Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-06
From the Portland Courier.
GENUINE.

From INC PORTLAND SOurlcT.
GENUINE. 49,
Washington City, July 90, 1885.
70 my old friend the editor of the Portland
Courier away down eastcrly in the State of
Maine.
MY dear old friend you: don't know
,ut you might think strange ont, that
should be back here to Washington
more than fortnight, and not write to
you. Butt liant forgot you. You need
at never be afraid OF that. We amt
very apt to forget our best friends; and
you may depend upon it Jack Downing
will never forget the Editor Of the Port.
land Courier any more than Andrew (
jackson will forget Jack Downing
You was the first person that ever gave
me lift into public life, and you've been
a boosting me along ever since. And
jus: between you and me / think Pm get
Ting into way now where shall be able
by and by to do something 10 pay you
for it. The reason that | haven't writ
to you before, is, that we had had pretty
serious business to attend to since we got
back. But we've just got through with
lit, and MIR. Van Buren, has cleared out
and gone back about the quickest to New
York; and l guess with bed bug in his
ear. Now jest between you and me in
confidence, I'll tell you how tits, but
pray don't let OH about it to any body else
Tor the world. Didn't you think plaguy
strange what made us cut back so quick
from Concord without going to Portland
or Portsmouth or Downingville? You
know the papers have said twas because
, the President want very we'll, and the
President was very well, and the Presi-
, dent had to make that excuse himself in
some Of his letters; but it was no such
thing. The President could marched
on foot twenty miles day then, and on.
ly let him been at the head of my
: Downingvile company and he'd made
; a whole British Regiment scamper like
! a flock OF sheep.
, But you see the trouble ont was, there
+ was some difficulty between and Mr..
: Van Buren, always looked kind Of Jealous
: at me all the time alter he met us a
e New York; and couldn't help inindine
: every time the folks hollered shoorah fol
:, Ma or Downing" he would turn as rec
d as blaze'of fire.
II And wherever we stopped to take
IS bite or to have a chat, he would Away
h work it, if he could, somehow or other S,
n as to crowd in between me and the Presi
e dent. Well We see, | you'll Mt min,
!, much about it, but would Jest step roun
= }'tother side. And though | say it my
a self, the folks would look at me let me b
d on which side l would; and after they
in cried out hoorah for the President, they
lg most always sing out ''hoorah for Ma
re jer Downing
Mr.. Van Buren, kept growing NOR
y and more tidgety till we got to Concord
> And there we had room full of sturd
as old democrats of New Hampshire. an
n after they had all ilocked round the ol
to President and shook hands with him, |,
n happened to introduce me to some of Eel
o. before he did Mr.. Van Rurcn. At th
MT the fat was all in the fie. Mr.. Van B,
d, ren wheeled about and marched out
~ the room looking though he could b
~. a board nail of, The President had
en- send for him three times before he cou
as get him back into the room again. Al
when be did come he didn't speak to IL
le- for the whole evening. However ,
ed kept it from the company pretty mel
ar but when we come to go up to bed tn
re- might we had a real quarrel. 1t w
Ihn |nothing but jaw, jaw, the whole night.
ar Mr.. Woodbury. and Cass tried to p
|, Lefty us all they could, but it was all
ICE vain, we didn't one of us get wax.
it'll sleep, and sliouldn ifthc night had la
e ed fortnight. Mr.. Van Buren, said t
ui' President had dishonored the countrv
o a placing military Major on half pay [
end fore the second officer OF the govcrnme
an. The President begged him to consit
nv that + was a very particular friend
- his; that ! had been great help to h
ess, at both ends Of the country; that h
hat kept the British out of Madawaska
n way down in Maine, and had march
tne ne my company clear from Downingvllc
III Washington OIL my way TO South G
let olina to put down the nallifiers, and
can thought was entitled to as much
me- Ipect as amy man in, the country.
Fill This nettled Mr.. Van Buren,. peski
cited He said he thought it was fine tim,
. Jday il a raw jocky from the obscure
ana ana lage away down cast, jest because | e
IS a Majors commission, was going
~ throw the Vice President Of the Uni
.ney States, and the heads of Departments
,gu- ITO the back ground. Al this my d
1t l der began to rise, and stepped right
sing to him, and says l, Mr.. Van Buren,,
rva- are the last man that ought to cali m
! jocky. And ifyou'll SO to Downingv
! 5 Al and stand up before my. company "
too Sarjeant Joel at their head, and
my Dcwningyille an obscure village, III