Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-10-14
From the National lhteligencer.
Letter from Major Jack Downing.
)owN1NGvIL1E, STATE OF MAINE,
Saturday, September Is, 1852.

DOWN1NGNlLIE, STATE OF MAINE. I
Saturday September Is, 1852. !
Mn. GALES g. StAroS: My dear old
friends, wish | had better news TO write to
you. am pesky afraid General Scott is
coming in. And, arter all, don't know
why should feel so much afraid of it, es-
pecially on my own account, for l don't
spoSe he's a very bad man. But feel bad
for Uncle Joshua. His whole heart is
bound up in the post office. and If he should
lose it, I'm afraid it would almost be the
death of him. He's had it now more than
twenty years, and he's more fond of it be-
cause it was given to him by dear old Gin
eral Jackson. He loves it now like one of
his own family, and think it would be
about the hardest one of the family for him
to part with. unless It's Aunt Kesiah. If
he should lose airy one of 'em, that is Aunt
Kesiah or the post office, know it would
break his heart. And that's what makes
me feel so bad at the turn things has took
down this way in favor of Gineral Scott
1fany way could be contrived to keep Uncle
Joshua in the post Office, | wouldn't care
snap if Gineral Scott did come in. And |
guess there's good deal of the same sort of
feelin' amongst good many of the Democ-
racy. I'll 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 got in the
habit of it in old Hickory time, and he could
not leave it off since. Two or three weeks
ago Uncle Joshua and / was in the barn,
planning a little about getting out the voters
TO the election, when all to once we heard
somebody back of the barn holler with all
his mi ght "Hurrah for Gincral Scottr' We
both started and run round the corner ofthe
barn as fast as we could, and who should we
see there but Cousin Sargent Joel, standing
on stump, swing his hat all alone, and hol-
lering at the top of his voice, ''Hurrah for
Gineral Scott" Uncle Joshua looked as
cross as thunder, and Cousin Joel colored a
little as soon as he see us, but he swung his
hat again, and sung out once more, "Hur-
rah for Gincral Scott, and don't care Who
hears it,
"What's that you say?" said Uncle
Joshua.
II say, hurrah for Gineral Scott, and l
don't care who hears it," says Cousin Joel,
putting on his hat and jumping offthe 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 ieast that's turned into arnest
before it's done with; and you ought TO be
careful how you set such hurrahs agoin. II
you once get 'em started there's no knowing
what'l be the end ont"
81 don't care whatll be the end ont"
said COUSIN Joel.
why Joel, what do YOU mcan?" said
L. Uncle Joshua; ''if you are going to turn
Wing, say so, and let lis put you out of the
synagogue at once, and be done with it.
, want plain right UP and down answer, are
you going for Gineral Pierce or not:'
II spose shall" said cousin Joel.
, "Then why in the name of common sense
, don't you hurrah for him?" said Uncle
| Joshua, ''and try and get up some enthu,
siamusy. You ought TO be ashamed tc
throw your hurrahs away on tother side"
Nov, Uncle Joshua, I'll tell you what
It's" said Sargent Joel, Strengthening him.
self up just as he used to at the head of the
, company in Notification times, says he, "Il
tell you what It's, Uncle Joshua, I'm will.
, ing to vote for Gineral Pierce TO help yo,
, TO keep the post office, and | mean to; but
f you needn't ask me to hurrah for him, for
can't stand no such tom foolery as that.
: have tried it, and it won't go no how. i
makes me feel so much like digging small
potatoes and few in hill. But when ge
0 right hungry for hurrah, give it to Gin
eral Scott, and | find there's refreshmen
G and nourishment in that, something like rea
S meat; it makes me feel as it used to whel
n we gin the loudest hurrahs for Gineral Jack
son."
: Uncle Joshua turned away, looking rathe
: down in the mouth, and saying, "he didn'
= know what the world was coming to-"
As near as can find out, there's grea
# NAM Democrats in this State, and other pla
= ces too, that's in the same fix as Cousin Sar
5 gent Joel Downing, they've tried TO hurral
= for Gineral Pierce, and can't. Over TO tn
e raisin of Squire Jones' barn 'tother day. at
d ter they all got through, Squire Jones, VIII
= is great Democrat, called out, snow lie
n us give three cheers for Gineral Pierce. ~
e As quick as look they all swung their hat
n ard about three-quarters of en- sung out q
lond as they could holler, "Hurrah for Gin
y eral Cass." At that Squire Jones flew int
e a rage, and told en- they was traitors to III
g party, and no true Democrat would hurra
: for anybody but General Pierce. lhi
If touched the dander of the rest of elm, an
IF about twenty swung their hats and cried OF
e Justify, ''hurrah for Gineral Scott, p" and ask
: ed Squire Jones if he liked that any better
These things has kept Uncle Joshua YER
uneasy along back, and before our Stat
:, election, which come along last Monday, h
a. got quite nervous; and he Oint no better YET
We've been in quite state of confederate
all the week, trying to find out how tn
elections gone, but its hard sum to wor
= out. | went over this morning 10 hel
'e Uncle Joshua figure up. He was settin
% to the table with his spectacles on, and tn
y papers spread all around him, and pen i
Ie his hand, and a dark scowl on his brow
d He was thinking SO hard he didn't seem I
q, know when come in. Says Aunt Kesial
says she, sim dreadful glad you've com
$; in, Major; your uncle will make himself sic
l...- Il. al II