The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-12-06
Another Letter from Major Downing.
Tie DowntngrilIc Pinttorns.

III Tue national liittliiSSHCcl VI say
urday we find another letter from Ma
jor Downing, The letter is too long
for our columns, but we insert that por-
ton Of it relating to the "Dowsingville
Platlorm The Major aud his uncle
Joshua had long conversation about
the political condition of the country,
the many parties and factions into which |
the people are divided, and the untortu-
nate results that will likely follow a
much longer continuance Of such a state
OF atiairs. Uncle Joshua being at loss
wha! to do or propose to bring the coun-
try back to its wontrd quietness, speaks
to his nephew and says:
81 wish Major you would set your
wits to work and see if you can't con-
trvc some plan"
"Well Uncle Joshua" says !, 81 new
err got SO fur into the woods yet but what
| found the way out agln; and don't
see any difficulty here. 1t seems to me
the road out is jest as plain as the road
to the mill"
At that Uncle Joshua gin me slap
ON the shoulder that cen amost fetched
me over, and says he, "Major that makes
me feel as if a flash Of lightning went
through me. If any body else had said
it, should say twas all humbug: but if
you say it ! believe IT. Now, in the
name Of Old Hickory, du 60 to work
and show us the way out Of the woods"
Well,' says Uncle, don't think
We can malgaH!ate the twenty parties
down to two, but think we can SJt
'em out into two parties and make clean
square work Of it. In the first place,
we must get principle to fight about.
for you've Jest proved that that's the
whole life of parties; and the greater
the principle is, the straightrr will the
parties draw the lines and the harder
they'll fight. Now, let us 90 right to
work and hew out new platform that
shall reach clear from Maine to 'tother
end ofTexas. and from New York to
Californy, and run up our flag on it,
with letters large enough for all to
read
The Union md the Constitution. nou
md tOrcrer.
Then we'll call out to the twenty par
ties and say: Here, look up there; that's
your flag, and them's our sentiments.
Now, all Of yc that amt got tired of
them things, and don't want to see 'em
all upset and smashed to pieces, and sunk
to the bottom of the sea, jest come on
I of your twenty quarrelling parties, and
get up on to this platform and fight fol
the Union and the Constitution.
81 tell you what Ills Uncle Joshua
there's a majority in every ship that
had rather get safe through the voyage
than TO be upset and 60 10 the bottom.
And | amt a bit afraid but what there
would soon be a party of come-outers
on that platform that would be big
enough to take care of the ship. II
might not be big enough to go over to
Europe and whip all Russia, but Pll wa
ger my head it would be big enough u
keep Russia from coming over here and
whipping us. Now, what do you think
OF my plan, Uncle Joshua Don't you
think it'll work.
Well, don't doubt but that would
be good way to get up one party"
says Uncle Joshua; shut don't see how
that would getus out of the difficulty af-
ter all. for there would still be as many
parties left as their is now. 1t would
still have to be one agin nineteen; and
Pm afraid your come-outer party would
have hard work to get President if
they had to fight agin the nineteen or
twenty quarrelling parties. can't see
much chance to do any thing unless we
can come down to two parties, as we
used to-"
"Well, that's jest what I've DONE
says |; 81 hnce come down TO two par
ties"
"How do you make that OUT" says
Uncle Joshua, opening his eyes abou,
half inch wider. "When you had got
some out of all the twenty parties to
makeupyour come outer party, wouldn't
there still be twenty parties left ~
"No," says /, "Uncie Joshua, there
would nj be but one party Lett"
"How do you make that out I" says
he, "l've cyphered as fur as the rule OF
three, but that sum beats me. You say
substract one from twenty, and one re-
mai,as. Now the way always used to
do it was, one from twenty ieaues nine
teen"
| "No, says l." Uncle Joshua, that ain t
right. One from twenty leaves one.
There wouldn't be but one party left"
WELL" says |, "Uncle Joshua, it
would be the regular FHlibuster party ;
for, when all that are willing to stand
up for the Union and the Constitution
had come out from the twenty parties,
you may depend ont that all that was
left would be Ffillbusters. Then it
would be the National Come cutters on