Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-03-22
Corr,.po~I,nes Of the WHO.

mare, she kicked up and turned him agin stump
he sent me down TO wAshinton to see Gineral Pierre
about the matters mentioned by the Major. when 20
here went to see the Gineral and he mighty pur
lite aud kindike, IN asked heap a questions sbou
tue MAJOR and Uncle Josh and keziah and ~ it'll
aud little he let into lots OF didn't know
thing about. Aud tell you what things is getn in
nifty bad fix The Gincral i in low spirits and he toll
me must 20 down to Richmond and see you lie saw
be gin you good fat Office, and he knows YOU wouldn't
50 ongratetul so sgin nan, now shall Ice down Il
Richmond in few DAYS, but thinks l. III write le,c
first, to let you know what comm about. and ,her
you'll have time to think about it, aud when git Their
Wen put heads together and what kin be done
Oh. its powerful bad tell YOU
Ever since the Ginersl into Office he has beer
kind OF Uneasy like. He knowd that old Buchanan an,
Hunter and Douglas all wsntn' of his place. As TO
old Buck, the Gincra made up his mind pretty
send him clean out OF the country get rid of him III
did So but the coniounded old cer wouldn't be quiet
and still kept honin after the Gineras place. :,
the Giners told old Marcy (that Marcys cunnin' ole
fox } 10 Kill Buck or Rite Marcy sot trap fo
him. at out of the way place called Ostend and he
coaNed old Buck there and batcd his trap rite nice Old
Buck was nifty greedy, and under he went and does
the dcada aud old Marcy he laed right out
he thought old Buck put out OF the way. But
though the trap fell pretty heavy old Buck he manag
Ell TO SQuirm about until he got out-not without
! IN his neck though. They say he carries his head
sided since. Consurn him. wish he had broke il
Well old Buck. he back to England without ctiin
and IT you believe me, his ewes kecner than
the Gnerals place Old Marcy tried his hand
agn, to trap him, abou; recruitment, aud the Muslu-
toes and whole parcel OF othc- Of other things, but old
Buck nifty cunnin and finally he kicks right
his pacc-thc ongtatclul wretch ITO back here
try and get right the Gmeras nest, Now what
to be done head him! Douglass. too. has been a
wormin about nifty brisk. He's dgty little fellow, any
how He is always after somethn, and its with him.
like hog in meadow, tile more work the more mis-
chief,
when he started that Kansas bisnes the inra favor.
cd like Tor he dreamed would pass Congress-
and that he would have To come from under the bush,
and put his name to it. He thought he could it Ia
Kill of Douglas. and make capital for himself bv let
ting to the South it "a or justice 10 them
and telling the North it was "a measure ia tdror Of
freedom" But somehow matters worked badly and the
cissed thing like mole pushed through Congress aud
then the Gura couldn't do nothing but put his
it, and make the best it. lie talked nifty smooth and
pretty 10 both sides but the rascas begun tell tales
OF school. and then there the devil pay And
Douglas SAYS the Kansas affair is his property-that
he made t-and that the Ginra has rite to steal his
thunder, and heap of other impittcnt things Aud he
/ means to make it his ladder cline into the White
/ House Did YOU ever,
| Well Hunter, he's nifty sly He don't make much
iass, but he's cute ~ one of yankees He's all the
time buttin old Bucks and Douglas and the Ginrals
heads together, and he thinks thS scamp that when
they all rite sore he'll push them all OF his way
and step in himself
Now this is the fix things is in-and bad enuf too
I Amt it,
platform. When he read about the resolutions OF 9S
%, he LATED right out liz the only time he did a
ami he sid TO me- he "Mr. Downing them's the t.
sort OF platforms. For they the What wrote.
en- didn't know what they meant, should like know
who shouldf' | didn't sly nothing, the Major taught
me to be cautious but t put INV right tlum my
and spread out my fingers, and made em work while
right mmbe
lie then read the YOU all passed agn the tariff
and he griuned, and said he, that's slap old Buck
for YOU know, lac 'od Buck passed the tariff OF ~
by his vote :"
Next he the vote agin the public lands THAT
he said was pretty considerable OF rip into Hunter
with lii nasty cheaiiu land hill"
Wise SAYS |, "gineral there's recommendation OF
You down bclow"-"Rather fant'-says he" at don't
come up rite square it ought to-. Its 9s-99
ke-it means this or that people choo-e"-'Now
ne M Do"nS between ne and you and the post there
= one thing don't ike in that Nirguny platform They
dont say nothing agn internal improvcments-now II
they had done that, it would have been good hit
Douglas, who has always been "1Hy Tsor on internal
improvements Lawful sAkes" SAYS 'aint there moth
in there agn that abomiuAhle hearsy!" Not word
save he, and Kind think ia left purpose
Maybe SAYS he there friends OF Douglas
than Who wanted hit Buchanan and Hunter AMI to
screen Douglass And maybe he wanted To be the
Douglas ticket and therefore he did say anything
p1lt ut. rut mp ovemcnts-for fear OF hurn shin and
possibly, he might wanted To be on NINE aud there
fore they praised little. There's tellin say,
he 'or there j often wheel in wheel in such matters
asked him what lie thought about another great man
IN Nginny. and he only smiled, and said mo danger
there aud then his foefnger agn his forehead and
| looked nifty known
80 yon the Girera i in tight pacc-Rvcry BODY
seem, agin him, and unless he Kit help he'll have
take up te line OF march Hampshire State, He's had
the Union firm away at Old Buck for time past
tnkp he had better kill him rst,-hen take the Others
0" order aitt"iris-BIt the plaguy Old Intelligence,
keeps ~pin the game by shown up every make
Oh The boiri-Ani wG-, Of all, it come ont last week
and showed the Southern people what o speeches
Woodbury. and Harry Hibberd made in Hampshire De
ieud the Kansas bsuess In they said IL ras all
far FREEDOM and eL,af the South land II isJ but
DIDN'T want the Southern people TO know tive thought
We had il all The sly when the Intelligence.
Saturday and tells it. and by Sunday night ali vou
oil deacons through the country knowdit guess Whvr
they read it, they rolled up their eyes few and sskeC
II TINS Wa the sort OF appc-bilin' they invited
to-
But these aint the wu Of the branch Of trouble
that has come upon US Our folks thought they wOul
.trightcu matters up vet. They determined to 20 /,
our friend deb had fixed up matters Is smooth a.
wax floor, all ready Tor Congress And there the Gin
Isl sot match IN hand week after week. ready fire Of
us Dg qua, ght into the southern side v Congress Uu
the pesky fellows wouldn't give him chance. II eC
him mty bad, but after waiting long spell and seen.
the chance NIFTY lin, and that the Southern
ton was about 10 setand that IL he waited ul ate
they over IL would be late. and that lac wou
burn bis powder for nohin be determined blaze ava
any how and bang it went, astonishing tue whole
country and bngin down whole cOyeys Of Southern del
| egates! Pretty good shot that-wasntity
After that NC hoped % have things way bu
old Buck takes the studs sgn, aud kicks up and come
| away Auu a. soon a. the eciO OF the ElnerNr gu
reached Illinois. pops Douglas from the bushes au
puts back to WashiutOn Folks said Douglas sick
but that was all in my eye. He Dlsyin poss0n.-
How did that gun scare him W quick If he wasn't
Well, the Gnra been ua peck Of troubles every since
but he It'll hoped for the best until the lousy Knuw NJ
/ thing had their meeting and nominated old Fillmore
from York state, aud that graceless scamp DounelsOn
The Ginefal says he laughed at their Convention an
thought they were going put up two and -zpen
/ ny fellow. that vas Of account. lie thought the
we're old sort Of that didn't about much as
didn't know nOthu, But 10! aud behold. Whcn the
come out with Fillmore aud Donucl.on it struck our folk
| ll ahack IL gin a regular chill. TIE oidcc-mci
begun To snuff danger asr of They begun to collect il
groups abor byeplaces and say, "lor their part, me-,
never od1 Americans They cOulln't SCI
ThF trr'H psopis should role any than frTn
! goreruneH. &c, sc.
The muuuur- gew -tfOnger-and u en- that didn't hav
offices sometimes urged by those that did. said 80
their part, ti'y wanted sHccssL Ardi1bHfg was th
word. They dirint think the Ginrl, Buck, Doug
ass, OF Hunter drdiaJiethit they all fo SoAb
.rathst they bad been courtin the South much
hos. 10 va, weak auy how. aud couldn't elect taud
dite no Nayaud that Fillmore would take half fit,
wasn't worth while ~ sacrifice prospects IN the Nofr
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