Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-06-26

hill, aud all we could do WE couldn't star
II ahead again. Bit the Cass team
which had backed down almost to TIL
bottom Of The hill, after resting aiid breath
ing a little, now took a fresh start 10 come
40. Al that we hitcbed Oh again aud de
tefmined if possible to shove him ove
this time. We whipped, and spttfred, ant
pulled, sn1 pushed. aud liollefed, md
screamed, and Tie team hauled we'll The
old OK bows cfeaked, aud we begun &c
| think we should reach The top. Btu
when we gyt abuut Two thirds the way
| up, the team rot stuck agin; and though
it took eight Or ten smart pulls alter THIS
it didn't get a,y higher, but every time
buck cd down n little.
It was pretty clear after this that IL was
gone goose with the Old Togies. We
hadn't nc hopes OF elm longer. II the
Cass aud Buchanan teams could a been
hiteiel together, they would a walled
over the hill as easy az a cat could liek
her ear. But there was SO much quar-
reilinu among lie drivers that this couldn't
be done. Every driver was proud Of his
own team, and wohld stick 10 it, aud
have nothing to de- with totler. HE
Viruinny delegation went out a good
many times 10 consider OF it and make up
their minds, aud every time they come IN
they marched fight mp ani took their
stand by the Buchanan team They stick
to that team without iiiutliing, for thirty
three steady pulls aud for the last ten of
6[teen pulls ! couldn't think of nothing
else bur +" old Virginny never tire But
there was q good many others stuck it onl
full az long. and some II good deal longer
.ian old Fifg!nny, before they gin tip
We tried d Jew pulls with, the Marcy
team aud a fe.v with The Butler team, but
it was NO go We became satisfied there
wasn't ali Old Fogy in the field who could
ever reach the top of the hill. We hegut
to look round now to see how Young
America was getting along.
The Douglas team was made up mostly
of you1g steers aud il was q pretty slnart
team, well trained, and pulled well But
1t wasn't equal TO the Ga Fo4ies for q
heavy pull it |,adn't So much bone aud
sinpW aud wind and bottom. nuwsom-
ever, il made n pretty good scratch of it,
and kept gaining gradually mp the hill; SO
we thought we would take hold aud give
Young America q boost, aud see if we
couldn't get a candidate that way. 10
tell the truth. we begun to feel rather
streaked for fear we shouldn't get a can
didate at all, and felt willing to hitch on
to most anything. Bat the best we could
do with Young America, we couldn't gel
only about hall way up The hill before the
steers begun to back down agih, aud we
see twas no use. they couldn't come it
Well, there we was, all ia d fix. We
couldn't see no other chance we'd got 10
30 without a President l,ebatse we eoull't
nominate Il candidate. One Of the mem.
bers actually tainted away here, aud all
Of us felt a good deal Wuinblecropt aud
down Ia the MOUTH But II old NirgiDny
tires !" aud when we was all hiteliin
Oh round for the tbirty.fHth pull, old Vir.
ginny marched into the field with a bran
liew team. Everybody stared and cried
out, What team Is that What team
Is that p And when they heard the all.
swer, 1.-THE franklin Pierce team. of
New Hampshire" they wouldn { hardly
believe their own ears Iju, 1t was a fact,
and Nifginny drove that new team one
pull all alone. Then one or two others
htscled OH with her and tried eight OF ten
steady pulls. All Of us looked Oh and
watched the working Of that new team,
AT last folks begun to make up their minds
that that was the team to pull aud straight.
ell out the Democratic traces, aud with
proper help 1t might be got over the hill
Old North Gardner liitehed Oh, and Geor.
g,a h,'ehetl on, aud Tennessee litched on,
and bye aud bye there was II general race
over the field to ace who should hitch
first, 1t didn't make no odds wliv,
Old Hunkers aud B%atuburiers. aud Free.
sllers aud Abolitioti, ane Union and Sc
c~ession, aud State Rights. aud Old Fogies
and Young America, all run heller SHELTER
aud litohed on 10 the Pierce team. That
tealn | tell ye went up the hill like smoke.
Some of the States run ill they was al.
ti,ost out Of bteatl, for fear they shouldn't
fitch on before the team got to the top Of
The hill. But they all made on, to llo ,k
an, and every State was sin at the death
s,a ready to iine IN the giueral hoorah.
After this we lladnt no more difficulty;
Everything went as regular as clock work.
The master told Us we had read mud spelt
well, aud we might all 70 out till four
o'clock. So we went out aud took a lie.
;le BIT Of a spree, aud then come IN and
'ook hold mud worked together jest like
as,d hauled Mr.. King right up
% the topsof the hill in two pulls, and
made him Aiee President.
Then ,he committee brought in the
platform, aud we all danced on it. In
Ire crowd aud confusion we couldn't see
what it was made on, but we was told it
vent agin the Bank, aud ag:u the Tariff,
Ind agin Internal Improvement, aud was
frs. rate platform ; SO we all jumped on
md said il couldn't be no better.
p. S. I've telegraplied Gineral Pierce
o save the Downingville Postotiice for
'ou, 81 YOU may feel easy OH tint score,
remain your loving nephew.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
GA4m & 1