The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1862-12-06
Applying the Principle"
LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWNING.

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SURs: We are all on the qui vivevs here
for war moose. Link n gets up sometimes in
the middu of the mite to hear dispatch
received hy Sekratarv Santin, and as much
Of it "a is though, good for the health of the
peepil is sent to the papers. The other mite
Linkin called me. This was very unushul
for him, for he ginraly tells me in the 'nornin
1T the breakfast label, and axes my opinion.
but lie sen: for me that mite, and sed that
must get up and reede the moose. So
went down, and he showed me the dispatch
that General Mitchell got Of Bowre.ard's
Now" says the Kernel, ''you see, Majer
we've got the reskis in corner. They've
got to ie or run, and if they fi,e they're
licked, and if they run they're licked. We
shall now snon have Memf -, and that jest
pens up jeff Davis in Virginia. You see,
Mai-r, Bowregard ses he aint got but 35,'
900 troops" Ses I, Kernel, et me take n
look at that dispatch" put on my specs
and read it. over two or three times very
k-rtullv, and then ses |, "Kernel, don't
think you orter put CRATE faith in that. AS
Elder Do"little used To say, 1T may be bee,
and then again it may be II wasp that Bow
regard is great f-ll-r at Strategy. and it
might he another dodge Of his. And then
again, Kernel, that was afore you signed the
bli abo fishing slavery in the District Of Col.
umhv. As sure IA you're born that will be
worth hundred ,hrusan sojers to jeff. Da'
WIS.," "Wal," ses Linkin, ''le, it, who caresl
TIL. truth is, Majer, we Republicans have
been talking ahou, the crate principle of :he
equality of all men inr rlndng lngens, niggers,
Chinese, and so on, and now they want me
to apply the principle, and I'm goin to do it.
| think there is some hurnbug in it some
where, but | don't exactly know where, aud
as they will give me no peace, and will new
-r he satisfied ennyhow until it is dun. I'm
goin TO put it thru" "Wal," ses |, KERNEL,
90 ahe1 but look out for squalls, perhaps.''
ses I. .'you never heard the story of Zenas
Il"'nspnu applying the principle hope
you won't hev rs bad luck as he DID," NO.
ses Linkin, Il never heerd that story. What
was it'" "Wa," ses |. "Z-nas was goodl
natured feller VINO lived in Downingville,
aud wunderfu inquirn sort of chap,
alters and forever pryin inter things. IT he
bought clock he'd take it all apart with his
Jack nife jest to see how it went together.
SO about The time telegraph was started
and an offs was set up in our town. Zenas
WAS eenmost puzzled to deth to get the hang
oflhe criiter, as he called it. One day he
went to the offs, and axed The feIler to show
him all about it. The chap was very
pe.lte, and explained to him the great prin-
ciple on which it worked, but Z-nas didn't
exactly 'hru il. and kept aAln questions
and lnlherin the fei-r till he got clean out
of pa.hins. Finally, SEES he to Z.nas. Per
| hnna jEa ~
prinripl- Z-nas sel he would of course.
:Wa,' srs he, 'Irn you JEST take hold of
them brass n"bs and stick I" '-m tight s"
Z.nss grabbed hold of Il EN- like all possessed
bu, he hadn't more than fairly got hold he
he lay slrawny on the floor. The 'rrnci
pie had Knocked him clear over. Now. t.
mas was lerrhnI teller to sm.ke, and alters
carried his pockets full of usifer matches to
lite his pipe with. 1t SD happened that he
had hull box full in his coat tail pocket IA
he keeIel over, and As he fell they scratched
. gin one another 50 strong that they all ct
atire. 1t warnt but a little while aiore L,
mas was all in blaze, and before it could
be put out it had burnt an awful big hole
| in the seat Of his trowsers, and scloiched
him thereabrus awful, and sed he didn't
wan, TO know ennything more about applyl
ing the principle. Now" ses I. KERNEL,
hope you won, have as bad lux as Zenas
did, but depend ont, this applyin principles
YOU don't exactly understand, is dangerous
business. If you don't get burnt somewhere
it will he n wonder"
"Wal," ses Linkn. ,"Majer, you are a cute
chap in telling story, but NV tell me, do
you think the nigger and the white man
didn cum from the same parricntl" Now.
ses |, "Kerne, that's akin a deep question.
You see its onpossibul to tell what the Creal
,ur NAV have done. lie might have made
only one kind Of man at fus', and then alter
e their cnns,i,ushins an compexinns, and
brains afterwards. You see everything is
possible I" the Crea,ur. Or the niyger may
have cnm from Ham. who WAS ru-red for his
sins, and then don't that it is enythng
agn the sr,iptonrs to believe that all the
kind, of men were made at the beginning
lest ~ they are now. But it don't make
emmy difference how they cum 10, so long IA
they are different, You can't emmy more
make white man ont of nigyer than you
can breed lion out of \ pole cat. You See,
it's car agin naur to expect to make the
Niger anything but a nigger. You can't
get u pearh out of crab apple, nor punk
out of y wafer melon, nor eagles ont ofducks
eggs. You can't raise chickens from egg
plants or nrnucs goslins from z 'os-bsrrss.
You see. Kernel. everything in natur must
90 according ,o'natur. If the nigger had
been intended to be equil t" The white man.
and the very fact that he amt made so, Ia
proof positive that he warnt intended to he
put in a white mans place. Trying to make
a Niger ACT like white man is jest like old
Sol Hopkins. one year Harvesting his Oft OK
and his hoss together to plow corn. The ok
was as lazy as he could be, and the hoss was
a young. highstrung anmil. and such a
pullin an hsulin team you never did see. II
almost killed both You see, it was workin
agin natur. l. WAS trying to make hoss
/ hoaa nail hAH of ulil.h