Washington telegraph., 1852-10-27
From the National h,teAigencer.
Letter from Maj. Jack Downing.
DowNINGvILLE, STATE OF MAINE,
Saturday. Sent. 1S. 1889

TO you. III peSKy afraid Glneral Scott /
coming in. And, arter all, don't know VIII,
should feel SO much afraid of it, especial
ly on my own account, for l don't s'pos
he's very bad man. But I feel bad fo
Uncle Joshua His whole heart is boune
up in the post-office, and if he should los
it, I'm afraid it would almost be the deatl
of him. He's had it now more than twen.
ty years, and he's more fond of it becaus,
it was given to him by dear old Ginera
jackson. lie loves it now like one of hi
own family, and think it would be about
the hardest one of the family to part with
unless It's Aunt Kcziah If he should lose
airy one Of 'em, that is Aunt Keziah, or the
poSt-othce, L know it would break his heart
And that's what makes me feel SO bad al
the turn things has taken down this way IL
favor of Gineral Scott. If any way could
be contrived to keep Uncle Joshua in the
post-of6ce, [ wouldn't care snap if Giner-
al Scott did come in. And l guess there $
good deal of the same sort of feelin'
amongst good many Of the Democracy
HI just give you sample of it.
There's Cousin Sargent Joel, he can't
live without hurrahing for somebody as
much as two or three times day. He cot
IN habit of it in old Hickory's time, and
he couldn't never leave it off since. Two
or three weeks ago, Uncle Joshua and I
was In the barn, planning little about get
ting out the voters to the election, when all
to once we heard somebody back of the barn
holler with all his might, "Hurrah for Gin
eral Scott - We both started and run
round the corner of the barn as fast as we
could, and who should we see there but Cou-
sin Sargent Joel, standing on stump,
swinging his hat all alone, and hollering at
the very top of his voice, "Hurrah for Gin
eral Scott.' Uncle Joshua looked as cross
as thunder, and Cousin Joel colored little
as soon as he see us, but he swung his hat
again, and sung out once more, "Hurrab for
Gineral Scott, aud don't care who hears it!i''
" What's that you say?" SAID Uncle
Joshua
81 say, hurrah for GineraI Scott, and
don't care who hears it, " says Cousin Joel,
putting on his hat and jumping off the
stump.
"Well, this is pretty piece of business"
said Uncle Joshua Setting such examples
as this to the neighbors There's many a
word spoke in jeest that's turned into arrest
before its done with; and you ought to be
careful how you set such hurrahs acoin. IF
you once get em started there's no knowing
whatll be the end ont
81 don't much care what'l, be the end
ont said Cousin Joel.
"Why, Joel, what do you mean?9" said
Uncle Joshua; eff you are going to turn
Whig say so, and let us put you out of the
synagog at once, and be done with it
l want plain right up and down answer
are you going for Gen Pierce or not,!"
81 'spose shall" said Cousin Joel.
"Then, why in the name of common
sense don't you hurrah for him." said I'm
Gle Joshua, and try and get up some enthu-
simusy. You ought to be ashamed to throw
your hurrahs away 'tother side.''
*'Now, Uncle Joshua, I'll tell you what
it's said Sargent JOEL straig ghtening him
self up jest as he used to at the head of the
company in Notification Tins, says he, ''I'll
tell you what It's, Uncle Joshua, I'm willing
to vote for General Pierce to help you keep
the post-ofiice, and | mean to: but yo,
needn't ask me to hurrah for him, for
can't stand no such tom foolery as that
I've tried it. and won't 60 no how. 1t
makes me feel so much like digging small
potatoes and few in HILL But when
get right hungry for a hurrah, | give it to
Gineral Scott, and [ find there's refresh
ment and nourishment in that something
like real meat; it makes me feel as it used
to when we gin the loudest hurrahs for Gin
eral jackson"
Uncle Joshua turned away, looking rath-
er down In the mouth, and saying, he
didn't know what the world was coming to-
AS near as | can find out, there's a great
many Democrats in this State, and other
places too, that's in the same fix as Cousin
Sargent Joel Downing; they've tried to hur-
rah for Gineral Pierce, and can't Over to
the raisin' of Squire Jones barn t'other
day. arter they all got through, Squire Jones'
who is a great Democrat, called out, "now,
let us give three cheers for Gineral Pierce. y
AS quick as look they all swung their hats
and about three quarters of em sung out as
loud as they could holler "hurrah for Gin
eral Cass..'' At that Squire Jones flew in
rage and told them they were traitors tc
the party, and no true Democrat would hur-
rah for any body but Gineral Pierce That
touched the dander of the rest of 'em, and
about twenty swung their hats and cried out
Justify, "Hurrah for Gineral Scott..' and ask.
ed Squire Jones if he liked that any bet.
ter.
These things has kept Uncle Joshua very
uneasy along back, and before our State
election, which come along last Monday, he
got quite nervous; and he amt no better
yet We've been in quite state of COM
federation all the week, trying to find out