"I am a stranger here. I do not understand this new word,
Conservatism. I comprehend the other two, Toryism and
Liberalism. The one is a monarchical, and the other a
republican word. The term, Conservatism, I suppose,
designates a party formed out of the moderate men of both
sides, or rather, composed of Low-toned Tories and High
Whigs. I do not like to express a decided opinion yet,
but my first impression is always adverse to mixtures,
for a mixture renders impure the elements of which it is
compounded. Every thing will depend on the preponderance
of the wholesome over the deleterious ingredients. I will
analyse it carefully. See how one neutralizes or improves
the other, and what the effect of the compound is likely
to be on the constitution. I will request our Ambassador,
Everett, or Sam's friend, the Minister Extraordinary,
Abednego Layman, to introduce me to Sir Robert Peel, and
will endeavour to obtain all possible information from
the best possible source.

"On your return I will give you a candid and deliberate
opinion."

After a silence of some minutes, during which he walked
up and down the room in a fit of abstraction, he suddenly
paused, and said, as if thinking aloud--

"Hem, hem--so you are going to cross the border, eh? That
northern intellect is strong. Able men the Scotch, a
little too radical in politics, and a little too liberal,