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Punch on America.

H''S A'"u"'i 1 IuncD III clOSlng us fWenty-
ninth volume with the year 1855, addresses
his friends in America in the most sensible.
manner, expressing the hope tha, there will
be nothing rouglet than the Atlantic bill
lows between Jonathan and himself. We
have not room for the whole address, bu,
he cream of it is to Le found in the follow
ing paragraphs:
81 am most happy 10 find, dear friend,
that Christmas will close in about us, aud
tlnd US once more hearty, whole and alniable.
Fray give hint-and one of the strongest
TO President Pierce to put muzzle now
and then upon his Attorney General. Here
has that amiah'o lawvcr;heen, doing his hes!
to blow red GOALS between England and the
States, and that zoo at Il time when the
heaI'IeSt good wishes and best >yrnpa,his
OF Jonathan ought to attend upon his rcl;.-
tons. Ought, say II Why. they do.
This is plain enough for hardly does the
lawyer aforesaid blow off half his steam OF
verb'agc, than the strong common sense,
lie g"od kindly heart Of America spoke
out, and warmed up, and declared that the
very thought OF another quarrel with En-
gland was monstrous folly ami huger
crime. And so Mr.. Attorney General, ma
tionally snubbed, became suddenly as Quiet
and as dumb as dctunct raven.
Among other scandals, it was wickedly
preached to your discrcdit, Jonathan
rather let me say to your Indignation that
the American eagle was to keep company
awhile with the eagle Of Muscovy, swoopng
ai'ke at the same quarry, ravcuiug alike on
the same victims. We should as SOON ,hiul;
OF seeing the small pig tail of Bvui,min
tr;Inklln-(a relic, of course, in the pnSscs-
sion OF the res erted Mr.. Barnum)--
enlarged aud elongated into the knont Of
the Gar. We shoull rs soon believe that
the key of Franklin. that subIi,ncd his soul
with the conviction that he had drawn down
the electric fire from the clouds. could be-
fltted to the lock Of dungeon for the lfb-
erty OF the human race. No, no, Jonathan !
AS it is sometimes said Of cocks, so Punch
says Ut the likelihood of the conio;ned
American and Russian eagles-those eagles
don't fight.
Let us, then, for all future time take good
heed that we be mutually moderate; nutu-
ally forbearing. As for that matter Of Cuba,
! confess, can hardly see why, ii you paid
for it, you should not haye it. don't
think it wouldsprove the bargain, even al, n
gitt-(and Spain is quite as likely to give
as she is to pay y)-,hat you in your present
exufation believe it. Cuba is called a
Jewel, nevertheless, is there not little too
much black. blood in the ruby TO make it
Very valuaJes to yourself all Southern cir
cpmstanGes considered.
Any way, Jnnntl,an, let us, at this season,
making long arms shake hands across the
Atlantic. sfLet our amity remain rs green
as holy leaves, our hearts unsp0ited by
black as the. holly berries. And 80, to the
end let all "asperities" be worn away. =.
'That the smooth TEMPER Of our nre may be.
Like The high leaves, upon the e'holly tree.":
You may acknowledge tlis Christmas
tributerin anye lrdial mann.r-after your
owol cordialsna, arezz--you may please. "A
few boquets the. more, AN extra cheer,or 70,
to onr Literary plenipotentiary, William
Makepeace Thackeray, now sintsfbe States,
viii be -blithelytaken in full :qnittance. by
Dear Jonathan, ,,youf afSFsciionate friend,
Eorsthe people Of giand sk &
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