Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-28
poTTs-WHERE SHALL l COZ

What sbs,l We do with Bolts after Buchanan ii
elected7 His Black Republican doctrines, and Ere
mont proclyities, will cut him off from oil The con
servative and respectable portion OF the fumor'
party His submissive promises and preceptS' vii
leave him no Southern friends except those "wateT
., provdence" who, like himself are willing to III
s;npats the charge Of treason against their own con
d;ja,e for the chances of Office under Fremont
Thoss pseudo.unionists who charge Wise and Ma
| ann and Hunter, and our humble selves, with trea
s,n, know that their charges will rebound on thel
own candidate; but they "are waiting for something
to turn up" and would
"Set their life on any chance,
To mend il or get rid OF II.
Such .el6sh men will whistle Bolts down the wind
| 40 soon as he ceases 10 be servlceable. we nat
hoped he might coil up comfortably with his Rich
moud tal-but the ungrateful tail has deserted him
The car that should have carried him to Caroline
went up empty; and Bolts, without his SUITE had
,maler audience than the Razor Strap Man. or Jones
Big Maltese Jack, at an April court
Cardinal Wolsey was never as badly treated IN his
misfortunes as our Jupiter Tonans. But it is the
common fate of fallen princes and potentates, and
our must live on the consoing recoectons
of former greatness measuring his late elevation by
the depth Of his fall. We want to provide for him
but can't think of a place that will suit him.
We thought Of sending him North, where he might
get situation as coporeur Of abolition tracts OF
secretary to Bloomer Woman's Rights Convention
or, as he ia fond of making noise, the office OF
drum major to one Of Beechers and Fred Douglass
Kansas Sharp's Rifle Companies might please hiu'-
But he would be in danger from the Fillmore men'-
Thew would never excuse that letter III which ne sao
"if Fillmore did nothing very great, he would be
sure to do nothing very bad" This treacherous
damniug with faint praise" might render his situation
perlou, in the vicinity of the immediate personal
friends Of Fillmore. By the bye, learned friend
who is great antiqusry, tells US that Botts who
pretends to hate plagiarism, stole this idea from Cali
vus-that it is part of that Emperors speech TO the
Roman Senate when he announced to them that "he
had conferred the Consushp on his horse, Incitatas
We never saw the speech ourselves, and Will not
vouch for the accuracy of our friends memory yet
the snecdote possesses yraisemblance, and was the
best speech Caigula could possibly have made on
that memorable occasion.
But "men who live in glass houses should not
throw stones" If Fillmore, in Bolts opinion, is no
Oett6r tndn o"J
that comparisons between Bolts and Johanna have
been frequently drawn not at all complimentary TO
the former. Indeed, invdous folks have gone so lar
as to charge that Darius the Great was not more d.
rectly and entirely indebted for his empire, to his "a
nous stallion than Bolts to Gohanna, for all his fame
and greatness.
Eureka. Eureka How one thing suggests an
other Talking of horses reminds US Of the very
place. that of all others, will suit Bolts to 1. lie
was born for it, educated for it, and is fit for nothing
else He is patriot, reserves, takes care OF, aud
chershes himself, solely for his country's sake
We have found an opening for him. an office in which
his patriotic aspirations may be most usetuy and
honorably grasifed. Mr.. Buchanan will want a
groom Of the stables head ostler and who so fitted
for the situation as Bolts
With Lambert Simue Fremont for French Cook
aud chief of the Kitchen and Bolts as Equerry what
dinners and what turn out the President will nave
We wish to make humane and honorable provision
for all the distinque among our conquered a"u
csp,iye enemies after the 18th of November ana
would advise them to apply to US for places as soon d,
possble They see what we have done (for our worn
8 our bondl for Bolts and Fremont, and we Proihse
them to rack our brains and tax our ingenuity
as we'll for all. We learn there are great u'any va
caucies 10 the penitentiary at Washington.