Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-11-29
FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING.

long silence, we had begun TO fear had gone
10 that bourne 10 which he seems 10 appre-
hend we must ourselves have departed. We
hope now TO hear from him more frequent
y,-EdHors Nat. Intel
DowNlNGvILLE, Down EAST IN 1HE STATE
OF MAINE,
November 10, 1851.
Mr.. GALES & SEAToN:
Times isn't now as they used 10 be, when
we hadn't only two parties, and every body
could tell who he was figh,in aginsl. Then
a single blast fom Major Ben Russell in the
old Boston Centncl would call out all the
Federalists in the country, and make 'em
draw up in straight line and then another
blast from Mr.. Richie in the Richmond En-
quirer would call out all the Republicans into
another line and when these two parties
were called out there wasn't nobody left but
women and children-and then the two par
ties had a clear field before 'cm, and
marched up face 10 face and had fair fight,
and they always knew which got whipt-
But things isn't so nowadays. There's
more parties than you can shake stick at
And they face in all manner Of ways, so
that when you are fghtin for one party it
would puzzle a Phiadelphy lawyer to tell
who is whipt when the battles over:
didn't know things was in quite so bad a
snarl till | got home 'tother day from Cali
iorhy, ana sol down and had long TAX
! WIN oncle joshua, VINO 'oid me all about It,
o"c'e JOSH Is Se'''',9 oIu' pu' ne nous MS
age renarNao'y wen 'hlnE lnIl eqoaI 10
MI hl'ch'e ana doh't see ou' he keeps
the run OF ponies as well as ne used TO-
Gays !, " Uncle joshua, WHAT'S Inc pros
Pec' aooo' 'he PRESIDENCY
"WelI," says he, hiaJar,"-he always
calls me MaJor-Says he, " MAJOR there amt
no prospect al an
How So says how can you make
'hat on' -
wen, says ne, "'h''e's so many par
'les now ana 'hey are all SO ih'Neu up h'@-
"'eoy P'@e'edy; 'ha' you can see 'hfo"@h
EN- win 'he longest SPy"'"sS 'na' ever was
made lhal why 'he'e amt 10 PFospect
al an
wen now uncle Joslu',' says |, JEST
name over Il" 'heSe paf''es' so can peslh
10 nave some loea o' 'he'n'
"WeIl,' says he, "we'll begin first south
side of Mason and DiXon's line. There 5
the old Whig party, the old Democrat party,
and the party OF Union Wings, and the party
! of Secession Wings, and the party of Union
! Democrats, and the party of Secession Dem
ocrats, and the party Of absolute, unqualified
| Seccssionisls, and the party of Cooperation
| Secessionisls. And then if we come to the
north side of Mason and DiXon's line, we
find the regular Whig party, and the regular
Democratic party; and the Union Wings,
and the Abolition Wings, and the Abolition
Democrats, aud the SlIver-gray Wings, and
the Woolley.head Wings, and the HnnkeI
Democrats, and the Ban-bnrner Democrats
and the Seward party, and the Union Safety
Committee party, and the regular Free-Sile
party, and the regular No'e-yourSeIi-a-Farm
party"
Here Uncle Joshua paused little anc
Aunt he|lah ialu down her ml''ln-WofN, an'
looked over her spec'acies' ana says she ''
me, "lonr uncle Joshua must have won
dertul memory to keep all them Eard names
in his head Tor my part, don't see how h'
does it," Then cousin Nabby she clappeC
her hands and laughed, and says she, Nov
cousin Jack which party do you belong to 2
Says |, "fll be hanged if know. If th'
old Gineral was alive i mean old Hickory
I'd 90 with his party, let ii be which 'twouId
for then | should know was going for lh
country Inc Old u'hera' was always read.
10 hsh' LOT 'ne country against p""k monster
ana Nul'ihca'ioH MONSTERS anu all SORTS O
monsters"
"WeII, now" says Uncle Joshua; " hoN
do You suppose we are gong to work t
make President with all these parties
the field, tigh'in' cross handed, and calty
corners, and every which way :"
aim sure | can't see" says |, "unles
we can get up party that will surround tn
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