The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-09-01

head couldn't be sc. turned but what
you'd know me; for you'd see then the
very same old friend that stood by you
AID G,neral Jackson, fifteen, sixteen,
eighteen yrars ago; the same old friend
ms. coay,d up Ginera' Jackson and made
him forgive you for calling him such
hard names before he was elected. Pts
very ungrateful Tor you to forge, me now
that is, If you was ~ his right mind. For
I'm the same old friend, the same Jack
Downing, that was born and brought up
in Downinsville, away down east in the
State of Name. and that drove down to
Portland in Jennerwary, 1881, with
load of axe handas and bean poles, and
found the Legislater IN dreadful snarl |
all tied and tangled, and see-sawin W
and down whole fortnight, and couldn't
choose their officers. I found my axe
handles and bean-poles wouldn't sell, so
took TO polytlx and went to writin let
tiers. The legislator tout and fou' all
winter; but ] kept wriin. and at last l
got ZEN straltened' out kept on with,
for whole year, and got the polytix OF
Aaine pretty we'll settled. Then I see
Cineral Jackson was getting into trouble,
and footed it on to Washing on to give
him a lift. And you know always
stuck by him afterwards as long as he
lived. l helped him fight the battles
with Biddle's monster Bank till We killed
it off, Helped him PIT down nm!'cs-
ton, and showed exactly how it would
work if it got the upper hand, in my let
TER about carrying the raft of logs across
Sebago Poud, when Bill Johnson go,
Mad and swore he'd have lis log all to
himself and so he cut the lashing and
padded off on his log alone; and hen his
log begun TO roll and he couldn't keepit
steady, and he got ducked head over
heels half dozen times, and come pesky
near being d,own'd. And that wasn't
all l did to keep off notification and
help pot It down. brought on my OLD
company of Downingvile MALTA to
Washington, uuder the command of Goa
SIN Sargent Joel. and kept em there
with their guns all loaded till the dlnger
was over. And 1 used to 60 up top Of
the Congress house every day, and keep
watch, and listen Off towards South Caro-
lila so as to be ready, the first moment
notification bust up here; TO order Sar-
gent Joel to march and fire. The Glner-
al always said the spunk ] showed was
what cowed notification down So quick;
and he always felt very grateful to me
for it. Well, I stuck by the Gineral all
weathers; and KEEP, writin letters from
Washington TO my old friend. the editor
of the Portland Courier, and kept old
Hickory's popularity alive among the
people, and didn't let anybody NEEDLE
with his Administrator 10 hur,it. We'll
then you know the Gineral in the sum-
mer of 1882, started off on his tower
down East, and went with him. You
remember, when we got to Phllade ply,
the people swarmcd around him SO thick
they almost smothered him to death, and
the Ginera had got so tired shaSin hands
that he couldn't give another shake, and
come pretty near iainin away. and then
7 put my hand round under his ann and
shook Tor him halt an hot.r longer, and
50 we made out to get thro lgh Jsent
'he whole account Oft to my cid friend
0t The Portland Courier. Well, then
We logged along 10 New York, and there
YOU remember we come pesky near get
ting ducEin& wien he bridge Lroke
down al Castle Garden. I sent the
*hoie account Of il to my old Portland
friend, Well, ;hesnrxt day, the original
Major Downing published his first orig,-
nal letter in New York paper, giving
an account of the ducking at Castle Gar
den Nobody couldn't dispute but what
this was the ginulne original Downing
document, although my limitations Oft
had been going on and published 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 be last and the
last shall be Grst;' and poetry says,
looming events cast their shadows be-
fore" So the shadows, the "vlle imita-
tions' had been flying about the country
for more than two years before the orlgI
nal even got along. l hope your head
will get settled again so YOU ran see
through these things, understand 'em
and know me jest as you used 10 Ican't
bear the idea OF Your not knowing me, /
and thinking | am fictitious.
Dotry to refresh Your mind little;
think how stood by YOU and Mr.. Polk.
and helped yon along through the Mexi-
Can war: and how I carried out despatch !
es from Mr.. Polk to Mr.. Trist in Mexico.
and how ! carried private message
from you 10 Gineral Tsvlor, to Try to coax
il out of him which side he was coming
out on.
Good bye, my dear friend hope next
time hear from you You will be recov>
cred and in your right mind; so as 10
know me and see that I amt fot itious;
for you havn't got tluer friend on Ma