The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-30
NICE ENGINEERING.

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Mr.. Banks, of Massachusetts,, has great deal
of trouble, as appears by the Boston papers, to
satisfy all the Republicans and the Americans Of
that State as to his principles, or. in other words,
to shape his principles as to make them accepta
BILE to all
With some he Is too much of of Republican;
with others not enough. With some he is not a
good american, while with others he seems to be
a pattern American. But he has been making
speeches, and in these he has with great skill and
tact, added little in one place, and taken away
little in another, putting into his principles lit.
tie more Republicanism in one place, and little
more Americanism in another, until two of the
prominent politicians Of the State, Mr.. e. Good
rich, straght-out Republican, and Mr.. L. Davis,
full-blooded American, have announced that
they shall not oppose, but support him, for Cove.
nor. 5@s i'55 3
This business fputting together " platform, -
ridiculous name for creed, however,--so as to
satisfy men Of quite variant views requires great
skill, tact and judgment. But Mr.. Banks we be-.
lieve is machinst by trade, and Of course knows
how to adjust machinery SO as to accomplish the
work it is designed to perform and in transfer
ring his labors from the machine-shop to the po-
litical arena and the stump, he took care to
carry with him, and make use Of the mec hanical
skill he had there acquired, and to apply his knoHl-
edge to the new materials he had to work upon.
This nice, delicate and artistic business of an
| nouncing principles so as to make them equally
acceptable to those Of different and almost oppo.
site views, reminds us of an incident that occurred
in family in which we once boarded. 1t was at
the North, where the female part of the family
were accustomed to do the cooking, or portion
of it, themselves. There was particular kind OF
pudding on the table quite Often that was a faso-
rite with all as it contained many ingredients, and
among these were currants, or plumbs, suet and
apples cut in slices. Now, some of the family
liked the pudding when made by Dolly, much bet
ter than when made by Nelly; while another p art
preferred Miss Nellys buildings to those made by
Miss Dolly. The pudding soon became the cause
of parties being formed in the family--one party
insisting that one of the sisters should make the
pudding, and the other that the other sister should
| manufacture it; and so spunky were the two par
ties-the Dollies aud the Eellies--that neither
would eat a morsel of the pudding If not made by
their own avorite, and showing much resentment
and Ill nature when pudding, made by their OPP
ponent, came on the table.
At length, sensible woman, who was one of
the boarders, proposed to make the prdding her
SELF upon condition that she should be allowed to
serve it at the table, saying that she thought size
could make 1t 30 as to suit both parties. This
proposition was at once acceded to, and tn, next
day Mrs. B. tried her skill. She made two
buildings, one Dolly, and the other Nelly;
but this she kept to herself She then placed
them in the vessel to be cooked side by side, but
so that they should not mix together Che pad
ding coming upon the table, she took special care
in serving it to help the Doilies to pudding from
the Dolly side of the dish, and the Nel1ies from
the other side. Of course all were delighted ;
both parties declared that the pudding was just
what they had always preferred, and Mrs. B. was
the most popular lady in the house.
Mr. Banks must have taken lesson from Mrs.
b.. for in serving out his pudding he deals to the
americans just the kind that suits them, and to
the Republicans what suits their palate also. Mr..
b. is adroit in whatever he undertakes. He IN a
second Van Buren,; but not second in tact to the
cunning old Fox of Undertook.