Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-09-06
Another Letter from Mai. Downing.

clad beio see how you have spanked up since my
last letter to you. You are rally giving it 70 the
corrupt and imbecile Administration pel nell.
should think every doh, and every butcher ane
every Nero among 'em must have bung d eye by
this time You do give it to em right and left abou
right Uncle Joshua says you are the Tom Hyel
of our party, and can whip anybody the Feds car
bring into the ring. But now begin to feel unea
sy for fear you'll over-do yourself and break down
and then we shant have nobody to take care OF US
DOM you remember the story of the tame elephant
THAT was used to help launch vessels One time
they put him to launch vesselthat was too heavy
for him. After he tried once twice and coudn'
sartit, the keeper called sout, tase away TINS "a
zy beast, and bring another At that the poor Ell
ephant reused up and put his head TO the vessel
again and pushed and strained himself so hard
that he fell down and died. Now don't want
you to do so. When writ that letter to You two
or three weeks ago, to rouse you up little,
ddn mea an TO make you so foriols that you should
run your head agin the Administration SO hard
as 10 break your neck, or strain yourself so much
as 10 fall down dead. Nor didn't mean that you
should kill off all the Administration, smack.
smooth as dead as herrings, in two months. L
meant to give you two or three years to do it in.
ANY time before the next election would do. If
you should kill 'em all right off before we have to
choose any body to take their places, you would
have all the Government on your own shoulders,
and I'm afraid it would be too much for you. So
think you had better try to cool down little; it
aint prudence TO keep so hot all the time, That
is, mean your own account, for fear you should
over-do yourself and break down. /, And then,
again, there is such thing as drawing too long a
bow TO hit the thing you shoot at Major Long
bow used to be quite unlucky in that way. You
can make folks believe middlin' sized fish story,
if you tell it well but if you try to back itup with
tarnal cock and bull story, they'll go right back
again and swear they don't believe the fish story.
Its dangerous loadin' guns too heavy, for, then
there's no knowing which will get the worst of it,
him that stands before the muzzle or him that
stands behind The britch So hope you'll Try 10
cool down a little, for am satisfied, since my
last letter you are firing away your ammunition
too fast. And, besides don't think its right for
you, at your time of life, to be ightin so hard
Nor don't think its necessary nuther; for things
is brightenin up all over the country. Our party
is all coming together again. and going to carry
all afore 'em. Its true the focks and herds ofour
party has been dreadfully broke up and scattered
about. The oxens didn't know their owners, and
the Sleeps hadn't no shepherds, and the Taylor
wolves has been prowlin about the country and
carried off great many of 'em. Buts from what
hear all over the country now, am satisfied they
are all coming together, again, and on new plat
form, and that Platforms Mason and Diron's side
Of Salt Rirer MIR. John Van Buren, is shoo- -shoo-
in all over the Northern States, and driven of em
up, and heading of 'em all as fast as he can to-
wards Mason and Dixon's side ofSalt River. Mr..
Calhoun in the Southern States, is whistlin round
his springy rattan, making the hair and SKIN fly,
and headin 'em all up towards Mason and Dixon's
side Of Salt River. And Col. Benton is cracking
mis- long whip all oyer the great Western country
and headin 'em all across the pfayres towards
Mason and Dixons side of Salt river. And Gin.
sral Cass stands, You know, where he always has
stood, on Mason and Dixon's side of Salt River,
with handful of salt in one hand and a cob of
corn in 'tother, and looking all round and calling
Of em to come to him and he'll feed 'em. So
you see we have everything to encourage u.s.
Things look bright ahead 1t won't be long be-
lore all the scattered focks and herds of our par
y will be got together on this new platform. on
Mason and DiXon's side of Salt River; and then
We have things all our own way, and Gineral Tay- !
or and the Wimot proviso may 60 to grass.
PosrscRIPT-My dear old friend I've just got
he Union Of last Thursday, and I'm amazingly
struck up and my feelins badly hurt, to that
you've got so bewlldered that you seemingly don't
know me. Its melancholy sign when old folks
get so bewidered tina, they mistake their oldest
and best friends one for 'toiher.3 Why, your head
is turned right round. How, could you say that ]
was a fictitious Major Jack Downing 7 and that
my last letter TO you was trashy forgery and
hat you would strip the mask from me = feel
bad now about writing my lSstGletter to you; for
I'm afraid you took itfoo hard, and have strained
yourself so hard aginthe Administration that its
;urned your head. I,beg Of, you now, my dear
friend, to let all drop right where it Ills: leave
Mr.. Burke 10 do the Burkin and fighting, and you
20 right into the country and put yourself under
he cold water cure somewhere, and see if your
lead wont come right again. / fictitious, and
you going to strip the mask from me Y Why
ny dear friend if you could only be up here five
minutes on our new platform on, Mason and Dix
,n's side of Salt River, and Jest lift the mask off
,f my face one minute, you'd know me jest as ca
" as the little boy knew his daddy. Your head
:ouldnt be so turned bat what you'd know me 4
or you'd see then the very same old friend that
tood by you and Ginerai Jackson, fifteen, sixteen,
md eighteen years ago. the same old friend that
;oaxed up Gineral Jackson and made him forgive
7ou for calling him such hard names before he
vas ele cted. It's very ungrateful for you to for
ret me now that is, you was in your right mind
For I'a the same old friend, the same Jack Down
ng, that was born and brought up 10 Downing
,ille, away down east in the State Of Maine, and
hat drove down to Portland JIM Jinnewary, 1880,
riih a load of axe handles, and bean poles, and
found the legislator in a dreadful snarl, all tied
and tangled. and see-sawin up and down whole
fortnight, and couldn't choose their officers. |
found by axe handles and bean poles wouldn't
.el so took politx aud went TO writin letters.
The Legislator feus and foui all winter but
Kept on writing, and at last got 'em sraightened
out ! kept on writing for whole year, and got
he polix af Maine pretty well settled. Then !
see Gineral Jackson was getting into lrou5le and
footed /! to Washington to give him lift, And