Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-05-01
NATURAL HISTORY OF PREsIDEN.
TIAL CANDIDATES.

cuoSeh' "lthout ceremony OF apology, 10 reply.
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NATURAL HISTORY OF PRESIDEN-
TIAL CANDIDATES..
In view of the approaching Presidential con
test, we would beg to suggest to writer's of re-
Elective mind and analytic turn as fine field
in the classification Of Presidential candidates,
as was opened to Audubon in the UNEMPLOYED
Zoology and Ornilhology of this country.
These candidates are of all colors, calibres,
magnitude, and exiguity. We have them Of
all sizes, from the little giant" to the "Ettle
dwarf" and, BY the way, they are reported, as
in the fable, to be about TO take the field to.
gether. We have them Of all hues and shades:
we have them black, we have them white, we
have them parti.colored. We have them in
full feather, we have them without feather to
fiv with We have Northern men who court
the South, and Southern men who court the
North, and we have one nondescript specimen,
at least, who intrudes into half dozen varie-
ties-who courts the South in words and the
North in deeds, who is no color, or, what is the
same thing, chamelon-like, of all colors: black.
white or piebald in succession, and who, be-
fore the election Closes may yet look blue, or
who might be defined as white about the mouth.
dark in the skin, and as having never shown
any feather at all. on which his party can
plume itself. because he has never shown but
one, and that white one.
The first analytic explorer in this interest
ing region will further find class Of asprants
whose expectations are shared by large num-
bers through the United States, and another
who have their small minority widely scattered
through the Union. A class with a large local
or sectional support and another with small
local and sectional support, till, in this endless
variety, we come. from the man whose hopes
are shared only by small domestic circle, down
to the individual whose latent aspirations are
unshared and would be uupartcipated in be-
yond his own expansive BOSOM
| In this mere suggestive notice TO the enter.
prising and curious, of course, we are only
tempted to notice tie phenomena, and therefore.
we will pause 10 remark, that the candidate
"nameless and never to be named who would
get no vote beyond his own, though assuredy
possessed by an ambition greater than his wit.
IS not necessarily now, as he would formerly
have been, mere monomaniac for have not
events Of the last four years shown him the ex-
ample, not only man pitchforked from OBJ
security into that coveted station, but what is
more, after nearly four years exhibition Of his
nsignfcance, still, with hopes, partsans and
supporters, at least amongst spolsmen and
their tail2
| Truly this field Of classification is so vast
that we retire efficiently from it with the CON
victon Of inadequacy to the task, but in the
hope that when explored, the most interesting
branch Of the subject will not be overlooked.
| We need but advert to the oval or chrysalis
state Of the candidate in relation TO his Pres.
dental Development. For surely it will not
be least interesting to know whether the egg
will hatch at all, whether the terrapin or The
eagle will peep from the she'll when il matches.
and whether the caterpillar is the slk.worm, or
will emerge from obscurity into the moth
which preys upon the banner Of the stars and
stripes.
We would remind the investigator that there
is the candidate who would make good Presi.
dent but bad candidate, and in this respect
must be considered "bad egg That there
is the candidate who will make a good Presi-
dent and good candidate, and in this respect
is throughout good egg, and that there is the
candidate who would make a bad candidate
and worse President, and in this respect is
the worst kind Of egg, because the best The
country could hope from it is that il should he
added A specimen Of the first might be found
about the latitude Of Virginia-the second he
would probably have 10 seek il middle region
sometimes called the Keystone State and The
third he could conveniently pick up on his way
through Washington--if he makes haste-if
not, that is to say. il he delays beyond Novem.
her next, he will have to travel after II 10 New
Hampshire.