Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-21
MaJOR DOWNING'S LETTERS.
 NO. {. Nigh the wreck of the Two PollIes RocxhvAx. Sept. n, 1857.

HOcKAWAY, sept. H. 4o0t' 10 Usicb Sam.
 Mr OLD FRKED :--I have been readlc me Message over from top to bottonl-ano ron hrsttr,,ss to ton-aud from the middle ont both | ,yavs-and froll'd it over jest as. a carpen- ] fer does log, and draw'd chalk lines to glt the sfit,are ont, and sharpen'd my ax, and beraIa to chip off It is more than a days iob. and don't know that can promise, m f1is letter, to do more than git the bark off.-- It is a .plagy long Message, seein that 1t sueaks of onY one matter-but this comes from our great folks in office usin sich long words, and stringin on 'em together like ln- gioris, when few short ones would tell the story. 2
 Uncle Joshua got a letter from Washington from friend of hisin who had gone there to ask the GinerGl to make Uncle Joshua Post-
 master. He told long story about the oe- lay-and that the Gineral was slck--and that the doctors said that he was nOt0 '' conloGttes-
 t,,t" @Con What!" asked Aunt Nabby.- seVvhv conwallesent," said Uncle Joshua,
 ruhhin his spectacles " What in natur is .that c0urplaint now, ,' aslx'd Aunt Nabby agin. sI don't know,: says Uncle Joshua. " but all I hope is it aint the name of a ne,D pGrtyf--it is one or tother, l am afraid--and if it is the latter. we must all brush round and turn a Conwallesent'' as soon as possible, or shan't git my office, that's sarting' '---and jest then came in, and it was well did, or Un- cle Joshua would had all Downingville call'd to a public meetin, and the hull Jack son party would have gone right over to the " Consvallesem porty'' in no time. But as soon as tell'd Uncle Joshua what the rale meanin of the word was-and that it was ony the. Doctor's acGy of sayin the Gineral was s gittin 6e1er'-" Well,' says he, Pm glad its no worse-for it's a hard matter, Major, to change the name of party; but why in natur didn't the man say so-" gittin better" is plain English, but ConUGllesent" is jest no word at all. .I was afraid" said Aunt Nab- stick" says Uncle Joshua, II know'd it warn't that-for dog would jest as soon dare bite hot puddin as to bite the Gineral. ."- < And SO we all concluded the best way was to
 use plain language it has been lesson
 to me ever since. n
 e,, Now as to this message, every body thinks he knows what it means, and all that part ont that has any of the !" Conwallesent" natur about it is so sugar'd over, pritty much every body swallows it right down. But that ain't my way knows there is always two sides toia pewter platter. If have time, mean to rub off all the sugar and gliding, and sec what is left ont; and then if find it the " s,a1e grit" I'll go t, and advise every body to go t; but if on the contrary, find it wont hold water and ain't sound doctrine, won't I. Every body says, that have hearn speak ont, land every body is talkin of noth. in else jist now,) that tthere is no mistGke" in that message. Now Lthink see good ma- nv mistokes about it. The first mistake is, it is too long at both eends, and not short enuff in the middle-seein now that the Globe folks have lost the printin ont 1T you wont see so long one agin in one spell, so long as them Cohsdrrctives folks keep the printing. ..H The next mistake is, it says leetle too much about sep0r0tin "1hef Gorernnaent'' from the general consarns of the people, and as "sass for the goose ought to be sass for the gander," Congress began right of to try the Erperi- naent, first on the printin line and see how that will work, and the first thing we see is the Globs folks, that hain't been separGted now for Q year of " The Government" routid right oft and another pig has got holt. don't like to see man or pig lose his tit, unless he deserves it, and if can find out that the Globe folks don't desarve to lose theirs, the shall have the printin of all my Letters for nothin. 44s g
 The next mistake is in talkin too severely ngin the Banks, and sepGrGtin all consarns of i" the Government" from them. should like to know now, who first ask'd to be connected- was 1t Atbe G0uernnsent" or "the Banks!' MT. Kindle, perhaps, can answer this, and tell us who sent him round among the banks --sone four years ago. The banks, to be sure, have got 2 pritty bad name jist now jist go the old qualker's dog, got bad charac- ter, and come near the loss of his life by it his master said he would not kill him, t but I'll give, thee a bad name. a Bad dog, bad dog" says he, and away went poor Towser, and afore he got round the corner, the boys all aTter him. with sticks and stones-"b bad dog, mad dogs" and the folks scampered, and the old women slam'd the doors shut; and it was nigh upon all over with poor Towser.-- If it hadn't been for his gittin to the river, and as soon as he took to the water and swam like a duck-every body stop'd and said "well, that dog haint got the hidrafoby."-- And jist so it will be with our Banks, they will git afoat to rights. and then good ma- ny folks will say it was great mistake to abuse em so. ! Idont think if Uncle Sam'' cuts sich shines as he has of late, that he will find . bank or ~ natural person." as Mir. Wright says, ready to take him in as part ner agin on any day especially if he goes son the principles of. separatin" himself list
 wsASAA ~ ouAec uiaiss sWAIuOut IC6dIuiu HIS V d- lgreement of fcopartnership," as he did spell ago. with the United States Bank.
 The greatest mistake Uncle Sam" ever
 made is when he talks of separatin himself from any class or portion of the people-for ifit warn't for !" the people'' of all classes-on whose earnins he lives-he would not have a shoe to his foot or shirt to his back--who on airth is s Uncle Sam" on his own hook--un- less he means to put on q cOck'd kat like Bo- Mepast, or some sich kind of folks. and sav he