Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-15
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LETTER r, ON MAJOR DOWNING.
From tls Nso York EIPr,ss.
Loo CABIV. NoRrs BE>D, July si.
To hv EddorS of The Asso lork EfgrcSS:
Respected Friends This weather is considerable
hot now, bat not half - no, folks will find II
aiorc November next; Tor II n"t mistaken. as
things are going. We shall have pretty warm work hc
lore that day hadn't had my Cuaton now go
ig on three weeks Letters and folks pouring in and
the general SAYS. MAJOR you spring To- add lend.
me helping hand in the Cdbis, the farm ~ill go
neglected. and that can't allow no how The GIN
cral Is master hand for LS,king abOut the farm
iug work. and dn rally believe # any man can show
how an acre of ground can be made 10 produce more
cora or hay than it did aforc, he will stand bigger
chance OF getting office than any man who shows
more UO',S a an any other man.
7 When the folks all go oil and the Gineral and sit
down together aud talk over matters and he writes
down the proceedings OF the day. find he culS out
especially all hc has heard about wkut has aud hat
one said about farming. But says l. "tiineral. why
dontt YOU say something about what they SAID regar
ding the Pohiirl votes Of their districts 2 Well.
says he, MAYOR, some thiagS ,arhlt and SOME
things are hIHgeabi,. Now. If I can only get the
farming working going right 1t matters very little how
her matters 60, for, IA the end that Will bring all
things right
The Gnera says u a, the nblesi and best polite an
IN the country is the man who make one acre Of
ground produce than IL did before; and he
says ithe only put hs eve and finger that
-
est Office be can name, provided he - willing and
able To take Office. for the Ginerl goes that prnei
pie. lie says that office is be gwen only 10 such n
are able To serve the country best lie that dgri
culture stands first next the angIciariHg and
h1echoHic arts, and then the merchant and LIr
ysr-all necessary another. But the poiifciaH
who has no trade he thinks Is poor cri'iar and he
hopes the present Administration will DO all they
for hun, for he don't like tn any body suffer bat
he can do nothing hut tell him go To work at sOmC
n-a
man Who calls upon him, is to know what his trade
calling is and If by chance he lets that he has
'he Gneral takes him night out IN ms poiaioe patel
aud gives him a lesson IN diegmg
Ielled the Gineral one day, says I, "iinera th-
will never DO in creation" says l. why, Mr.. Var
Buren, will beat YOU all hollow on this tack, for the frs
thing he finds out is To know how many votes a maj
can command aud. according TO has power he sets %,
and greases him for he knows that it is 10y roes
{ not ~ potatoes that President be elected" Bu
the Gneral don't believe this, and he says "he woul,
rather be PLAIN farmer, and surrounded by set ofmer
: who can dig potatoes, ibIn 10 be President, aud SUI
i rounded only 10y set u Uoe diggers"
= don't know how IT Is, hut according TO polhoa
calculations would The nera be beaten bu
according To what all about creation, ihin
the Ginerals and crops will beat Mr. Va
O Butens rote crops three to
e There Is one thug that think will throw Mr.. Val
a Buren, Rat his hack lie thinks that his party vii
g for him through thick AM hin. because he says az
a. y AZ the head Oi the great democratic family. Nov
e that family very large. All EN- Amt oceholder.
q Some on EN- farmers; Mechanics; some mar
~ uilcturers som merlhants; and his policy is on
- intended profit the Office holding portion of Ihs
D. family, and dead against all the other members the
p tell him that MIR Benton. Blair MIR. Kindall and
~ Uerg fen more all the dem Icrac family Il,
81 he don't believe itand hs is the rub and every tim
:, he tries o. reward friends and punish enemies" h
"a finds he makes matters and he will find. ia.
Ia I'd OF being a good soCnd DemDcrai, he * only
jr selfish politician. seeking retain office the
pcnsc of large of people " no say ihIt dem,
Is cratic Government intended nr the god of IA
Al greatest number, for the exclusive benefit ola fcy
office holders, who put together aud plan scheme
10 keep themselves ia Office
~ don't know what folks think along the seaboarl
81 but out here the cry Is, 1.-The Government he al
er rnnisiercd by honest men, and every in Ollie
III must be such an honest citizen would select Ia
b, his executor and guardian of his and chdrc
when he comes 10 die, and not 10 party; men, VIII
taking office, will know duties and obligations an
~ # found ng the influence of sud office retain Oh
station, should once be treated just a good farm
or. would treat an Overseer who attempted nsirut
the dogs the farm To- bIrk the owner This wnul
be turning the wrong end foremost; and this about IA
~ GineEals notion and that of your friend and fellow cI
IT, zen, J. DOWNING, MAJOR &c
y. b. The Gineral is curious to know how the "snl
Treasury gets ia your parts. Do the folks Ing
bout the according law or do cerified checks
, don't answer this. you need not; all that u,
Gmeral cares To know Is, If the law is carried ont
alike-noI goose here and gander there. that's all