Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-02-27
Mr.. ATKINSON

AS the subject Of "Free Suffrage" or
an Extension Of Suffrage, seems to be
the order fthe day, at this time, i would
recommend the publication in your col
umns, Of the following letter, which ap-
pears in the New York American. I
think it pretty clearly illustrates some Of
the beauties, as well as advantages Of
"FREE Suffrage"
| From the New-York American.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Having seen your pa
per in Ireland, and knowing you are n
warm friend of that country, next to your
own, (and that's just the man ! like all
the world over,) Pll thank you to print
this letter in your paper; and when get
to ashington, l'll write you some more; i;
and you'll plase sale my letters after they
are printed, and send the letter in one
ship, and your paper in another; but don't
put them both together, for if the ship
goes down in the water, the devil word
will my friend O'Flannagan hear of the
matter; and all Dunganon will be won
dering what has become Of me.
To .Mikel O'Flannagan, torn Of Dunganon,
County Tyrone-reland or elsewhere.
New York City and State of the same,
10th February, 1884.
My DEAR MIKE,-I suppose you must
be after thinking Pm ded, and so write
TO you to let you and all the rest OF our
frinds know l am better off than that
l haven't been over month here yet, as
we had long and hard passage. The
Captain wasn't over civil to US, and gave
orders that none of the passengers should
spake to him except one, and so they fix'd
on me to do all the talkin for them, and a
mighty ticklish time l had of it; and as it
was the first time / ever found myself on
the Ocean, and was Just commencing my
travels to improve my conditions, put
good many questions to him. lie tould
me every day that none but an lrshman
would ak him such question; and some Of
them he didn't answer at all. didn't,
spake to him for a month before we Ian
ded; and then l couldn't help it; and you
see we had quarrel about that too, and
that's the last word had with him; just
before we saw the land of this free coun-
try, the captain stop'd the hip,and throw
ed lead sinker over to fale for it in the
water. o how my heart bounced to
think of IT.; after he felt three or four
times, he look'd mighty gruff, and as he
was pulin up the sinker, says ], Captain
your honor, says /, as polite as l could
for hadn't ax'6 him a question night or
day for month-says l did you lale the
land captain? "No," says he; my heart
sunk down in the very bottom Of my
stomak, for he spoke mighty gruff; well,
says /, l've only got one question more
to ak you, and as have paid two gum
cas- for my passage, and would sell it to
you and your ship in the bargain for half
the mony, I'll thank you to tell me how
near you come to it: that's all says l.,
and iiyou'l just answer me that civilly,
the devil question more will ak you;
and then we had bit of spat {; but
won't waste time in tellin you.
There is beautiful scenery here as you
come up from the ocean, and this city is
on one side of the water, and there is a
mother country on the other, but haven't
had time to visit it yet. 1 behave its
South America, for l just met Patrick
Mcclure, who had come from there, with
a good many shillings in his pocket, and
that's an uncommon thing you know, for
Pat-he says he has been Banking there
for MIR. Swartwout, and faith, from all l
hear, they are at work Banking all over
the country, and the devil else have l
heard since Ive been here. The Pre-
sident of the country is at 1t too, and Pat
is thinkin of going to Washington and
paying his respects to him, and to offer
him his services.
l am only waiting now to get letter
from the Marques of Camarthng to the
President, for reasons l will tell you in
this letter. thought the Marques was
in Ireland, but find he is here, and up
TO his eyes Banking too-he is as great
man here among the Yankee doodles,
as ever he was in Ireland among the
White boys. He is Banking in water
too, and would you behave it, the devil
drop Of water can any one get here, un-
less the Marques provides IL for ,hcn-
and then such water! All Mike my. dear
fellow, the Marques didn't quit ould
Ireland for nothing; and don't be after
thinkin he is hard hearted, if the people
look pale, and die Of yellow faver and
Cholera Morbus, by drinking his water,
for he don't ak them to drink it, and they
can take their choice, for he makes the
best old Irish Whskey and Holland Gin
in Baltimore, you ever tasted-and when
you come here, mind what / tell you,
keep the water here on the outside Of
you intircly. got some down my throat
by accident one day, and thought it