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1 MARINE PAvILios, RocKAwAr, l. Id
August 18th, 1887, 10 sight Of
tho wreck Of the Two Poliies.
To the People OF abe United States of NoTil
America ~ gsusrsi, and TO the great Demo
cratic Family IN particular.
FELLOW CITIZENS, have nj
by this time heard tell Of nv return tc
my native land, after an absence o.
over two years this grass, and how nigh
l came resting my bones along with
the Two Pollies' on this beach, and al
mainly OWN 10 a notion that Captain
Jumper took that be was more kowin
than other folks about his latitude and
longitude and soundins, and 10 wind
up all, was willing. right or wrong, &c
take the responsibility Well, the
long and short Of the matter is, the
Two Pollies' went ashore, and there
she lies now, right off and on the house
l am now in, and as am in pretty
good keepin here. mean TO stick by
and wait for the high tides Of Septem
Der next. and see if there is any hopes
Of getting this vessel off, don't mean
to quit 50 long as two sticks Of timber
OF this vessel hangs together. know
she is worth savin, and il we can,
save all we can save part. Jest enufr to
preserve the model, for there ain I SIGH
another craft shoat or on shore in all
this created airth.
In the natral course Of things, sup
pose that seeing il is now more than
two years since | wrote my last letter
from France TO my old friend Mr..
Dwight, that | ought to tell where !
have been. and what have been about,
but this would be long story-too long
to be good for nothing, and | have no
time now to finish it if once begun il
Ill leave that till get through more
[ important matters. / did not intend
writing any thing till the two Pollies'
was of and safe oAoat again; but see-
ing that all the great folks are al work
writing private letters for publications,
thought il was high time 20 begin,
and in doing so. as the Globe says OF
my old friend, the GineraPs letter,
dash il of in the broad bold hand oil
the venerable chief without the slight
est care Of punctuating or correcting,
&C."
When | left home the last time, on
my way 10 France, to aid in keeping
things right there, sat down at the
starn Of the Two Pollies, and kept nv
eye on my native hills till the top OF
the highest one was lost in . fog. cloud
that hung over il. then began to feel
considerable wamblecrop'd. and could
not help thinking Of the time when
was boy, and when the great platter
Of Ingin dumplins stood smoking on
the table, and the family taking
chairs all around il; and Jest then my
good old mother calling out. You,
Jonny, my son. them Plagy cattle are
in the corn.feld sgin.-run my boy
and turn EN- out aud away I'D scud,
and whilst running | would keep think.
ing Of them dumplins. what change,
might take place among EN- Aiore l
got back agin, aud, in fact, whether
there would be any left ~ all by .hs
time got back. Aud Just 80 il was
this time; there were my native hills
all smoking ~ the distance, Jest like 4
row cf boz dumplins. and ! going ofT e
keep an eve on them Frenehmen; VIA
changes. thinks |, will take place
among them hills, afore ] gii back Il
them
\ don't want 20 underrate dumplins
for lived on EN- nigh half my life
but must say II any man wants e
know how much dcsfer 20 him Is BIZ
native hills than any thing else IL
ell creation, let him stand on the starr
Of vessel going away from en- 81 the
rate Of ten miles an hour, and see EN-
60 down out OF sight IN . fog.bank
and II he don't ftsn feel con,iderabl,
stFeaked, depend ont he haini got
country worth returning 90. IN sucl
time a man knows how 10 feel fo
his counify--his hull county, and no
b thing but his country. Talk 10 bin
then about party pohfieks and see how
small, and mean. and contemplate al
the little, nasty. dirty differences o
party squsbbIes appear. Whig, Tory
Banb, Anti. Bank, Hard Corrency. Pa
per Currency. Loco Foco. Ahsiocrsey
! Democracy, Jackson. Benton. Van Bu
fen, Kisdlv. Nigges. Ann-Niggef. Mo
nopoly. Anti, MonOpoly. TAmuany an'
|, AnG-Tammany, sod uncle Joshua--sl
becomes mixed up like = ball Of rsylin
OF old slOckinga, and Amt worth n,
, more and this brlngs us ail 10 the ool,
pint worth thinking sbout, epd a.
! have no iims 10 dress up loaR story
, appeal TO EvERY EATivE soRE A
| AERIcAN oiTIzEn (tbe only class car.
10 talk 70 ies, now) 10 think with me-
aDd IL an not right. let them lsh m'
where aad boz I en- wTOag. hav'
noe seen Ell ooaniTies except ChlDi
sed the Sandwieh Islonds sd q email
80 ~ Rrserfa. Al 4 60 SO thaf