Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-24
75 From the National Inteligencer.
FRon1nEAJoR JACK DOWNING.


FRor1n1AJoR JACK DOWNING.
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mn GALES q SEAToN; My dear old flengs, any
as happy as happy can be, and uncle Joshua ls a
gfeatdeaI happier. And as for Aunt Kezish, about
The second day after the election, When New y ork
and Pennsylvania and Ohio, came rolling IN tor
Pierce and King, she was 50 completely oVeEhowea
With oceans of happiness that she fell into connip
ton fits and has had ZEN more or less every day
since. And us for cousin Sergeant Joel Downing,
he don't hurrah for Gineral Scott more; but ever
since the election he hurrahsf for Gineral Pierce day
and rRht till he's got tosbesos hoarse he can't
in my last letter how Uncle Joshua and found
Sargent Joel, some time before the election out
behind the barns standing on stump, and SWING,
ing his hat, and hpllerinf lrah for Gineral Scott
with all his might. AFTER than he did it openly ana
said he, didn't care who. heard it. And he;kePt II
mp till the day arter election when the Telegraph
wires brought the thunder and llghtnn news mat
all creation had gone for Gineral PlerceI ana lhen
cousin joel chopt round quicker than you eNeT SIC
IA norwestet set in after south east STORM Gou-
SIN Joelisa scunnin dog; he knows which SIDE Of
his bread is butlered and you may depend he Will
be on hand in Washington next winter, anu !!
don't ring from one enu 70 totnet
with his huIrah'S for GineTal Pierce, won't
guess again. 2 L don't know what Gineral Pierce
viii do for cousin Joel when the time comes, but
he will be bound to do something pretty handsome
for him. for no man has hurTahd louder and heart
Ter for him than cousin Joel has, especially since
the election. -
And as for.Hncle Joshua, he seems to be IN KING
dom come, It does my heart good to look at him'
he seems so satisfied He says the gooa OLD JACK,
son times is coming back agin, and the Bank and
the Tariff and Internal Improvements has got TO
stand from under, or else be swamped.
sttBut" says IL funCle Joshua, we hnlnSt got no
Bank now, 50 it can't stand from under, NOR be
swamped neither"
ment,'1 says he. "SuppoSin We had Bank, it l0O"h
have to stand from,under, wouldntIt!"
'sWell, uncle Joshua" saysI s'you ask me as
puzzlin question as Bill Johnson did 'tother day."
t'What was that?" says he. -.
"Well," saws /, styou know Bills always ban
tering every one he meets 10 swap watches. So he
comes up to me Stother day; and says he' MAJOR
howl II you swap watches. Says l, MIR. Johnson
hain't got no watch. Says he, no matter tor that'
supposin you had one, how,would you swap. NOW
uncle, if had only had a watch, could told how
would swap. And so if we had only Bank, may
be could answer you yopr question: forhl u was
a Wing Bank, should say pretty decldediy, u WOO
hive to stand from under or be upset. But Glne-
raj Jackson killed the Bank, and now GinGral
Pierce has killed the Wing party. II has always
been your doctrine, that the Dmocrauc prlmciplel Is
to fight agin the Wings. But now there amt no
Wing marty, nor no Bank, DOM for my part know
what Gineral Pierce is going to dos for Of all the
hard things in this world there amt nothing harder
than 10 kick agin nothing. And, uncle, lShoudnt,
be at all surprisedif Gineral Pierce should go to
work now and build up new Bank; and don't
know but almost wish he would"
Uncle Joshua rolled up his eyes, and says he,
"Maior you ought to be the last man to say that af-
ter working so hard as you did to help Gineral
jackson TO kill the Bank monster
'.I know that" saysl l, ''but circumstances al
ter cases. 1t is being Wing Bank that makes
Bank bad, and does all the schief. A Democrat
ic Bank might be very good thing, and hope
Gineral Pierce will try the experiment. TheBank
of England has worked well for more than hum
dred years. and whyshouldn't the Bank of Ameri-
ca, if there wasn'tno Whiggery mixed up with it?
hope General Pierce will go in for true Demo-
cratic National Bank" u SO. ..-r.,-s
"Well, Major" said uncle Joshua, al spoSe you
see deeper into craftsmanship than do, andl don't
know but you're about right. think Gineral
Pierce ought to take you as one of his Cabinet if
he wants to getalong safe; and think ifyou would
sit down aud write letter 10 the Gineral, giving
him some of your notions about things, it might hea
help to him, and l think, Major, it's your duty to
do itE' -. ,-.t.
couldn't help thinking about this last remark of
uncle Joshua allday, and finally begun to feel as
though 'tpas my duty to write to the Gineral. But
see something in the papers about his going to Vir-
GINA or somewhere of South, and don't know
where my letter would find him. But spose, Mr..
Gales and Seaton, you keep the run OF him, SO
will enclose the letter to you, and get you to send
ii on. By sodoing you will Oblige your old friend,
II @tl y MAJOR JACK DOWNING.