&c. him, I'd 60 ints retirscy and settle on
e banks Of Salt River for life.
"Well, lMajsr," says Uncle Joshua, al
ink good deal of your notions, and wish
~ would think the matter ever, and draw
} ssme plan for us to 60 by. for t's high
ne we was doing something."
So Mr.. Gales g. Seaton, | remain your OLD
end,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.