Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-12-23

DEAR COLONEL: hfngS are NgettinS dlODg
here as well as could be expected, considerin
the help we have, bot we are altogether too
wesk-handed TO work to profit. II you wan,
Us to hurry along down south, we need good
deal more help and more money. 1t would'n,
be no use 10 give that three millions Of dollars
10 Santa Anna now, for The people have got so
out with him tba, he could'n. make peace ii he
had six milIionsa sHe's skulking about the coun-
try, and has as much as he can do loiake care
Of himself So think youshad beuer give up
the notion about peace altogether, it'll be such
a hard thing TO gel, and sendsu US on the three
millions here 10 help US along in sour annexin.
LIS dangerous sandn siIll in this annexih bu-
siness. lis like the old woman's soap; if i,
don't go ahead, j, goes back. /. would be
grea, help 10 Us in the way Of holdin on TO hat
We get, if you would carry out that plan of
giving the Mexican land to settlers from the
United States as fast as we annex it. I've
been very impatient to see your proclamation
offering the land TO settlers 10 come on, here
You've no idea how much help il would be TO
us if We only had a plenty Of our folks out here,
so that, as fasl as we killed a. Mexican OF drove
him of from his farm, we could put an Ameri.
can right on TO it,. II We could only plan. as
we 60, in this way, we should soon have q crop
Of seulers here thai could hold on 10 the slack
themselves, and leave the army free TO 60 ahead
and keep on annexin. ] thought, when left
Washington, You was going TO put Out such
proclamation righ. away. And think you
are putting ii off good deal TOO long, for we've
60, land and farms enough here now for two
hundred thousand a. least 4 and, if they would
only come on fast enough think we could
make room for twenty thousand week for
year TO come. But I'm afraid you're too deli
cafe abou, doing your duty in this business,
I'm afraid you're waiting for, Congress TO meet
SO as to le, them have finger in The pie, Bu, ]
wouldn't do it, il you do, I'm afraid you'll wish
your cake was dough again. From all | can
hear from home things is looking rather squal-
ly there. Our parry seems to be falling off;
in New York State they are all faded away
into Barnburners and Hunkers, aud il looks all
over the country as il the Wings was coming
into power; and if they should il would be a
terrible calamity, for !hey are too narrow.
minded and too much behind the age to under
stand the rights OF this annexin business, and
IT'S ten chances TO one If they don, contrive
some way 10 put stop 10 it,
I've got good deal more that l wan, 10 say,
and some advice should like to give you, bnt
| shall be obliged to leave i. ill my next des-
patch. ] needn't stop to tell you about Gineral
Scol. in this cause, | spose he'll speak for him
self. Blu, I mus. tell you wen, on. ioher day
TO see Gineral Gushing, and found him awful.
ly tickled abou, being nominated for Governor
of the Old Bay State. Al frs, he was good
deal amazed a, i, !; he was as much surprised
as you was Colonel when you first heard you
was nominated for President. What amazed
him so muc h was that he'd always been think
ing all along iha. he was a Whfg ill the nom
inaiion come. and then he jumped up and snap
ped bis fingers, and said he believed, after all,
the Democrats was the right party. He's in
grea, speriis, and says he's no doubt he shall
be elected. He goes for annexin now the hot
ties, Of any Of os. and says he takes the great
Aaxander for his nodels and goes for annexin
as long as there is any county lef. TO annex
His ankle is quite well, and Gineral Pillows
foot is good deaf better. '5A9 =
have the honor 10 be your private embassa.
dor and faithful friend, from ffy-four forty on
one side down 10 Cape Horn on lother. I
MAJOR JACK DOWNING. =
Following Official example, we defer the
letters from Major Jacks relations, which he
speaks Of, to some time when we have more
room for them than we can spare today. .-ED-
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