Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-11-27
Private Lctterto Gimer..3 Pierce

Private Letter To Giner..3 Pierce.
D0wNiNGyILLE, STATEof MAINE. Nov 10, .
Denr Gioerol: guess you little thought
when NO vas having that scratch in Mexico
hat II was going TO make a President of you.
But time and chance happens to all men, and
Why shouldn't luck come to you rs well as any
body elsel dlndn't expect, " hen | lost dear
old Gneral Jackson, that should ever have
chance to write TO another Glncra in the Pre-
.dents chair President Polk was only CO.
lionel, and somehow it did'nt seem half 81 natu.
raj for me 10 say dear Colonel "a, it did 10
say "dear GiEeral," he'd been So used to it in
old llckory's time And | can't help think
ing that nobody lower than Gincral ever ought
10 be President. But that's neither here nor
thcrr; you are President and have got to 90
ahead and make The best of il. And as | had
a good deal OF experience in Gineral Jack son s
rimc, and you ale kind Of Young in Govern
ment matters, felt it my duty IL write to you
AMI Try 10 encourage you along, for | don t
expect you know what dalksume aud trying
tunes there IS in going through the Presidency.
The first thing ldat Is necessary is 10 keep "A
stiff upper lip. II WINS krcpin stiff upper lip
that carried Gineral jackson through great
many hard trials. There vas So many hands
to the bellows that lowed you into the presi.
dency that I'm afraid when they come to set
tie up accounts therel he a squabble that will
make more trouble for You than ever old Hicko-
ry had. When the old line Dimocrats, North
and South, and the Hunkers, and the Barn.
burners, and the FrcesoiIers, and States Rights
Dimocrats, and the Union Wings, aud the Sc
ces.lonists, and the CaroIinl Nullfers, and the
Old Fogies and Young America, all get you
by the throat, and every one crying out "pay
me that thou owest," almost trembe TO think
hat will become Of you, unless you have a
good deal Of the true old Hickory grit. Yon
must put on the staeat kind of upper lip aud
take The responsibility or it'll be gone goose
with You. lou had better shake them all off,
and advertise that y"u won't pay no debts o.
heir contracting.
You must remember that the Wing party is
dead and buried, so you haven't got to fight
agln that no more. And you must remember,
too that the Wig party has left considerable
valuable property, ard that the Dmocralic
party Is the natural heir Of il. SO YOU can
t1ke up the Bank and the Tariff, and Internal
lmpro, ements aud such kind Of notions, and
use EN- quietly for the benefit of the great
Dlmocrutic party. and say nothin about it.
Only you must take care to fix 'em over into
Dlmocraric Bank and Dimocratic Tariff, aud
Dimocratic lnIerna Improvements, and then
nobody wont say word agin EN-.
We'll, now, about the Cabinet That IS n
url,sh kind of business, aud feel uneasy to
know how you'll get along with it. Uncle
Joshua thinks you'd better take one out Of
each party that went for you, and give EN- all
a far chance. But you can't have but seven
members in the Cabinet, unless YOU conclude
to have a Kitchen Cabinet too,and don't sup.
pose you Il do that, for they ain apt 10 work
very well Old Hickory himself got rather
tired OF his before twas over. SO if you hay
ent but seven members, there won't be enou n
to give one II each party, and them that's left
10 suck their fingers will always be biting tnpr
thumbs at You. And then you know The rule
Is, that the Cabinet should always be unit
But I'm afraid if you get one in from each par.
~. 1t will be very quarrelsonu kiad of unit
and you viii have 10 comfort of your life
And then II you " as &c give the whole 10 one
or two parties, YOU would OF course have a
bouts dozen Parties up In arms agin YOU and
squalls and narrycanes blowing from all quar-
tiers. jest see how il would work If YOU
should pick 0ut sound, wise Old Fogy to
take hold with you TO help cook matters up,
the Dimocraiic Review would he down upon
you like thousand Of brick, and backyard
you like a pickpockrt for trying TO hobhic a.
long on the "nlere beaten horse And then
il you was to look 'tother way and set YOUNG
America TO the helm the Old Fogies would
toe afraid some ofthe mad.caps would run us
on TO the breakers a nd send us to the bottom