Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-07-14
JACK DOWNING'S PROPHECY.

Amongst the other prophecles, winch
re made after the removal Of the Depos
5 and the commencement Of Genera
ckson's Observation-Disclosures of Major
owning ough, not in these times to be
rcrlooked. We therefore republish one
8 his Characteristic letters, dated in 1888,
month or two after the public money was
rdered to be taken out o! one p0chet and
ut into thirty or forty pochets a Il over the
.ountry. We eau all see now, the truth Of
hat the Major told the Gcneral-"we've
OF too many pockets for our moncy'-and
when we want it don't see how we shall |
ind it,"
Washington 12h .Nocember, 1888.
IHAvE always been telIin he Glnera), as
vou know, that of all troubles there was
zone So tuff' to q, round as money troubles, |
nd when such matters git in snarl II
vas worse than irwin 10 s'ra,en me'itla
me AFTER dinner. was always afraid that
We was gittln too many folks to handle the
,oncv, and To be fgcrin at the counts. -
,ver since | was a boy always had no
ion that the fewer hands in couniln the
potter. aud the less you handle money the
aetter. for the more vou handle It, somehow,
ne less i, grows. And then ngn iell'd
ne Gincral. over and over agln. "Dont
noddle with tho Banks" says l. "the mon
is safe enutf there, and one pocket"
avs l.. "Glneral. is better than twentv"-
,ut Won know when | wos in New York |
.'uh Ezekiel Blgelow tryin to find out the
ause Of money beln scarce, and when Ie
vel broke his watch shown me how the
! mixed States Bank worked among other
'anks the folks somehow got round the
Eincral, and the deposits was removed.
! have been lookin ont for trouble ever
nee, though was bound to stick to the
;ilnera', right or wrong, as leIled him |
ouId.
Tother dpy. when wc came to that part
fthe message where we have TO speak OF
.roney matters, we sent for Mr. fancy, our
,ew Secretary Of the Treasury, to bring in
MS accounts. He warnt quite ready. for
re amt so quick al slferin yet as he will be
o rights; So we waited for him spell.
and left pynce here and there in the mes
age. les, big pnuff 20 put in flyers: and so
.st nlch, the Grnerai sent agrn, and SAID
re must have the counts, "ready or not
eadv," and up They came sure eDntf, and
10, more than half cooked; but the Gineral
wont wait for nothin when he's in hurry.
Now" says he. "Major, turn 10 and see
low they stand with last year. And so
T. It went, comparin all the amounts Of
outlaws. the Gineral all the while smokln
nd lhinkin pretty hard, with his feet upon
he mantle. tigcred up the sums pretty
uuck, considerIn there was good many
IN 'em called estimates =; and when got to
he eend ONT, "Now," says |, "Glnera,
you know ,ell'd you that we could git up
and nut down nuhfcstion in no time-we
could turn ont cabinet and oppnt other
olks-wc could send ministers abroad, and
ct 'em come home as soon as they pleased.
and send other folks in their places, and
rive all full pay too-we could mock the
United States Bank and Squire Bddle all
VITO splnlers-we could let our folks 90 on
he lug,n lands in one place and drive
hem off IN other places, and Git up an In
a Wa and appln' new officers here and
nor,--auu nave new auditors to settle
..anDs-ord Nv ,hin-s 60 on in the Pos,
.,i.e ard Laul Office pretty much to sui
he folks there aud instead Of havin one
hank for our money, scatter it about among
the bouAs Of our friends. A this we coult
do. aud have done, and have taken the re
snors,b,la,y too, and the folks like Us tht
better for it: but" says "achen they com
10 see ,phat il aH costs MertU be trouble nOp
ihV y0u,' says J.
WHY. Major" says The Ginera', "wbal
he matter ain't 'rbe Government eco
nomlcaI,' lays he: edo you expect tc
make reforms without costln sotnethln p
Can You clear up swamps and cut bitches
and remove old stumpS without eXpenSe'
Yes" SAYS !, Gincral, that's all true. -
But plague one" says ], "u's ben goln or
so now nigh upon 5 years; and" says J.
"ll keeps cosln more aud more, and we are
neorer berr swamp'd aud slump'd than ever
here" says ]. "now Jest look and see
what the Government, costs now, and
what il cost when Mr. Adams was Presi
dent; aud that amt the worst ont" savs
I. .our money is here, there. and everywhere;
md / doat see hop ice haH Gnd ii achen zoe
tcnnt it,"
A. soon as I men'iond The amount ofthe
sums had figured up, the Glneral jumps
M, and he did stomp about spell, tel
you he smash'd down his pipe, and 1t flew
mic more than forty picces-says he. "Ma
Tor, amt YOU Mistaken" "No," says !
"ihere's no mistake about mo, Gineral."--
LET me see them accounts" says he; ant
ne begun to feel for his spcctacles, first II
one pocket and then in another-for he haC
20 less than pockets bcsides his walcl
Cob. aud he couldn't find his spccacles-
says he, MAJOR, have you seen my specta'
Giles ?"-"No," says |, IL haint--where dc
yon keep em ?" says l--"Why," says he
II used always to keep 'em IN tins side
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