Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-04
MAJOR DowNINGs CORRESPONDENCE

MAJOR DOWNING'S CORRESPONDENTS.
To nu old friend, Mr. Dpight, of the Ne1o York
Daily Adrertiser.
WASHINGTON February Is, 1884
We have had good deal OF sport here lately
about a new kink our folks got into. Findin
things was gon pretty tuff agin us, and so many
Committee folks comm on here Fostering on US
every day with petitions and talk tkey thought
best to put stop to it, and got up some letters
full of fire and toe and birthstone and bloody
murder agin the Gineral, and threatenln on him.
This. YOU know, is an old trick in the old coun-
tries. And | telPd the Gineral was peskly
afeard it wouldn't work well here. But they
wouldn't take nv advice, and so they got some
on EN- printed. The first 60 oil the Glneral had
notion it would do some good in stirrin up our
friends about the country; but when he ana
came to consider ont, ne began 10 tmnK II
wouldn't work right-for when you come 10
think ont. it looks plagy strange that folks who
want re-charter ofa bank should be cut Threats
and murderers; for if they had notion that
way, they could get mony without comm here
for it, and KILN the Gineral, and runnln the FISK
of my Axe in the bargin-and now, says Ol,
neral consider this business, now that 1t is all
sprinted a pagy small matter, and am peskly
afeard il will do us no good Folks will laff at
il all about creation, and them that don't know
the natur of our cOuntrymen won't tnlnk SO
well on us-and don't think its right mother.
But hOWSOm6Vef, says L, SlllCe VIC We Sot III ~
and some folks will laf, my notion is we best
begin and have some fun ourselves first; and the
next time all our Cabinet folks git together, Pll
have my share ont at any rate, And so sure
enufyesterday got chance-l sat down and
lind the ring and says |, more steel and 6r1m-
stone Gineral and | out with a hull bundle OF
letters: and the first one read was dated away
mo in Hills-dale, New Hampshire. Now, says
/ that's rale genwine letter-from place
where there amt no body but rale genwine folks
of our party They all star'd, not KNOWN what
was comm; and the Gineral he sat still smokln
so you couldn't see but leetle on him-and so
read
ToMAJoa DcwNING-ALoNG SIDE THE GINERAL,
Washington. !
"You eternal rascal-If you don't stop writin
Letters-that keep all the while working agin
orr partv-we will send folks to Washington
who will chop you up into mince meat with your
own Axe We don't see how it is the Gineral
keeps such blasted scamp about him as you
be, we believe you are bribed by Biddle--tor
we don't see how you get Twin out OF your
Majors commission, now their amt no war--if
the Gneral changes his notions aboutthe Bank,
il will all be OWN to your advice. SO look out,
and if the Bank comes out of this scrape alive,
YOU are dead man. **F *** ***
There, says l, amt that stumper. But
"Dunder Barak e. SO y RENDER Hook, (****
Overslaw."
But that's all the English l can make ont
And the Gineral he looked at il, and then ask'd
Mr. Van Buren, to read 1t out In English Tor us.
And he took it and studied it over spell, and
he twisted it round, and was plagey put to it to
know what to do about it, and whispered some
thing to the Globe man, and he whispered to
another. and it went round. Come, says /, let's
have it, Well, says Mr.. Van Buren,, it's pref
ty severe letter. but we best not translate IT, III
read it as it is, with pleasure. And so he went
at it, after this fashion. And this is the copy ont
DoNDER BARRACK DICT BY KINDERHooK }
OF DEOvERsLAG. {
Aan Jan Doapming, Majoor IN het zeLfe huis 1oaar
den General l10ont.
Jy bent nu cen levendige man maar 20 zoker
ais gy nu den General aanvrad ON de Bank
van de vereenigde Staten te herStellen, cullen
WV den DoNDER EN- BLIXEM door je slaan, en- dan
zal lie cen dooije man Zyn. Weet je dan MET
dat ais deeze Bank van de vereenigde Staten
MET vernet cd is, dat de Regeering Bank te
Albany haar oogmerk MET kan vervuen, ON
Mynheer Van Buren, President te maaken? nu
deeze brief is ON je te zeggen dat ais je MET
ophoud met die gekke brieven tie schryven, en-
regt omkeerd en- Mynheer Van Buren, onder-
steund ON die Bank ma beneede tie stellen, en-
de zekerheid- Gelde Banker ma bowen tie houden
pass opof je krygt het mes in debuik, bet maakt
geen onder scheid vie lydt OF hoe veel meus-
chen bankroet gaan, ais wy mynheer Van Buren,
maar President kunnen maaken en- dan kan
ieder en- cen die maar bewyzen kan dat by hem
ondersteund heeft en- geld DARBY velooren heeft
op de PenSioen LySt van Myuheer Van Buren,
gesteld worden, en- betaald worden nit de pub
licque kast, nent ais de Dude Revolutie Soda
ten, en- ais by President word dan Eel by allies
onder lyme bedwinging hebben en- "zyne rrien-
den beioOHen, en- zyne rydnden beStrafen."
CIV hebt maar eene week meer te leven ais gy
lie gedrag MET veranderd-Dus pass OPP
: .
Before he got half threw, the Gineral he ris up,
and his hair stood every way And says he,
Major that sounds like bloody murder don't it
Van Rnren would ony give the English ont it
would be worse than any letter agin you, Cine
raj, says l. Well, says the Gineral, fits worse
in English than it sounds in Dutch, don't want
to hear il. and we best stop readn any more
letters about murder. Well, says |, if that's enuf
Pm content But says !, we best git these print
ed in the Globe. mo, MOO no, mo- no"
cried out pretty much all on EN-, they Amt OH