The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-06-22
A japanese on American Politics.

! The Washington correspondent of the \.
\. Times gets up very good burlesque let
tier, purporting TO be written home by one
of the Japanese embassy. The Presidential
contest is described as follows:
but the government of the country. oh
son of Frum, is that which has most filled
the soul of thy cousin with wonder. The
people choose a tycoon from among them
selves once in four years. In making choice
they do not say Has this man wisdom p
Have the planets rained their treasures up
on him But they say Can he run Thus,
one party has chosen man whose legs are
longer than the mandates of the Mikado
for they say Behold, he can run like the
bird of the desert. And they say of him, he
is used to the splitting of rails. In the Won
der of my soul said to Gen. Scott ami, is
rail-splitting one of the qualifications of thy
tycoOns And he made answer that this
people designed to fence their country inland
that Honest will do l., Another party
desire to have tycoon whom they call
Duga-las; but the people say he cannot run
well : which must be true, as his legs are ex-
ceedingly short and his stomach is round
Another party say that for tycoon they wish
great scribe whose name is Ev-er-at-it. He
dellneates the sentiments of hi. soul upon
paper called the Ledger, and he signs him.
self Bonner. Ii was this great scribe who
wrote that book called The Gun-ma-ker-of-
Moscow. which. as thou wilt remember. is
translated into the language of Niphon, and
which the Grand Lama reads with joy.-
Should Ev-er-at-i, be made tycoon, his friend,
whose surname is Cob. will sit at his right
hand. and their united wisdom will be pub
lshed to the land in the Ledger. Truly, oh
son of Frum, this is singular people.
They have here what they call the 'popu-
lar vote We have nothing like it in Nj
phon. This vote is a thing which as vet the
soul of Mooragake does not understand
Many people get rich by it: and ships bring
barharians from a distant island called Ire
land, TO do nothing else. The man that gets
The most votes is generally made tycoon, but
he is an unhappy coon. for this singular peo-
pie do not honor their rulers. The laws are
made by mandarins, whom they call Con-
sress-men. But the Congressman is of
very low caste : there is onl. one lower, and
that Is said to be the com-mon-coun-cil-ma
of New York. We have met the former. but
rot the latter. and our souls trem5le 10 think
this aiiiic.ion must come upon US.
This people have also Nkado his
name is Beecher. and his throne is called a
pulpit. The M;kado is much honored be-
cause of his skill with Sharp's rifle They
have built him large praysr-miil in Brook
lyn. and thousands 60 there to worship at his
feet. When the Mikado has made prayer
the people have a singula. custom of cough
ing and blowing their noses. which. am
said, and is equivalent to our Nan.oo imadi.
Next TO the Nikado in rank is man of Won
dcrfal muscle called Hee-nan he is not
now in the country, having been invited TO
the court Of the Qreen of England, that he
NAV smile at the birth cf the mex; heir. =
Gen. Scott-kami saws there is one due but
Mooragake understands not If terrible
ti!tbus'er. whose name is Greeley. who is
represented as riding upon black horse.and
who lately slew the great kam of the Re
pub-li-cans in single combat at Chicago,
should also Kill IIon-e.t-Abe Hee-nan will
be made tycoon, and She-nan will reign
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