Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-03

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! ALEX KlNDRIA GAZETTE.
NAL DowNlNG's CORRESPONDENCE.
WAsulseros, a7th Dec 1898.
70 M Old friend M. Dsoight Of ne Nev Pork
Daily adusrtissr.
Nj last letter to YOU tell'd you Of that trou-
Bile the Giperai got in about the buttons, and u
it hadn't ben for me he'd ben in pretty scrape
with that Tailor. The Glnerai haint forsot tnat
yet, and wont so long as he wears buttons.
You know I've ben teilin you along about nv
fears Of many troubles it's bad enuf-and
is goin 10 De worse vet or know nothin. And
the Gineral is beeinnin to think 50 too All our
folks about us here don't feel it for they have all
got fat offices-but | know the people feel il who
baint got tat ofIices-and until they speak up,
things will go worse and worse-eyery letter
cit now is full of trouble and distress-and
.tetI'd the GlneraI tother day, says Gineral.
We must luck into this matter now ! tell
you--why. sayshe, Major, the Government amt
tc blame -every mao about me says u amt DIS
fault. Well, SAYS I, some one did it I'm certin
things went smooth enuf, says l, Till we got
,lablin. and medlin in money matters and the
Bank. and now its all beads aud pnts, and
when we say it amt our fault, says its pretty
much like a man putin long pole over Ience
ION swivel-and after pulin one end round
with Jerk, If he nocks over dozen folks with
the other end say it amt his it's pretty
mach list so with the Bank, says J., and Ii you
can't see il. all can say is, can.
Well Major, says the Glneral, something
must be done any how, for begin TO think that
politics and money matters don't always work
together. I'll call all our folks together, says
the Gineral, and we'll have a full Cabinet aud
look info this matter, and do you Major prepare
Yourself, for I'm going to turn over new leaf.
that I'm determined 0n-and With that ne issued
orders for every man to be ar the Cabinet Chan.
Der the next dav just after breakfast-and |
went to work putting down all my notions In
writing, for Iexpected rough time and pretty
sharp set of fellows 10 beat of-and thinks as
II Is the fashion now a days to read papers to the
Cabinet, I'll give 'em one that will be worth
reading, aud guess it will be the last one that
Z the Senate willask an official copy of in one
while 1t took nigh upon all night TO write 1t
out-and sprung to il, for think the time IS
come 10 let some folks see they halnt got green
horn 10 outwit when they try me.
And so the Ginerai had 'em all up In the "a
binet Chamber yesterdy, and such an oyerhawl-
in never see-I sat all the while with one foot
ansthe table, within piece OF shlngle-and the
GineraI was waking around among 'em, tellin
about the troubles ia money all about the coun-
try, and asking how we are to git out OF the
scrape- kept an eye on most all 90 'em, and
both ears on prltty much the hull on 'ems aRd
sucba winzin and tange never see since the
day all Downingville come over to the Jackson
side, and that as jst ater bis election-Ihey
thought was determin d the hrst 90 to say moth
in And to rights heard one chap Just De.
hind me tell the Gnera "there WAS one
Major in the Cabinet who made pretty much all
the trouble, and hat he was wrltn letters that
went all the while agin the rest or em-and 1t 1t
warn't for ham they could make the people be-
lieve Just what they wanted--that it vas has
fault that the Cabinet vas obliged to shift their
ground about the Bank aud cross tracks every
day If it had'0t been for him the deposites
would have been removed because there warn't
10 Safety Fund in the Bank. and the People
been contented- land il it warn't for HIM the
government could not make the people believe
that Biddle was the sole cause OF their bein no
money now days." and SO on.
Jest stop'd within a mint and cast my eve
over my left shoulder. and the fellow dod'gd be-
hind the Gineralin flash, and when look'd
round the ring found pretty much the hull on
'em looking al ine and there warn't word SAID.
Aud TO rights the Gineral he walk'd up to me and
stod'd right 10 front and ook'd me strait in the
face, says be, Major you've hearn all that Is said
and should IKE to know what you have to
saw in repiy---no man shall leave this room says
the Gineral till this iroble is cleared up" Ma
jor'' says the Gineral (and his lip began to culver
s lrelI ,ou) MAJOR, says he, il would take good
many men to convince me that you amt what
have always found you on honest man, and a
frue patriot some folks about US have bin whis
perrin in my ear Tor a long while that you ANT
what think you are-but Major, says the Cine
rail am soldier and so are you-and are
now all face to face--no more whisperin says tie
Gineral, AID ne gave his Hickory whack on the
floor and Iook'd round the hull ring-The coun-
try is trouble says be, and the time is come for
every honest man 10 speak outfit there is error
let Il be corrected--if there is trick we must ex.
pose it-and now Major says the Gineral do you
Set stiIl-and if any man has any thing to say
agia you let him speak out. When they are all
done--you can answer them--and with that the