The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1852-02-07


this country, for if you had once got
fairly mixed up with 'em you would
have found Yourself in such a snarl
that Pm afraid you would wish yourself
back to Turkey again before you would
ever get out of It. And it's lucky on
another account that you havn't mixed
up with any Of our twenty parties, for
now yeu are the only man in the coun-
try that can get their votes. AS you
havn't said nothin agins none of 'em,
they can all turn round and vote for
you, and if you'll only say the word
they'll do it, and glad of the chance,
for that seems to be the only way :hey
can get handsomely out of the snari
they've got into ali over the country.
You needn't be afraid there's anything
in the way of your being PRESIDENT
To be sure there is some little rules laid
down about it in our Constitution, but
that can all be managed well enough; |;
it only wants somebody 10 take the re-
sponsibiIity. Folks can't always 60
accordin to the Constitution when they
get into a bad snarl-they have to
make new principles TO 60 by. See
how President Bonaparte has jest go!
out of his snarl the Constitution did
not stand in his way a bit; he jest sot
up new principle and fit it out And
you see he's come out all straight, and
Row can wind his yarn any where to
suit himself.
don't see nothin in the way to pre-
vent your getting to be president If
you've a mind to. You havn't mixed
up with no party, so you wouldn't have
TO fight agin no party, and it's pretty
likely no party wouldn't fight agin you
But there's another thing makes 1t more
sure than all that. Now this is free
country, and all the offices belongs to
everybody, and them that can make
the best and most stump speeches gen.
orally gets in. Now ! know we have
not got anybody in this country, from
Maine 10 Texas, nor from Dan to Beer
Sheba. that can hold a candle TO you In
that kind of business. Of course when
say this mean the old Bible Dan and
Beer Sheba there is another Dan In
this country, that if you should happen
to run a-foul of him ] don't know but
the case might be different.
Now it seems to me you better go In
for the presidency, instead OF going
back to Hungary; bird in the hand
is worth two 10 the bush any how, and
this country is fairly under your thumb
now. but Hungary is still under the
paw of the Russian bear so that though
you are the Governor of Hungary, its
likely enough there wond be a pesky
hard scratch before you could govern
it, if you went back Bnt | see some
of the papers say yon amt Governor OF
Hungary now, although they tioilT deny
but what YOU was once. | wish them
papers had better manners; they might
jest as well say that ] amt major
now, because | am not all the time
riding a hossback at the head of a regl-
ment of sogers. No. no, that won't do,
it's nonsense and impotence tu. The
rule in this country is, once a major
always a major, and once a governor
always a governor. A mans title be-
LONGS to him as much as his name does.
MY major belongs to me and your gov
ernor belongs to you, and nobody hasn't
any right to take it away from US any
more than he has to upset a nation
Because it's principle and founded IN
everlasting Justice. therefore ii is not
only the law of this country, but II is
the true and just law of nations, and
our government and our country not
only ought to respect it themselves but
to make others respect 1t.
III dnar onyornnr If von
shouldn't think it best to accept my
offer about the presidency, and should
rather 90 back and run your chance in
Hungary, the next question is to see
what can be done for you on that score.
You say you want that We, that is all
America and the universal Yankee ma
tion, should say you have q fair right
TO be called Governor of Hungary
Agreed-pve already proved that you
have that right, and shall have it as
long as you live. There won't be more
trouble on that score. The question is
disposed off forever, hope. M ia
In the next place You want US TO say
that Hungary got her independence OF
Austria fairly, and ought to have it,
Agreed 10 that too-we say il and will
stand by it in all weathers. Hungary
fit it out like q man, and aut to be free
forever and a thousand years after
wards. And the traitor Gorgey ought
to have his neck stretched, and the
Russian Bear ought to have his toe
nails cut off and his nose muzzled, so
that he couldn't bite and scratch any
body again, nor interfere in other
folks domestic affairs.
In the next place, you say You want
something else," which as aear as !
can find ont by the papers, means
money-matters, and food and raiment
and clothes, and few guns, and the
like of that, because you are going
back to have another tussle with Aus
tria and Russia. Agreed to that, too.
You shall have all you want. Jest
hold your basket and we'll fill 1t, ii it
is a dozen times day. see money
is beginning 10 pour In upon you IN
thousand little streams and some pretty
large rivers, and it wont be long before
you'll have a whole mint of 1t, besides