Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-02-24

oninions Major, always when "1he Government
changes theirn. Well says l, l didn't mink
of that. | wish says the Glneral ia known
who that chap was, I'd made him shake in his
shoes for DARN to line them rascally Merchants
and Traders agin my experiment. guess
saws I Gneral that wouldn't been an easy Jop
for kent my eye on that cr1tur the nun Time,
and kept thinkin all the while OF What I'VE hearh
YOU saw about his father and thinks mats
rale chip of the old block" But says !, Glnerai,
we've cot more work tomorrow agln; thefes
another mile of Names all Mechanics says |,
rale hard listed fellows. What says the zine
raj, Mechanics Major! And he sprang up ana
danced round like boy. Them are the fellows
Major says he strait from Tammany HAL, says
the Ginera now you'll have another story MAJOR
None of your Traders and Marchants for me;
there amt spark Of Patriotism in the hull on
EN-; but the Mechanics-give me the Mechanics;
and now Major turn to and get q table well
spread and dinner on it at II o'clock, that's the
7aLe avorhing mans dinner hour; and let us put
on our old coats, and don't shave tomorrow
(the Gneral is plagy cunnin in SIGH matters. y
SO next day sure enut in they come, ana we
turned to shakn hands Aha my friends says
the Gineral these are the hands like to shake;
no glove work here; and you are the men to tell
Congress what to do; and, says the Glnera, any
man in office from the President downward
ought to mind what you tell him" And the
Gin'l he wakd round among EN- and shook
hands agin, and slap'd EN- on the shoulders; and
took qud of tobacco from one on EN-, and gin
another a chaW out of his own box; and was as
happy as you ever see, ana spfy DIS cfloAe'
| too.
Now my friends, says the Gineral, lets talk
over public matters; and with that one on EN-
step'd out and spoke for the rest, and never in
| my born days heard crtur Of his looks and
trade talk so about Banks and money matters;
| l,ob hon1z thao w ia
was printes, and come up all along, and he did
shave down and saw up party measures and
| partyfolks, q dove-tai'd matters so, the Glneral
was sump'd; the Ginera walk'd up to him and
made pagy ugly faces at him; but the critur
went on and talk'd right up to the Gineral; and
there want lump Of sugar or drop of lie in
the hull ont AS soon as he stop'd the Ginera
give him hard look and says he " Stranger,
what's your trade?" "a master Carpenter, Sir,
said he. | was your friend, Gineral, and every
| man employed was also, and we stuck to you
| till the measures of your administration have
driven us out of employ, and here is black
smith and here is a rope maker" And so he
| went on pretty much threw all trades 1T gives
| us pain, Gineral, to tell you that our families
and here he stop'd-he tried to speak, but he
couldn't; he turn'd and walk'd to the window,
and come back and tried it agin; and as soon
| a. he'd come to speak about unemployed work
men and their families, he'd choke right
| up, and his lip would culver So was jist agoin
to step right up and tell the Gineral what this
man wanted to say; but he got on to rights him
| self and wound up by bringin his fist down on
| the table. had a notion it would 90 rite through,
| and the Ginerals hat on the table bounced up,
| tell you: and says he I" there must be change,
| GineraL" The Gineral didn't like the looks and
talk of this critur nigh as well as the Merchants
and Traders man the day atore. He tried EN-
| a spell with Il" glory and REFORM" but that didn't
! i 4 tlaf5 no ltS II p6AI,
up too, and so says he, Strangers, the next
time you come to talk with the Government
| you must get your representatives to come with
you;" but they tell'd the Gineral they had none,
| and hadn't had any for long While but they
| WOuLd drter meet election.
| The Gineral took the hint in a mint; and
| saws he, (for he was plaguy struck up by it) if
you dare change any Of your representatives at
| the next election Except one)-Fll put your CT
ty the hull scrape ont, over on my friend Swart-
wout's meadows in Jarsy. I'll let you know that
am tryin an experiment and will try 1t; come
what will Fve said | would, and right or rong
ri do it, if [ die ten thousand Spanish lnqulsl-
tons And now strangers clear out and 90
home; and as soon as the Ctinera put on his hat,
they put on theirn, and walk'd out; but it did
make me feel plagy sad and heavy to see folks
come so fur threw the middle of winter, and 90
home empty handed. The Gineral was in
pesky bad temper all day. and so was |; but Mr..
van buren, ana SOule vi lilc congressman lOll
York State come in and made clear weather
agin, by tellin us they expected evry mint ano
Their Committee from New York, of the Tale
stuff and no mistake about 'em and rite strait
| from Tammany Hall too; and they read over
the names. "There, that one, says Mr.. Van
Buren,, is an old friend OF mine; he was Mayor
once, and is now a Banker; he knows every
thing, and can tell in mint the difference be-
tween crooked account and q fur business
transaction. And here is another; he sent lis
big balI'd headed Eagle once, Gineral don't
You remember?-and, by the by, "Major," says
he, he is one of your countrymen; and the rest,
says Mr., Van Buren,, are all to be depended on;
the first people Of the city, in fact the party,
couldn't hang together without 'em. Well, says
the Gineral, this is somethn like; and now, says
he, the best way would be, when they come, to
let Congress out, and let all our folks have hol
| low-day. We'll sure enuf they have come, and
we've have had some on 'em here; but haint
got time to tell you about it in this letter, but will
in my next. And Pve got something to tell you
too about new man, just come here all the
way from Ireland: his name is Dennis MLoo-
ny: he is good natured critter, and the Cine
raj likes him nigh about as much as he does me.