Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-07
DOWNING,s CORRESPONDENTS.
SENATE CHAMBER, WAsHINGToN,
H.I

April 18th, 1884.
To my old friend Mr.. Dwight. Of the New-Yor
Daily Advertiser.
My last letter telr'd you about my hav
in left the White House, and come ul
here; and that was waitin for the Sc.
nate to decide on my application, and sc
forth. Well, Mr.. Webster went off next
day down east, to attond to some law bu.
siness; and Mr. Clay was compelled to
take his Lady into Virginia, on account
of her being very sick; and two OF three
other Senators went off too; and there
was jist enuflei to keep business goin,
and have been hangin on, waitin till
they all git back.
The Gineral seein that a good many
ofthe leadin Senators was away, thought
it was a good time to FIRE q shot at the
Senate; and 50 he sprung to it and hatch
ed out another egg, in less than no time,
and sent Major Donaldson right up with
il. Imet him comm in; and says l, Ma
jor, what's comm now-is that another
Proclamation, or a Veto, or what is it !!
d, says he, its nary one on 'em; and so
in l went, for ! was plagy curius to see
what new name this bird was call'd by,
and the first thing heard was " Protest."
Well, says /, / was jist thinkin about il;
in the FIRST place, says !, the Gineral has
got tired Of "Proclamations," and eve
toes" and "Cabinet papers," and he
has bearn 80 much lately about "Pro-
tests" in these hard times, he wants toI
let folks see he is troubled with the same
kind of criturs himself, and so he has
sent one on 'em up here to the Senate,
to see what they think about it.
In my last letter tell'd you the Gin
eral was hoppin mad at the Senate, for
passiR those resolutions, and see how
things was goin, and thought the best
place ! could 60 to right Of, was the Sc
nate Chamber, for this is the only body
now that stands in the way Of the Cine
ral's walkin right over all creation, jest
as he did over the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and Squire Biddle's Bank, for
there's no stoppin on him when he gets
a notion.
He was plagily put out when he come
TO hear how the New-York Election
went; and Mr.. White, from your city,
tell'd him If it hadn't been for him and
some Of the members of the Legislature,
from Albany, the Anti-Jackson party
would "a got majority over 5000.
/ send you a copy Of this "Proiest,"
the Gineral has jest hstched out; and he
wants the Senate to take care ont, and
put it along side their resolutions.
hope the Senate will do SO, and then
there won't be no mistake, when the
time comes for overhauling matters, and
let the folks see what GURUS cretur the
Gineral is. And mean to try and get
the Senate to hitch on copy ofthis let
ter to the tail ont, 30 folks hereafter may
be able to understand the hull matter.
This "Protest' is pritty cute written
and some things are dovetsil'd in so
smooth, that good many folks wont be
able to see the jints; there aint nothin
in it you haint seen afore in speeches,
and proclamations, and vetos, and mes
sages, oDy the Gineral has found out
there aint one atom Of difference be-
tween dollars and drums, bank notes and
gold and guns; its all one, he
says, for its all the property Of the Gov
ernment, and he is the Government, and
It's all hisen, Jest as much as his horses
and Hickory.
There is two or three things among the
Gineral's notions puzzles me considera-
Die. H
He says the Senate haint got no right
o say nothin agin him or pass resolutions
,lamin him no way; because the time
nay come when the Senate may be cal
I'd on according to the constitution to
ry him. Now the constitution says that
the President, Tce-Presidcnt, and all
,ivh Officers Of the United States, shall
0 removed from Office on impeachment