Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-08-29

minute you'd know ma last as easy as the
little bov knew his daddy. Your head
couldn't he SO turned but what You'd
know me: for you'd see the very same old
friend that stood by you and Gineral
Jackson fifteen. sixteen. AMI eighteen
wears ago: the same old friend that coax
ed IN Gineral Jackson and made him for
rive Won for calling him such hard names
before he was elected. Its very I'M
grateful for YOU to forget me now. that is.
il YOU was in YOUR right mind. For I'm
the same old friend, the same lack Dow
ming. that was born and brought up in
Downingville. away down east in the
State OF Maine. and that drove down 70
Portland in Jinnerwarv. 1880. with a
load Of axe-handles and bean-poles. and
found the Legislator in dreadful snarl,
all ,iei and tangled. and see-sawin up
and down whole fortnight. and could'n,
choose their officers. found my axe
handles and beam poles :wouldn', sell
50 took to polytiy and went to writin
letters The legislator fout and fout all
winter: but kept on writin. and at last
got 'em straitenci out. ! kept on wriin
for a whole year. and got the polytx of
Maine pretty well settled. Then | see
Gineral Jackson was getting into trouble.
aud footed it on to Washington to give
him lift. md YOU know | always stuck
by him Afterwards long as he lived--
| helped him fight the battles with Bid
dies monster Bank till we killed it off. /
helped him put down notification. and
showed exactly how it would work if ii
got the upper hand, in my letter about
carving the raft Of logs across Scbago
Pond. when Bill Johnson got mad and
swore he'd have his log all to himself. and
so he cat the lashings and padded off on
his log alone: and then his log begun to
roll and he couldn't keep it steady. and
he got ducked head over heels half a doz-
en- times. and come pesky near being
drown'd. And that wasn't all did to
keep Qualification and help put it down.
| brought on my old company Of Down
ingviile MALTA to Washington. under the
command Of cousin Sergeant Joel. and
kept EN- there with their guns all loaded
TIL the danger was over. And | used to
90 up top of the Congress house every
day. and keep watch. and listen off to-
wards South Carolina. "a to be ready.
the first moment notification bust up
there, TO order Sergeant joel to march and
fire. The Ginerai always said the spunk
showed was what cowed notification
down 50 quick: and he always felt very
grateful to me for it, Well. | stuck by
:. the t'ineral all weathcrs; and kept wri-
TIL letters nom ~ as;I;ls-.tos1 t. my old
friend the editor Of the Portland Courier
and kept old lIickory's popularity alive
among the people. and didn't let nobody
maddlc with his administration 70 hurt it
Y ell. then YOU know. the Gneral. in the
summer of 1882 started Of on his grand
tower down Fast. went with him. YOU
remember. when we got to Phladelply
the people swurned round him SO thick
thrv almost smofhered him to death; and
the Giueral got 50 fred >hakin hands tina
he couldn't Give another shake, and come
near faintin away: and then put my
hand round under his arm and shook 70,
him halt an hour longer. and so we made
out 10 get through. sent the whole ac
count Of il 70 my old Portland friend -
" yell. the next day the '.oricina' Major
Downing published his first original let
ter in a New York paper. giving an ac
count Of the duckng az Castle Garden
. Nobody couldn't dispute but what thi:
:, was the true genuine 'original'' Down
ing document. although my "vile mita
:. tons" Of hal been going on and pub
, lished almost every week for two years
| say nobody couldn't dispute it. because
, twas proved by scripture and poetry
both. For the Bible says: ..the first shall
I be last, and the last first;'' and poetr,
+. SAYS, looming events cast their shadow:
, before. So the shadows. the 'vile imi
tatlons.' had been flying about the cou.
, try for more than two years before thu
. original event cot along. | hope you
: head viii get settled again. SO YOU ca,
;. see through these things and understand
! EN-. and know me jest as YOU used to-
! cant bear the idea Of Your not KNOWN.
! me, and thinking IN ..licttious.'
Do try to refresh your mind a little
), think how stood by YOU and Mr.. Polk
! and helped YOU along through the Mexi
can war; and how carried out dispatche
j., from Mr.. Polk 10 Mr.. Trist in Mexico
:, and how carried private message from
YOU 10 Gineral Taylo to try TO coax
. out Of him which side he was coming on
! on.
GOOD bye. my dear friend; hope tn
: next time hear from YOU. YOU will be re
: covered and in your right mind. So as Il
know me and see that | amt '.fictitious
for you havn't got trlIcr friend on Masor
and Dixon's side of Salt River than YOU
old friend.
! MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
The NUMBER OF Docs IN THE UNITE
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