The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-01
ACK DOWNING'S SECOND LEfIL"'
From the Portland Daily Courier.
CRY OF New YORK, May T. Io1I

Dear Uncle joshua have got SO luz a. ,
nst and a pretty hard run I've had OF II 10 ,
ret here can tell We. This running siter
Offices is pretty tuff work for poor IONS
Sometimes think there amt much Pront IN
it after all. any more than there Is III ouy-
inc lottery tickets, where you pay uonaI
and sometimes get four shIillngs BACK, anu
sometimes nothing. Howsomever 4 don't
mean TO be discouraged yet, Tor 1t should
give out now and go back again, them are
SASSY chaps in Portland would laugh at me
worse than they did afore. What makes
me feel kind of downhearted about it, IS, be-
cause I've seen in the newspapers that tn OF
them are good Offices are gone already.
One Mr.. Livingston's got one of 'em, and
Mr. Woodbury. that lives up in New Hamp- !
shire's got tother, and I'm considerable
afraid the others will be gone before get
there.
want you to be sure and get my recon-
mendation into the post office as soon as you
can, so it may get there as soon as do.
It's week to day since started from Fort
land, and il l have good luck I'm IN hopes
to got there in about week more. ANY
how. shall worry along as fast as can.
/ have to foot it more than three quarters OF
the way, because the stage folks ask SO
gone. But if can only Jest get thoTS be-
fore trsvcuts. - ,.lo ;, ouS Inl2k shall get
one of em, for got good string of rec
concentrations in Boston as | come along.
never thought of getting any recommen-
dations Of strangers, till man was trav-
cling with, kind Of talked round apd round,
and found out what / was after. And then
SAYS he, if you want to make out, you must
get the newspaper folks to give you a lift,
for they manage these matters. And he
told me | better get some of the Boston edi-.
tors to recommend me, or it would be of no
use for me to 60.
thought the man was more than half
right, so when got into Boston called
round TO see the editors. They all seemed
very glad to see me, when told 'em who
was and never see better set of true
republicans any where in the State of Maine
And when l told 'em that l was always
true republican, and my father and grand
father were republicans before me, they all
talked so clever about patriotism, and our
republican institutions, and the good of the
people, that | couldn't help thinking it
was plaguy shake there should be
any such wicked parties as Federalists
or Jacksonites. to try to tars the country to
pieces and plague the republicans so.
This don't include President Jackson,
He isn't Jacksonite, you know he's a
true republican as there is in Downingville.
had talk with the Boston Patriot man
first. He said he would give me re-
commentator with a good deal pleasure E;
and when got my office at Washington I
must stick like wax and ifall true republic
cans were only faithful to the country, Hen
ry Clay, the republican candidate, will come
in all hollow. He'll be next President, says
he, stamping his foot down on the floor, jest
as sure as your name is Jack Downing.
Then went to see the editor of the Bos-
ton Gazette. He said he certainly should
be very happy to give me recommendation /;
and he trusted when got to Washington
where should have considerable influence,
should look well to the interests of the re-
publican party. He said there was an i'm
mense sight of intrigue and underhand
work going on by the enemies of the coun-
try to ruin Mr.. Calhoun, the republican can
didate for President. But he said they
wouldn't make out Mr.. Calhoun had found
out their tricks and the republicans of old
Virginia and South Carolina were all up in
arms about it, and if we republicans in the
northern States would only take hold and
fight for the good cause, Mr.. Calhoun would
be elected as true as the sun will rise to-
morrow.
The next | went 10 see was the editor Of
the Boston Statesman. lie seemed to he a
little shy of me at first, and was afraid
want true republican; and wanted to know
i'll didn't run against Governor Smith last
year down there in Maine. I told him had
seen Gov. Smith a number of times in Port
land, but was sure | never run against
him in my life, and didn't think ever come
within rod Of him.. Well, he wanted to
know if / wasn't candidate for Governor
in opposition to Mr. Smith. told him no,
WAS a candidate on the same side. Wasn't
you said he, looking mighty sharp at me,
fcuS'nt you u federal candidate for Governor ?
My stars, uncle JOSHUA, | never felt nv hair
curl quicker than it did then. NV hand
kind of draw'd back and my fingers clinch-
ed as 1t was jest agoing to up fist and
knock him down. To think that he should
charge me with being federal candidate
1t was tn much for flesh and blood to bear.
But cooled down as quick as | could, for
fear 1t might hurt me about getting my of
fec. told him never was q federal can
ddate, and there never was a drop of fed
eral blood in me and would run from a
federalist i'll should meet one jest as Quick
az would from poison. That's right, saws
he, like that, that's good stuff, It's bunk
UNI, and he catched hold of my hand and
gave it such shake, didn't know but he'd
pnll'd it off.
He said he would give me the best re-
commentator he could write, and when |
got to Washington | must stick to the old
General like the tooth AXE, for the federal !
lists were intriguing desperately to root him
out of office and upset the republican party. !
lfthe republicans could only be kept tOgeth-
er, he said President Jack son, the repnbli- |
can candidate, could be elected Jest as easy
as a cat could lick her ear but If we suffer- !
ed ourselves TO BE DIVIDED it would he
gone goose with US and the country would
be ruined. So you must stick TO the re-elec- |
ton Of Gen. Jackson said he, at all events
and then he kind of whispered in nv ear.