Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-04-29

to his notion, then you see it comes to this that
allthe laws that Congress has made regulatn
the conduct of the Secretary of the Treasury,
| and telling him what his duty is that he should
| nut the money in the safe place which Congress
names to him, and not to pay 1t away ony Jlst
exactly as the law pints out, all amount to moth
| in, the Gineral would jst snap his finger at Con-
| gress and all the laws and regulations too about
| the Treasury, for sein that he appints the Sec
rotary, Congress has no right to make laws to
regulate has Secretary, so that every thing that
is placed under the care of any one who the
Gineral appints (and he has the appintin ofprit-
ty nigh all on em) Congress haint got no right
to regulate nothin. They may make laws and
regulations for any thing, but as soon as any
thing comes to be done by any ofncer the dine-
raj appints, then the Gineral takes the lead.
The officers are has officers-and the Secre-
taries are his Secretaries; he makes the laws
then, or its pritty much all the same-for II the
officers and Secretaries don't execute the laws
as he understands 'en,, he turns em out ana gus
folks who willard that amt all, he tGFeS the
responsibility too.
If the Constitution Ony give the Glneral the
right TO turn out the Judges OF the Supreme
Court. then accordin to his notion, things would
be list so there. He appints the Judges; but see
in that he can't turn 'em out he can't make 'em
understand the laws as he understands EN-
and so the Supreme Court hain't got the same
advantage that other folks have who the Cine
raj appints, and turns out, and appoints, I'LL ne
gifts the right sort.
Ihave got notion in my head ever since the
Gineral has got a hatchin "Protests" agin the
Senate, that keeps me thinkin all the while about
it. There is some plagy cunnin fellers about
the Gineral, and some on 'em have ben prltty
streaked ever since the Senate has got on the
track of the Post-office, and other accounts-)for
tother House won't do nothin about 1t so long
as the Gineral has got majority there) Dut III
tell story, and then you'l understand leetio
about my notion.
You've hearn me tell about old Miss Cranes
tavern, little this side Downingville-and how
the neighbors useter git in there every night du-
rim winter, and talk politics-and some on 'em
had some pritty considerable scores run up there
agin 'em, for old Miss Crane kept store too,
along with the tavern. Wen. some OF these
scores got to be pritty alarmin agin Sllenus
Stiles YOU remember Sienus, who used to bring
the male bag once week, up there threw that
country; and folks used to call him old SITES,
when he'd come in all kiver'd with mud, and
considerably fuZZled-he was willin, good ma
tur'd critter as ever was, but plagy knoWln,-and
then there was Jesse Brownin, & Elan Knowles,
and Peter Bliss, and good many more, who
had considerable scores at old Miss Cranes;
and to rights she telPd 'em her creditors was
pressin her, and she must settle up, and some
on lem must qripe off old scores Old SHE, he
gin Elan q look, and 1t went round, and one
WHISPERED to another, and to rights one on 'em
went out, and in little while there was most
dreadful cry Of fire, and in he come, frightened
eny most to death, and says ne, run, MISS
! Crane.n SAYS he "and git your bread and pun
kin pies out the oven, for the oven house is all
| fre;'' 81 know itn says he, " for | smelt the
smoke and the oven is so hot you can't think;
| and with that two or three more on 'em run out;
and old Miss Crane, as soon as she see that, she
| out too for tho she know'd it was mistake,
| and that the oven was bakih accordin to its ma
! tur, vet she wanted TO prevent the folks from
DRAWN the bread and pies out ont As soon as
she got out old Sile he started to the well, and
begun to draw water like all possest, and he
swash'd it round inside the bar, and over the old
! lady,s papers & chalk marks; and afore they got
| back from the oven the bar room was all ahoat,
| and washd out as slick as whistle; then she
| wanted to know old Ses notion, and he telPd
her he was afraid the fire would git into the bar
room to rights, and scorch all her accounts,
and that would be the worst thing that ever was.
| Well, it turn'd out that the oven was just as
old Miss Crane said twas Ony dom It's duty; but
| il was considerable spell afore it found out
! why some on 'em got notion the oven was
| afire; but poor old Miss Crane was hearn to say
/ a hundred times arter that it would ben dol
| lars and dollars in her pocket if she'd let folks
cry fire, and she'd stuck to her accounts; for
1 then old Sile wouldn't ben frightened so as to
bring so much water in the bar, and wash'd out
all the chalk marks, and destroyed all the
papers; but as he was wn crittur, and good
natur'd too, she never blam'd him; and old Sile,
and good many more on 'em have ben hearn
to say, if it hadn't ben for that alarm of fire in
the oven in time, there is no tellin what scorch
ing all on em would got from the bar room
papers and chalk marks. Y our friend
j. DOWNING, Major,
Downngville Militia. I'd Brigade.