Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-10-26

gettin ashore. i understand he lays it
Nil to the crew, and winds up by saying
that arter all there is no safety in any
kind of vessel, and goes ngin the hole
scrape on 'em, and advises that the gov
ernment should cut adriI from every
thing that foats--ihat all vessels are
dangefous-apt to leak-apr to sink
ppt to upset-and apt to go ashore. The
fact is the old captain never did know
much about navi gation-unlcss he had
land in sight-or could reach it with n
lead line-but he thought he did-and
the "Two Pollies" tells the rest Of the
story-and its pretty much so with the
Gineral's banking and money notions,-
he like Captain Jumper made a mistake
and to kivcr it up turns to and blows
up the hull business. Well, what does
it amount to?
look upon President or any other
man in high office, jist rs | look upon
Juryman. What his notions are a)ore
he ia es the oath, and what his notions
are after the verdict is brought in aint
nigh so important as when he is in the
jury-box he Is responsible then-nnd
then only. IL he has notions contrary
to the natur of the oath he is obliged to
take, and goes on n jury with two faces;
he may escape here, but he will want
more than two faces hereafter.
! A President in Office has nothing to
do with what he had said aiore he took
the oath OF Office; and folks hadn't ought
to keep twilin him about it: 1t would
be pretty matter for Lawyer in court,
when pleadln his case to jury, to put
his eye on some Juryman and ssy: "Mr.
So-and- so, you remember last October,
when you and | was talking over this
matter, you said then my side Of the
question was right; now do you see that
you stick to it," | don't know what
would be done in these parts; but ] don't
know man in all Downinsvile ,ha,
would not hop out Of jury-box, and
thrash any lawyer for saying so, if the
case warn't more than for ten dollars :;
and Squire Joslin would lend him
hard il he had to n urn :he Court for it
and is Presidents oath 10 tighter than
ju, yman's oath?
But find ! am away off from what
wanted to put into this letter, and SO Fll
put it in my next. | see no way though
Of Citing at what l am arter till folks can
look at things straight in the face without
squirting, and then | will show them
why our country is not like Spain, and
other countries. But if we don't look
out sharp we shall soon be exactly like
them. The next thing is to show my
plan for getting the Two PolIies ahoat
agin. think 1 can do this without ask
ing any appropriation from Congress-; all
want is, for Congress to give me liberty
TO try my plan; and if | succeed let me
have patent for it. She must be got
or this session at any rate, or l won't
answer for the consequences.
/ don't mean TO offer any notion that ]
don't think H. sound at both ends as ]
hope that rs aint been many rods wide
of the mark in the way of guessing at
what was to happen, that all on you will
keep an eye on what ! shall say, and
have Il leetle patience, and let me say
it in my own way. III square the log
afore | have done with it but we have
got to score the bark off first, and draw
the chalk lines, or else we shall run the
risk of doing what old Deacon Knowles
did, when he thought he could square a
door post as well as a carpentcr-he
took Il stick oftmber two-& twenty inch
es- aud 43 in diameter and pretty
much like the Gineral's experiment in
banking he hewed and scored and
du6'd without rule or chalk line, till there
warn't piece big cnuif to make but
ton for hen-house door.
Your friend,
J. DOWNING, Mcj"r,
Oh pr alc nnw nj lille Aliliiin