Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-06-11
AN .pppopR1ArE REMARK.


ssyot n country. vot a beeples ~ Is sald TO |
have been the amazed exclamation of Baron |
Dnbois. the Dutch Minister at Washington,
as he beheld servant killed by Senator Tor
not serving breakfast promptly. ''li dey acts
dis wov at preakfast, vot riH dey do at dinner!'
And not Knowing what might come next, he
prudently held his tongue, threw himseii BACK
on his official dignity and very wisely deciin-
ed doing anything which might make nm en-
cmies among "beepleS" who induiged in
such extraordinary methods Of manifesting
temporary irritation.
s.yot country vot a beeplcs - If this
was the exclamation of Baron Dubois on such
an occasicn--what can he have remarked on
the very remarkable events which have turned
up since the slaughter of the unfortunate
waiter in question What sort Of feeling did
he experience when Mr.. Champion received
the revocation of his exequatur, not on polit-
ical but on personal grounds, and what was
his intcrjection at such peculiar twist on
Mossrs. Palmerstcn and Clarendon AS
polite man and as one familiar with the eti-
auette of foreign courts, he was doubtless inn
pressed with the courteous manner in which
this was done; but as a native OF the rays
BGs-of that country where everything IS
done in a deliberate straightforward manner,
he must have been surprised at Marcy's round
turn in the matter. Beyond question, so far
as this affair is concerned, not only Baron Du-
bois. but with him the whole country are at
present anxiously waiting to find out ''Tot will
| dev do at dinner 20 The breakfast is nicely
over, things are cleared away--what next
| ssVot country, vot beeples - On one
hand We risk a war with the nation which is in
almost every respect nearest to us,-whlch Is
| in many particulars, identical with us, because
t that nation in its need attempted, in the most
! cautious manner possible, to enlist few Gel
mans and Irish in our territory while on the
other we suffer a President, supposed to rep
resent the people, and who really represents
nothing but his own low intcrcsts,) to rush in
I to an alliance with a handful of pirates and
thieves And this is all done in nation ex-
ceiling all others in intelligence, which is the
best educated in the world, and which claims
to be the most enlightened on the face Of the
earth.
..Vot a country, vot a beeples - With
what peculiar gusto must Mynheer Dubois
have rolled out this phrase of surprise when
he heard that United States member of the
House of Representatives had walked into
.he Senate. and then with gutta percha cane
.,walked into'' Senator, seated at his desk,
and nearly murdered him in a sneaking, cow
ardlv, ungentlemanly manner? He lad won
dered at what would be done at dinncr--the
dinner in question, did not, it is true, come
off for several days, but when it did, 1t was
without doubt, quite as extraordinary as the
bloody breakfast would have led one TO anti
cipate. AS Baron Dubois is said to be an IN
telligcnt gentleman. We presume that he reads
the papers, in which case lie may have learn
ed that the Brooks banquet is not without 1T
appropriate dessert.
ssVota country, vot beeples - Candi
dates without sense of shame, pandering t.
the lowest passions of the mob; men wh'
have children voluntarily forcing upon th'
country measures for which history will branI
them with unmitgated blackness; a presiden
precipitating by every means in his power
civil war and discord. for the sake of his owl
pitiful paltry share of loayes and fishes, and
press which affects sschiyalry" while praisin:
the beating a man at an advantage! 'sFOt
, country vot beeples !''-PhiFa. Baiiefti