Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-17

try, and not of a party, every sound patriot said
that's sound doctrine When he said that mem
bers of Congress hadn't ought to be applnted 10
Office under the Government, every body said
that's pretty sound doctrine; and when ne saiu
that the patronage Of the Government haoht
ought to come in conflict with the purity oil elec
tons, every body said that's rdte sound doctTtne
He said a good many more sound things, OUT
these are enough to talk about now. wen, now
every man who Amt Of the GineraPs party IS
considered a scamp, and not to be tfusteo-that
aint sound practice, for | have notlsn there
are good many folks as pure and patflotc as
ever lived who amt OF the Ginerals parry
Then agin the Gineral has applnted more mem"
bers of Congress than you can shake STICK al
but tho that aint accordin to his promise, yet l
don't complain ont, for its hard Tor any class OF
men TO be cut off from Servin the country II lhey
are fit for it-so that was bad promise petlei
broke than kept But what hits my dancer Is
about the Government officers miXin IN elec-
tons, for right in the face and eyes of what the
Gneral said, there aint no SIGH active folks at
the polls as the folks who have got Office Now
saws t. there is the head man of the hull on EN-
the merit Government himself-what is he about,
says II suppose, says |, he was so afraid that
the patronage Of the Government would come
in conflict with the purity OF elections"-lhat no.
thing would do but he must go and look 10 1t
himself and see that all went right Well Ma
for there amt no man So particular about these
matters as Mr.. Van Buren,. Well, says ], that
makes me think of old Jethro Gleason, the mill
Ter, and his two sons; every time the boys was
busy baggin up grlst to the customers, old Je-
thro was sure to come in, and says he, EIihu,
haint You taken the toll out Yes sir, says Eli
hu, took it out; and then he'd 90 to the other
boy, and says he Elan have you taken the toll
out? o yes daddy, look to that always my
sal old JptlrO | don't
believe a word ont and with that he'd dip out
the toll the third time 10 make sure ont.
| But, says |, all that is nothing to what think
is the worst of the premonitoryS; and that Is the
plaguy editors all about trying to stir mp one
class of folks agin another-the poor agIn the
rich-just as tho man who, by industry, has
got a little aforehand in the world, was natu-
raj enemy of man who had no property-Eve-
ry man, "saysI l." who is able to work and earn
livin' in this country is, accordln to my no.
ton, rich man; for tho he ha'nt got as much
money as some others, he sleeps sounder, and
the laws protect him alike with others--if he gets
sick and can't work, and his family is in want,
who does he go to for assStance?-Does he go
to these party Editors and Office holders?-o or
does he 90 to families of property and charac-
! Ter for asSistanCe?-And when poor foreigners
| come To this country and want work. who gives
| it TO them?--do political newspaper Editors and
! political office holders give it to them?-do they
build houses and work farms, and thus give ho-
nOrable employment to thousands and thousands
| of poor and honest foreigners?-not one on em'
but they are cruel enuf just to serve party pur-
poses, to tell those poor foreigners, to knock
down the rich and their houses, and that the
rich always grind the poor and all that kind OF
slang-it is too bad-thats worse than kollaree
that's agin law and ag in common sense; and
never think ont without bn right up. Now
"says ~ these are the premonitorys, which
| g.. nd a nd
| if not stop'd will 60 right into cold sweat and
collaps. But, "saysI," there is a remedy-and
that is for every man, rich and poor, to look to
the laws-obey the laws-go to the ballot box
and put in his honest vote, and do all he can to
keep the peace, and suffer no bad man to ad-
wise him to the contrary. Amt that good re"
medy saysI " Governor?"-lt is so Major saY S
"Mr. Forsyth" Wont that keep off the col
laps?" says |. cit will So" says he. "Wont
things git blue" says l. lift Amt attended to?''
a. am afraid So" says Mr.. Forsy -" Then"
says l. if 90 clear of collapS and kollaree by
droppin all kind of hard liCkors, and by keepn
cool, and watching agin things gettin worse
with me. and folks all about the country take
my advice at elections and obey the laws, and
| commit no riots, these National premontoryS
| like these things that are now han2in on to
me-wiIl go off; and the nation, like me, will be
again as tuff and DIS sound as old grant"
| And with that Mr.. Forsyth jumps up and took
my hand, and says he, Major that's rale sound
doctrine; and there amt no true patriot IN the
country that wont say So" w ell then" says
l. 60 don't it turn out that what said was true,
that there is strong likeness between man
and his ailins, aud nation and its ailins?" there
| is no doubt on't' says he; so that was an end of
the premon tory ard koldree bnsiness.-Now
my good old friend Mr.. Dwight have only a
| few words more TO say. hear tell that riots
and devlitry is feared at your next election; and
its enuf to bring on koalee to think ont that
SIGH fine city, the pride Of the country. and the
envy of all creation should ever be disgraced
! by riot. lwont believe it, for when you come
to think ont, riots very seldom injure the folks
intended, but frighten poor innocent women and
little children, and come pIaguy hard too on the
police and law officers, for they are bound to
keep the peace and must do it at the risk oile; so
that no good comes ont, but much evil But if
by chance bad folks will make riots (and none
but bad folks willy lete every good citizen stand
by the officers of the law, and let the cry be sup
port the ialos--keep good order
Your friend and the friend ofthe laws,
| J. DOWNING, Major,
Downingville Militia End Brigade.