The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-08-17
Another letter from Jack
Downing.

DorninerN, airay dorm East, in Ike STATE
o. Haine. Juiy 6. 1877.
Mr.. GALES & STATION: Ny Dear Old
friends; My letter TO you on hoard the steam
h''at on LouS Island sound was cut olTso short
by the helI's ringing for us to get ready to 60
.i-hoie. thai didn't get half through telling
ypn the talk had with the President that day;
ani We have had much talk since aud
s.rn 81 mach on the journey, that shant be
ALE 10 tell yOu Que bali nor quarter ont in
letter. IL would take whole hook to give
you good notion OF the whole story. But
f1e President will he back 10 Washington be-
fore sou can get this letter, for he started TO
* hack last Saturday. so YOU can get The
Shuc account olibe journey ION him. He'll
b. delighted TO sci down and tell you all about
II; Tor he has been amazingly pleased with
the whnle journey, from top TO bottom. Hes
hecn on his -hretj boots all the wav In
S'e"d of groWil more stoopin' by bowling so
much, ii seems as il he stood siraighter than
ever. lie told the Governor, in his speech al
Augusta, Saturday, III seldom happens that
lis conrse fany ono mans life is mark ed by
81 diS'ing uishcd reception as has been &C.
corded TO me to-day Well, so il has been
all the way along; hnrraghins, and compli-
tnehting. and firing, and speeches, aud din
ners, and sapPerS, aud shaking hands. On
bpnrd The steanb0at from Portland 10 Au-
susta We got liIlo breathing time and had
a lorg talk.
Says the President 10 me Now. Major,
says he, want you to he candid. No one is
true friend to one in big b station unless he
will be candid and speak The truih.-And now
Major, don't want you TO aatier me
want you 10 be candid, and tell me Jest what
you think. You went alnng with President
Jackson when he made his tower down East.
md had chance TO see the whole operations;
and now want you to tell me caudi,lly, If
you think the people were any more fond Of
bim Than they are Of me.
Well. now, Colonel. says ], not wishing to
hurt your feelings at all, but, seein' you've
asked my candid opinion. ! wont deny but
what the people are very fond Of you, anna
zlngiy fond, perhaps as fond as they can be-
But, aver all. these times amt exactly equal
10 old Hickory's times.
Bui wha: do You mean. saws he.
Wen. says |, the people all seem to be ANA
zIns iond, hut somehow il seems TO have
sort of mother an IG0 &hoie about il il don't
seem 10 be SO real harry as they show ed TO
cd Hickory.
wen NOW, .hdJori says Ne ana he redden
II little when he SAID This; says lie, that only
shows how strong your prejudices sci in favor
OF the old General. But thought you was
man Of stronger mind and sounder judy
meat. / cant agree with you against the ev~
Idence of my own senses.-Did you notice
all the way along how thick The crowds flock
ed around me to shake hands with ME
Yes, says |, but they didn't 90 in with such
rush as they did uheu my old friend the
Gineral come This way. They jammed a.
round hi1n SO they had TO climb over each 9TH
ers heads to get at him. And had to taxi
hold sometimes by the hour together and
help him shake hands with 'era, or be never
would have got through with one half of en-
We'll, then, snys he, did you mind how loud
they checred and hurahed whenever we
came along?
Yes, Colonel, says |. heard all that; but
my srcious! whenever old Hickory made his
arPearsnce. the crowd rosred nghI out like
thund.r.