The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-12-23
FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
{ DowsiN5vILLE, STATE OF MAINE,
J November l5lh, 1852.

aud Uucis Joshua i good dea happier
And as ior aunt heziah, abog. the seconl
DAY arier The election, when New York
and pennsy iyania, aud Ohio come rolling
N fur Pierce and King, she was 50 eem
pIetay csorii3wed with oceans Of haPPl'
ness that ste fell into conniptlon fits, and
uas had 'em m0ra or less every day sjaee
And az tos Cousin Sargent Joel Downing.
ae don't hurfah lor Ginefai Scott no more;
yat ever siace tie ctzctlon hs hurrahs for
GIaeral Pierce day and night, tliI he's gol
% be 50 hoarse Eo c1u't speak above d
whisper. Iou remember told 5ou IN my
last leltef how uncle Joshua and | iouud
Sargent Joel, some tine before the eiec-
Hon, cut behind the barn, standing on o
stump, swinging bis bat, and hoiefin "har,
raa tar GiaeraI Scott with all bis might.
Artcr that he did IL openly, aud SAID he
didn't care who heard il. And be kept il
up till the day afier election, wien the
telegraph wires brought IN tie thunder and
IgAlnin news that aii creation had. gene
lor Giaeral Pierce, and then Cousin Jaei
cl8pt round quicker than you ever sce &
narwester set III aster southeast storm
Cousin joel Is cunn dog; be knows
winch side his bread ID bauerod, and you
tnaz depend ha VII: ba ga hand in Nash-
.uelou next winter, and ii pcansy lpanIa
avenue daD't ring from ono end to tother
wIih his burrshs Tor Ginefai Pierce,
vent guess agin. don't know wha,
Iinaral Pierce will do for cousin Joel when
lne tigno comes, bat he will be bound 10 d.
something pretty hanasOmo ior him, tyr nc
man has hurrah'd louder and heartler tor
ulm han cousin joel has, especially since
The election.
Aud aa for uncle Joshua, he seems to be
IN hinaaom-come. Ii does my heart good
10 .gok al him. be seems 10 b - satisfied.
lie sass the good old Jackson times is com
ing back agjn, aud the Bsnk and the Tar
ia4nd lnternaI improvements has got 10
stand from under, or else be swamped.
.But, SAYS |, ''ancle Joshaa, we hain't
got no Baak now, so it can't stand from
Under, nor be swamped mother"
..Well, that ain't nothing st al TO the
argument," saws he; ''supposln we had .
Ddak. IL tsBHttt uasG ~ s&Auu t-p.1i aa41Si
wouldn't it?"
swell, uncle Joshua, says |, 'yon ask
me as puzzin question as Bill Johnson
4d 'tothcr day.
"What was lhat" says he.
"Weil,,' says !, .you know Bill is al
ways bantoring every one he meets to
swap watches. So he comes up to nit
'!otbcr day, and says he, Msjor, how'll ye
swap watches? says /, Mr.. Johnson,
hain-t cot no watch. Says he, 10 matter
for that. supposin you had one. how wouic
you swap! Now, uncle il hid Gnly hao
a watch. could told Bii how | .uaic
swap. And so ii we only had b nix, may
be coaid answer your question too. For
if ii WAS a Wing Bank, ! should say prettl
decidedly il would have 10 stand IRON un-
der or lie upset, Bat Glueral Jackson kill
ed the Bank. and now Gineral Pierce has
killed the Whig party. II has a!way been
our doytrtue. that the Dtnocrat principle
:. 10 ligh, agiu the Wings. Blt now there
an't 10 Wing p rtS, nor 10 Rlnk. dun't
know tor my part what Giuera Pierce Is
uolug 10 d.; III Of all the hard things IN
It0ls world there AMT notnin harder than
to kick agin no,hin And, uncle,
shundn't be al all surprised i Glnera'
Pierce should goto work now and bald up
a new B4uk; and daa't know bat almost
wish he would"
uuco Joshua rolled up his eyes, and
SAWS ne, "Major, YOU ought 10 10 the las
man 10 say that arter workin as hard as
un did TO help Gucra! Jackson kill the
ald Bank monsIer.'
Il know th4t,' says "but circumstpn-
,cs alters cssas. Il is being IFk;g Bank
anal makes a Bank bad, and does all The
mischief. a Dmocratic Bank might be a
very good thing, and hope Gineral Pierce
wln try the experiment. The Bank oi
England has worked we'll for more than i
nnodred wears, and why shouldn't the
B INK OF America, if there wasn't 30 Whg-
sers mixed up with il? hope Giaeral
Pierce will 30 in for q true D!mocratic Ma
ioua Bank
..Woll, Major" said uncle Joshua, u
saose YOU see deeper into statesmanship
tian do, and don't know bu, you're
aboat right. think GuersI Pierce ought
TO take YOU for one Of his Cabinet if he
wants 10 ge, along safe; and thiak ii you
would sit Down and write a letter to the
Gineral. giving him some Of your notions
about things, il might be help to him, and
thlak, Mojor, it's your duty to do it."
couldn't help thinking about this last
remark ofuncle Joshua all day, and finally
begun to feel as though 't,ras my duty &c
the Ginoral. Bn, see something in the
papers about his going to Virginia or some.
where otf South, and don'. know where
my letter would find h,m. But ! spose,
Mr.. GALES aud SEAToN, YOU keep the run
ofhim, so will inelose the letter TO you
and get YOU 10 send it on By SO doing
cu will much oblige Your old friend,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
In the private letter 10 Gen. Pierce the
Major gives him the following sensible I'd
vice.
"You must remember that the Whia
party is dead and buried, SO you haven'I
cot to fight agn that no more,-And you
must remember, too, that the Wing party
Inns left considerable valuable property,
and that the Dimocratic party is the nat
ural heir to it, So you can take ap the