Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-11-29
D0WNINGYTLLK,
Donn East IN tts State Of Maine

NJ GALrs q SE.ToN Ny dear old friends
If yon are yet in the land Of the Twin, long to
have talk with you about the affairs of the na-
sian And ifis amt in the land Of the liyin. but
i!ave dropped OF since I've been away to the
;sll diggins of Californy, if you'll conrive to
Jet ne know it I'll 90 TO one Of the "sperrit
opera (eousin Nelly knows one of 'em) and
Igy "a have chat with you that way. And
Iay Old friend Nj Richie too want to have
>, chat along wIh him.-Rut ! don't know
where to fiad him. for Uncle Joshua tells me
les isn't in the Washington Union paper now,
and they've "carTied him back to Old Virginy.'
iow that'sYeTy bad ilis treason against the
ttoFernmenk How can the coustry get along
through the Presidential campaign without
Ar. Ritchis? They never have done it. and II
cant be doae; it's impossible. don't know
who they've get in his place in the Union, nor
! don't care; bat know they never will find
oaethat can fight agin the Federalists like Mr
a;tchie. How mary times be saved the coun-
try from bein eat up By Federalists; and what's
very remarkable, he could fight 'em for years
and years after they was all dead. jest as well
Us he could when they was alive. There's to be
a great battle for the noxt President. and we
cant get along without Mr.. Ritchie. lie ought
rot 10 have gone OF so, he owed his services to
The country. and he ought to be ketched and
h.ouyht back 10 Washington under the "fugi-
tive slave law" That laW is carried out every
where here to the North. and we expect il to
be carried out TO the South. What is sass for
The goose is sass for the gander. 1.-THE South
wants toykeep the North in the Union she must
give eone good strong proof she is willing
taffui6ll and carry out the fugitive slave law.
Aad she couldn't do il better than TO keich
Mr. Richie and carry him back to Washington
and shet him up in the Union paper office, and
i;e him down ia the editorial chair, and put
rezrn Of paper before him and pen in his hand
and SET him to wiring about the next Presi-
aencY. Then The dark fog that now hangs
o7es the whole country would be blowed away
and parties conld begin to see where they are
again; and the knots and the snarls of politics
wop!d be unravelled so that We could all tell
where 10 take hold aud PulIwith fair chance
Of, doing some good-Then We might stand a
good chance TO get Presiapntnext year. But
IS things now go the chance looks slim
enough.
Times istl't nov as they used TO be, when
we hadn't only two parties, and every body
could tell who he Was Ggh,in' against Then
a single blast from Maior Ben Russell in the
old Boston Contioel would call out all the
Federalists in the country. and make 'em draw
lsp in straight line and then another blast
from Mr. Richie in the Richmond Enquirer
would cali out all the Republicans into anoth-
er Iine-and when these two parties were
called out there wasn't nobody left but wo-
inen and children-and then the two parties
had clear field before 'em and marched up
face to face and had a fair fight, and they al
wars knew which got whipt But things
isn't 50 nowadays. There's more parties
noH than you can shake stick at. And they
face ia all manner Of ways, SO that whom you
are fightin' for one party it would puzzle q
Philadelphia lawyer 70 tell what parties you
are fielatin' against, or to tell who is whipt
after the battles over. | didn't know things
was in quite so bad a snarl tll / got home
t'other day from Californy, and sat down and
Esd long talk with Uncle Joshua, who told
me all about it Uncle Joshua is getting old
hut he holds his age remarkably well; think
fniI eaueaI to Mr. Ritchle; aud don't see but
he keeps the run Of politics as well as he used
70.
SsFs. I. Uncle Joshua, what's the prospect
aboat the Presidency z"
Well says he, .Maiar,'-he always calls
me Maior-says he, Major, there amt no
prospects at all
HOw 50. says 4; how can you make that
out -
sWei. says he,' there's so many parties now
HGld thew are all mixed up. higgledy- -piggledy
that you can't see through 'em with the long
est spy glass that ever was made. That's why
there amt no prospect at all.
well, now. Uncle Joshua says l jest
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have some idea of them.
Well says he, well begin 6rst soush-sid,
pf Masons and Dixon's line There's the ole
ssEhig party. and The old Democrat party, ant
the party of the Union Wings. and the party
af Secession Wings and the party of Unior
Democrats, and the party Of Secession Demo
Gratis. and the absolute, unqualified Secess
ionists. and the party Of Cooperation Secess
ionisss. And then If we come TO the nortl
h;de Of Nasons and Dixion's line We End tht
regular Wing party. and the regular Democra
party, and The Union Wings, aud the Abo
i:tioa Wh;zs, and the Union Democrats, ant
the SiiyeT-gray Wings and the Weoley- -hea'
Wings, and ihe Iunker Democrats, and tn
Barn burner Democrats, the Seward party ant
the Union Safety COMMITTEES party, and th
REGULAR Vote vour-selfa-Farm party
Here Uncle Joshua paused little, ant
Aunt Keziail laid down her nittin work. AM
lacked over her spectacies and she says to M
your UncIe Joshua must have q wonderful
,uennory 10 keen all them hard names in hi
head: for nay part don't see how he doe
IL Then causin Nabby she clapped her hand
and laughed, and says she. Now Cousin Jacl
which party do you belong to
Saws r an be banged il ! know. lfthe oi
Csineral was alivc-I mean Old-Hickory-P
% with his party, let it be which 'twoald fc
then should know was going for the cour
try. The Old Gineral was always ready
fight for the country agin Bank monsters, an
Nuliifcation monsters, and all soIts OF nor
Sscrs'
sWell, now." says Uncle Joshua show d
You suppose we are going to work to make
President, With all these parties in the fel'
fghtin' cross-hsndcd. and catty corners an
every which way q
.I'm sure / can't see.' says "unless "
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