Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-11-02

bo Ef1ed off! On this pint there is a


high tides aud low trade, and go off with
nil the rest-and that il Congress makes
any appropriation it ought To be siled
round among all the vessels now ashore
but this is prity much like the condit-
ion | once tell'd on about the Wagons
in the mud Now my notion ia, we had
best try an "experimcnt" with one-git
her off if we can-and then with her aid,
try to git the rest of-lor there aint pow
er in all creation to in 'em all off iogeih-
er. have great llkin ! must say for
the "Two Polii-s." know what she
is built on-for tho she has changed
flag, she ain't changed owners, and her
keel and knees and plank and floor tim
bers--they are all The same-and she is
worth savin for the good she has done
and can do vet And this is my plan
Congress owns n considerable pile Of
empty hogshends layin round at the Navy
Yard, Mt Brooklyn. All | want is to
have The use of few on 'en for spell
it wont cost the country u dollar for
them empty casks aint worth no,hin ill n
pinch Of a war or some sich kind of thing
comes-nnd promise to return them nil
afore they are wanted for other work.
Some on Won may say ihnt empiy cnsks
sound too much like credit-and you
wont let 'em I've used, unl' - they are
fiPd with stones or iron or gold or sand
or silver or water, or something that
sounds soIid or meiaiic-but all i've got
10 sav about it is-ihat kind of work
wont IN any thing of shore give me
the nse If the empty casks To do the i)iin
and credit or what yom will IN promise
to get the "Two Pollies" anoat with
'em-nDd then you may fill 'em ns YOU
pIensc-but ityou want to push the "Two
Pollics" deeper in the sand ycu can do
~ by rolling on top on her your casks
hlPd with heavy metal, Of iron or gold
or stones or silver, inr in any Etiin rnrh'
one ia about as bad M iother, and the
heaviest is the worst.
] don't mean "to commit" myself and
sny that | go for empty casks before full
ones for all kind Of work--that amt nv
notion at all--but say when vessel - .
on shore and Won want To in her OF,
empty casks nre better than full ones
and when you get her of, then turn to
and fill mp your empty casks for ballast,
and keep 'em So /
Ifyour honorable BODY. then. i'll Jest
pass n resolution and s,v, "ihai tho own
era of the 'Two Pollics' shall have the
r.r NJ n few empty casks mark'd ~. s.
on condition that the same be- used 10 cit
said vessel off shorc-apd on condition
ton, that the said Two PoIIes' will en-
gage to drag off shore ail the other craft,
ltcorth sarin, and return said empty
casks uninlnred" can only say
Won will see along shore about as brisk
a time as you ever seed in your born
days.
IL any on yon are afraid To "take the
respon' ibilty," YOU can turn tn" hull
srrape ont on to me. The time il come
when you must do something, and III"
plan | propose is sound aud wont coat
nofhin-not half sn much nt nnv rate as
it will TO pay y"nr expenses in making
long speeches about IT, i
Every thing is aground. The "Two
PolIies"-"The Trrasurv"-.a and "he
industry Of he eo'mhy'-'he huh scrnpr
is in the mud-jest where expected we
should he and ~ trl'd you three wears
ago-bnt ] don't want to say nothing
more about it. Some folks | know want
me 10 sharpen my nxe and slat ronnd
and chop up (olks--hut that aipt my no.
tioa. am willin ~ any Won nll mer'
for the est-but Won made great mis-
take, and the hest of folks make mistakes /
sometimes md The only difference be- !
twixt go"d folks and bad folks is---that
good iolks ~ soon IA they sce their mis-
take turn too and mend it-whilc bad
folks try to brow beat and threaten and
bully and git out Of it that way-bw 'his
won't do.
The upshot of the mt,er ia the coun- ,
Try is in troublr-i industry which is its
stand by, is at a stand siiH-a and n"t one
but office holders git any thing to live by
and they are paid out Of the earnings Of
the people-evry thing depend. on the
industry Of the p'opie-ii' you check or
obstruct ihat-every thing must 60 to
smnsh, and in a little time the psopIe
won't he able to pay you your expenses
IN going to Washington to make laws for
'em. You will bring their noses to the
grindstones-an and M Pm one on cm nv
nose I spose will he ground too, but
hope you'll let me grind my axe also on
the same stone. and if ] onv can keep
one as sharp "a toiher, | won't have the
wors, ont now tell you.
Your fellow citizen,
J. DOWNING, .Maj"r,
DowningviIle Militia, Cd Brigade.