Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-04-18
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
From the New Yorl Exnr.,

TO SQUIRE BIDDLE-
got your letter teilin mo YOU had omit
the bank, and intended, you could possibly
90 manage matters, to go to farming. +
Know this has always been. your notion. antSe
you would do So az soon ~ you see all things
clear ahead; and man who has been cy.
phering 90 hard as you have for twenty years
Tor the public, now think has some right 10
u'g his own potatoes and hoe his own corn.
aud take q Ieeile comfort in his own way.-
But somehow feel SQUIRE IeetIs wambIe-
crop q, Jlst 40 did when the Ginera! left and
went hume to The Hermitage; and tho you
have ieii IN your place as good a man TO man.
age the Bank as the Ginesal has 10 rnanage
tho Government, hope you will keen an eve
on matters aud things, and give a. much of
your advice in matters you undsrsisnd 10 Mr.
Dunlap apd bis Cabinet, as the Giner.I ,lo.s,
10 NJ Van Buren aud his Cabinet. Tbs
TACT is, you and the Gineral, / always iboueh,
were made out Of the same kind of eril. and
both on you considerably overworkeJ vonr-
selves, tho the Gineral got. The hes, nav -
used to tell the Gineral-says I. "Giser.i
you are too good na,ured by half. yuu moi
only do Government work, but You din
into pritty much all other kind OF work ,ha,
no other President ever thought on.,' snd
the fact 10, The Ginersl did carry saetters ~
50, We 'o' o"s' i"sns carry utnt 80 Ter, that
there was few things going hs wss NOT mix.
ed up wilh-tiil il 60, so at last that olmo.,
every old lady about the county woui,in,t
set hen, without writing or calling an Inn
merai TO ask him which was the most
lucky number OF eggs TO put into the nest IL
eggs ct lS eggs; aud il almost woro him Ia
the SKIN and bone. believe you was IN,
only man he was not able to ou,work and
u IL hadn't ben that you was iee;Ie younp.
er than he was, he'd made atoothpck on 90,
vs. he did pretty much al the rest Of creation
But as ! said afore. l am considerable wan.
oiecrop'd at your leaving public liie-nr
now tha' 'ne Gneral has gone ~ home and
you 100 ieei somewhat Cui out.--Mr.
Van Buren, don't seem to wsat nv s.,v;c..
no how and don't complain Of that diT
expect TO get chance Down East' bu, Ina
selected GENERAL SCOTT man that ou,.
rank u mo all hollow, as he does pritty much
every man now days. Howseyer. Cener.
ds-Scoh didn't forget me. and said if there
was any lighting TO DO done among the ,py-
gers, he knew who he'd count on and look'i
me strait in The facs and sat down and
writ letter markd "co,,fdentiap' 10 ,,h,
second Brigade" and telfd 'em 70 stand
hrm and obey no orders but Ginerai Scot,'s
that II was National matter, aud that no
was National officer and when he sad.
Shoulder hoo, then to march and follow him TO
Hoiton or HaI,}ar or any other place begin
ming with Ill he chose to Issd and in
tiis. way they would not only have a Fairs
f'eLd, but would be sure Of a Winfeid.''
and that was more important.
In this matter Of fighting, there is one
hing always keep my eye ON snd found
Gineral Scott in the same way Of thinking:
aud thai 10 TO depend less on ioiks who saws
they are "ready to shed tho LAST pof
their blood" than on folks who are ready 10
shed the first drop. Give man eight Dol
lars day TO make speeches ia Congress-
with tho right Of free postage, and you bear
enuf OF last drop" matter; but when il
comes TO camp duty, aud raw beef and stale
bread, and bsgIut work Then the first drop''
folks have TO stand the racket al eigh, dol.
lafs month. ] tel!'d Ginerai Scotl-ssys
i,"GInersl suppose you would sbou. as
| ieaSe night a. eat, tor that 10 Jour natur. but
Tor my part, seeing as how things are gitten
on remarkably smart all over the country.
aud the Spring Of the year tou, and the new
| improvements every day, and the green
leaves and grass, aud the little children all
sporting, and the canals and railroads about
hall made, and the cotton crops jis, about
| oagging, and The Banks all js, getting into
specie payments aud every Thing look ing a.
oout siIck-to say nothing about the steam
ooals crossing The Ocean every week-it
docs seem 10 me that war won't help mat
| !ers up now" 81 know thai, )" says he Ma,
joF--"War isa great calamity, and there
ain, only one thing worse," says he
What is tbal!" says I. %Nationai dis
honor, says he -strsiieniog up pretty
nigh like an Aroostook pine. 600 ahead
you criltur," says ], "and if there ia noy
| choPping TO be done Down East LET rns
know" Well, you see what be hos done:
ana all I've got TO cay about II thus far is.
| 'ns' "hen you como TO think man nigh up.
| On seven teet high and strait az bean pole.
ana aH gr't from one end 10 tolhsr, is will
! ing 10 wo:k like beaver at alI v.nts-
south and South West, Mar,h cod North
East, and Dopn East, 10 keep 40 honorable
peace and watching like lynx, TO see that
| 'ne ns'Iohs honor IS no way siled--I do think
mo war would gre me considerable
ooos' up IN The world in military rank, the
ma" VINO Keeps the peace is, according TO
lhe Good Book, entitled TO blessing-espc.
cinily it war is bis trade.
There is one thing think Mr.. Var Bu.
| rem deserves great credit Tor, and that is. IN
commanding The services Of such a man a,
1iherai Scoti TO manage all matters of this
na'or and there is only enc thing more
!h,nk IS wanting and that the people are en-
ti'iea 10, and that is some one 10 manage the
money matters Of the Country as we'll. Igo
on The principle that ID q man does riph, in
using The best plough he can. get. on his
farm, and sowing tho bosi graioejest a Pre-
! 'ident does right in calling into The ssryics
OF The country the best talent the country
hss-the People are entitled TO if-snd il
PARTY folks grumble, they should take il