Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-08-25
,oithout deranging the trade un,versaily
and deranging the happiness Of all mankind.
From The N. Y. Express.
MAJOR DOWNING TO HIS FELLOW
CITIZENS

great and welghtv matters" The "big
guns" Of Biddle. Hamilton, Adams, and
1'allmadge, and others having been dis
charged, IT. is now Of high importance ~
know wha, the ilustrlons Major has to say.
The Major promises in his next to take
up the subject Of the csrrency. and to 90
putting things in order again. IN one OF
his conversations the other day, it is report.
ed hat he said there was but one honest
political party IN this or any other country.
and that he would in good time demon.
slra,e this. Mons uerrons. the MAJOR now
can pariey uous French we dare suy, hav
ING returned from bis travels in foreign
parts.
MARINE PAVILION. RocKAwAy, L. I.
August 18th. 1887. in sight of the
wreck OF the Two Polles. }
To the People of the United States of
! North America, in general, and 10 the
great Democratic Family an particular
FELLOW CITIzENs,--You have all by
this tina heard tell of my return to my
native land. after an absence now Of over
two years this grass, aud how nigh | came
resting thy bones along with the "Two
| I
to a notion that Captain Jumper took that
he was more known than other folks about,
his latitude and longitude and soundlns,
and to wind up ALL was willing right or
wrong, ''to take the espons,bilhy." Well,
the long and short OF the matter is, the
Two Pollies" wen, ashore, aod there she
lies now, right off and on the house ! am
now in, and as | am in pretty good keep,
in here, mean to stick by and wait for
the high tides of September next, and see
if there is any hopes OF getting this vessel
off don't mean to qmt so long os two
sticks of TIMBER Of this vessel hangs to-
gether. know she IS worth savin, and il
we can't save all we can save part. just
enuff' to preserve The model, for there amt
SIGH another craft afloat or on shore in a Il
This created airlh.
10 the natral course Of things, suppose
TINT seeing 1t is now more than two years
since wrote my last letter from France
to my old friend Dr. Dwight, hat ought
TO tell where have been. and what have
been about; but lhls would be a long story
TOO long 10 be good for nothing. aud
have no Time to finish it if once begun j,
IN leave that I'll get through more I'm
porlant matters. did not intend writing
any thing TIL the 1.-Two roles' was of
, aud safe afl 'at again; but seeing that al
the great JOtkS are at work writing private
letters for publication, ! thought it was
high time to begin, and IN doing so, as the
Globe says of nv old friend the G,ncGals
letter, "dash it off IN the broad bold hant
of the venerable chef without the slight
| ,f in, n !
When left home the last time on my
way to France, to aid in keeping thing:
RICH, there, sat down a, the s'arn of the
Two PolIes, and kept my eye on my native
hills I'LL the top of the highest one wa
lost in the fog cloud that hung over it.
then began 10 feel cousidcrabl, wamblc-
cropd, aud could not help thinking of the
time when was boy, and when The
great platter al lngin dump',ns stood s,no'
king on The table. aud the family taking
chairs all around il ; and jest then my goot
old moher calling out. "You. Jonnv. m,
son. them TIagv cattle are in he corn fiel'
agun--run my boy, and iurn 'em out, -
aud away I'd scut, and whilst running
would keep thinking of them dnmphnS
what changes might take place among 'en
aiore got back agln. and IN fact, wheihc
, there would be any left at al by the time
got back. And jest so i, was this time
there was my naive hills, all smoking il
he distance. jest like row of hot dump
Inns. and | gong off to keep tn eye OF
them Frenchmen what changes. thinks !
will take place among them hills afore g
back to them
don't want 10 underra'e dumpins, for
lived on 'cm nigh bali my lie, but | mu,
-ay; ii any man wants 10 Know how mucl
dcarer to him Is his native hills than an,
, thing else IN all creation, let INN stand OF
the slarn of vessel gong away from zen
at The rate of ten miles an hour. and So
EN- 90 down out OF sight IN iog bank
and if he don't then feel considerable
> -rreaked. depend ont he haDt 90, conn
try worth returning to. In such a time
d man knows how to feel for his county,
/, his hull country, and nothing but his conn
d try. Talk to him then about party poH
!, iicks, and see how small, and mean an
IS contempt lbe all the little nasty difference
of party squabbes appear. Wing. Tory
It Bank. Anu Bank, Hard Currency, P,pe
IS Currency, Loco Foco, Arrsrocracy, D'mpc
" racv, Jackson, Benton, Van Buren,, K'ndl,
e Niger. Ann Niger, Monopoly, Tamma
q ny aud AnriTammany, aud Uuc|e Jnshu
!, ALL becomes mixed up like a ball of raw
a Inns of old stockings, and amt worth n
n mNre, aud this brings us all to to the onl
e pint worth thinking about; and as ! hay
= not time To dress up a long story, app'a
4 TO EVERY NATIVE BORN AMERICAN cIrI
i ZEN (lhc only cla,s | care 10 talk 10 jes
4 | DoW) 10 think with np-and II | am no
. right, let them tell me where and how
: am wrong. have now seen all count re
= except China and the Sandwich Island
f, and small part Of Russia and ! can ga.
d that have seen no country and no people