Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-01-23
tFrom the New-York Daily Advertiser
MAJOR DOWNINC'S OFFICIAL


the NeW-1 OTk lIaiIy HuVeftiseT.
MAJOR DOWNING's OFFICIAL
PER.
Read to the Cabinet, and Majors, Audi
tors, and under-Secretaries, and sub
Postmastcrs, and the rest of the Gov
ernment, on Goth day Of December,
A. ID. I833-and printed 70, the use of
all the Citizens from Downingville to-
New-Orleans, along the sea coast, and
upthe Mississippi and Missouri, and so
down the Lakes, and cross by the Erie
Canal to Albany, and along by the
middle route over New.Jersey, Penn
syIvania, and Maryland, to Washing
ton-and away agin to all parts ofcre-
alton, and to every body.
GlNERAL-and Gentlemen of the Cab
met, and the rest on you here present,
composin the Government; | speak to you
as man s,andin right between you and
the people-what l am goin 10 say amt
calculated to make any on you change
your opinion, SO much as to make you
know mine-you have pretty much all on
you had your turn, and now comes my
turn-il any thing | say has sharp cor.
ners and scrapes the skin little, it is be-
cause l haint had time to file the edges
smooth. IN give you my notions pretty
much as yOu get bread from the Bakers,
and leave you to slice it or chunk it as
best suits you; and every man can butter
his own slice Jest to please his fancy
that aint my business so much as II is
hisn.
We are met here not only to fix some
plan to get the country out of trouble, > but
to see how it got into trouble; aud l am
goin TO say little on both pints. When
a chimbly smokes az the rong eend with
the wind at north west, some folks may
content themselves with openin windows
and doors, 10 let the smoke out, but my
notion is that the safest plan is to see into
the cause ont and correct it-so that the
chimbly will only smoke at the righ
eend, let the wind blow any way.
Now there is few things we must looI
into little, and then we will know more
about 'em, and am goin to examine =
United States rally is.
Whether its nature is to do good o
evil to the country, and then wind up wit
Matters and things in general.
Twenty years ago the country was j
trouble, and fil'd up with all kinds G
bank paper-nigh upon as bad as ol
Continental-and a good deal was a III
tie worse. If any body aint old enuf
remember that time, and wants to Sc
what kind Of money l mean, let him 20 I
the Treasury, and Mr.. Taney can sho,
him nigh a million and half Of dollar.
not worth the cost Of the paper and in
used every year in making report on
but this is only drop compared
what would be now there Of the sam
kind of stuff ifit had'n been for the Ban
Of the United States. All our wise foil
Of that day said we must have Bank
the United States, and n good big on
One strong enuf to do the work we
and to clear out all this trash-and
this Bank was made, and the first thir
was, as there was a very little rale mo
ey in the country, the Bank went al
bot good jag ont in Europe, and we
to work here clearin away Jest as we I
our fields in the Spring.
1t was pretty dirty job to do so Il
you, and the Bank didn't get throu.
with it without scratchin and smuttin
fingers pretty considerable /; and tn
warnt the worst ont for the Bank. II
Government made the Bank agree
pay fifteen hundred thousand dollars
the privilege Of doing this work, a
made it agree to take care Of the people
money in all parts of the country, and
pay it here and there wherever the &c
ernment told 'en to, and to pay all I
pensions, and to do evry thing in I
money way without chargin any thi
for il to the Government. This wa.
pretty tuff bargin for the Bank-for
il got in return was 10 have the keepin
the money, and when the Governm'
didn't want il the Bank might lend It o
1t took a good many years afore
Bank got things to work smooth. Ii
like a whappin big Wagon that wante
good many horses to drag it, aud al
had a valuable freight in it, il want
none but the best kind of horscs--r
Conestogas-and it warnt evry one "
knew how to drive such a team. ]
owners OF this Wagon found that on
for some Of tho first that they got ca