Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-04-24
MAJOR DOWNING's CORRESPON.
DENCE.
10 my old friend Mr. Dwight, Of the New-Yorl'
Daily Advertiser.
SENATE CHAMBER, WAsHINGToN,
Apr Bib 1884

SENATE CHAMBER, WAsHINGToN,
April 9Th, 1884. !
! suppose you'll be all pretty consid-
erably struck up, when you come to see
where ] now be, aud so III jest tell you
in as short order as possible, how it come
about.
Ever since ] wrote you that last letter
about the Rnkoon Story the Gineral tel
led me, and the Old Hen Story ] tclled
him, the folks about the Gineral haint
give me no time to eat or sleep, and
have had nigh upon the hull Govern
ment to beat off; but 50 long as | had
the Gineral on my side, ] didn't care
nothin about it. But tother day the
Gineval he begun to shake in the wind a
Ieetle, and this was about the cause ont
He and me was siltin talkin over matters
alone, and frein red hot shot at the op-
position folks, and especially ut Squire
Biddle, when telled the Gineral, says
Gineral, its well enuf for us to talk so
among fol 8 who come to see us, for it is
the na,ur Of people to give one credit for
honesty at least, though he is wrong, if
Ms you was when you cut down that old
mans Bee Tree, but says / my slate
don't tell me that the present trouble all
about the country, is OWN to the Bank
crampin folks. And with that | reach'd
down my slate, and showed the Cine
raj. Now, says here we see that the
Bank actually has been lendin out more
l,a
from it, than it had lent afore that time
The Gineral he looked over the tigers,
and sure enuf there it was, why says he,
Major, how is this? what on earth then,
says he, are people grumblin at' All
our folks tell me, says the Gineral, that
Biddle is crampn the people all over
creation, and here now You show as
clear as daylight, that the Bank haint
screwed at all. And with that the Gin
eral he begun TO count on his fingers,
and though he can sometimes flyer out
a pretty considerable tulr sum that way,
this puzzled him amazingly. Soto rig hts
says he, Major, what then is the cause
Of all this trouble' Well, says ], Cine
raj, | suppose we shall know now pfirty
soon. There is Il cog out some where,
says ], and as the Senate is overhawIin
the mill, perhaps thcy'll find it, and let
US know. And the words warn't more
than out of my mouth, when in come
Kindlc and Blair, lookin as though they
had Jest been snak'd through gimblet
hole, and they telled the Gineral that
the Senate had jest past Cl.y's Resolu-
/ ri 10 FOL ,yh
followed, hut the Gineral was hoppin
mad, and it was more than an hour atore
he got threw slattin things about. And
rs it was about the time when folks would
be comm to visit the Gineral, jest step
ped out TO tell 'em they must call agin,
for the Gineral was hard at work in
"Cabinet Counsel"
When | got back found the Gineral
with pritty nigh all the steam blowed off,
and them other two critters writin some
thin to come out in the Globe next day.
] telled the Gineral right otf-now says
Gineral, we better keep an eye on
what we say in print, for we have trouble
enuf with what we say here to folks-but
says |, if we 60 TO abusn the Senate and
put il in print too, the People may ta;e
a stand agin us and puzzle us hereafter
most plagily. And with that the Gineral
got his steam up in a mint-and he told
me if that was my notion, l better pack
up and quit-lor the time had come now
for evry man to take his own side, and if
] thought the Senate had more wisdom
than he had, | must clear out. Well,
says ] Gineral, hadn't we best call the
hull Cabinet together on this business -
Cabinet! says the Gineral, what more do
! want' and with that he turned and pint
cd to Kindlc and Blair, and give Inc a
look as black as thunder. Well, says I,
that's enuf-and as | had kept my bun
die ready for move for some days past
all l had to do was TO stick my slate in
it, and poke my ak handle threw the up
per knot, and l slung the hull concern
over my shoulder, and was back agin in
the Cabinet, aiore you could say Jack
Robinson.
Now, says / Gineral, ! and you are
going to quit-but afore ! go should
like to tell you story-and the best ont
is, it aint long one, says |. And so ]
tell'd the Gineral that nake-story you've
hearn me tell aforc. How ] was once
walkin in a field down there to Down
inpyille. and hearin clatter, and sccin