Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-03

as you I'VE. Ihere wont De no more trouble on that
score That question is disposed of forever, hope
In the next place, you want us to say that Hun
gary got her independence Of Austria fairly, and
ought to have it. Agreed to that, too We say it,
and will stand to it. all weathers. Hungary fit il
out like man, and ought to be free forever and a
thousand years afterwards And the traitor Gorgey
ought to have his neck stretched, and the Russian
Bear ought to have his toenais cut off and his nose
muzzled so that he couldn't bite and scratch any
body agin, nor interfere in other folks domestic
affairs.
In the next place you say you want something
else, which, as near can find out by the papers,
means money-matters, and food and rainent and
clothes, and few guns, and the like of that, be-
cause you are going back to have another ssle with
Austria and Russia Agreed to that, too. You
shall have all you want Jest hold your basket and
We'll fill it, if it is dozen times day. see mo-
ney is beginning to pour in upon you in thousand
little streams and some pretty large rivers, and it
wont be long before you'll have whole mint of it,
besides guns and knapsacks and cartridge boxes.
When read some of your speeches to- our folks
about your poor down-trodden country, itImade the
tears come, tell ye Cousin Nabby said She would
knit stockins all winter and send em over for your
sogers, they shouldn't have to 90 barefoot as ours
did in the Revolution. Aunt Keziah said, them
two great cheeses, that she was going to buy silk
gown with, she would sell for money and send it to
the Kossuth fund in New York. Upcle Joshua said
he would sell his three year Old steer, for he could
do his ploughng next summer Hil she old oxen, and
send the money to you. Cousin Sargent Joel sot in
deep study at last says he, g don't know as I've
got any thing to send but that little piece of remon
STRANGE" and he pointed to his old rife that hung
up against the wall says he, " I'll send that over t
Hungary to shoot the old Russian Bear if he come
growing round again" And then he sot thinking
minute longer, and he jumped up and smt his fists to
gether and says he ''no, wont send it, TN 90 anc
carry anyself" So you see, dear Governor, ther
isn't much danger but what you'll get something
else"
In the next place, when you come to the scratch
| you want our Government and this whole nation Il
hold the Russian Bear back and not let him NEEDLE
while Hungary and Austria has fair tussle. Ane
you want we should give him fair warning before
hand, and tell him he shan't meddle no how and
| if we do, you think he'll mind u.s. Maybe h,
would, and maybe he wouldn't and if he wouldn' t
what then? Then you want us to go right at him
and fight him down, and make him mind, becaus,
it's right and just and now we've got to be grea
and powerful nation, it is our duty to look round
and take of the world, and make folks do RICH
every where.
! Well, now, dear Governor, as to that, / dom
know but we ought to stop and think about it lit
tie. In the first place, we have a rule here thai
" all just government derives its powers from the
consent of the governed" So, if we've got to lool
round and govern the world, hadn't we ought to gel
the worlds consent first? And, as you want us te
take hold of Russia first, spose she is the first
we ought to ask consent of. And if the Russian
will consent that we shall hold him back, We II hold
him back and run the risk of it.
i And in the next place dear Govarpor II mi ht
be very well for to take care of the world, and
carry out the laws of nations and make every body
do right every where, if there wasn't no danger O
our getting more than our hands full But only
look at it. Suppose when Hungary begins her tus
sle the Russian should show his teeth and grab ho
of her. Then we should have to send over an arm,
and ships to help drive him back Then suppos
Poland should start up and want to be free-an
she has as bloody right to be free as any nation i
the world-then we must send an army to take car
of Poland, for the Russians would fight most awful
there. And there's France too You say g the Gt
vernment of France is on the side of the oppressor
and the nation of France is of the oppressed
tons" Then, of course it will be our next duty
send army and put down the Government Q
France, and let the nation go free. And then, be
sides the East Indies, and China and Crcassia, an
lots of other places that the geography tells about
there's good many things that we should have t
look after nearer home. When Fillibuters 90 t
upset Cuba, we must send our ships and armies t
take care of that. And, then, in Mexico and Soutl
America there's troubles all the time going on, tina
would take about half dozen of our armies to keel
matters straight there.
Now, don't you think, dear Governor, here Nigh
be leetle danger of our getting our hands full
But, come what may, dear Governor, ] shall re
main your friend forever.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.