Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-01-31
a Letter from Major Jack Downing.
Major Jack Downing To Governor
LOs1iS II 0sSmIh.
DowSINGsyILLE, AWAY DOWN .EAsT,
In the STATE Of Maine, Dee. %, 81.

DowNINGsyILLE, AWAY DOWN EAsT,
II, the State Of Maine, Dee %. 81
DEAR GoyERNog;-I hope you wont fee
sighted because haint writ you afore. The
truth is havn't had no time. I've been SC
busy for about a month past, L couldn't get
time to write no how. Uncle Joshua and
have been hard 10 work all the time day and
night. reading your speeches and the duins Of
tie meetns ii New ork and England. We
begun a week or two before you got to York,
and have been at itcVer since. We common
" gek up and go at ii before. breakfast, and
take turns reading. and keep it up till bed
tiTnes that is I'LL nine O'Clock in the evenin for
that's the time VIC DoWningviles folks 90 to
bed. So l hope you wont feel sighted be-
cauSeI havn't found time to write to you afore
now. and hope you havn't felt lonesome
since you've been in York. see you are on
the way TO Philadelphy, and Baltimore and
Washington, and II you should feel lonesome
IN them places, Just turn about and come down
here to Downingville,E and we'll try to cheer
you up andsmake You feel at home. | say
this because | have took a great liking to you,
and always mem what / say, I've took a
greater likiag 10 you than anybody else since
| lust nv dear old friend Gineral jackson
May be il IS because you are so much like
hinna Fact. ia something's it seems to me, you
are Jest like him. Old Hickory was the man
whas took the responsibility when he wanted
to do any thing; aud see you are Jest SO you
amt afraid to take the responsibility; apd what
is better still. you are trying toencourage oth-
eFfolks TO take the responsibility tu. Old
HickoFg was gTeAt hand 30 make principles
and then eight 'em through And there agin
IsthiRk you are a good deal like him. And,
hy the waysI begin 10 feel quite liking for
Presidens BonapaEt Of France, for see he's
took the responsibility at last, been making
principles and fghtiH Of EN- through. There's
some folks in the world yet; and it's well
there Is. for les pretty likely there'll be use
fof sem before another year is out And then
another thing which makes me think you are
somnch Ike Old Hickory, is the hoorahs.-
Why, il seems 70 me, / cHn hear all the way
from York 70 Downingsvilie; and il carries me
right back todd times when the whole coun-
tfy was ringing with shoorah for jackson.
4 think. dear Governor, you'd better stop
here ill next summer, and not 90 back TO
Hungary. We shall have 70 make new
President next summer, and you might get in
to be President Jest as easy as a cat could lick
her ear-and President YOU know is higher
tllan Governor, Hadsntsyou better take il
/ know you can get ii IL you viii only say the
word Our parties in this country have been
50 broken TO pieces and mixed up lately, that
nobody could tell who to pitch upon for Pres
ident and we've been a goood deal worried
for fear we shouldn't make out to choose any
president a next summer. And | amt sure
but what ya're got here Jest in the nick of
time TO GET us out of this scrape. For if you'll
only standas candidate you'll 60 in boiler
never knew il fail, when the hoorahs got up
50 strong as they have been since you got to
YoEk. We've got about twenty parties in this
country now, there's the old Wing party, aud
Ilieold Democrat party, and the Woody Wings
and the Silter-grey Wings, and the Hunker
Democrats, and the Barnburner Democrats
and the Seward party, and the Unon- Safety
Committee party and the Liberty party, and
the Fegalas Free Soil party, and the regular
Fote-y yourself a-farm party, and the old Abo-
litionp party, and the old Secession party (which
spronted up out Of the old Modification party,
that and old Hickory killed off, and the Co
operation Secessionists; and now there's two
new paTties added thai amt hardly three
weeks old yet-the Intervention party and the
Non-interYention pariy; and Ibelieve these
are divided again into the party for Iuterven-
lion, sear or no 1gar.
Itwas lucky yon took stand aud put your
foot down when you ,Grst got TO New York
that ron wouldn't be mixed up with any Of
our parties in this country, for if you had once
fairly got mixed in with 'sm. you would a
found yourself in such snarl that I'ln afraid
you would wish yourself back to Turkey again
before you would ever get out Of it. And it's
lucky on another account that you haven't
mixed up with any Of our twenty parties. For.
now you are the only manin the country that
san get their. votes, As you haven't said
nolliin agin none of 'sm they can all turn
round md vote for you, and if you'll only say
the word they'll do il, and glad of the chance;
forlhat seems to be the only way they can
get handsomely out Of the everlasting snarl
they'ye gol into all over the country. You
needn't be afraid there's anything in the way
a.in your being President To be sure, there
IS some little rules laid down about i. in our
constitution, but that can all be managed well
enough il only wants somebody to take the
responsibility. Folks cant alwaysgo accordin
% The constitution when they get into a bad
snarI they have TO make new principles TO go
by. See how President Bonaparte has jest
got out of his snarI; lhe constitution didn't
stand in his way bit he jest sci urr7 a new
principle and fit it out. And you see he's
come out all straight. and now can wind his
yarn any where 10 suit himself
81 don't see nothin in the way to prevent
youF getting in to be President if you've
uaind to- You haven't mixed up with no
party, so you wouldn't have 70 fight agin no
parry. and il's pretty likely no party wouldn't
fghl agia you. But there's another thing
makes il more sure than all that You know
this is free country. and all the Offices be-
longs to every body and them that can make
the best and the most stump speeches COM
monty gets in Now know We haven't got
any body in this country from Maine to Texas.
nor from Dan 10 Beer Sheba. that can hold a
candle to yoR 10 that kind Of business. OF
course when ! say this mean the old bible
Dan and Beer Sheba there's another Den in