Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-23

At Washington City, or else gone long with
the President down to the RIP Raps.
To be sent privatly in the Portland Courier.
Dear Cousin Jack-I've got something
pretty heavy on my mind that want to tell
We about, and aske your advice, and may be |
I shall want you TO lend hand little. I've
II been watching politics pretty snug ever since
II was little boy, and that's near about forty
wears; and I believe know most as much "a
bout it as uncle Joshua, although he's twenty
years older than be. Now about this re-
publcanism and federalism, Five minded that
it always has ever since can remember
And I've minded tn it most always keeps
going around one way, that is the young fede-
ralists keep turning dimocrats and the old
ldimocrats keep turning federalsts. What it's
for don't now't exactly know but that's the
wav it goes. | spose man, on the whole,
lis'nt hardly fit to be dimocrat after he gets
Ito be fifty years old. And here is old uncle
Joshua in the Post Office, he's got to be about
|sixty, and he's hanging on to the dlmocratlc
|side yet, like the toothache, and it begins TO
worry me good deal ! think its high time ne
i. wont over You know Dawninguiiie has .,
lways been genuine republican town. anu
want it should always go ACCORDING 70 .nS 90 90
ages q think that's what they can ~ VI '"s
When it get to be time for an old dim
carat to go over on the federal side,
= believe the Argus always puts 'em over
e You remember there was old Mr.. lnsley
0 in Portland, and old Gineral Wingatt
: lin Bath, as much as dozen years ago
= were some as big republicans as Their
: was any where about. Well, they SO
= to be considerable old, and had been il
v office some time, SO the Argus took ant
clapt 'em right over on the federal side
: And YOU know there was MIR Holmes, III
., was a Wrapping great republican. Blu
d The begun to grow old, so the Argus pu
e him over. And there was MIR. Sprague
C The was such a nice dimocrat every OH
: said it was pity to put him over. Bu
bein he'd been to Congress sometime tn
Argus would mt hear word, but shove'
: him right over.
AZ And this summer the Argus is putin
At OF 'em over considerable younger on tn
81 federal side. 1t has put Judge Prebl
h, over. and Judge Ware, and Mr.. Mitchell
,g the Post Master ct Portland; and he ISL
o. near SO old as uncle Joshua, and 1t ha
put Mr.. Megquier over, only think, sue
young man as Mr.. Megqulcr, that's OF
lly been IN the Olnuet tnrec VI io"i S"i
:" Now don't you think according to DIM
- era tic usage, its high time old unc
P Jos ua was put over? l wish you Won
Al Jest write to the Argus and have 1t dom
= for feel good deal worried about 1t.
ID And as soon as it comes out IN Il
nc Argus that he is fairly over, want yc
ct to tell the President that Uncle Joshua
n federalist, and have him removed fro
u the Post Office, for it would be an eve
Tasting shame to have the Post Office
Downingville kept by federallst.
an N. B. II Uncle Joshua should be
IN moved wish you would use your inil
= ence to get the President to give the
ne flee to me; for next to Uncle Joshua
el- sposc Eve done more for the republic
ne party than any man in Downingvill.e'
M can have Recommendation from 81
Inc peant Joel and all the company. by
his lending to this you will much obllge
IN Your friend and cousin,
m EPHRAIM DOWNING.