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Letter from Mai. Downing.
Letter Of Instruction to President Pierce and CAD

here and 1oin the best we can, though we
haint made out to fetch matters to a head yet !;
but guess we are in pretty way for it. Our
teams got grit enough, and by iing', they'll
haul the load they hitch on, or somthin's got to
give way. Mr.. Buchanan and Mr., and Mr.,
Mason isn't quite sPry enough ;ahey are lit
tie on the old fogy fashion. and not always rea-
dy 10 cOme'up to the scratch but with Mr..
Sickles spurin up on one side, and Mr.. Sand.
ers spurrin on tOiher side, and Mr.. Soule driv-
=, - e-A'nd. We make out to git good pull
out of them someuniSc::. We have 81. al: 'Ds'S
things SO far ahead here that Mr.. sIcKis SGGd
Mr.. Sanders thinks / had better write de-
spatch to you and the cabinet to home and
give some instruction how to get on,
I'll tell you what It's, Gineral, (when I call
you Gineral sometimes eenmost feel as it l
was wrtin to Gineral Jackson again, say
Gineral, I'll tell you what it's, them three SIS
(Sickles, Sanders. and soule) are the three
smArtest chaps that ever grewed in North A,
merica. They make Europe stan round, and
no mistake. Mr.. Souley holds old Spain be-
tween his thumb and four finger, and Hhisks
her about Jest as he's mind to, Queen and all.
Mr.. Sanders lays down the Democratic law
to France, aud stans pretty fair chance to be
chose President of the new French Republic Af-
ter Napoleon goeO out and for old Johnny
Bull, I'll be lick if think the critter dares to
stir an inch while Sckles holds him by the
horns.
suppose you've seen them leIters-how
Mr.. Sickles snubbed Peabody the great msr'
chant banker, about the 4th OF July dinner
Capital, was mt it? Ye see. Mr.. Peabody gin
4th of July dinner. He's always doing sich
things, or giving money away for something or
other, for they say he's got mony enough 10
buy kingdom Wall, he invited Mr.. Sickles
to come and jne the rest of us and have good
set down. But ye see, Mr.. Peabody didn't
know how much patriotism and read Demo
cratic grit there was slowed away in Mr.. Sick
les breast he had no ide ont and that was
the rock he split on. You'll hardly believe me-
Gineral, when / say it, but it's a fact. MIR,
Peabody had Englshmen there TO help eat
that dinnerl It's an meecholy fact, butts
true II he had had half table full Of fcunni-
bles we could all stood ii & fit our way thr'o;
but Mr.. Sickles couldn't stand Englishmen,-
He had too much Democratic blood in him for
that. To mix up Democrats and Englishmen
at the same table was awful But that wssn't
the worst oft. When Mr. Sickles got there
he couldn't hardly believe his own eyes for
there was portrait ofthe Queen hung right
up in the same room with Gineral Washington
wasn't that stumper? No wonder Mr.. Sick
les Democratic blood billed over. But that
wasn't the worst Of it. When they come to
give the toasts they toasted the Queen! The
rest Of the folks stood up to drink the toast but
Mr.. Sickles grit his teeth and sot down as hard
as thousand of brick and he felt so DISCUS
ted he couldn't eat another mouthful. And
when the music to increase the insult, struck
up, God save the Queen Mr.. sickles took his
hat and marched out There was spunk that
young America ought to be proud of That
Mr.. Buchanan didn't take his hat and march
out to, only shows that he's an old fogy.
We've held our Congress, and got things in
amiddling good train; though as l said before,
we haint brought matters to a head yet We
managed better than your Congress does. We
didn't stop to make so many long-winded
speeches, but talked rightto the pint, and got
through in a few days. The members chose
me President ofthe Congress the first thing
for they said that 1 was nearest akin to Giner-
al Jackson Of any of 'em, and the honor belon
ged to me, so had to take the cheer. / re.
turned thanks for the honor Of course, and then
proceeded to business. began by callin for
the reports of the committees that had the bu-
slness in hand before we met.
'1 call for the report on England first out of
respect to her beng our venerable old mother
Mr.. Sickes, who was the head of that COM
mittee, reported that John Bull was an obsti-
nate old fogy, and ha d found 1t very hard to
make any impression upon him. The people
all seemed to be tied to the Queens apron
strings, and didn't appear to care no more a.
bout Democracy than horse does about his
grandfather. Still he had faith to believe that
thay could be made to take it. and when tbe
time comes he was ready TO off coat and roll
uphis sleeves and whipit into 'em Cheers I
Upon the question Of accepting Mr.. Sickle's
report, Mr.. Buchanan rose and said he object.
ed to the term of old fogy; be never did like
the term, and he thought it would do more hurt
than good in thss report and he moved that it
be struck out. s} e s8aai 8as a
Mr.. Sanders said no; that was the cream Of