Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-06
SELECTIONS.
MAJOR DOWNING ON HIS WAY To THE
NORTH BEND.

WAsnGNa4oS. 20ih Msfch.1e40.
To tie Moderate, 81 ,hs Downns'hle eonven
ton.
Respected St-I have been waiting hr,o day Jar
Ter day hui Contfes don't seem ia make much head
va, with nulo business; and rs don't reeve
eieli aeGar, day. as they DO Ter dong nothing l
have cone 10 the notion To leave thrm counting
Ep.s aud Noses. and take slant uui " eat nj see
vat is Roing on am nR The log .tabus cut that
w.s--and rspet isily 10 20 All sec The OIL NorLh
In his owp cseia, aud measure h'm tt"t5."h.s and
8 Isngth-ways-p,ue edieUl4f "nd slan''adie1'er-
90 that eani,N you all .Eacily not only "h'i !
,hi 90 him. but Mat al effaiion ought 10 ihfnk
on HIM must say. hive III a'obs had ny qualns
about tir,ia. anntfer o j Hero, as he last one
va. e'ena osi euut far general on; hut there
is no 8 ying that "haps 81 tbr same dog MI cure
the bite; AID tie Lord krass We ar SEINE KIM u
cure ior the LHes We have had.
hope The Couveaieu wont scatter I'll you GIT my
sssf Lenet.
that | may .Isy oot West flil arfef next eiecu"pi
and 4 So, ihep 10 return 10 washington "Hn
the Old Her, on or before The 4th March next.
There is one ibiae you may depend on: II fed
General Rarri,oa nor tie iulks says he is--d
find him an OF particular party, and not Of fse
sation- IN draw some d Nj. Bnnians black cx-
puncn lines und his name, sui lei ktn siay where
he il; bui Il taking aud eatug, and drinking,
and pioug hing. aud clubbing, and fencing spell
with him find he has got lie fate grt IN him III
say So.
| don't mean to take things by hefe-sav, as some
folks dld spell $50 with tnthsr q d Hero. Times
have got now. | AN determined recommend no
man for President ull have bad chance to me -.
ure hun. THE People entitled 10 a good man
who will do jusute 10 all parliss aud go by hs
Constitution and t'e L,ftcs. The COUNTY, las had
enui Of Party Pfesdcals; aud me parfg 10 power
have had ~ AL ,heu way nov Tor nigh twc,a
years and got al ngs lrttty considerable fore
most, las any parry VII thai goes for pafIQ
than the coed OF the r0uptfy,l ihink il i abuof
taek ship aud Try II can't make things 70
ahead. Folks in ofice, / suppose. wont agree to
this principle: aud Is there are GOOD macy EN-.
and ali drawing pretty good pay, in a. I'd currency
TOO. they will work lii. beavers TO k.rp things
they re,-bas hope they vail remember hat they
ere not all creIon.
There Is one Thing. when | think ont makes m.
crawl all over, and IFS NV daoder eansiJefable;-
that Of meo filing all kinds Of Offices from the
highest to The Lowest, with wsers from SO q DIS
down TO 50 day all turn 10 aud spend tine
and labor IN ~oIkieg for the purpose OF keeping IN
office, hiu j erorming the dut,s OF the office -
sni So instead OF being the peoples servants claim
che the peoples masters. Thus will never do, ard
the longer things left the worse II sts-tll at
last The President himself don't dare TO turn en-
cut, for Tear that they in turn vi" hutch teams and
turn HIM out. THIS will never do fyt nnr CAM
s,and it any logger. The time IN, come for he p,o
pie to look to Il aiere it gifts fx'J 50 they cant cor
rect h short of trouble, But wont say more abop,
this nov; my steam rises too much when think
sn'i.
lstart to-morrov morning FOR 'tbe Inp Cabin +"
Of the Norh Bend. aud my next Leuer. | hnpe. VAL
tell You Of my safe ARRIVAL ihele-apd atl.r THAI.
lssk out. You, friend
J. DOWNING.
MAJOR &c DC and Member uflhe Convention.