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From The National Iatekhgencer
DOWNINGVILLE RATIFICATIoN, AT
LAST

DowNINeviLLE, MAINE, July 20, 1852.
Mr.. GALES g. SEAToN,
Washington, Seat OF Congress (
My Dear Old Friends We've made out
to ratify at last, but it was about as hard
job as it was for the Baltimore Convention
to nominate And Pm afraid the worst
ont amt over yet; for Uncle Joshua shakes
his lFead and says to me, in low tone. so
the rest ahan't hear, "between you and me
Major, the lection will be harder job still /"
put great faith in Uncle Joshua's feelins
He's regular political weather glass and
can always tell whether we are going to have
it fair or foul good ways ahead So when
he shakes his head !. materially 1eok out for
a tuff spell Of weather When | got home
from Baltimore, says I, Well, Ehcle Josh
ia, you got my letter in the Inteliigencer,
didn't yuu?' And says he, Yes
Well, didn't we do that business up well2
says L : l don't know about that, said
Uacle Joshua; have my doubts about it. ;
Why, don't you think says 1, the nom
nation Of Gineral Pierce will put the Dem
ocratic party on its legs again, and give it a
fae start7'
Uncle Joshua looked up to me ikind Of
quizzical, and says he, 1t has gin the par
ty pretty considerable of start already, it
come so unexpected And then he sot as
much as two minutes drumming his finger
on the table, and didn't say nothin
And then he looked up again, and says
he, Major, icho is Ginefal Pierce1 II
aia't fciio4s name, is it p
Why, Uncle Joshua says I, how you
talk 1t is Gincral Franklin Pierce, of
New Hampshire
2 Gineraf Frlnklin Pierce, of New Hamp-
shire. is it2' says he: well, now, Major,
are you sure there is such person, or did
somebody play hoax on the Baltimore
Convention 2
Yes, says I, Uncle, I'm as sure of it
as am that there is such person as Uncle
Joshua Downing TO make all sure of it,
and no mistake, come through New Hamp
shire. and went to Concord, where they said
he lived, and inquired all about it The
neighbors there all knew him perfectly well,
aud showed me the house he lives in. He
wasn't athome, or should seen him my
self, and should got his promise to keep the
Downingyille post Office for you But you
needn't be afraid but what you'll have it, for
/ sent telegraph to him from Baltimore as
soon as he was nominated to keep it for
YOU
Here see by the looks of Uncle Joshua's
ewes that he begun to get hold of some new
IDEAS. SAYS he, Well, Major 1T is fact
then. is it, that be was nominated In real
earnest and 'twasnt no joke z
Upon my word and honor says |, there
isn't particle of joke about; it was all
done in real arrest
4.Well, then, if you've really got candi-
dat !, says Uncle Joshua, should like to
know something about him. Does be belong
| to the Old Fogy class or Young America
| class p
! guess about half and half says I, and
/ bs,ll be all the stronger for that, because he
can draw votes on both sides
After ALL says be, I'm afraid it's bad
nomination. Them old pillars of the Dem
oeratic party, Gineral Cass and Mr. Blu
chanan. and Governor Marcy, and Gineral
Houston. and the rest, will feel SO insuted
and mortified at being pushed aside for
strangers to take the lead, that they'll all be
.g;p The nomination, and their friends too.
and thaIfIl upset the whole kettle OF hsh.
Don't you never fear that. Uncle Josh
ma saws I; them old pillars that you
\ sneak Of are all very much ticAItsu win ens
nomination. You see, it broke the nose o.
youne America, and they was deligsted
Nth e AS soon as the nomination was oul
IF m mould. before it had time TO cool, they
ali teleeraphed right back to Baltimore that
notbin IN the world could have happened e
snit 'em better it was > most excellent nom
nation and they felt under everlasting OBJ
LEGATIONS tothe Baltimore Convention q
4 nssdns Z have no fears that they'll feel an.
coldness towards the nominations They'll
all tnrn to and work for it ike beavers
Well how is it, said Uncle Joshua,
bout that bow candidate for the Presidenc,
tia, they call Young America II bus nos
s Knocked ont Of joint he'll Of course ooppos
INSTRUMENTATION, tooth and nail .
There's where you are mistaken agin
Irn.is Joshua, says L On the contrar
l. goes for i hotter than any Of them b
tele1raphed back to Baltimore as quick
lightning could carry il, tia, the 1Onina, Z :
was lest the thing; it could not BE no be
ter Ye see, be looks upon It ID the llgt
that Il chokes of all the Old Fogies an
leaves he tieId clear for him next time. q
! thinks 50 highly Of the nomination. an
ssels 20 patriotic about j, they say be is 9