Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-20

celve the sublolned letter from our oiu lilehu
and favorite, Mairr DowNING, who, from his
long silence, we had begun to fear had gone
to that bourne to which he seems to apprehend
we must ourselves have departed. We hope
now 10 hear from him more irequently.-Ed-
itors Nat Intel
DowNINGvILLE,
DowN EAST IN THE STATE OF MAINE,
NOVEMBER 10, 1851.
Mr.. GALES & SEAToN: My dear old friends,
if you are vet in the land OF the livin, long
to have little talk with you about the affairs
of the nation. And if you amt in the land OF
the livin, but have dropped off since I've been
away to the gold diggins of Callforney, II
you'll contrive to let me know it I'll 60 to one
of the 'sperrit rappers" cousin Nabby knows
one of 'em) and try to have chat with you
that way. And my old friend Mr.. Rltchie
too, want to have a chat along with him.
But don't know where to find him, for Un-
Gle Joshua tells me he isn't in the Washing
ton Union paper now, and they've carried
him back to Old Virginny." Now that's ve-
very bad it's treason agin the Government.
How can the country get along through
a Presidential campaign without Mr. Rltchle!
They never have done it, and it cant be done;
it's impossible don't know who they've got
in his place in the Union, nor don't care !:
but know they never will find one that can
Sight agin the Federalists like Mr.. Rtchle.--
How many times he's saved the country from
ben eat up by Federalists; and, what's very
remarkable, he could fight agin EN- for yea RS
and years after they was all dead, jest as well
as he could when they was alive. There's
to be a great battle for the next President, and
we cant get along without Mr.. Rltchle. lie
ought not TO have gone Oft so he owed his
services to the country, and he ought to be
ketcheI and brought back to Washington un-
der the fugitive Slave law" That law is
carried out every where here to the North,
and we expect it to be carried out TO the South.
What is sass for goose is sass for gandar Ii
the South wants to keep the North III the u
MON, she must give some good strong proof
that she is willing to fulfil and carry out the
fugitive slave law. And she couldn't do it
any better than to ketch Mr. Richie and car
ry him back to Washington, and shet him up
in the Union paper Office, and tie him down
in the editorial chair, and put a ream of pa
per before him and pen in his hand, and set
him TO writing about the next Presidency
Then the dark fog that now hangs over the
whole country would begin to be blowed a.
way, and parties could begin TO see where
they are again; and the knots and the snarls
of politics would begin to be unravelled, so
that we could all tell where to take hold and
pull with fair chance of doing some good
Then we might stand good chance to get a
President next year. But as things now go
the chance looks slim enough.
Times isn't now as they used to be, when
we hadn't only two parties, and every body
could tell who he was fghtin against Then
a single blast from Major Ben Russell in the
old Boston Centlnel would call out all the
Federalists in the country, and make 'em
draw up straight line; and then another
blast from Mr.. Richie in the Richmond En-
quirer would call out all the Republicans in
to another line-and when these two parties
were called out there wasn't nobody LETT but
women and chilaren-and then the two par
ties had a clear field before 'em, and march
ed up face to face and had a fair fight, and
they always knew which rot whipt But
things isn't so nowadays. There's more
parties now 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 Philadelphy lawyer to tell what par
ties you are fightIn against, or to tell who is
whiPt when the battle is over. Ididn't know
things was in quite so bad snarl till got
home 'tother day from Calfiorny, and sot down
and had a long talk with Uncle Joshua, who
told me all about it. Uncle Joshua is getting
old, but he holds his age remarkably we'll;
think full equal TO Mr.. Richie; and don't see
but he keeps the run of politics as well as he
used to.
Says |, "Uncle Joshua, what's the prospect
about the Presidency!'
WE'LL" says he, Major, he always
calls me Major-says he, Major, there amt
no prospect at ALL"
How so,' says | !; show can you make
that out ~
WELL" says he, there's so many parties
now, and they are all SO mixed up higgledy-
plggledy, that you cant see through 'em with
the longest spyglass that ever was made
That's why there amt 10 prospect at all"
"Well, now, uncle Joshua" says |, "jest
name over all these parties, so J can begin
to have some idea of them"
"Well," says he, 'we'll begin first south
side of Mason and Dixen's line There's the
old Whig party, and the old Democratic par
ty, and the party of Union Wings, and the
party of Secession Wings, and the party
of Union Democrats, and the party of
Secession Democrats, and the party OF abso-
Lutte, unqualified Secessionists, and the party
of Cooperation Secessionists. And then If
we come to the north side of Mason and Dix
on's line, we fDd the regular Whig party,
and the regular Democratic party, and the
Union Wings, and the Abolition Wings, and
the Union Democrats, and the Abolition Dem
ocrats, and the Silver-gray Wings, and the
Wooley-head Wings, and the Hunker Demo-
Gratis, and the Barn-burner Democrats, and
the Seward party, and the Union Safety Com
mittee party, and the regular Free-Sile party,
and theregular Vote-yourself-a-Farm party"
Here Uncle Joshua paused little, and Aunt
Kezlah laid down her nittin-work, and looked
over heI spectacles, and says she to me.
" Your Uncle Joshua must have a wonderful
memory to keep all them hard names in his
head for my part, dontsee how he does il. -
FThpn cousin Nal che claD L.