The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-24
Another letter sTcns MAyOI
JACK DOWNING.
Mason and Diron's side Of Salt Rirer,

Aug IL, 1919.
My DEAR Nh. RicmIE You don't know
how glad be 10 see how you have spunk.
cd UP since my last letter 10 you. You
are rally giving II TO the " corrupt aud i'm.
beetle Administration pell neil. should
think every" doll "and every " butcher"
and ever, :" Nero among en- must have
bnne'd eye by this time. You do give it
to EN- right and iel, about right, Uucle
Joshua says YOU are tue Tom Uyer Of our
party, aud can whip any body The Feds
can bring into The nng. But now begin
10 feel uneasy for fear you oyerdo your.
self and break down, und then We shan'l
have nobody to lake care Of us. Dou'l
you remember the story Of the tame Gle.
plant that was used 10 he launch vessels 7
one time they put HIM to laUnch vessel
that wss loo heavy for him. After he tried
once or twice ndcould'ni statl il, The keep.
81 called out, "take away this lazy beast
aud bring another" Al that the poor
eiephan, reused up and put his head TO tho
vessel again, and pushed aud strained him
sell 50 hurd that he fell down and died. -
don't want YOU 10 do so. When | writ
\ that letter TO you two orihicc weeks AGO IL
rouse you upa ll,tle, didn't mean to make
you SO furious that you should run YOUR
head agin the Administration so hard as TO
break Your neck, OF strain Yourself 90 much
Us 10 fall down dead. Nor didn't mean
thai you should kill cGali the Admini,tra
ton, smack smooth as dead as herrnns,
IA two months. mean, TO gi,e ,ou Two
or three years 10 do II 10. Any time be.
lore the next election would do. Ii you
should Kill EN- oil right IF before we have
lime 10 choose any body to take their pla.
ces, YOU would have oil the Government
on Your own shoulders, and lm afraid it
would be too much for you. So tliuk
you had better Try to cool down little it
ANT prudence to keep SO hot all the time.
lha, Is, ! mean on your own account, Tor
fear you should o,efto yourself and break
down, And then again there IS such
thing as drawing toe !oug a bow 10 hat the
thug you shoot at. MAJOR Longbow used
10 be quite uulucky in tina, way. You can
make folks believe m,dJlin sized fish s,o.
/ ~, II YOU Tell II well but II YOU try to
back II up with a tatnai great cock and
bull story, they'll go right back again
nnd swear they don, believe the fish story.
It's dangerous loajio guns too heavy, for
then there's no knowing which vii. get the
worst Of 1t, him that stands before The maz.
2'e OF him that stands behind The brlch.
81 hope you'll Try 10 cool down a Iitle,
far Nm s,tis61 stpro o,X -, t..,ox ,..,,
are iiflns away your ammunition too fast.
Add, besides. don't ih,uk its RICH, for
YOU at Your time Of life 10 he fghtin So
hard. Nor don, ihiok rs necessary
nuihef; for things - bflghIenin up all ov.
er the country. Our party is all com.
lns together again, and gong to carry all
a'ore 'en. Its true the iloeks and herds
Of our party has been dreadfully broke up
aud scattered about. The oxeus didn't
know their owners, and the Sleeps hadn't
no shepherds. and the Tay or wolves has
been rrowlln about The count and carried
utf' grea, many OF EN-. But from uha,
hear all over the country now, | ain sat.
istied they are all comm together again,
aud on n new plat ofm; and lha, platform
is Mason and ID ron's sidc Of Sab Riper.
Nr. John Van Buren, IS shoe. shooin all ov.
er the Northern States, aud driven of EN-
up aud headiu of EN- all as fast as he can
towards Mason and Dlxon's side Of Salt
River. Mr.. Calhoun IN the Southern
States is whslin round his springy rattan,
making the hair aud skin ily. and headln
ein all ~ towards Mason and D,xou's side
of Sab River. And Col. Benton is crack.
ing his long whip over the great Western
county, aud headIn 'cn ell across the
praiiies towards Mason and Diyon's side
of Salt River. Aad Ginefal Cass stands,
you know, where he always has stood, on
Mason aud Dixon's side of Sall River, with
0 handful of salt IN one band aud nub Of
corn in tother, and ioukin all round aud
calm OF EN- 10 come TO him aud he'll feed
EN-. 81 you see we have every thing to
encoursgeus. Things looks bright ahead.
1t won't be long before all the scattered
nocks and herds Of our party will he go,
together on this new platform on Mason
and D,xon's side Of Sal, River; and then
wen have things all our own way, and
Gncral Taylor aud the Wlmot proviso
NAV 20 to grass.
Postscript. My dear old friend I've
Jest got the Union of last Thursday, and
I'm amazingly struck up, and my feelings
is badly hurt, to see that you've got so be.
w,Idered tina, you seemingly don't know
me. It's melancholy sign when old folks
pet so bewlIdered lha, they mistake their
oldest and best friends one for 'tother.-
Why, your head is turned right round. -
How could you say that ! was "a fcti.
tious Major Jack Downing ?" and tina, my
las, letter TO you was trashy forgery
and that you would strip the mask from
me - feel bad now about writing my
last letter 10 you; for I'm afraid you took
it too hard, aud have strained yourself so
hard agin the Administration that it's turn.
cd your head. beg Of you now, my dear
friend. TO let oil drop right where tbs;
leave Mr.. Burk 10 do the burkin and the
tish,in, and you go Ugh, out INTO the coun.
ny auJ put yourself under the " cold wat.
pr cure +" somew hare and sea If ycur head