Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-03

, who amt President whether written be
fore or arter--my letter then is Jest as
, good as his'n, and ldont know but u Isl
leellc better, for T bain't got no party no
tons to sarye, and no mistakes to klveI
up.
Capt. Jumper, too, hear, has been
1 writin' letter to the editor Of the ''Sacc
! Gazette about the "Two Pollies" glttin
ashore. /. / understand he lays il all to the
Ecrew, and winds up by sayin' that arter
lalt there's no safety in any kind of vessel,
and goes agin the hull scrape on 'em. and
advises that the Government should cut
ladrift from every thing that foats-that
all vessels are dangerous-apt to leak
apt TO sink--apt 10 upset--and apt to go
ashore. The fact is, the old Captain never
did know much about navigation, unless
ne had land in sight or could reach it
with lead line--but he thought he did
and the 'Two PolIies" tells the rest Of the
story-and it is pretty much so with the
Gineral's Banking and money notions,
he, like Capt. Jumper, made mistake
and to kiver it up turns to and blows up
the hull business Well, what does It
amount TOP " N1
iiook upon a President or any other
man in high office, iist as | look upon a
juryman. What his notions are afore he
takes the oath, and what his notions are
after the verdict is brought in. amt nigh
so important as ,ohen he is in The jury Doc,
he is responsible then, and then only
If he has notions contrary to the natur of
the oath he is obliged TO take, and goes on
a 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 afore
he took the oath of oiiice---and folks
hadn't ought to keep twitin' him about it
1t would be pritty matter for lawyer in
court, when pleadin' his case to jury,
to put his eye on some jurvman and say,
Mr.. So-and-so, you remember last Octo-
Der, when you and | was taIkin over the
natter, 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 a min in all Downingville that
would not hop out Of jury box and
hrash any lawyer for saying so, if the
,ase war'nt more than for ten dolars,---
md Squire Joslin would lend him hand
{ he had TO adjourn the court for it--and
S Presidents oath no tighter than a
uryman's oath?
But find am away off from what |
wanted to put into this letter, and so I'll
'ut it in my next. | see no way tho of
,ittin at what | am arter till folks can
ook at things strait in the face without
my party squintin' and will then show
hem why our country is not like Spain
nd other countries, But if we don't look
'ut sharp, we shall soon be exactly like
hem. The next thing is to show my plan
or gittin' the Two Pollies anoat agin.
hink | can do this without askin' any ap-
'ropriatlon from Congress; all | want is,
or Congress to give me the liberty to try
ny plan, and if | succeed, let me have
'atent for it, She must be got off this
eason at any rate, or ! won't answer for
onsequences--I don't mean to offer any
lotion that don't think is sound at both {
ends; and | hope that as hain't been
many rods wide of the mark in the way
VI guessing what was to happen, that all :
m you will keep an eye to what | shall
ay, and have leetle patience, and let I
ne say 1t in my own way I'll square t
he log afore have done with it; but we q
ave got to score the bark off first, and t
RAW the chalk lines, or else we shall run {
he risk of doing what old Deacon Knowles C
nd when he thought he could square a Y
Ioor post as we'll as a carpenter--he took S
stick of timber two and twenty inches L
md three-quarters in diameter,--(pritty u
much like the Ginoral's experiment in P
hewed and scored and dub'd
without rule or chalk line, till there war'nt a
piece big enuff to make a button for a a
PENTHOUSE door. Your friend, n
]. DOWNING, Major, b
Cd Brigade, Downingville Militia. 1t