Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-15
Ion - - Herald. 80. 8.
FOrney and the President--The Grumb-
iinEs Of q DisehnrEed Cook.

FOrnev and the PresGdent--The GFumb-
liEigs Of a Discharged Cook.
It is well known fact in social philosophy that
discharged domestos rarely speak well of the estab
lishments from which they have been turned on
They always have some fault to fad with their
ouondaal employer. Sometimes the faHls is that he
is not religious that he is not fashionable, or that
he does not see company enough or that the wages
are low and the service hard, that the butchers
bills are kept down to the lowest possible figure OF
economy-say seven dollars q month We are used
TO this sort Of grumbling. It is feature IN the
every day comedy Of ''high life below stairs. And,
therefore, by means surprised 70 see tnat
the cook and bottle washer Of Pierce's kitchen
cabinet and who subsequently held the same posi-
ton for a short time in Mr. Buchanans kitchen IN
the White House, should have shown himself, the
other day at TarrytoWn in the colors that belong 70
discharged domestics.
No one can read the catalogue Of complaints made
by unfortunate Forney in his speech near Sleepy
Hollow. without being struck by The identity which
it bore TO the grumblings Of the plush breeched
licenses and Jenkinses who receive their months
wages in advance with permission to find some other
field for their talents. Forney was an old aod con
fdeniial dependant on the Sage Of Whestland lie
saws himself that from his very bOyhood up, he had
reFered the good old and been ever on the alert
to lend him any little humble piece Of service that
Law in his power to PERFORM aud he admits that this
fidelity and seepsss attention on his part had aWak-
ened in his employers breast feeling akin TO friend
ehfn-thnt i
esteemed domesties treated as one Of the family.
Rut in Forpeys case as in the case Of many spoiled
and pampered menials, this kind Of treatment male
him vain lie grew too big for his breeches. He
forgot isposiion andiBstead of oheying his MASTER
he presumed to dictate to him. hen came bis fall
Mr. Buchanan knows too well the necessity of hav
ing well managed household TO tolerate imperii
neuce on the part Of any Of his domes'ies- And 50
he said 10 his Man Forney when he eomplained of
some imagined mistake in the management OF his
household "Sir, if it satisfies me think II may we'll
satisfy you. Sir if the change is pleasing to me
imagine YOU have no right to complain Of it. But
sir, though should be sorry to part with servant
! in whom had such confidence, can only say that
! if you are dissatisfied, you may 60 to my steward,
get months wages in advance and seek elsewhere
! a place that may be more in accordance with your
new tangled notions
That is the way Forney happened to be turned
adrift upon the world and that is the cause of all
these grumblDgs he gave vent to the other day un-
der the orchard treess at TarrytoWn, to handful of
political friends of Mr.. John B. Haskin Rinc dlG
iGehryme. What pity it is that SO few people of
/ that class can stand prosperity The worst thing
you can do for Of them is to exalt him or give
him any idea of your high appreciation Of him. 1t
is almost sure to turn his head Eith vanity and lead
him to make a fool of himself Forney was in the
habit of hearing and obeyng such orders as these;
! Il will dine in Philadelphia on Thursday, at one
o'clock Have a steak and onions ready for me. y
lish in your paper Tomorrow article saying thus
and thus" And so long as Forney praetised the
1 Oriental maxim, 'to hear is to obey" everything
went we'll with him. He grew fat and sleek. He
had a good place and an indulgent master, and
wanted for nothing. But his original constitution
/ was too weakly for such strong diet as he had He
''Waxed fat and kicked" Kindness and indulgence
/ produced pride. He fell into the error of thinking
| himself great man, and the natural consequence
| was that Mr. Buchanan was obliged to turn him
about his business. That is exactly the position Of
the past and present relations Of Mr. Buchanan and
] his former chief Of the cuisine.
/ But badinage apart, this speech of Forney's con-
veys very good idea Of the state of the quarrel be-
| tween the Administration and the boilers These
miserable political wire puers had the folly to think
that because they could manage corrupt paimary
elections and caucusses and State and general con-
yentions they therefore had right to impose their
views of national policy the man who raised
by the suffrages of the people of the United States
1 to the chief msgistracy Of the nation. They had
the temeTty and the presumption TO expect that they
would be able to make him tool in their hands
But they were mistaken for once.
He felt the responsibility Of his
| position and 50 cut himself adrift from these mis-
cradle hucksters of party patronage. And now
Douglas and Haskin, and Forney, aud their hangers
on 90 around the country, exposing the cOnhden
tial affairs Of the establishment from which tbey
were turned off and calling on the people to symps
thize with them in their distresses But the com
mon sense Of the country only laughs at them
| They made their own bed and they must be eonten
to in it. As for the administration, it is impreg
nable 10 their puny popguns, which arc about as ri
/ dioulous and contemplate as an armament Of Chi
! nese stinkpOts to the allied feet.