The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-09-09
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MAJOR

ANOTHER LETTER FRoM MAJOK
DOWNING.
The Major writes in the following letter
as though We should hear from him no more.
We trust that this may not be the case, but
that in his next ho will give US an inkling
Of what is going on ut tho seat Of war
OK THE ROAD TO TnE WAR,
August -, l547.
Mr.. GALES T. SEAToN:
My Dear old Friends:--l spose you'd be
amazingly disappointed to lind l'm away oil
here, pushin ON 10 the scut vi war, and didn't
call u bee you wEsn come through WASH
ington. Lut you I.u,'nt blame me tor it, tor
couldn't help il; the +. esidenl wouldn't let
Inc cali; he said l was getting quite too thick
with you, writing letters 10 YOU aud oil that
And when he spoke about the letters he look.
ed kind Vi red, und showed considerable
spunk.
Says he Major Downing, have put a good
deal Of confidence in y u us friend Ut thy
administration; and it you orc friend 70 IL,
You must let Gaies aud Stn.on alone; keep
cut OF their way and have nothing to do with
them; they are dangerous ALTERNATING
tcilefs. eternally peckia ut my administra-
tion, oil weathers. lie, Inc try to keep things
ever 81 snug, aud lay my plans ever so deep,
they arc sure ~ dig them all up, anc lug
them into The l.teiiigenccr, and blaze EN- oil
over the country. Con!ound their pictufs,
they arc the most troublesome customers on
administration ever Ind; they've come pretty
near swan, ing me two or three times. So.
You ure my hiand. " IN you not to be 50
thick with Gales aud Sea:un.
Well, says !, Colonel, you know | am
friend to you aud your administration, rs
much as ever was to the old Glacral aud his
administration; aud shall stand by YOU and
do every thing can to help you out Of this
scrape you have gO into ab,u, the war. But
l don't know as that need make me break
with Gales aud Scaion. Views been old
friends SO long, 1t would DC kind Ut hard tor
Inc 10 give EN- up now; aud don't hardly
think they urc quite ~ bad as you think for.
They may not mean " dv you - much hurt
when they put these things into their paper,
aad only put them in Cause they think folks
want IL know whats goin ON. Mr. Richie
sometimes puts things into his paper tia,
folks think don't dOyou 10 good.
The President gave two Or three hard
chaws upUn his cud Vi tobacco, aud says he,
Yes, Major, that's ,UO true, it must be con.
tcssed; aud !, annOys Tue bryond all patience.
But then have " forgive II and overlook It,
because Mf. kitchse don't mean u. The old
gentleman IL always sorry for il, and always
willing 10 take Il back. And then he : such
. tut Old teller 10 fight the icdrraii.ls. cant
have - heart ~ scOid ~ him much about his
nistakcs and plumbers.
Well. says |, Colonel, being you've named
federalists, j want t. k.ow ~ any Ut them
animals is really supposed 10 be- alive any
where ~ the country nuw.a.duys. Seeing
such awful accounts abuul EN- ~ the Union
paper all the time, J impaired oil the way
ulong through New Eng aud. where they used
To DC the th,ckest. ana | couldn't get track vi
ono; and when | asked the folks Il there was
my tvucra!isis my where IN them quarters,
they all stared at me aud said they did M
know what kind u critters they was. When
| got to DOwn.nyviiIs asked uncle Joshua
about It. tie sa,d. in has younger days there
used To be considerable n,sny VI 'em about,
but they W isn't though: 70 BE- dangerous, for
they never Was much given tO lighting. Blu,
no said he guessed they'd all died Uut long
ago, tor he had1'i colne scross one these
twenty years. So now, Colvnei. says /, huw
is il they are 80 thick in Mr.. Ritchie's paper
oil the time!
At that he gave me verp ing kind of
= look, and lOwcrc.l his Voice down almost 20
: whisper; and says he. Major, III tell you
hpw that is. When Mr.. Richie WIS young
man be used 70 fight good deal with the
federalists. and took . good deal of pride In
u; aud now tho fancies and scenes Of his
youth oil seem u come back fresh to his mind.
end he can't think or ,sIk about any thing
else. You know that's often times the way
with old people. A. he always used TO have
tho name Of . smart fighter, give him the
command VI the newspaper battery here 70
defend my administration. But twas q
R-es! = miylako . ',wss when sent Taylor
in'o mexico; didn't know my man.
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