Washington telegraph., 1858-03-03

Mr.. PuNCH AND THE LECOMPToN Con
sTITUTIoN.-The following :" dialogu,," }"
is too good to be lost to our readers, though
portion of the wit is ut the expense Of
the South:
Mr.. Punch don't seem quite to un-
derstandlthis disturbance between the Pres
ident and Mr. Douglas Can you tell me
in a few words what il iis character, Mr.
Slick:
Mr.. Slick-Guess | can. Bucks in
fix.
Mr.. ply "Buck," if / apprehend
Alright. sir, YOU would indicate the head Of
your Republic
VI. S-That's the critter Promised
Lecompton Con should be overhauled.
Mr.. P.-PrOmised the gentleman what.
NJ S.-WhO on airth said gentleman .
BY Kansas.
Mr.. P--Promised Mr.-a-Lecompton
Con, that he should 20 to Kansas
Mr.S--Guess you We brick in your hat,
stranger
Mr.. P.-My facetious friends, sir, have
been pleased to say that there is one un-
der il.
Mr. S.-'Taiu't that. Have you liquor
ed,
Mr.. P.-I never take anything before
dinner.
Mr.. S.-More fool you. Yes, STREE
Guess I've a kinder liking for ye, but
don't banker after your old world habits.
Take notice now Walker throws up, his
dander being riz BY Buck.
Mr.. F.--Buchanan should hang the
ruiFianly filibu=ter.
Mr.. S-Jcru,alem and snakes Don't
be in such darned hurry. There's
brace OF Walkers, and ones not t'othcr
MIR. P.-Oh. | beg your pardon.
Mr.. S.-Hold hard and grin. You
see Douglas has peeped through the hole
in the blaket, and seed bit Of light
Mr.. P.-The blanket Oh. All. A
Bit II light, Ell :
Mr S-Specy you don't see none. Wen
begin at fust causes and come OF prOmis-
cuous. Air the great and glorious Re
public, the only nation in the world where
the golden eagle Of liberty can wave her
alabaster wings and scream her
Mr. P.-I know all that.
Mr.. S.-Gucss you're hard To please,
stranger Wall, air we to have any more
slave States than we've got? That's the
question.
Mr. P.-I trust not; and that the abom-
inable-
Mr. S.-Calculate you'd better shut up.
Slaves or none, well always be ready to
whip'you Besides, look at your Irish and
your Jews, and the others that you keep
in abject and grinding slavery. Cock-a-
doodie-doo.
Mr. P.--I am silent.
MIR S--Wall, then. Bucks with the
South and meant to have it all his own
way in Kansas, and make slave State Of
it. but the Kansas boys kicks. and GOV.
Walker, Cnot the fillibuster, mind you, Old
OpOssumJ-
Mr. P.-Really, Mr.. Slick
Mr. Shut up, | tell you. Governor
Walker who was sent by Buck to Kansas
to do the work, finds j, amt TO be done,
saws Buck promised him that the Lecomp-
ton constitution should be submitted to the
people, aud SO throws up. Bucks a wide
awake b hoy, but Douglas he's wide-a-
walker, and he sees that to enforce laws on
free and enlighted citizens, like our q wont
pay, specially wien feller ha. his eye on
tile election in 1860. 81 he just throws
Buck over, and there's difficulty.
Mr. P.-Douglas being, if ! am right
the most influential man in the States, his
opposition will be formidable.
Mr. S.-That,s it, reeled out uncon
mon fue.
Mr. P.-I thank you for your exPlana-
ton, and | hope that no serious trouble
will arise in the United States, for which
always entertain the warmest regard
Mr. S.-Don't worry yourself into no
sort of perspiration about that. In cor
rupt ana dcbilitatcd old iotten country
like your'n political difficulty might
bring ruin and dismay, but where wes-
tern sun gilds the proud pinacles Of Amer
lean liberty, such things are but the wan
deriug breezes that cool the wings Of our
glorious eagle, and help him to Fly still
higher towards the trancendental frma-
ment. Will you liquor.