Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-08-27

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NV dear old Friends Il sposo you'll be
amazingly dSapinted to find I'm away off here,
pushin on to the seat of war, and didn't call to
see YOU when | come through Washington.
But YOU mustn't blame me for it, for couldn't
helpit the President wouldn't let me call he
said was getting quite too thick with you,wrt-
ing letters to You and all that. And when he
spoke about the letters, he looked kind Of red.
and showed considerable spunk
Saws he Major Downing, have put a good
deal of confidence in you as a friend Of my adj
ministraton and if You are a friend to it, you
must let Gales and Seaton alone {, keep ont of
their way and have nothing to do with the m !;
they are dangerous misunderstanding fcllers,
eternallv peckin at my administration. all wea-
Tiers. Let me try to keep things ever so snug,
and lay my plans ever so deep, they are sure to
dig them all up, Ing them into the lnteliigencer,
and blaze 'em all over the country. Conound
their pcturs, they are the most Troublesome Gus
toners an administration ever had they've
come pretty near swampng me two or three
times. So, if you are my friend, wan you
not to be so thick with Gales and Seaton.
We'll, says ], Colonel,you know | am friend
to YOU and your administration, as much as
ever was 10 the old General and his administra-
ton and shall stand by you and do every
thing can to help you out of this scrape you've
got into about the war. But don't know as
that need make me break with Gales and Sea-
ton. We've been old friends so long, it would
be kind of hard for me to give EN- up now and
don't hardly think they are quite bad as
You think for when they put these things into
their paper, and only put them in caus, they
think folks want to know what's goin on. Mr..
Richie sometimes ut things into his paper that
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The President gave two or thee hard chaws
upon his cud of tobacco, and says he, Yes,
Major. that's too true it must be confessed ; and
it annoys me beyond all patience. But then
have to forgive it and overlook il, because Mr.
Richie don't mean it. The old gentleman is
always sorry for it, and always willing to take
it back. And then he's such tuff old teller to
fight the federasts, can't have heart to scold
at him much about his mistakes and blunders
Well, says |, Colonel being you've named fe
deralists, want to know ifany of them animals
is really supposed to be alive any where in the
country now-a-days Seeing such awful ac
counts about 'em in the Union paper all Tho
time, | inquired all the way along through New
England, where they used to be the thickest, anC
couldn't get track of one and when asked
the folks ifthere was any tederalists any where
in them quarters, they all stared at me and salt
tlley ulQ ut KNOW WHAT hlilu VI CIit'cio inc was
When | got to Downingville | asked uncl'
Joshua about it. lie said, in his younger day
there used to be considerable many OF EN- about
but they wasn't thought to be dangerous, TO
they never was much given to fighting. But h
said he guessed they'd all died out long ago, TO
he hadn't come across one this twenty years
So now Colonel, says ], how is il they are S
thick in Mr. Riches paper all the time
Al that lac ul KNOWING kl1u Dl
look, and lowered his voice down almost to
whisper and says he Major, I'll tell you hoy
that is. When Mr.. Richie was young ma
he used TO fight good deal with the federallst'
and took good deal of pride in it and now tn
tancies and scenes of his youth all seem TO com
back fresh to his mind and he can't think O
talk about any thing else. You know that
Often times the way with old peope-As he al
ways used to have the name of a smart fighter
give him the command of the newspaper ba,
'cry more to defend my administration, b.