The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-12-11
From The National Intcllisrrc-r.
From Major Jack DOWNING.
h""NiA">NLLE, STATE OF MAINE.

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Nov. IL. 1872.
MR. GALES SEAr"N: Ny dear old
'F''nH>; am as happy as happy can be. and
uncle Joshua Is great deal happier. And
a> ior aunt kcziah, about the second dav ar,..,
the election, when New York, and Prnn>yl-
wanna: and OHIO came rolling in for Pierce
and klns' ,h" was 50 completely ovcrflowcd
with oceans "t happiness that She fell into
compton ilt,. and i... had 'cm n,or, or less
every day since. And Is Tor cousin Snroean,
joel Downing. he don't hurrah tor Ginrr,I
> OF no more; but ever since the election
hI ,, h"rrah> tor ''inerai Pierce ,'.s ana hight.
u'I h'> g"t Ia be ~ hudr>c h,. cant su,,k a
lave Il Whisper. You Remember told Won
IN my last letter how mm le Joshua and |
loHni >argcant joel. some time before, the. g.
lection out hchui the barn. >tandiun an =
stump, >wln@in. hi hat and hu!rrin "hurr,b
Tor ''Iucr'i Scott with all hi> might. Ar,.r
that he dId 1t OPENLY, and >aii he didn't care.
who heard II. And he he kept it IN till the.
day artrr election. when the telegraph wires
brought III the Thunder and li.htnln news
that all creation had gone for Gincral Pierce,
ana then cG"lt found quicker than Won ever
sc - npr"r>icr set IN artcr a southeast Storm
l"u>ln joel Is Il cunn!a dog: he knows which
>'Ic M "rta' Is Onttcrcl. and ynu NAV de-
Icn! hc VIII l." ON hand in Wa>hinuton next
winter, and II Pennsylvania avenue don't rim
from on" end to tothrr with his hurrahs far
''nrr'I Pierce. | woa't g"c>> a.in. don,
kh"" what ''ncrt. Pierce will do for cousin
.j"'l when the time cones but h,. will h,.
found To do something pretty han.l>nm. for
him. tor no man has hurrahd lnudrr anI
hrarucr for him than cousin joel has. c.,.-
Ga. -.,lc the election.
And a> for uncle Joshua. he seem. to IN. IN
hln-i"m-conr. Ii does INV heart rood ia
took at him. he seems t. he 80 satisfied H..
>a!> the goo! old Jarkson times i> comma
back ag'n aud the Bank and the Tariff and
Internal improvements has got to stand from
under, or else be >wamprd.
"hut lays |, "unclt Joshua. we haiut oot
no hank A"". 81 Ii can't stand from under.
nor hr swamprd nurhrr"
ell, that amt nothing at all 10 the ar
sumcnt. says he. ">upposin We hal a Bank.
II To"ld have to stand from under. wouldn't
it :"
"Wrll, uncle joshua" saws |. Won ask me
aS puzzlin question as Bill johnson did
tolhrr day"
Nv hat was that :" SAYS he
I'VE ell, says |, Won know Bill is always
haniering every one he meets to swan watch
t.. 30 ne comes up to me tothrr dav. and
SAYS he. Mayor how'll We swap watches =
SAYS |. Mr. Johnson haint got no watrh.-
Says he. no matter for that, >uppn>n Won had
one how woutd Won swap: Now uncle. If
had only had a watch, could told Bill how
would swap. And SO if we only had Bank.
conId answer vour question too. For if it
was Wing Bank. should >ay pretty dec,l-
rdiN II would have to stand from under or br
upset. 'ilneral Jackson killed the Rank and
now Glneral Pierce has killed the Whia par
~. 1t has Iwavs been vour doctrine. that
the Dlmocrat principle Is to fight arin the
hiGs- But now there amt no Whir rartv.
nor no Hank. | don't know for NV part what
'''herai flrrcr Is gainG To do: for all the har,I
things IN this world there amt nnthn harder
than To kick agin nohin. And. nncle should
not hc at all surprised if General Pierce
should 90 to work now and build M a New
Bank, and don't know but | almost wish he
would"
tncle Joshua rolled up his ewes. and saws
he, Major. you ought 10 he the last man Ia
say that arter workin As hard as Won did To
help Gneral jackson kill the old Bank mop-
Stcr'
Il know that saws |. lint circumstances
alters cases. 1t is being Wing Bank that
maxi Bank bad, and does all the mischief,
\ Dimocratic Bank might be a very good
thing, and hope Gncral Pierce will try the
experiment. The Bank of England has
worked well for more than a hundred wears.
and why shouldn't the Bank of America. if
there wasn't no Whiegcrv mixed up with il.
hope Glneral Pierce will 90 in for true
nlmorratic National Bank.
We'll Mayor" says uncle Joshua. u snose
YOU see deeper INTO craftsmanship than do.
and don't know but you're about riubt
thlnk Glneral Pierce ought to take Won for
one ot his Cabinet if he wants to get aIono
safe; and think if You would sit down and
write letter TO the Gineral. irwin him some
OF your notions about things. it miobt b.. ,
nelp TO HIM, and think, Major, it is YOUR
duty to do it
| couldn't help ;hinkih about this remark
OF uncle Joshua all day, and finally beguu
to feel AS though 'hras my duty to write to
the Glncral. But see something in the pa-
pers about his goln to Virginia or somevber,
off South, and don't know where nv 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
1t on. by so doing you will much oblire
your old friend,
Major JACK DOWNING.