Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-01
MAJ. DowNrNG's CORRESPONDENCE.

Tony good old friend Mr.. Dwight Of the New
York Daily Advertiser.
WASHINGTON, esd Sept 1888.
Isent letter to YOU by Zekel Bigelow jest
afore left New York, and | vas of as soon as
they got the steam up. When got to Ph'ladel.
phia, | onl Y had time to take a run round to see
Squire Biddle mint, and found him pretty bu
~, but as good natured as ever. wen. says
he. " Major. the Gineral has opened his battery,
bot I'm afraid he'll kill as many friends as enc
mles." Well, saws that's no matter. he's got
enuf on EN-. =. But says he, Major, thought
YOU told US he'd do nothin till you got back agln"
| This kind % cornered me. and made me little
wrathy;-and so, says Squire. would like to
know what YOU mean to do about il! And sn
thought this would kinder corner him" D. !"
saws he, :. Major Ill tell you," and with that he
turned round and picked up bundle Of letters
he was Jest son to send off to the Branches, and
he read some on EN-. and read some on EN-; and
thew was all pretty much alike, teilin his folks to
do all they could in relieving the money market,
and not let people suf-r, and jest to carr! az
much sail as they could without splitter EN-. tor
nov as the storm had come on. they could tell more
abnut it than when it was only runolin and light
| enin. Well, saws this is curious piece OF bu-
saess The Grneral won't like this. says |; aud
| | would like to know your notion. Why says he,
Major, we hope the people will decide against
him when Congress meets. "What saws l.,
{" do you call Congress "he peopiee" How
You talk, saws land If that Is your notion Of
the government, then, says Squire, you are a
bigger fool than took Won for, Why. saysI, and
the G,neraI don't care no more for Congress, than
we do for the Insins. Well then, says he, there
is the cabinct,-perhaps they will have somathin
Ia saw about it, Well. says I, that's worse yet
What has the Cabinet gnt tn Ito with II! DO you
think we goIn To appoint folks TO tell " what
to do? No, 90. says ], Squre-you know good
deal, but you don't know nothin about the Govern
ment vet, The Gineral didn't fight that New
Orleans battle Tor nohID, says |. And when the
people made hin President. they knew he was
the most KNOWN man soin, and ever since I've
been with him, they are more and more sartin no.
thing more is wantin, unless it is Mr.. Van Blu.
rem to cut in, when we give out and 60 10 the
Hermitage. And with that / streaked II to
Washington.
twas nigh upon midnight when cot to the
White House, and the Ginera was abed: and as
knew he wanted to see me dreadfully, | went
right into his room aud woke him up. WHY"
says he, tMajor is that rally your for I've been
dreaming about you. I'm glad you are back
again, for things are gittn pretty stormy here
So do you come to bed, and we'll talk about H."
As soon as got along side the Ginera-tbrre
now,says he. NJ ,jor dent care for all the rest of
the Government except Mr.. Van Buren,; and il
we three amt a match for all creation, I'm mis-
taken. Savshe - Major haint you seen nv Pro-
clama,ion agin B,dLie?' Yes, says !. saw it
at Baltimore. Well, says he, what do YOU
think of ili WY. saws, | Gineral. I've been
think'n good dea! about it; and I'm thinkin
about II all the while Major. says he. that Pro-
cla,nston agin Blddr, will kill him aud the
Bank as dead as that one agin the Nuilfiers
killed CALHOUN and III. party. Their" is uotnln,
saws he. like a Proclamation Aud | have
been thinkn. says he, Maj"r, TO glt you to write
one too, tor tiere - a sooh manv things yet
didn't say nothin about want y"u to read
over Mr. Van Baren's late letter and you'll find
a good manv things wants attrndin to. We
have killed Calhoun and Biddlr; but there are o
raft of fellows to put down set. such as Webster,
and McDuffv, and Cay. and Binov, and Eve
rett, and Sargent, and Burgess, and a hundred
others; and as the most on em are in Congress,
I'm fbinkIn the best ~av would he for YOU and
| to git up a proc, amatinn ag'n Congress; and
that's what | vas dreaming about jest now The
most on EN-. reckon, have been bOrrowin mo-
ney of B.ddie or wanted To. and It they haInt,
its no matter. Aud Mr. Van ,ren thinks it
would be well to call a conven'ian to nominate
a President and YOU and can manage to slip
that IN the Proclamation too. and 1t things don't
60 right for him, III hold on I'LL 1t does.
Well says I, Glneral. you know [ telled YOU
| I'd stick to YOU thro thick aud hin, and am to
be depended On. know il NJ 'jor, SAYS he, and
was only sorry you warnt here few days ago:
but Mr.. Van Buren, SAID there was no time to
lose aud the first shot is worth dozen afterwards.
And SD come gu, asin Biddle at once. And
it was Jest so at New Orleans, if | hadn't gone
down and gin the English a thump on Esd De-
cember, they might have licked me on Bib Janu
airy. And jest SO it might br now. IT we waited
till Congress met. them fellows might recharter
the Bank in spltsof Us But recon nv Procla
nation has done up that busIness;-and il II hant.
yours will. "Doyou know" sayshe, "Major.
that some Of these fellows about me here, had the
impotence to tell me tother day. was runnin
the risk Of bein turned out OF the White House. p"
Why. says !, YOU don't say 80? EYES," says
he, "its faci;" but. SAYS he, Major, they don't
know nothing about 'Racoun hunt,ng.' No, SAYS
| l. nor skunkIn neither And then he and /