Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-12-16

come 10 you as well as any body else!
| didn't expect, when | lost dear old
Gineral. that should ever have chance
to write TO another Gineral in the Presi.
dents chair. President Polk was only
Colonel. and some how it didn't seem
half so natural for me to say, "dear Col
onel" as il Gid to say ''dear Gineral," |
had been so used to il in Old Hickory's
time. And lcan't help thinking that no
body lower than Gineral ever ought TO
be President. But that's neither here
nor there; you are President and have
to go ahead and make the best oft. And
as had d good deal of experience in
Gineral Jackson's time, and you are kind
of yourg in Government matters, felt ii
my duty to write to you to encourage
you along. for don't expect you to
know what darksome and trying times
there is in going through the Presidency.
The first thing that is necessary is to
keep stiff upper lIp. 1t was keepin a
stiff upper lip that carried Gineral Jack
son through grea, many hard trials
There was so many hands to the bel.
lows that blowed you into the Presiden-
cy that am afraid when they come To
settle up accounts there'lI be squabble
that will make more trouble for you than
ever old Hickory had When the old
line Democrats. north and south, ,and the
Hunkers, and the Barnbu.ners, and the
Freesoilers, and the States Rights Dem
ocrats, and the Union Wings, and the
Secessionis,s, and the Carolina Nullfers
and the Old Fogies and Young America.
all get yon by the throat, and all crying
out, "pay me that thou owest," almost
tremble to think wha, will become Of
you, unless you have good deal of the
true old Hickory grit. You must put
on the s,iffest kind of upper lip and take
the responsibility, or it'll be gone goose
with you. You had better shake them
all of, and advertise that you won't pay
no debts OF their contracting.
You must remember that the Wing
party is dead and buried, so you haven't
got TO fight agin that no more. And you
must remember. too, thai the Wing par
ty has left considerable valuable proper
ty. and that the Democratic party is the
natural heir to it. So you can take up
the Bank, and the Tariff. and Internal
Improvements, and such kind of notions.
and use 'en quietly for the benefits of
the great Dimocralic party, and say moth
in abou, it. Only you must take care to
fix 'em over into Dimocratic Bank. and
Dimocra,ic Tariff. and Dimocratic I'm
provements, and then nobody won. say
a word agin 'em. ..--.... 40.
Well, now, about the Cabinet. That
is ,icklish kind of business, and 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 'em all fair
chance. But you can't have but seven
members in the Cabinet, unless you con-
cluGe 10 have Kitchen Cabinet toe, and
l don't suppose you'll do that, for they
ain't apt to work very well. Old HEX
ory himself got rather tired Of his before
twas over. So if you haven't but sew.
EN- members. there won'I be enough to
give one to each party, and them that's
left to suck their fingers will always be
biting their thumbs at you. And then
you know the rule is, that the Cabinet
should always be unit. Blu, I'm a
fraid If you get one in from each party it
will be very quarrelsome kind of unit,
and you will have no comfort of your
life. And then if you was TO give the
whole to one or two par ties, you would
of course have abou; dozen parties up
in arms again you, and squalls anG hur-
rycanes blowing from all quarters. Jest
see how it would work. If you should
pick out sound, wise Old Fogy to take
ho.d with you to help cook matters up,
the Dimocratic Review would be down
uron you like thousand of brick, and
blackguard you like a pick-pocke. for
trying to hobble along on the "mere beat
en- horse" And then if you was TO look
'tother way and set Young America to
the helm. The Old Fogies would be a
fraid some of the mad caps would run us
on TO the breakers and send US all to the
bottom. In that case pretty likely there
would be a greater unit out Of the Cabi-
net than there WA in il. and there would
be danger of mu,lny all round. So there
you are. You seem to be in snarl, ANY
way you can fix it.
Now, if you will take my advice, Gin
eral, you will shu, your eyes and stop
your ears and take the responsibility,
and when they come pulling and hauling
around you, jests say to the Democrats,
and the Old Fogies, and Young America.
and the Hunkers, and the Barnburners.
and tine Freesoilers, and the Abolilionist.
and the Secessionists, and ,ha Nulifers,
tha: you don't know none of 'em, and
that you ain't their President, but that
you are the President of these thirty-one
United States, and you mean .'to 90 for
the whole or none." That is, mean
the whole of these United States that is
fairly ours, and not the whole of ofcreation,
for this last business is one that needs to
be looked at and .hought on considerable
before going into it. know some folks
say there is to be great deal of annex
in done in your administration. Now |
don, know what your notions is on this
subject, but if annexin is TO be the main