The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-15
From the New York Express.
MAJOR DOWNING.

remaGkIng that IN representative 60Verh
men,s, like EDgland and the United States,
the action of Government must mainly dc.
pend on public sentiment.
A large portion Of the presen, generation
Of both countries know litle personally Of
the horrors aud crimes Of war, and this fact
may account, in part, for the light aud
careless manner 50 grave subject is treat
ed by many.
We approve Of the majors temper IN
discussing the matter, and hope with him
TO live to see the great Angle Saxon race
spread far and vide, improving, as they
extend, with good laws, good morals, and
general dispeusation Of human happiness
Washington, Murch 3, ISL.
To JonN BULL, ESQ.
Sal see, in reading the newspapers,
that you are the uan most folks out Of Of
flee write to, who have any business with
your GoyernmeE, in foreign matters. /
did think, al first, would send this letter
10 the Queen herself, so there would be no
mistake about il, as fud the best way,
after all, is to 10 right 10 The head of the
family but il is now going en- thseeo
years next grass since wrote a letter TO
any kind Of women folks, aud the last was
to Miss IiePsy Ann Appleby, who kept a
school at Saco, about l!ltlo counting mat
Ter and rIled her considerably by calling
her an angle instead Of an angel, and she
sect me back about as sharp and sour an
answer, as ever man got-ihere warni
bit Of that paper tina, wouldn't turn pan
Ct milk as quick as piece Of runnt-und
all owing 10 tha. accident in my putting an
|, before an +, and she having q lec,Ie
crook in the back winch | never though,
on-but women are particular folks IN such
things, aud il you touch 'em OIL soft spot
the fat is IN the fire right oa-and so | said
never would again try my hand in writ
ing any Oh 'em letter again and that
is the nam reason Why don't send this
letter 10 tho Queen INSTEAD Of 70 yoJ
| have been considerable about this
country from East Of sunrise 10 vest Of
sunset, and from the North where tle wild
geese 20 IN summer, to the South where
they pass the winter, and ! have got no.
ton tina, know pretty much how folks
feel and thiuk here abou. most matters /;
and there is 20 way 10 the world 10 gel
this kRowledge, unless by tumbling about
with folks, and talking polliicks, aud farm
ing, aud logging, and steam boating, and
rail reading, and matters Of that naIur, and
no man can tell exactly how things are
likely 10 work in this country, unless be
has wei his feet aHd watered his ticker
from the Penobscot TO the Mississippi
and supposing you would like to get the
honest notions Of such a man, and soG a..
that thapo - s0tuv matters OF ultsuHuef'
Standing getting up betwiSi the two coun'
tries, | thought i. best to send you let
ter; and that YOU might know II IS gen
uine, let my printers print 1t, and pat my y
figure head al the top ou'E-so At Que u'''
u''s'1 ss,. - uVef me newspapers anu the
proceedings of your Congress, | see that
there is notion in England hat folks IN
this country want to take Canada, and to
prevent this, reports say you are going to
push more troops with red coats into Can.
ada, and are going 10 build war steamers
on the Lakes, and also TO organize troops
with black faces in the Yves, Indies, ard
so forth. Ii these reports are true, you
are making about as grea, a mistake as if
you was to put on your shirt tail eeDd up
permosi, unless you want 10 bring on a dit,
.icuIly, and If that is the case, then you
are doing exactly right.
The truth Of the matter is, that except,
ing few unruly scamps, chiefly from Can.
ada, along the lines, there amt corporo's
guard IN all this country naturally disposed
TO disturb the power Of Canada, much less
taking possession Of it; aud the less able
Canada was 10 oppose a conquest by the
States The more secure she would be from
ii, for our folks would go right in and help
thrash out any set OF scamps who should 60
IN there to disturb the peace. Bot If you
don't believe in this state of public feeling,
and on the contrary 60 on and crowd IN
lighting folks, and build war steamers on
the Lakes, our folk must do the same In
keep an eye on you, aud when We come
to calk!late the expense ont we may come
to the notion tina, your folks are expensive
neighbors, and the best way would be to
get rid of such neighbors, and then will
come the bad blood and fighting and if tina,
begins i, won't eend till one or tolher
knocks under, and you can guess which is
the most likely to do SO as well as can.
War is bad enuf between foreigners, but it
is shocking unnatural and ugly between
folks speaking plain English.
| see also that some of your folks in En-
gland think there is a natral luminosity
growing up betwixt the two nations Of late.
IL this is so il is owing mainly TO your
selves, and i, will keep growing jlst as fast
as you take the measures you do TO project,
as you say Z" her maIesty's domlnons.
But this luminosity, if any there is, is not
because Canada is English, for, If the folks
along that line had any other mother
tongue than English, we should have
the boundary line long and long
ago. Do you think tina, we would have
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