The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-12-30
TO JAMES K. POLK,
Presidcst If Tie United States ard al an.
Ncrcd countries.

acrcd cosstrics.
TlIADQrARrERs, Cry OF MExIco.(
Annexed United States, October 25th, l847
Dear Colosel: Things Is getting along
here % we'll - could he expected, consider.
10 The help No hare, but wo are altogether
too weak-handcd to work to profit. lf you
want " 10 hurry along down south, VIC
need good deal more help and moro mon.
ey. u wouldn't be no uso TO give that
three millions Of dollars to Santa ANN
nov, Tor the people have rot 70 out with
him that he couldn't mike peace il he had
six millions. He's skulking about the
country, and has as much as no can do 70
take caro- Of himself. So think you had
better give up the notion about peace alto
gether, it'll be such hard thing to get,
aud send us on tho three millions hero to
help Us along in our nnnexin. It's danger
ous stnndin still In this annexin business
l,s like the old woman's soap; If il don't
70 ahead, it gocs back. Il would bc
great help TO us in the way Of hoIdin OF to
what we get, IL You would carry out tina,
plan Of giving the Mexican land to settlers
from tho United States as fast ms we annex
il. I've been very impatient 10 ace your
proclamation offering the land 10 settlers
to come out here. You've no idea how
much help il would be 10 us ir we only had
. plenty Of our folks out here, SO that, as
fast m We killed Mexican or drove him
OF from his farm, VIC could put m Ameri-
can right on TO il. Ii VIC could only plan,
40 we 20. in this way, we should soon have
. crop Of settlers here that could hold on
to the slack themselves, and leave the mr.
my free to go ahead and keep on nnnexin.
! thought, when | left Washington, Won
was going TO put out such proclamation
right away. And think you nre putting
il off good deal too long. far we've 60,
land and farms enough here now for two
hundred thousand ut least; and. if thcy
would only come on fast enough think we
could make room for twenty thousand
week fnr year 10 come. Bat FIN afraid
you're too delicate about dning your duty
in this business; you are such s,icklcr Tor
tho constitution. I'm afraid you're waiting
for Congress TO meet 50 us to lc, them have
q finger in the pie. Bat wouldn't do il /:
il you do, I'm afraid you'll wish your cake
was dough sgain. From all can hear
from homc things is looking rather squallv
there. Our party seems 10 be falling off:
in New York Statc thcv nrc NIL faded away
into Barnburners md Hunkcrs, and il looks
all over the country ns if tho Wings was
coming into power; and il they should il
would be terrible calamity, Cor they nre
too narrow minded aud too much behind
the ngo TO understand the rights Of this an
ncxin business, ond IT'S ten chances 10 one
il they don't contrvc some way TO put a
stop to it.
I've got good deal m,rc that wnnt to
say, and some advice should like 10 give
you, but shall he obliged to leave il till
my next despatch. needn't s,"p TO tell
you about Gincrnl Scott in this, cause
sposc he'll speak for himself. BIT mus,
tell you ! went out iotIcr day TO see Gin
cral Gushing, aud iound him awfuly tick
led about being nominated for Governor Of
the Old Bay State. AT first he was good
deal amazed ut it; he was rs much surpris-
cd as yol was Colonel when sou first heard
you was nominated far President. What
amazed him SO much was that he'd always
been thinking all along that he was Wing
till the nomination come, and then he Jump.
ed up and snapped his fingers, and snid he
believed, after all, the Democrats was the
right party. He's in great spcrits, and
snys he's no doubt he sl,nl! be elected. lie
goes for annc in now the hottest Of any Of
ns, and says he takes the grent Alexander
for bis model, and goes Tor nnncxin MS long
% there is any country left 10 annex. His
ankle is quite we'll, and Gineral Pillows
foot Is good denl better.
| have the honnr to be your priyntc en-
bassador and faithful friend, from fifty -four
forty on one side down TO Cape Horn on
tolhcr. MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
LocoFoCo CoMMENrARy.--A debate
sprung up in the Senate Of New York on n
recent OCCASION, upon pc.c,ion 10 abolish
tho usnry laws.
Mr.. YOUNG moved its reference 10 the
judiciary commit, &c, with instructions 10
hiring in bill in compliance with the pcii-
ton. This WINS the only nation in the
world which still clngs to this relic of bar