Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-12-09
MAJOR DOWNING on THE COMING MESSAGE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80, 1s


4 To The Editors Of the .New York Express,
Il The same paper my old friend Mr..
Dwight printed spell ago.
\ Mr.. Editors We have ben, all hands
on Us, az busy as beavers for the last ten
days getting the Message ready Tor Con
gress, and if don't miss my guess you
will say, when you come to read it, that
II is about as complete n national paper
as ever left the White House and It aEy
man can find hook about it to pull any
part on, down, you may depend he is no
sound Ameiican-but one who would
rathss-see uhs country ruinated than not,
ust for the sake of grumbiing and com
planning of Gaping Tyler. The Cap
ting goes on the prlnci pie that there may
be something good even in Sub Treas
ary, or in a Bank - and SO he takes the
notion oi only chopping of and cutting
out the worse parts of both systems, and
hammering the good Of both into one
lump.
/ IL is a pretty hard matter to please
every body, but this is wide and long
country, and foks living in one corner
ont must remember that there are a
great many corners to look to and take
care on.
| suppose you would like TO know ex-
actly what the Message says, and mean
to let you know word for word ns soon
as Congress let's Gaping Tyler know
that they ale ready to hear what he has
got to say. We don't do things here
exactly as they used to do them a few
years ago in these matters. When any
thing is told it is told to all creation at
once. All | can say is, whatever it does
say is intended to do the most good to
tho greatest number; and the Secretary
Reports about the Army matters and The
Navy matlers-and the Treasury Re-
port and the Postmaster Generals Re-
port are about rs complete things as you
have heard tell on for good many
years. And when the people in Con-
gress aud other folks outside comes To
talk about things you hea any one
grumble and growi you may be sure il
IS because he don't think he has got, or
is likely To get in his basket leeiie wore
than his share. Some folks always have
that notion. Especially party folks, who
think that having made most noise, they
have carried most and ough, to have it
and these are the kind of folks that Cap.
! ting Tyler thinks ought to have if posi-
bic, lsette less than their quiet neigh
bors, and sariainly not more.
About the money and currency mat
tern ofthc Message, suppose a good
many folks will disagree and honestly
disagree too but it is one thing to build
new nouse on new qua,ier scciion
where things are as they were left after
the world was made (; and it is another
thing 10 build a new house in the middle
OF old ruins and close ncighbors. In
ploasr, and spread om as ride as you
please, aud pile up your materials where
you please, where all is your own for
ncrcs around, and no one can prevent il;
but IN the other case you have got to see
that you don't dig under your nrig hbor's
foundation, and not pile your lnmbcr be-
tore his door, or annoy him more than
The lac oiiors and you must fix your
chlmbIy so that you don't smoke him out.
THIS makes all the difference in The
world, and folks reasonable folks) should
keep their eye on this. Aud lastly, you
viii fnd after reading what is going 10
Congress that matters and things in q gene-
raj arc not so far down hill, as some
croakers have tried To make them, and
that like ioggy aud rainy day, folk,
should remember that The sun j. shinipp !
above that fog, and will shortly show his
face through u, aud tba, though we have
all been compelled 10 use umbrellas and \
overcoais and overshces, We shall soon
he nble TO hang them up and walk out
without them.
Your friend and felIow cuizrn, '
J DOWNING, Dsjor. So &c f