The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-12-17
FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING.


| We were really r"joieeJ yesterday to 70
ceive the subjoined letter from our old frient
and favorie Major Downing; who, from hi,
long silence, We had begun to fear had gone
10 that bsurne to which Lo seem, to sppts
head we must ourselves hsvs departed We
hops now TO hear from him more frequently.
Editors Nat. laiel
DswNIScviLLE. Down EAST IN TIL. STATE
OF MAINE.
November 10, 1851.
Mn. GALES & SxAroN: My dear old
friends, II you are yet 10 the land OF tho lvin,
long to hsve a iue talk with you abou,
tho AFFAIRS OF tho nation And If you aint IN
the land OF the Twin, bu, have dropped of
since I've been away 50 the goi d,sslus Of
Californy. # you'll coarss 10 let me know
1t, IN 60 TO one Of the "sperru rappers"
(cousln Nsbby know. ono Of 'eia) snd trv 10
have chat With you that way. Aud my old
Mr.. Richie too, | wont 10 have a chat along
with him. Bat don't know wh.r. 10 find
him, for Uacle Joshua tells me be isn't in
the Washington Union paper Nc ", a nd they've
"csrried him back to Old Virs,nny" Now
that's very bad IT'S treason sein the Govern.
men'. Ho1 can the cos"try get along
through, a Pfssijen,ill campaign without
Mr. R:ehiel They never have done il, and
II cant be done: IT'S impossible. don't
know who they've got 10 his place 10 the
Union, nor | don't caro- but know they
nsver will had one that can fight sgln the
Fedetalsts like Mr.. Richie. How many
times hs's saved the country from being cat
up by Federslist.; snd, what's very remark.
able, he could fight agn EN- for years and
years after they was oil desd, jes, as well as
be could when they wss sllvs.-Thore's to
be a g,sat battle for the next President, and
Nc cant get along without Mr. Richie. lie
ought not 10 gone off so; he owed his
services 10 the country, and he ough, to bs
kstcAsd and brought back to Wsshins,o Ion
undsr the fugitive slave law" That law
is carried ou, every whore here to the North,
and ws expect II 10 be carried out 10 The
South. What ls sass FOR goose 10 sass for
gsader II the South wants TO keep the
North IN the Unlon she niue, give some good
strong proof that she is willing 10 fulfil and
carry ou, the fugitive slave Law. And she
couldn't do 1t any better than to ketch Mr.
Rhch,s and carry him back to Washington,
and shet him up IN las Unoa paper ofiice,
and tie him down ia the editorial chair, and
put resm Of paper before him and pen in
hS band, and ssl him to writing about tho
mex, Presidency. Then the dark fog that
so~ hangs over ths whole country would
begin 10 bs blowed away, and parties could
begin TO zee vhere they are again; and the
kno,s and the snsrls of politics wou d bspis
TO be unrsvslsd, 80 taat 20 could oil tell
where 20 take hold and pull With fair chance
Of doing soms good. Then vs might s,aud
= good chance TO sel = President nsxt year.
-Bs. as things rev 60 II. ch.acs lock.
slim enough.
Times isn't nov - they ussd 10 be, vi Ga
We hsdu't only two parties, aad evsty body /
could tell Who he was htiu sgains.. Theu
a single bias, from MAJOR Bon Russell ia ,he
old Boston Csn'iuol wclld csll out all the
+ tsderallsls in the country, and make EN-
dra~ up 10 q straight line !; and then aao,her
blast from Mr.. Richie in the Richmond Ea
lulrer would call out all the Republicans into
laoihsr I,ae-and when these two parties
vcrs called out there wasn't nobody lsf, bu,
? vomen and chlldrsn-and then the two par.
les had clear field before EN-, aud marched
'p face to face and had fair fight, aud they
'l~sys kaew which got ~hip,. But things
sn', SO now adsys. There's more psrues
'ow than you can shake stick at. And
hey face ia oil manner Of ways, so that when
'ou are hghtin for one party, it would puzzls
PA'ladelphy lawyer to tell what parties ou
re fishtn agaiest, or 10 tell who is whip,
Vhen the battles ever: | didn'i kaow thisgs
vas il quite 90 bad a snarl lill | 70, bono
other day fr m Californy, and sot down aud
ad long talk With Uscle Joshua, who told
ne oil abou,t. Uncle Joshua is getting old,
Ut he holds his age remarkable we'll; think
all equal 10 Mr.. Richie and | den. SEQ but
g keeps the run Of politics as vel ss heiused
Says |, "Uncle Joshua, what's the prospect
bout the Presidency p
Well" says he, +" Msjor."-he always
allie me Major--says he, F" Major there aint ?
o prospect at all" Q
How so, rays / "how can you make :
lat out y q
Wei, says he. "lhere are so mnny par.
es now, and they are all mixed up, hgpledy
gglsdy, that YOU cant see through EN- with ),
's longest spys lass that ever was mads.- y
hats why there amt no prospect at ALL" :.
Well, now uacle JOSHUA" says |, "iesl +;
,ms over all these parties, SO can begin 10
I'VE some idea OF them" +,
Well, says he, wo'll bsgin first south
DO Of Mason and Dixon's line. There's
. old Wing party, the old Democrat party,
ID the party Of Union Wings. and the party
Secession Wings, and the party Of Uaisn
emocra's, and tho party Of Secession Demo. sq
ats, and the party Of absolute, unqualified