Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-03-06

tured look, and as soon as we got thro'
shakin hands, one on em--a rale spunky
lookin crtter, jest about sich another
lookin chap as Squire BiddIe, and talk'd
about as glib about munney mattcrs--he
step'd out, and spoke for the rest on EN-,
and he went on now jest as cool as tho
he hadn't lost dollar since we begun
the war. lie was as civil too as you
ever see; he tell'd the Gineral pretty
much how things was workin, and how
they were goin to work; and when he
came to speak of the Ginerafs grand
experiment, he iel'd him pretty plain it
wouldn't work right The Gineral was
jist goin to let him have his notions,
but ! puPd him twitch by the coat,
and he stOpp'd; but as soon as he got
threw and bowed, the Gineral began
and telTd him the first go of he wds mus
tdken-that there warnt man in the
hull State Of Tennessee know'd half so
much about banks, and banking, and
trade as he did-and so long as he was
President he'd let foxes know what was
the real meanin of Government" Bid
die was monster and so was the bank;
Calhoun was a rascal and so was Clay,
and Webster, and McDulfie, and the
hull raft Of the opposition; and what puz-
zled him most, was to tiud out which
was the biggest rascal, the bank or airy
one Of them other iellers, and he'd put
en- all down afore he was done with en-.
Haint | saved the country, says the
Gineral, more than fifty tmes-i!n had
Mt been for me, says he, the lngins
would now be in Water street, scalpin
all on ye, and the British would be all
over Kentucky, and Tennessee, and
Virginny. And so the Gineral went on
and i couldn't stop him till he got right
into "Glory," and SO ! thought twas
best 10 begin to bow the foxes off. and
by the time the Gineral got threw, he
and l had it all to ourselves, and we sot
down; the Gineral he was a good deal
struck up and beat out, but he is as tuff
as all natur, and can 60 threw just such
a tug evry day, only give him lcetle
time to ta e wind; and so he took Oft his
specks, and went to rubbin EN-, and we
begun to talk about it. Says he, Major,
reckon give EN- a "skirey lactious"
that time, didn't /. You see, says the
Glneral, asked EN- no questions, and
that kept things snug. Do you know,
/ Major, says the Gineral, didn't like
the looks of that feller bit, who did all
the talkin for his companions-did you
understand, Major, all that he telPd a
bout! says the Ginera. Pretty consid-
cradle, says |. And so tell'd it all ov-
er to the Gineral in my own way. Well,
says the Gineral, | am glad ! didn't un-
derstand him, for now as you tell it, it
stumps me considerable The Ginernl,
he sat still moment and Begun to count
his fingers and to rights says he. Ma
jor, who was that' Why, says ], Giner-
al, he is the son ola man I've heard you
tell on thousand times. And as soon
as | spoke the name, the Gineral he
started up, and says he Major, It's i'm
possible-what, the son Of ***** T"t*!!--
Why, says he, Major, he was always
one of my best friends, and was Jest the
kind of man | liked; he was firm as gran.
nit, and knowcd more about banks and
all public matters than any man | ever
met-he was a rale patriot and an hon
est man. Well says ], Gineral, that you
said; and | have notion too he was in
favor of National Bank, and jest sch a
one as we got now. That is true enuf,
says the Gineral, but that was when l
thought Jest so too; folks should change
their opinions, Major, always when ''ihe
, Government" changes theirn. Wel,-
says l, didn't think Of that. / wish,
says the Gineral, I'D aknown who that
chap was, I'D a made him shake in his
shoes for DARN to jine them rascally mer-
chants and Traders agin my experiment.
] guess, says ], Gineral, that wouldn't
been an easy job, for l kept my eye
on that critter the hull time, and kept
thinkin all the while Of what I've hearn
you say about his father, and thinks |,
"that's raIe chip of the old block. p
But says ], Gineral, we've got more
work tomorrow agin, there's another
committee from Newly ork, bringing an
other mile of names, all mechanics says
I, rae hard fsteG felers What, says
the Gineral, Mechanics, Major And
he sprung up and danced round like a
boy. Them are the fellers, Ma jor, says
he, straight from Tammany Hall, says
the Gineral, now you'll have another
story, Major.
4 None of your Traders and Marchants
for me-there amt spark Of patriotism
in the hull on EN-; but the mechanics
give me the Mechanics and now Ma
jor, turn to and get table well spread ,
and dinner on it at ~ o'clock, that's the
rale ,rorking mans dinner hour; and let
us put on our old coats and don't shave