Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-23
From the Warrenton (Va.) Daily Whig, Jan. %,
 Peace and Portliness.

Frank Leslie' gives picture of Lo- peg, the president of Paraguay, which, had 1t appeared before the departure of our squadron for that country, might have pro- duced serious effect upon the schemes and designs of the administration. He is rep resented as man of enormonus obesity with a paunch that would have shamed tallstafl, and cheeks that surpass those of the great Kentucky Co1ncracker in fullness and tatness. Such man cannot be so ter rible a fellow, and we suspect Mir. Buchanan has been imposed upon by some lean, ema- ciated, dyspeptic, Cassius-envious of the rotund poportions of the Paraguayan chief
 A war between two such portlv presi- dents will be a grievous calamity Indeed, 1t will be great scandal and reproach upon the character, the fairrepute, which obesity or corporosity has always enjoyed in histo- ", in all the great transactions of the world It will please only the hungry, the lank, the cadaverous, the spiteiul and malignant, who suffer from indigestion and weak stom- achs. Why should two such stout repre- sentatives of republicanism go to war, to worry one another to disturb their diges- tlons and slumbers, and endanger by excess Sive precipitation, their full proportions, their honest avoirdupoisl
 Leave all such unseemly avocations to the bandy-legged, sheep-shanked, hollow checked, herring g-breasted representatives of royalty. The freedom and peace of the world are, never in danger while fat men hold sway. Leanness is the fountain of nearly all the bitter waters of strife and trouble that agitate and alarm manzind.- All your conspirators, from Judas and Cas- slus down to Guy Hawkes. and w. H. Se- ward, have been lean men, Shakespeare places one of his wisest remarks in the mouth of Julius C9sar-when commenting Cassius for many high qualities, he adds. with an ominous shake of his head. the pa thetic ejaculation: Would he were fat ter"
 If fat men always controlled the affairs ofmankind, there would be universal peace jiollity and good living. So it always was m the good old time of the reign of the knickerbockers. The administration of Wouter Non SevilIer, whose proprtions scarcely reached those of the Paraguay pre- sldent, was the most happy, quiet ana pros porous one of New Amsterdam But when he was succeeded by William the Testy, thin, wiry, sharp, sour, angular little popiniay of a politician and progressive, trouble, war and disputation came upon the old burgers, and ever since the city of Go tham has been the scene of constant vio- fence, combats, rowdvism and raecality. We go in, therefore, for an immediate settlement of all our difficulties with the fat president of Paraguay. It is all mistake, dyspePtic calumny that he ever fired upon one of our ships. \ spark from his pipe, while he was taking meditatiye smoke af- ter dinner, doubtless caused the explosion of the "villainous saltpetle" Instead of sending terrible ships of war, and fierce, hungry, lean men, to vex the slmnbers and disturb the nerves and digestion of our re- publican cousin, we propose that Humphrey Marshall, the representative from Kentucky, who Is precisely of the weight and some what of the aspect and physical characteris- ties of the famous and fat ex-governor of Canton Commissioner Linn shall move in Congress that President Buchanan be au- thorized to transmit to President Lopez a barrel of tine best brewed Pennsvlvania lager one of the latest of the famous beeves of Lancaster, and hogshead of Delpet's renowned smoking tobacco.
 Such tokens of confidence and regard will obtain all that We may require, and a great deal more, from this well-conditioned Pre- sident.