Juliet signal., 1862-06-17

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letter from Major Downins.
Interview between Major Jack Downing
and Presideut Lincoin- Discussion on The
contrabands.
Washington. April Is, 1862.
70 lie Editors Of he CareasEia:
SIRs: Pye been kinder sick sirce writ
you last. The truth is this clymate in the
spring is really very weakening to thectn
etstushin. Linkin, too. has been terribnily
hnxus about war moose. and the nigh ap-
proaeh ot OF hot weather. But the great
sabject which the Kernel and have been
considerin Is the conrfrybands. What is 10
De done with 'em !; That is the Question
and L'nkin ses he would like TO see The
teller that can tell him.
One night Liukin got Up bic man. and
he sut down, and Now, ses he .Let;s take
look atsil creashun.and see II tber ainf
some lace vher We kin send these pesky
kiuky heads and git red Of sem
WAL ses sKernal, I'm agreed.
% ne went at it First Link IN put his
''a'<rr On iiazy Vow srss b. .tlas,s
an iidnd that Just soiits Tue Niger co,,ss,-
tustiln. Suppose they go therf But
says 1, Kernel. they wont 90, and eff thew
did, they wouldn't do nothin.' WAL ses
he, no matter, eff they wont trouble us
here emmy longer But ses /, theirs one
more resin. The iland aint large enuff to
hole all the niggers; four millions or
thereabouts.' WAL ses he, there's Gen.
sral Amerika-what do you think of that
spot? WAL ses /, Kernel that is a fine
country, naturally. The Greater fxed il
up on grand scale, but you can't make a
treaty with 10 enny more than YOU can
count the spo:e en- a little pig when he is
running about the hull time. The truth ia
you can't till who'll be President of it from
one nornin to the next, and the pigpers
you send there might all get their throats
cut just as soon as they landed
WAL ses Linkin, that's slto6t obiec.
tien. But let us turn over to Afriky. There
Is Libeery, how would that do Maier p
Wal, ses l, Kernel, that country is about
tbe biggest humIug Of the whole lot. Fust
on. some rally good peepul thought it was
goin to amount so sumthin, but after forty
years OF spendin money upon it, ther aint
emmy more chanst Of civilizin Afriky in
that way than ther is of making riHed
cannon out of Eastwood log. A few
dominys. who car't get any one willing to
hear item preach, have got holt Ct it, and
are making good thing out of it. As for
sending our all niggers ther, why, it
would take all the shippin of the world,
and more money than Chase could print
by steam in year.
Wal, ses Linkin, where on arth can
we send 'em p
Now ses /, Kernel. Ive got an idee
oil my own about the matter. think they
are best OF where they are and Just as they
are, but II we must get rid of 'em, would
| send 'em to Massachusetts Peepul VIII,
are anxus to have other folks overrun with
Tree Diggers, ought to be willin to share
some OF the blessius thems elves. So let
all who are here in Washington be sent
right off to Boston,
Yes, that might do seq Linkin, but
then, eft they are entitled to their freedom,
they orter be allowed to 90 where they
| are a mind to-
But ses |, some States wont have 'em
at all, and they can't 60 ther So what's
to be done?'
w al. ses Linkin. I.tell you what it is
MaJer, this is an almighty tuff sui ject. I
know sumthin about splitiin rails aud what
! work 1t is generally, but the Niger oues-
ton has puzzled more than ANYTHING | ever
hold OF before WAL ses |, Kernel, |
can explain the resin why Ses he. let's
near you, Majer.' WAL says l, Kernel,
where do You carry your pocket book p
Ses be, what on arth has that to do with
the suijeck p Ses |, hold on-you'II see ,
Wal, ses he, i always carry it right
therein my left hand trowsers pocket Ses
1, did you ever have q hole 10 that pock,
ct tor day or two, and have to put YOUR
| pocket book in some other? Ses he. Ma
Jer, have Ses |, what DID you do with
1t then p WAL says he, L put it in nv
right hand pocket, but it kinder chafed nv
leg then, cause it warn't used to it, and it
also felt mighty onbandy. So | put it in
my side coat pocket, but every time
stoopes aver it dropped out Then put il
IN my coat tail pocket, but was kept all
the time on the qui cirers, afreed some
pick pocket would steal it. At last, in or
der to make it safe and sure | put it in the
OF my ha:, under some papers, but the hat
was top heavy, and over it went spillinp
everything. tell you l was glad when
my pocket was fixed, aud | got it back to
the old spot
Now, ses |, Kernel. that's lust the
case with the niggers. The mint you gel
'em out OF their place, you don't know wha;
on arih to do with them. Now we've been
here all the evenin sea.chin over the ma
to see eff we can't find some place for &c
put them. But it is all of no use. You've
got to do with them just as you did with
your pocket book. Put 'em where the,
belong. and then you will not have emmy
more troubil
He didn't see eggaztly how l was going
to apply the story, and when he did h,
looked kinder stuck up. When saw tina
1 had made hit upon him, follered i
up. Ses /:
Kernel, this government aint out of ordeI
as Seward and Chase kontend. They ar,
trying 20 run it the rong way-that's wba
makes all the trOubil. l once had a thresh
ing machine, and solo it to old Mr.. Dunn
bier, and after be got it he sed it warn
good for nOthin-that it wouldn't run, &c
Sol went over to see it, and vow e
he didn't have the machine all the ronl
eend formest. l went to work at it. and
after a while. it went off like greese, Jest a,
slick as whistle. You see old Dunn bier
didn't understand the machine-therefor,
he couldn't make it go. Now ses !
Kernel, our coDstitushin is a Dimmycrat,
ic machine, aud it's got to be run as {
Dimmycratic machine, or it won't run a
all! Now you see Seward is trying to rur
it on his higher law principle. but i
warn't made for that,and the kensequence
is, the thing is pretty nigh smashed up
That's just what's the matter, Kernel
WAL, ses Linkin, things do look rather
dark. ! don't know whar we will com,
/ b,,k
the ministers to pray for US. Perhaps they
will do some good
! Ses ], Kernel, that reminds me Of o!G
Elder Doolittle, who come along the ruac
one day rite by wher old Sol Ho2kings,
very wicked old sinner. ives hoein corn
The season was late, and the corn might,
slim. Ses the Elder. Mr.. Hopkings. you
corn is not very forrard this year. mo. i