Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-06-07
AnOtht r PresiIentini Candidate.


! Canal Packet Boat Uncle John" running
on the New York and Erie Canal, has been
called out by committee of Rhode Island
/ patriots, as a candidate for the Presidency.
The Captain in reply writes an luent let
ter, contrasting iuvorably with ,kuse oc Law
and Vanderbilt. lie says whsn he received
thelrcal, he was US much astonlshed as il q
thunderclap had struck him.
! "You know me ALL" he proceeds, .I was
raised in these parts, and grew up among the
virtues and vegetables Of your fathers; in my
early years, ere sin could blight was pla-
ced IN the decE ola canal boat,and ever since
have followed the vocation to which was
called by an indulgent parent, and have lived
for the most part on this sheet of water, ma
King my home, as it were, "in the trough Of
the sea-" This life has most aesurcdly eS-
tended my sphere of observation, and sharp
cned my wits. There is a good deal to see
between here and Albany, and good deal 10
learn in lreighting pork and onions, together
with members of Congress and some mis-
sionaries. My frequent dealings, too, with
the New York merchants however much they
may have been calculated to strain my NOR
ais, have te ended TO give me broader and high
erviews OF human nature. Yes, have en-
IJoyed privileges in my chequered existence,
and have been enabled by the blessings Of
Providence and sClne fortunate specuations
in butter and cheese. 10 lay up trfle against
a windy day, and to erect for my atiectionate
wife and beloved children family residence,
which, | am proud 10 say, stands twenty by
thirty on my own land, and combines under
its hospita5le roof all the modern improve
ments, including wash boiler and pump in
the kitchen.
| will not attempt to state al my opiniona
in full. know they would be eagerly read,
but with my careful way of wriling-slow
and sure-doMn strokes heavy and up strokes
| ightI shouldn't get through them in week.
Besides, there would hardly be room in this
canal boat to express my feelings without
knocking away bulwarks, and moreover, if
tits all the same to you, gents, prefer not TO
commit myself By any unguarded words
There are some points, however, that must
not be omitted
J And, first with regard to my pc lit;cal SEN
tments, believe am entirely uneubarrass-
ed, and free tc accepts.a nomination from any
party. | AM not exclusive and particular in
my views. My main politics are of the L
) Pluribas Unum school, peaceable enough to
friends. but knock down and drag out when il
comes to foes and marauders. Pm plain po.
ken, all my sentiments straight-bult, ant
square. toad, up and down, right and left, ant
never surrender. I've always voted for Jack
, son, and expect to do SO, Just at long as he
: is candidate. As to newspapers, | never
read them. | want no theories and specula
, tions, and as long as know what I'm abou
| ask nobody to tell me. l never had bu
i three months schooling in my life, and I'm
) glad OF it. I'm a selt-made man, and prac
'icc is my motto. Talk about statesmen ant
| lawyers, the country wants sef-made placti
cal men. Give me Duf's Calculator and {
fair start, and III agree to cypher the Con
sttuton out of the way of snags and sane
, bars, and to keep the old craft snug and tau
, blow high or blow low. To sum up all
Pm for the stor-spangled hunner,now and for
ever, one ald inseperable, and when at last
in the language Of n fallen patriot, 'lm t
} goner," | trust that our proud bird, as i
! brushes over river and mountain on the er
, turnpike, will be enabled TO point with eX
} tended wing to my humble resting place, e,pnt
to say in unaffected &C cents, "Here lies ,
, true American"
, am not quite settled in my views in re
lation to the bank and the tariff. Sometimes
) think q bark is well enough, aud some
times think it is not. AS 70 the tariff,
, have never noticed it's effects on the "Uncle
, john" but | am wiling to be guided hy tht
precepts Of our Puritan fathers.
5 have no hesitation in saying that on the
subject Of temperance | am all right. an
k opposed to New England rum, and speak i
: boldly. ] have battled this monster of iniqui
/, ty for more than thirty years, and have con
fined myselfan principle to plain and unedul
G terated whisky.
Pure Menongahela of the regular Overhol
brand believe to be the simple beverage o
nature. Vegetable in its origin-,he nutri
tious lile-bood ofrye, as cider is the essen
j. tial juice of appes--it correc,s the frigiditie
n OF cold water, kills the elemental tadpoi
S which often turks in the crystal spring, an
extirpates those assiduilieS of the system
l. which will sometimes creep into "the bes
a regulated families"
d 1t only remains for inc to speak of my re
+ Iigious views. | suppose it makes but liitl
y dlfferenc, about these--tor although religio
% is very good thing to have in family
o there seems to be but little use for it down il
o Washington. ! may as well state, howev
l. er that am not at all bigotted--and do nc
10 confne myself to any particular sect. | al
neither Mormon, nor Shaker, nor Jew
e nor Gentle. have never been accustom
'e ed to worship idols like the Hindoas an
tt Brahmapo AIN | opposed to Por
,r and beans hike the ignolant Mahometans-
= Still have nothing to say against ministers
IS | always Keep Testament on board for tn
D. use of passengers, and if have told Ton
ct my cabin boy, once, I've told him doze
" times, never to swear before the ladies'.
in Iwould like to hear from you in relatio
to the salary. the prices of provisions, an
,e the general cost of living in Washington, an
ir whether you think il would be cheaper