Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-29

ers too; and if somethin warn't done 10
git up another party, they we're all gone :
and seein that the Temperance Society
was now the biggest and strongest in the
country, it was all important to git that
on the Ginerals side. "But that's i'm.
possible" says the GineYah "for soms
of our strongest leaders woaId jirt as soon
60 barefoot, as to give up Whiskey.-
What, says the Gineral, would become
Of, and he was jist goin to give n
good list of Whiskey folks, when the
other one went on telin how il could be-
done. that new invention " as discov-
cred to make Whiskey that any man
could drink, and git drunk too, without
shown ont no more than ifhe drank wa
ter all the while; and the hull trick ont
was, in aterin the worm, and cad Of
having that crooked, TO make il straight,
for the crook of the worm was the hull
cause of folks realm round, when they
drank Whiskey. So now by this discov.
cry any man could be a good tempernncs
man anG drink as much Whiskey as ho
pleased; and no one would be the wiser
ont. The Gincral was so taken with
this notion, he stopp'd lookin any furthey
for my Letter; he telled the Cabinet
right off to 60 to work and ct up Pro-
clamation in favor of Temperance; and
to have all the crooked worms altered to
strait ones. Why, says he, there's no
tellin to what pitch Of Glory my Gov
ernment will go yet; when any man may
drink what he plcases, and no mortal caD
tell the difference? and whilst MIR. JEFF
ferson could say we "are all Federalists
and we are all Democrats" III say in
my next message "we are alt drunk and
we are all sober"
begun this Letter, by tellin you I'd
be in New-Yo ork nigh upon as soon as
this would, and l hain't tellcd you yet,
why | am goin there. Well, you see
the Senate has been waiiin for long
spell, to gil Report from Ms. Taney,
Of the exact condition Of the pet Banks,
where the Gineral keeps the money now
and as 1.-The Government" don't choose
to tell much about it, have offered to
20 and look into the work myself ask
ed some of the Senators If they wanted
to give me any directions about it, and
how was to act, but they say know
as much about it, as any on 'em; but,
seein that tother House had jist sent a
Committee to examine Squire Biddle's
Bank, bes: follow the same track they
took, and give the pet Banks siliin ar
ter tho same fashion; and SO arm off for
New Y ork in day or two, as soon as I
can git my boots footed, and some shirts
mended. / want you to teR 'Zekel Big
low i calculate on him to act as my Sc
cretary-and he can be gettin things i'm
order, for rale genewine and close ex-
amination-I think it will be best to be-
gin in New-Y ork, for | shall have tho
aid of 'Zekel, and If ! give them Banks
siilin and find every thing there, free
fiom all party business and corruption,
and no monsters among 'em, my netioD
is, there won't be no occasion TO look mo-
further-as ! want to be as nigh Wall
street, as possible, tell 'Zekel to try and
CIT room for me in Howard's Exchange
Hotel, Broad-streef, and one big enuf
for spreadin books and papers about.
You needn't say much about my plans,
as should like 10 hop upon the pet
Banks as l did upon Squire Biddle's
Bank last summer, without lettin 'em
know of my comm. Yours, Sc.
j. DOWNING, Major,
DO~ningrille Militia, Cd Brigade.