Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-11-23

get at it pell nell, it'll be jest the time fol
us to strike; and 10 go to annexin, and Car.
ry out our manifest destiny in handsome
manner. What's the use of our nibbllne
about among small-fry near home and an
nexin little patches here and there, sich as
Cuba and little slices off Of Mexico, when
we might Jest as well branch out and dc
somethin splendid-somethn that old Rome
couldn't hold candle to, somethIn thai
Gineral Cushing himself could say was
quite sup to the occasion ~ Who wants
to wait for our manifest destiny till one
half the present generation has died off p
| say no; no@'s the tifiie; we mist strike
when the irons hot. So when the Gar
and all his troops are away down south pep.
perrin Turkey, let US whip round into the
Baltic and annex St. Petersburgh, and put
a navy and an army there that will COM
mand all Northern Europe. By that time
England and France will get 10 duarreliing
with each other TO see which shall have
Constantinople, and that will be the time
for US to be down upon them like thou
sand of brick: Take London, and then we
shall have John Bull by the horns take
Paris; and thatll give us all the jining coun-
tries. Then sail up the Mediterranean,
drive the English ard French fleets all a
fore US, force our way through the Darnin-
needles, and get possession of that golden
horn they tell about. Then, if | under
stand geogl Apply right, we shall have full
sweep all over creation.
What's to be done on 'tother side, over
the Pacific way, aint much. Commodore
Perry has fairly got his wedge into the oys-
ter shell of Japan, and that's half the bat
tie. Jest send word 10 him to annex Chi
ma on his way round, and on his route home
pick up the islands along on the Pacific,
which will be jest as easy as to pick up so
many birds eggs. And after we get thro'
our manifest destiny, l don't see what there
need to be to hinder our enjoying peace and
quietness at home and having good time
of it. We shall certainly then have enough
for all hands and no mistake; Offices e.
nough for all them that wants Offices, and
spoils enough for all them that's hungry for
spoils. And then let every man of US "set
his face like flint as well against right
handed backshdings as against left handed
defectons, which may prejudice or embar-
rass the onward progress Of the Republic. "
Then there needn't be no more quaFrelling
between the Hards and Softs about which
gets the most, for there'll be enough for the
whole billing lot Of 'em.
We ought to be going ahead with this
business as fast as possible, for Uncle JOSH
ua says the party has got into terrible
snarls, and nothing but grand coop-da-tat
can get 'em out of it. He says Collector
Bronson, of New York, has lost his head,
owing to little misunderstanding between
him and Mr.. Guthrie. They both tried to
see which could stand up the straightest on
the Baltimore platform, and they both a
greed that the platform was the rule, and
everything ought to be squared up to it
Mr.. Bronson was quite impartial and Mr..
Guthrie was good deal more so. When
Mr.. Bronson took his seat at the head of
the custom house table, and all sections"
of the party come crowding and shufiing
round to get the best places at the table and
alongside the best dishes, he tried to give
'em all fair chance, but somehow he
thought it was no more than right to help
round first them that had always stood fair
and square on the platform, and if some of
them that used to spit on it had to wait a
little, it might do 'em good. But the spi,.
ters made terrible fuss about it, and kept
up sch din in Mr.. Guthrie's ears that he
turned round and told Mr.. Bronson right up
and down that he fnus'nt show no pariiali-
y If a splitter was mt catched splitting on
tie platform nor, give him his regular meal
This touched Mr.. Bronson little, and he
said he was able to do the honors Of his
own table, and he would attend to the du-
ties of his Office if Mr.. Guthrie would his.
Mr.. Guthrie said that was rebellion SO he
brought him to the block and chopped his
head off:
Uncle Joshua says it is very misfortu-
nate business, and has thrown the whole
party into a high fever. The fever RACES
the hardest in the section of the New York
Hards, and looks as though it might prove
fatal. But Gineral Cushing who is very
skiful in such matters, has put blister
plaster on to the Massachusetts Softs, III the
hopes of drawing out the inflammation from
the New York Hards. But Uncle Jos hua
says he don't think the party is out Of dan
ger yet. But as long as there's life there's
hope so let US keep stlffupper lip and go
ahead.
Your faithful friend and Minister Gineral,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING,