The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-12-28
LETTER OF INSTRUCTION TO PRESIDENT FIERCE
AND HIS CABINET.
OsTENp, Oct, 1854.

OsTEND, Oct, 1854.
Dear Gineral: We are all prowlin round
here, and DUNG the best we can, though we
haint made out TO fetch matters to he'd
yet; but guess we are in pretty fair way
for it. Our teams got grit enough, and by
jingo. they'll haul the load they hitch on TO
or somethn's got to give way. Mr.. Buck
anan aud Mr.. Mason isn't spry enough; they
are little on the cid fogy fashion. and not
always ready TO come up to the scratch; but
with Mr.. Sickles spurrin up on one side, and
Mr. Sanders spurrin up on tother side, and
Mr.. Souey driving up behind, We make \
pretty good pull out of them sometimes.
We have got things go far, ahead here that
Dir. Sickles and Mr.. Sanders thinks [ had
better write despatch to you and the Cab
met to home and give some instructions how
TO 60 on.
III tell you what It's Ginera, (when call
you Giueral | sometimes eenamost feel as if [
was writing TO Gineral Jackson aging say
Gineral. I'll tell you what tits, the three SIS,
(SckIes, Sanders, and Souley,) are the three
smartest chaps that ever grow in North
America. They make Europe stand round,
and no mistake. MIR. Souley holds old
Spain between his thumb and finger, and
whisks her about just as he's mind to, Queen
and all: Mr.. Sanders lays down the Demo-
cratic law to France, aud stand a pretty fair
chance to be chose President of the new
French Republic after Napoleon goes out;
and as for old John Bull, I'll be licked il
think the critter dares TO stir an inch while
Sickles holds him by the horns.
Isuppose you've seen them letters-how
Mr.. Sckles snubbed Peabody, the great
merchant banker, about the 4th Of July dim
ner. He's always doing SIGH things, or Civ.
ing money away for something or other; for
they say he's got money enough to buy a
kingdom. Wall, he invited Mr.. Sickles to
come and jine the rest Of us and have good
set down. Butye see. Mr.. Peabody didn't
know how much patriotism aud real Demo-
cratic grit there was slowed away in MIR.
Sicke's breast; he had no idea ont; and thB
was the rock he split on. You'll hardly be.
lieve me. Gineral, when say it, nut it's a
TACT, Dir. Peabody had Englishmen there to
help eat that dinner! lisa melancholy fact
but it's true. If he had had half table
full Of eannbals, we would all stood it and
fit our way through; but Mr.. Sickes could
not stand Englishmen. He had too much
Democratic blood in him for that. To mix
up Democrats and Englishmen at the same
1
of il. When Mr.. Sickles got there, he
couldn't hardly believe his own eyes; lfoI
there was a portrait of the Queen hung
right up in the same room with Ginera
Washing,on! Wasn't that stumper! Nc
wonder Mr. Sckles' Democratic blood bileC
over But that wasn't the werst of it
When they come to give the toasts, they
toasted the Queen! The rest Of the folks
stood to drink the toast, but Mr.. Sickles gri
his teeth and sot down as hard as Thousand
OF bricK; and he fele so disgusted ne couldn'
eat another mouthful. And hen the music
to increases the insult. struch up "God save
the Queen, MIR. Sickles took his hat ant
; marched out. There was spunk that YOUNG
|. America ought to be proud Of. That Mr.
Buchanan didn't take his hat and march
: out too, only shows that he was an oil
fogy.
: We've held our Congress, and got thing