The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-03
THE NON-COMMITTALs.

Two travsllers--as the story goes-oace saw de-
scendant Of the Pilgrims approaching and one bet the
other that ask him whatever question he might he would
answer him by asking another Accordingly meeting
the traveller asked the Pilgrim How far it to Taun
u" 81 guess you are going there amt you replied
the other.
The black republican members of Congress are without
doubt familiar with this story and have made it the basis
of their future policy They have become careful moi
to commit themselves by answering questions as an e1pe
renced culprt before grand jury Having in the last
campaign exhausted all and all principles it is be-
coming evident that they about to take the field with
out any principles whatever Having been defeated
enemies Of the constitution and the Union they going
to try what they can do by becoming their champions and
charging their opponents with those very offences which
have brought the indignation of tho people their
heads
The seven golden candlescks in the Senate 1.-THE eighth
to have gone lately hard put it to evade
tain embarrassing questions and have no other resource
but that of the Pilgrim in the story guess you going
to Taunton amt your We inclined however, to be
lieve that this is the only safe policy they pursue
the next presidential campaign 1t is utterly impossible
for the expert manufacturer of platforms to devise
set of principles that will suit the rragG
which goes to tho composition of the backrepublicau
party Like the old patriarch in the division of the flock
they have got all "the rngsreaked and spotted cattle
and all the crossing of the breed in the WORLD won't produce
herd of one color The only eIpedient therefore, is to
throw all their principles pemell into pot stir them
well together that nobody can tell one from the other
and trust to Providence for capital chowder But
example is better than precep and are in story tel
ling ven we will illustrate by another tradition equally
authentic with that of the Pilgrim ).
certain worthy country clergyman had invited several
distinguished persons to dine with him. requesting each
at the same time to his favorite dish One of them
cordingy bespoke plum pudding The worthy rector
finding his cook rather at fault in the composition of
plum pudding mounted his horse and went round to all
his neghbors to consult them the subject Each
had some favorite Ingredient which he considered ind
pensabe but all agreed the longer it boiled the bet
ter The good greatly puzzled in the selection
his materials but at length to the conclusion that
every one Of them was good they would bemuch better
mixed together Accordingly, he went home, put sad
dle-bags his pony, proceeded to the adjacent town
collected every ingredient recommended by his neghbors
and returned home laden with the products of the four
quarters of the world As everybody agreed the II
was boiled the better, he hired famous to set up
with it all night and keep the fire going 1t is record
that all the guests though each excepted to Of the
Ingredients pronounced it the best pudding they had
ever tasted We recommend the parson and HE plum
pudding the special attention of the political gamau-
fry which lately rallied under the banner Of black repub
canism.
Let them stuff their pudding well with all sorts Of savory
ingredients and keep it boiling Let them be careful to
repensh it with all the spices of the EAT to please every
palate and II they cannot get without and
thing resembling principles let IT be asmuch unlike
their principles possible and principles which may be
turned hind part before whenever is thought e1peden
But greatest fear is they may in fit of desperation
call themselves democrats for that would 60 to ruin
the democratic party.