Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-09-07
FRO" THE NEW yoRK EXPRESS.
FROM MAJOR DOWNING.

we presentour readers with the "2I Gun,, !
" mayer DowNING's Addfess-ana they |
sho nave ears TO hear let thom hear. We
commend ~ with all satisfaction and conf.
fence. we arc happy To see that his next |
1.-TWO Politics." "s
We weuld respectfully call at,,en,;on IN
the operations OF Spanish democracy. and ash
II the tendency of late in our own Country ;s
not too similar? Captain Jumpers Letter
loo, shows the effect Of the popular influence
Oh me hermitage Letters. We doubt not.
.he Editor ol the Saco Gazette approves the
one, as the Globe did the other.
KocKAwAY, l.. l. in sight Of the wreck }
OF The Two Polles, Aug. %, 1887. 5
To the People of the o. States in general, &
the sound Democratic Family in particular.
FELLOW CIrIzENs.-In my last I ,ell'd
you there was no way getting along out of
the present troubles ill! we got rid of the
cause thai put US into troube-and tha; was
party management. mean that kind OF par
~ management that, once gitlin into power,
continues TO keep power, 10y turnin all kinds
OF public measures right into their own mill.
when the water don't run clear, it is pret>
ty sure sign the old spring wants cleaning
this pint, or else all our work is good for mo-.
thing. know is pretty tough lob TO up>
set party that has got hold OF the bigees,
emu OF the stick but il must be done, or With
them very sticks Give the people - pave
them, they will crack our crowns. So there
are no two ways about tive must teach our
pubic servants TO be content with The wages
and the honor OF Office which we rave 'en,
duo 10 execute The laws we have made for our
own good-and we must teach 'em, too. tina,
we una any snookin round, and planning
10y .he'' Piaces by using power, Tor their
own party purposes, which belongs alike 70
all parties and all classes, then thew must . =.
peel trouble they must change their plans
or change their places
WIN any man tell me that the countrv
would DC IN the state il is, il folks in office
ior the last i've or eight wears. had pone ,c'
cording TO laws don't believe ward on,,
Ter know TO the contrary. !, for enc am
willing to run the risk OF going to the Devil
II II is according TO law-but I wont pro one
s'ep that 'cdy agin the law and don't mean
10 let any man or any party drive me thai
gay unless he can show law Tor it, am
ioI ,ne constitution end the Laws-and if we
can 80 accordin to that rule-then saw Iet
every man up stakes and go to Turkey or n
China, he will be better off there than hero
Tor II we once git our Constitution and our
Laws out OF Joint-tbe hull consarn will On
all 10 smash-and he who happens In bano
Inc strongest and longest arm W iii grab mos,
hen was trav'ling round SOLITARY and
alone, as Air. Benton says-over The, bea,.
tiiul country call'd Spain, (for have hsen
pretty much all over that coun,ry)-I used
20 stop sometimes on the top of a hill and
LOOK ABOUT and say TO myself, 'smy con.
s ,n' says - what country this is,
wax and !nrn
meadow land all around-and I;,,Ia 80.
and streams sireakin about-and come ar
EN- running head long down the side ofb;Ils
and there warn't COW on them nasture.
not mill or factory on them streams-no,
road-or canal, and not house-aU in a
slate OF stark naked natur-and all in the n
nest climate in the world: list SIGH a conn.
Try, II you could put il into one ofo,r S,atao
any man whoowned so acres on't would come
PIGGY nigh ha''n town plot or factory or
mai site, or canal or a rail road, on his farm
and every part ont would be alive with a
hePPy and prosperous people.
Instead OF this, what do vou COO :, ua,
hne country? Any man who wants "a Inv
lei him go and look for himseli-and the nm
~ ADVICE have 10 give him is, not to take
any thing along with him worth STEALING .
anu II he has an extra life like a cat Ia,
WIN stand stabbing, let him take thai alone
with him, for he will wantit: lhev kiIJ eya
cry Ting there worth killing, and steal eve.
~ hing worth stesliDg-except Bank paner
money they WON'T steal that, for thew dom,
Aho" what II Is-they go for hard cnrrencu
entire. They go the Ginera's DOCTRINES a.
poul money matters, up 10 the hub-thev
Aeep oahK matters and state matters entirely
separate, and so wide apart Won can,, ss,
nary one on EN-. ask d some on 'em ,bere
why they did not go TO work and earn an
honest iivin and Pu, on decen, clothes. and
Ieeu their s.arvin' familes-but tbev sa;d
thefe Was no use in trying that, for as soon
as any man got leeile forehapded i, ,ba
world, all their property was taken awav
from 'em 10 feed the sogers, or nav taves-
or was siolen.-Well, says +, why dom, vo,
take The law on 'em then ! Law? What
La" mere amt ne Law here, but list such
raw a. me Government" Chuses 10 make
anu me Government has got all The sogers
ana all the office holders on their side and
they out-num Der US two TO one '"'
Wei thinks /, as far as that ooes that
SOUNDS democratic at any rate, but shows The
oiherence between a"Goyernment de mocra-
Cy AID peoples democracy" And this
pat me 10 thinking considerable how il comes
ABOUT IN the course of time that Govern
ment can manage TO work along. first win
power granted by the people for The good of
we null people, and then sometimes with a
lee,ie glory (ior Spain has had us glory Too
ana is now SO full ont, there amt no vessel IN
Poft, or indhstry in the country-thcre aint
no room Tor any thing but rags and misery )
anu s thsn agin, With a leetIe party manage,
.teno, IonlriVe TO bring things so as TO make
po"eI oeSet power, and smash every tb;no
that dareS 10 talk sgin the pariv that has III" az
control. Aad what is the conseanencss All All
the laws That were made for the good Of H.
huI people arc put aside, and ONLY SIGH Laws
are made as suit the party in power -tba,