Litchfield enquirer., 1834-03-27


 Als. Adons-I have one more request to make of yOu-which is, simply, that you would publish Major DOwning's account of the ' Gineral's raccOOniag," and the curious fowl of hs graUdmOthers. As take other paper than yours, aHd visa preserve the Oarrative, yOSs compliance will confer an additional favor on AR Original LasksORi0a.
 MAJOR DoWNING'S CORRESPONDENCE. 10 my old iisUd ME. DOighf, c the NesO YOrk Daily
 AdUertiseP
 es WAsHlEGToN, March, 1884.
 Ever since wrote to you about them assassnatiOns and birthstone and murder ellers have been lookin to how our folks to work their way out oE the scrape they have got 2he GOUerRmeRt iO, and didn't mean tO say another word about u. But as things Ony giUO worse aud worse teled the Gi. neral for the last time, fsome change didn't take place
 must qoit, for couldN stay here and have my ati- vice put aside 6l suit other folks NOtloNs when see plain could day light the hull country goin all to smash.s The Ginera was considerable struck up when talked of fleavn on him, aud he asked me where was gou. We'll gays Gineral that tt is pret. " iu tell, for dout see where can go to gis rd 0 ihis plRgy sFOube for it is leee worse than chol- era mOibus body could git away from that b"t ,his has got now every where, and when 1t gifts hold Ram. Gee and Lodnum staMds 10 chance wilh It. am afraid
 Major, says se Gineral. you are chaagin your politics wei chsaee bic leeah, ssys 1. t by keepin hs cid se. he eNR get Woahia to 6ise with em. 3s
 And So says l. Gineral jest lets you and lock in- o .hia Expesient of yoern and see where tt 's gong land up, for says l. 6 don't miss my guess we shai turn heels kead to rights, and there is no 'en which eend will cewe down 6rst. And don't sees says 1, what good is come ont even supposn we come down tee, first How .ays are ws % g3 .p s :,t. children who suferN all about the country by this plagy ErperimensF You might as well, says l, try to make folks believe will be all the better Tor e hereater, when they git Used 10 t to take o ther shoes and sockins and 70 barefoot hOw, aN, tell em thai's the ony way so that iB time every man wiM be ready march and not bother the counlry to pro- vide shoes and s,ockins Cor en- And i's pretty much have got notion that they car gt on without banks and they know there must be good strong one 'o regulate all the small jest like 'he balance wheel will all go wiz, and break all hits, and you'll never know the time of day more thaW sun dial will tell iu storm. And then. says to talk about hard money and that there mustn't be no other kind ot mo' ney. Why, says I, you might we'll tell toks to go back to shoe buckles agip when good leather sirng is lighter aud better. Now suppose. save marchani wants ,o send u.oney from here 10 New Orleans to buy to China to buy and suPPosin eays l, an old Revolutionary Soldier liv,n away back in the country sena here for his pensioD and he was too old come ior ii himself. how then saysl would we man. age git this money the safest way possible hry O New Orleans buy cotton, or to China to buy tea or iO the hands ofths Old Soldier. It you send hard dollars, sNya !, in ship apd che snks s gone to an eiarNy, aud H the pirates take her Its worse yet ana
  some worse contracts than we have already. This sInmps considerable, and have beeD iookin into is since this Ba0k war hegu0s and the oHy way, says s have Bauk that every body hAs got con- fdencs n, aud have it strong us all nalar aud known every where, and then we can gii round NIt these storms and praes and labor of iugglN hatd money a bout. Aud we dopt want no better money than we've got to do all ihs if we ony let aIOne. And the best proofihat s strong enu, is that with all our hamn,erim at it we haini shook atom o0t, and the more we fight agia it the verse is Toe !hc people wants to lend i,s money, for that s is business. and wheD tell the people that Squire Riddle the cause of makin money scarce they know that's all ninkum fiddle. 1T -.'r
 Now says Giueral suppose you was appointed to defend 'i'e country aga an enemy thas sas S cOml" here ir0m abroad and the enemy wsssay lO,OOO men, aHd they wouldn't tell you where they were goin 10 whereyOsr men was.-w'y says,hs Ginsra Id so righ, down t0 New Orleans and wh em jest as did alore but suppose says they woudn't ge there "gin, oet kept dodgin about along the coast from one eend to iother, how then says l-then says the Gineral l'd call evry in the country. and ld have 00O im eveTy fort frum New Orleans to Downingville well says l, thai suppose would be the o0y way, she crops--I cou!dn. help that says he Gneral, I'd defend the country thro thick and thin-well says |. lhas pretty much what Squire Riddle E arer he don't know where we intend tO attack hs Bank, and we make him tell us every week jest how the Branches stand strength, and have te'd him we'd break him if we can. aud 60 as he wouldn't be dOin his duty if he didn'l defend his Bank, he s obliged to keep every point as strong as he can and good deal of money is idle jest good many militia men would be idle in the we've been alkin oD--ihere aint one grain Of Ofdiference says !, and evry attack we make agi" the Bank oay makes things worse the people all about the country see this now, and the hull coun- try is sufferin-now says GReral, I'm gitlin leeile asham'd ont myse we have got into scrapel should like git 0ni, aud git you out Oni too f can, at any rate, says l. IlI jesl pack up my ax and git my bundle ready, for as things are going wont do toSay here.
 Tie GneraI got considerable rled at this, and slat ied round spell, bul he soon see that ddn't do no go0d for it OnySel whisilin yankee doodle-and 60 to rights says he, Major, did ever tell you that rakooH story of mine and the bee aud the apple orchard well says not as kHows %, bat shool! like 10 hear it--and the Gineral he sOt down and te'Id plagy lang story aboai his goin out onoe wth gang Of s Higgers rakOonia- was jest arter the last n- gen and folks al about the country was beginnin wasn't long alOre he ireed TackoO0 and be set the Diggers to work culD dowR the tree; this tree sood right along side aD old farmers apple Orchaed-and aIOre il was half cut down cum along and ask'd the GiDerai what he was arier, and he aeIFd him. why, says he. Gineral you baTn mp the rcDg tree this time, for jest that rakOoD jump to the next iree and aoTe this he is mile of there iD the woods --,he GHeral ie'd him he fnisIaken, and jest then the old farmer cum and he asked the GDeraI what on earth he cuitin down that free Or, hat of she hest bee his farm. and had sDp- piled his family and Ibe neighbors round with honey for good many seasons, and that the bees was jest swarmin agis in it. f
 And with that, the Ginesal got wraihy, and tell'd the Niggers to cut away, apd dowR went the tree, right the orchard fence; and says the Gneral if ihe rackoon ani theve % on and cut down the