Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-01-16

true pat,iot-some folks about US have
been whisperin in my ear for long while
that you aint what ] think you are-but
Major, says the Gineral-l am soldier
and so are You u-and we are now all face
to face-no more whisperin, says the
Gineral and he give his Hickory n whack
on the floor and Iook'd round the hull
ring-The country is in trouble says he,
and the time is come for every honest,
man to speak Ont-if there is error let il
be eorrected-if there is trick we must
expose it-.and now Major, says the
Gineral do you set still-and il any man
has any thing to say agin you let him
speak out. When they are all done
you can answer thrm--aDd with that the
Gineral pul'd his own chair up to the
other side Of the table and laid his l1'ct-
ory and hat down before him, and all our
FOLKS began to mock noses in little groops
here and there, and one OH 'em, no mat
ter who, was as busy as lap dog, on a
irainnin day, SINE ling round from one to
another to find the right man to speak
frst--but none on 'em seem'd to like it,
The Gineral all the while sat blinkin and
look in round at 'em all, and rumplin his
face once and while most plagiI
So to rights, this one OMEN came for
ward and bow'd, and says he, Ginerai,
that sour suherins is intolerable," there
is little doubt; and the question is not
hon we got INTO our present condition,
hut how we can best git out ofh. l be-
lieve, says he, (turnin with bow to eve
ry body--fOr he is an amazin polite cre-
tur) that is the true and only point now
for discussing. "Not exactly, says l,
but no matter" "Well, says he, as re-
CARDS the Major, far be it from me to
make any charge against him; he is de
cidedly the favopite ofthe People, and
should be the favorite Of every man in
office who wishes to keep his Office; but
l would say, that wish the Major had a
higher Office. | wish he was an auditor
OF accounts---or a receiver Of public
mOney--Or a minister alroad--or an In
gin agent--or any other office in the
Government; but as he is nowhere is
no getting hold Of either end Of him; we
can't elevate him, which l sincerely de-
sire--we can't put him down which no
man desires. There are things in all
Governme nts-- and in this ir particular,
that require cookn up before the people
should be served with it; but the Mai jor
hands the dishes over TO the people, raw
and uncook'd, and let's every man dress
his own dinner--this is not right. And
then, again, he is an enemy to party, and
thinks that politicians shouldn't med die
! ~. A.
none of US would now be here without
party, and that party can't hold together
without Office, and that office aint worth
a fig without money: and so it comes to
this--we've got a party, and gooC
strong one; and that party must keep al
the offices and the control ofall the mon.
ey; for, without money, the Offices wont
be good for nothn--and without Offices
the party will be all scattered; look al
my own state--see how things work
there; and just so they should here
We must have the bank--we can't dc
( any thing without it. 1t is all good e.
nough if we could get Biddle and his
friends out Of it--but seein we have trieC
that and can't succeed, this must %
down, and then wen have a new one
alter our own fashiOn---unfOrtunatel y,
some will sufier--becausc this one mu st
l suppose, collect its debts and wind up
but what is the sufierings OF few il
trade, compar'd to the breaking up of /,
! political party, now all hitched ogethe
think Of all of us going back again tc
practice law--and you, Mr.. Auditor, t.
keeping a school--and you, MIR. Secre
tary, to keeping a shop---and you t
ploughing-and you to planiin corn
and YOU to digging potatoes--and you tt
printin newspapers. And you, Major
says he, "what would become of youp
begun to crawl all over, and was jus
goin to say something, but ! thought
wouldn't TILL he got through; and he reel
ed it off for more than an hour prett,
much in the same way about things il
general, and Major Downing in particu
lar-aEd as soon as he stopt, | got VI
and says /, has any body got nothiI
more to say? No one said word
Says /, is all that is said put in writtin--
for then there will he no mistaken,
turnin corners-no dodgin afterwards -
go, no." says he, "there is no necesst,
to put any thing in wrIttin of this nature;
that amt my way says he. have al
ways said 81 don't like to get into tn,
newspapers" Well, says that's jus
where we diffcr-what Pam goin to say
now, says ] is all in my pocket in blacI
and white--and with the Gineral's per
mission, says |, III read it to the mem
bers Of the Cabinet, and then III! git i
printed, and then all on you can read it
and every man shall have copy ont
except Clay and the rest Of the Senate