The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-21
On BOARD THE TWO PoLLrrs, OFF BAr.)
ON ROUGE, 18th June, lS4S.

Ter, Senator Bagsby !!!.!! and il il war'nt for
John Van Buren, and few others, called
Barnburners, they would carry New York
Stale all along with them 10 Michigan
therefore The bes, thing for old lack 10 do
ras to surrender. The Gineral read the
letter, and began iurnin over his papers to
get in an answer-and hit upon the copy OF
the letter he wrote to Santa Anna--ihe NOR
ming Santa Anna told him at Buena Vista TO
surrender-"ihai will be level won't il Ma
ior," says he. 81 think j, WILL" says ],
"Gneral"- land so be sent ii-bui | don't
think they will publish it--tho' it is remarka-
bic perlile. Your friend,
J. DOWNING, Maj, ETC., etc.
Captain Solomon Jumpers address on
board the Itco POiiics.
GINERAL:-The happiesi day Of my life
has come at last, and and Major Downing
welcome you on board the Iro POLICE
This rs no common day, Gineral-twen,y
five millions OF folks are all awake-to say
nothing Of the ship loads or other folks now
coming from other countries, seeking safety
and prosperity here among us-ql turn an
, eye this way and look on US Jest as vessels
in storm look for light hopse-to tell
them where they are and how to get into a
safe anchorage. When folks have been in
a storm and catch sight ola light house
they don't stop to ask il il is built OF wood
or slun-or il il is lighted by lie or gass-
il is enuf to know il is the light they are
looking for-and shape their track accord
inly.
II is now, Gineral, pretty nigh half cen.
tury since you first trimmed your lamp in
the public services-and we hant hearn OF
a night yet, however stormy or dark, that il
didn't shine so that folks could always see
il who had need on't-an old sea.dog like
me knows how 10 valley this Some folks
like new lighi-fishers aud REVIEWERS, and
all iha, sort Of thing. don't want to say
noihin agin 'em-bui let me put my eye up.
on light that has the bearins and dist ances
we'll tested by expenses-and don't care
how the wind blows know where | am
and that the Two Pollies is SAFE too.
la welcoming you, Gineral, on board the
Two Pollies-we don't stop to ask how you
like leeile New England better than Mon.
ongahela-OI prefer wafer 10 any one on
'em-
All we know IL, and history don' tell
noihin' else, tina, when you have been call'd
on To do duty, yon have done ii--and if
any difficulty stood in The way, and there
was no getting round i, you have gone over
IL.
Gineral, the flag that is flying at The mast
head Oi The Two Pollies lis the same lag
that waved over the battle field of Lexing.
ton, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Yorktown, Lun.
dys Lane, Fort Harrison, Pdlo Alto, Monier.
ey. Bony Vasita, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo
and good many others, ill il got right on
top Of the White House in Meaico-it is
the same flag that Gineral Washington lov'd
and honOr'd and handed over TO US TO honor
and 10 love too, as our banner of union TO
all eiarniiy-it never has been Iick'd yet,
aud never can be so long as we keep il fly
ing honorable aud honestly. And as you
told Gineral Wool after that hard fight al,
Bpny Vasiia, with five TO one again you,--
"there is no beaten on as phen re all pull
together" and Major Downing says, md he
knows Latin as we'll as he knows Hebrew. J
that there - no better Ira DslaIion Of 'E Piu-
ribns Unum" into Plain American lingo.
The Two Pollies has not come here,
GInera, ar,er an Office; she is well provided
with everything; the friends OF good govern.
ment has given her all she requires, and il
amt more than an hour ago we got a supply
of,he best picked pork ever see, from my
old friend Thomas Downing, away up in
"Terv Hour, in Indiana and he writes good
deal better too, and tells me and Major
Downing, that all the folks in that State are
digging on, canal Tor The Two Polles, and
hopes she will pass that way in her intarnal
lower. He mas senl US, TOO, a map Of all
the Western canals, and tells how and
where we may 20, by ns'ur and by human
labor Ohio lie says is fas, digging out too
that there are somelfew Prorisos ye, to dig
oui-by November, the Two polies can
visit the heart of everyiWesiern State, and a.
all the atlantic States, including old Penn
syivania, are already dug out, we can make
clear lniarnal tower, aud see things as the
good old Constitution desired them To be
and which says that il was made ito cStab
iish q more perfect union"-and il union
me ans anything Gineral, my notion Of il
means mlxin up Oi maiieis, aud clearing
away distinctions; if there is a bulk head
acrOss-deck belwixi The forecas,le aud quar-.
ter deck OF the Two Pollies-h amt union
and if put my helm lee aud they dom
ease the jib sheet, The Two Polies won,
come round. So we must cut through these
bulk heads, and then the quarter deck sand
iorecaste are in union, aud The Two Pollies
can tack and 60 ahead.