Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-12-22

ana Inere snant De a Il urk 5 neaQ teII
any where, clear from Dan to Bersheba
that is, if the other nations win Jest
form a ring and see fair play, and not
interfere. But the Gar is good deal
afraid England and France win be for
having a finger in the pie; so he has
agreed with Austria and Prussia, who
are on his side, to keep quiet and declare
themselves neutral and not stir an inch
as long as England and France viii keep
quiet. But if they begin to meddle,
then all hands to fall to, and have regu-
lar scratch and pulling caps all round.
Well, now,s England and France don't
mean to keep quiet. They are watch
ing Russia Just as narrow as ever cat
watched a mouse; and before Russia
gets half way down to Constantinople
there'll be terrible fuss. The French
rooster will crow, and the British lion
will growl and shake his name, and if
the Russian bear don't get licked or
scared and turn tail to and run, but
holds on and eats up one end of Tur-
key, then England and France will clap
their hand together and eat up 'tother
end just to keep it from spiling.
Now, when all this rumpus gets to its
highest pitch in Europe, and all the ma
tions get at it pell NELL, it'll be Jest the
time for us to strike, and go to annexin,
and carry out our manifest destiny in a
handsome manner What's the use of
our nibbling about among small-fry
near home annexin little patches here
and there, sich as Cuba, and little slices
off of Mexico, when we might Jest as
well branch out and do somethin' SPLEEN
d-somethin' that old Rome couldn't
hold candle to, somethin' that Gineral
Cushing himself would say was quite
up to the OCCASION Who wants to
wait for our manifest destiny till one
half the present generation have died
off? l say no; now's the time; we
must strike when the irons hot. So
when the Gar and all his troops are
away down south pepperin Turkey, let
us whip round into the Baltic and an
mex st. Petersburgh, and put navy
and an army there that will command
all northern Europe. By that time
England and France will get to quarrel
ling with each other to see which shall
have CoEstantinople, and that will be
the time for us to be down upon them
like a thousand of brick. Take Lon
don, and then we shall have John Bull
by the horns; take Paris and that'll give
us all the jining countries. Then sail
up the Mediterranean, drive the Eng
lish and French fleets all afore us, force
our way through the Darnin-needles,
and get possession of that golden horn
they tell about. Then, if understand
geography right, we shall have full
sweep all over creation.
What's to be done 'tother side, over
the Pacific way, amt much. Commo-
dore Perry has fairly got his wedge
into the oyster shell of Japan, and
that's half the battle. Just send word
to him to annex China 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
through our manifest destiny, l don't
see what there need to be to hinder our
enjoying peace and quietness at home
and having a good time of it. We
shall certainly then have enough for all
hands and no mistake; offices 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 backslidings as against left
handed defections, which may prejudice
or embarrass the onward progress of
the Republic Then there needn't be
no more quarrelling between the Hards
and the 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
Joshua says the party has got into
terrible snarl, and nothing but a grand
coop du tot can get 'em out of it. He
says Collector Bronson, of New York,
has lost his head, owing to little mis-
understanding between him and Mr..
Guthrie. They both tried to see which
could stand up the straightest on the
Baltimore platform, and they both
agreed that the platform was the rule,
and everything ought to be squared up
to it. Mr.. Bronson was quite impartial,
and Mr.. Guthrie was a 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 shutting 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
little it might do 'em good. But the
spitters made a terrible fuss about it,
and kept up such adm in Mr.. Guthrie's
ears that he turned around and told Mr..
Bronson right up and down that he
nasn't show no partially. If a splitter
wasn't catched splitting on the platform
nov 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
duties of his office if Mr.. Guthrie would
his. Mr.. Guthrie said that was rebel