The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-09-01
From HE National MteHjgeaccr.
Letter From Major Downing.
Mason AND Dixon ssIpE er SALT RIVER.
August IL, 1919,

you. You are rally givin.it to the ~cor
rupt and imbecile Administration" pelI-
nell, I should think every dolt, ami ev
cry butcher; and every. Nero, among
'em mus, have aobunged eye by this time.
You do give 1t to 'em right and left
about righ. Uncle Joshua says you are
the Tom Hyer rot our party. and Can
whip any body the Feds can brig into
the ring. But now begin to feel unee-
sy for fear you'll overdo yourself and
break down, and then we shant have no
body to take care Of us Don't You re-
member the story Of The tame elephant
that was used to help launch vesseIsl
One time they put him to launch YES
sci that was too heavy for aim, After
he tried once or twice, aud could mt
start it, the keeper called out, stake a.
way this law beast and bring another
At that, the poor e!ephanr reused up,
and put his head 10 the vessel again, and
pushed and strained himself SO hard that
he fell down ard died. Now l don't
want You 10 do SO. When [ writ that
letter to you two Or three weeks ago to
rouse you up;a little, didn't mean to
make YOU so furious that you should run
y, ur head agin the administration SO hard
as to break your neck, or strain yourself
so much as to fail down dead. Nor
didn't mean that you should kill oft all
the Administration smack, smooth, as
dead as herrings in two months. lmeant
TO give you two or three years to do it in.
Any time before the next election would
do, II you should kill 'em all right off
before we have time to choose anybody
TO take their places, you would have all
the government on your shoulders, and
Pm afraid it would be too much oryou.
So I think you had better try TO coot
down lille; it amt prudence to keep so
hot all the time. That Is, l mean on
YOUR own account; for fear You should
oserdo yourself and break down, And
there again there is such thiag as draw
ing too long bow to hit the thing you
shoot at. Major Longbow used TO be
quite unIucky in that way. You can
make folk, believe a midiln size fish sto
ry, ifyou tell it we'll; but if you try to
back it up, with tarnel great cook-and-
bull story, they'll go right back asin AMI
swear they don't believe the fish story.
It's dangerous loadin CUTS too heavy, for
'he'i 'he'e s no showing why" "i'' ~
the worst Of it, him that stan Is beforn
the muzzle, or him that stands behind
the orIlrn. 80 nope you II Try 10 coo1
down 'it'ie' LOT l III s'''S''e'' S'''oe my
last letter, you are h'lhS away your a',
mun,uoh 100 las'' AnO, oss'urS' uo"
MINK us l!Shl LOT you at youi ''',e
Inc 10 De II nun so la''' No' uo''.
thihk 1t necessary hulher 'of mug ~
orign'e"n" up AL over ''i1 o'o":'y' Hut
party is all coming together an a"o
ing 10 carry al a'o'e ei''' % ''0, w
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