Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-01-29

1ibus as possible. do rally believe If the Gin
eral had let folks have their way, he wouldn't
touCh bottom" from the time of leaving the
Cabin till he got to the White Ifouse--but he
would rather 60 afoot any day than pass through
all the hurrawing that is set up all along the
road-it beats the "grand tower all hollow
for there amt living crittur who don't yell out
most awful and swing his hat round as soon as
he sees the Gneral and expect it will come
prtty tuff on me before we git to the end ont,
for it amt possible for one man to do all the
bowling and shaking hands that is required
One thing surprises me is to know what on arth |
has become of "the opposition" | haint seen
rale Loco Foco now going OH nigh two months.
suppose you are all considerable curious to
know who the Gneral is going to appoint to all
the big and little Offices, and have taken care
to ask the Gineral and he has told me all about
il, and says am at liberty to tell you and every
body else, and SO don't see the use in keeping
this matter any longer in the dark. ] saw the
paper the day afore we started and it was the
last that was packed up--it is the biggest sheet
you ever see, all ruled of in wide streaks and
who beliere are able to discharge faithfully and
honestly The duties Of the office to ,ohich I may
nominate them TO the Senate Of the U. s., for ap-
pointment," and that Is pretty much all could
see, except on the outside is written in pencil,
ITO be looked TO and filled up on and after 4h
March nert."
There is good deal said in all these parts
about Bank matters, and every body has some
plan or other to put things strait. The Gneral
don't himself say much about it, but he reads
pretty much all that is written on the matter and
let's folks talk all they know and he finishes off
by thinking. One chap calPd tother day and
roa d lopO 1ottor from Maui Nnrk ptaipipr
a statement of the big bank in Philadelphia, and
showing by another statement that it was broken
all to bits-aud tho that Bank showed long
list of property and debts due to it--yet that all
the property and debts warnt worth any thing,
and that it never would do to have such another
| rascally aristocratic institution" "Well," says
!, sinister, it seems to me that what you call
aris,ocraiic comes nigh to democratic--Now,"
says !, "ifthat Bank had stuck to The ariStocracy
and lent money only to the rich folks, it would
now have no bad debts to collect" 20 WE'LL"
says he,"poor folks never ought to borrow money,
they ought to get along without it." "Well,"
says !, shat is notion never thought on afore,
for when was in the last Government along
with Gineral Jackson, all our democratic friends
| used to poster the Gineral and me all the while
| to make the United States Bank to shell out to
poor folks, and we took the deposits away from it
because the complaint was that Squire Biddle
and the Bank was too aristocratic and didn't give
poor folks chance to borrow money to carry on
their trade with. Now says /, show do you
make that square with your present notions.
"Why, the fact is" says he, at is pretty ruff
work to make the notions Of one time to fit the
notion of another time ; but do say it never will
do to have another such Bank, for it is pretty
nigh all owned by foreign arstocracts, and that
never will do in democratic country-it is
downright awful; and Mr.. Buchanan and Mr..
Benton, and all the good democrats in Congress
say it will be the ruin Of the country
swell, now," says |, ''f that don't beat Solo
mon /! How long do you think it would take for
egners to destroy this country, by putting their
money in the big Bank and let Square Biddle
loan it out to the poor democracy, who you say
will never pay it back again!' This set him
to scratching his head little, and not liking that
tune he changed it and said, "But it amt right
to loan foreigners money in that way, it amt
treating on 'em we'll and it destroys their conf
dence in u.s." "Well, WELL" says l. Eve best
look little into that matter, and see that things
amt made worse than they need be. We have
pritty much all on us been struggling under and
through heavy storm, and he who has saved
any thing may think himself pritty we'll off A
ship may be good for something, tho she has lost
few sails. have seen the "Two Pollies" in
my day strpt pretty nigh clean, but Captain
Jumper; with lectle assistance from the other
owners, would rig her up and she would 20 off
agin as slick as ever. | have seen corn-teds
and cotton-fields all sent to smash in one squat
of wind and hail, but folks would 90 to work
agin and the next season they would have better
luck. 1t amt wise nor righteous" says |, "ior
folks to turn to croaking, and when times are
bad, turn to and sell off and quit, that is just the
time to hang on and cheer up, and off coat and
60 at it and put things to rights for good weather
and fair wind.'
"There is one thing" says 7. that is pretty
certain IN money matters,-what may be loaned
or spent in the country is not wasted or lost it
is somewhere about, and folks don't eat it or
drink it, its only going the rounds. A few years
ago the Treasury was so full it couldn't hold it
and now its all out. uncle Sam haint got a
dollar in his pocket and is in debt too, but who
says he is broke The has got plenty Of property
but if he was to throw up and sell off his proper
ty in these times it wouldn't bring enutf to pay
one years expenses he is at. And so it is with
most kinds O property,--very few who have
have much and owe anything but would come
out the cetle end OF the hofn by selling offand
giving up. The only way then is to fix things
SO as to let folks go to work at their different
trades and callngs and set matters moving and
you will see then how the cat jumps"
"Well," says he, 81 should like to know what
our new President thinks OF these Matters
"Well," says "he thinks a good deal about EN-
but he don't mean to talk about 'en till ith March
next, Oh account of his respect to Mr.. Van Buren,
who is President till that tme-but when 4t
March comes then you and all the rest of the
people (now considerable over twelve millions
will all see it in black and white, so there will
be no mistake--his notions about the Constitu.
ton are for the President to talk to Congress
i and tell them all he knows and then he is sure
all the people will get it-but if you are in a
! hurry and would like to know my notions about
it aiorehand-one thing you may be sure on
and that is, we shall go back to the pint where
the car run offthe track and look to the cause ont
and put all them matters rght--examine the
track, the engine, and the engineers-and at al
the cross tracks look we'll tothe suitch men--fol
next to running offthe track is getting on wrong
track and then go ahead'-and with that scrap'l
back my right foot and said as say to you,
my service to you,"
J. DOWNING, Major, &c. &c. &c.
! AwruI TRAGEpY-SuIcIpE OF A HusBASp AMI
WlrH About two o clock, Yesterday afternoon, tn,