The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-11

natural for me TO say, dear Colonel" a> i
did to say dear Gincral," had been so u>rt
to 1t IN old llicknrv's time And cant h.lr
thinking that n.hnhr lower than tirnrra
ought to he President But that's ncithci
here nor there: Won are President and have
rot 10 20 ahead and make the best of it. Md
as had good deal of experience in Iark>oi,-
Time, and YOU are kind %. v"un- in Govern
ment matters, felt it INV duty 10 write /,
Won and try TO encourage ,ou al"n-. t,r
don't expect YOU kauw what dark>nnr and
irving times there Is IN going through III.
Presidency The first thing that i n,.-,.>> ar,
Is to keep still upper lip. 1t was kr,.I,in :,
st'i upper lip that carried Ginrral Jark>o,l
through great manv hard trials Tl.r,.
was SO many hands io the hriaws that lnuc.i
You INTO the Presidency ;h:.; I'm afraid wh,...
'heE come To settle ~. accounts thcrcil hc :,
>quabblc tha; will ma kc more trouble for Won
than ever Old Hickory had. When the old
line Dimocrats, North and South. and the
tiunkers ana the BarnburnerS. and the Free
SollerS. and the States Rights Dimorrats. aud
the mon Why's. and the Scrr>>inrli>r>. and
the Carolina Nuliticrs. and the Old Fo,ir>
ahi l"ung America. all get Won hv the throat
and every one CRYING out pay lie that rhnu
owc>t." almost trcmbl,. t.. ,nink mhat viii
become OF v"u. unless YOU have a GOOD deal
OF the true Hickory grit. You must put ON
the silitcst kind OF upper lip and take the rc
sponsIbiltv. or 1t II be- a gene so>>r with vo,..
Ion had better shake them all OIL and ad,rr-
tI>e that you won't pay no debts OF their con
tracing.
ION must r.n.9mhcr that the Whir party
Is deal and buried, =" vou haven't got to li-lit
a"ln that no more And vou must remember.
too. that the Wing party has lrfr con>i,,crafI..
valuable property. and that the Dino ratio
party Is the natural heir IN il. 50 ynn ran
take up the Bank. and the Tariff, and Inter-
naI Improvements, and such kind of notions.
and use them quietly for the use of th,. rr,a,
l'imo' rate party. and say nothing about it
''n!y v"n must take care to fix en- over INFO
i'Im"'railc Bank. and Dino .rati, Tariif. and
Dmncratc Internal Improvements, and then
nobody wont say word agin cm.
We'll. now. about the Cabinet Ti., ;, :,
trkll>h kind of hr>inc->. ..., f,:,i nl.,.,>, 10
know how youii yet along with Il. Inrlr
Joshua thinks von'd better take nn, ont Of
earh party that went for Won. and gi,- 'cm al
a iaIr chance. Brt Won can't have bat seven
members in the Cabinet. unless Won ron,.lu,I,.
to have Kitchen Cabinet. too, and | doa't
suppose vou''l do that, for they amt A., f.
work very we'll, Oh Ilickory himself co,
rather tired h",orc twas over. 81 If vn,
haven't hut >"ven N 'nh,.r> there wont L.
enough IN give one 10 ench party. anl them
that'> lett 10 er~k their fingers will always h,.
biting their thumbs at Won, And then von
know the rul" is. th1: the Cabinet should al
WAYS be a unit. But am atraii itvou oct
one in from each party Ii will BE- Iulrr,l-
some kind ot a unit. and Won viii have no
comfort nt YeQr life. And tl."n if Won was to
give the whole Ia one or two parties. Won
wouId of course have about a dozen parties
up in arms a-in Won. and squalls and hurry
canes blowing from all quarters. .Jn>t <rr
how it would work. If von should pi,k out
a wise sound Old Fu@y tn take ho!d with vnu
70 help cook matters uI, the Democratic Re
view would he down upon Won like thon-
sand o.! brick. AMI tla -krulrd Won like pick
poke, for irving 10 hohhle alonr on the
Mere heaton horse And then if Won WAS
To look t"ihrr way and set Youn. .Amrrira
10 the helm. the Old Fogie> would be afraid
some of the mad-cap> would run us on the
breakers and send Us all TO the bottom. II,
that case pretty likely there wou,il,e a great,
or unit OF. OF the Cabinet than there was in
it, and there would be danger Of mutiny all
around. So there You are. ("u seem 10 ie
in Snarl any way Won can fix it.
Now If Won will take NV advire. Gincrai.
Won will shct your ewes. and stop vour ears
and take the responsibility. >av 10 the Demo-
crat>, and the Old Fnge> and Younn Amer
lea, and the HunkerS. and the Blrmhurner>
and the Frec>oilcrS. and the Aboiitinni>r> AMI
Sece>>ionists, and the Nulliticr>. that Won
don't know none of EN- and that Won amt
their President. but that YOU are the Pr>i-
dent of these thirty-one United States thar !,
fairly ours. and not the whole of creation. for
this last business is one that needs To bc look
ed at and thought on considerable before 90
ing into It. | know some folks say that there
is Ia be great deal OF annexin done ,iurinr
Your administration. Now | don't know
what vonr notions is on this subject bat ifan-
ncxin is 10 l'c the main business OF vonr term
the next question Is what Is the best y.av 10
do it? Uncle Joshua ALWAYS saws, in nine
cases ont of ten II costs more 10 rob an orch
ard than it would 10 huv the apples Itthat'>
true, NAV be that filibustrrin won.ln't he the
cheapest way t" anneA. But some folks have
great fancy for iilihu>terin, let ii cost what
twill I'vou should think of branchin. ont
strong that way. don't sio>e Won could do
better than to take ko.>ufh for Secretary of
State. For he is Governor of Hungary. Won
know and could hitch tha. fine country right
on to our team without the trouble of anv fill
hustering about it. 1t could be done 50 aurk
the Russian Bear wouldn't have hardly time
to "rowl, And then small fiihm>tcrin ar
nv would bring in Cuba. Canada and M,xico.
and the rest rs fast as We should know what
to do With them
Good by. Ginrral 60 ahead. and keep a
stiff upper lip and ANYTHING can do for Won
Jest let me know. So | remain tour tru.
friend MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
AN ExPERIMENT-The New York Tri-
bune of Thursday saws :-"Sincular results
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