North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-11-12
LETTER FROM MAJOR JACK DOWN.
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WasHINGToN, Oct. 20. 1862

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WASHINGTON, Oc,. 20. 1862
SURs: Wal, the Kernel has b.l >icA D..
1t is astonshn how ljtel takes him 4 W.
now adays. HIS constitushln seems FL. h,
enamost clean gone. Old Rye don't do ,,.uc.,
good, and Eve tried all sorts of medic n, bu
moth seems to work well. This tynl.. ...S
narves were terribuy worked up, an he y 8
so fidgetty tina: konclu.led to tr,, G ltrr.
| Cordial. This cooled Dim down a cool deal
but not ill after he TUX nigh o,ip Fl r.
/ five bottles full. The can-e # All ,.- Au er
was the recent elecshlns II On, In -.. ...
| Pennsylvany Tue K--l-, 9.i es,t, s.l h
SumnuTe, Greeley an Aajrews thar nc oDfy
way to carry the elecShl,s lhi- fall, WIS Il. -
500 an eInlncina,hin pIocIama>O.n; ri,a' j;
he didn't do it, the party woul ne con ple,,.
! " "hlpped out IN every STATE. So he kp-
cluded To Try It, bat wen he return, cum ir.
yuu never dli see sncl woe beg ne looking
man. Ore n'te n heerd sun tad "ew> from
| . 10, an grr'ii ~ ii his n.te gown, he cu 10
10 my "in al axe wat - pu-.tt aD Ut
struck Il i-'li ap ge- IN U,y SLATE r..
kcr',I hai Grr'iey'> la year, .iunaa,c lu
oIr bands. ce> Ae, " VI ,jrr. Ie.'> 2, t"xn 10
he teleeral otfi> an see hnw The mapr..,&
run al We can be able 10 givr a guess ia
will cum a. ni-h TO It "a the jump f a rsb
hit" s. ji>t put my dnds An IF W,
went. The news cum IN tItck an la-t, an ~
hc fcler at the ieiegraf rea3 IF h. fgare-
| put 'em down I'll my slate, an the ktraeI
compared 'em with his own malrIte, ia
Greeley primer. see he wa< turnn ali
sorts "t coi"r-, an finally, ~eS he, Mai +, We
are ? IA" ji>t as knnpler.y a. f w VIE up
San River W, ir>trai Of BEN here. I'ie
Je~ Ike % swap places !, sam hn-s j eek,
an 60 INTO the hoss contract line" Ses lie
" Majer let'< 90 hum. l've seen all of this
elephant liar | want TO-" s.. he crsmped
h's coat tail pocket full of de-ratches, all off
We started. When ne ct hum, ses he, g Ma
Ier, INV administration is the biggest falyure
that ever Tux place in the history of this or
eny other country. now see that Jest as
plain as | see that bottle of old rye there
I've listened to those internal fools. Sumnure
and Greeley, an pretty scrape they have
got me in"
Ses ], Kernel, it amt my natur to hit
man wen lie is down, or 10 hurt any body,
felins by referrin to the past" ''But," st,
|, don't you reckoll ct the story about
Applyn the Principle 2" Ses he, eyes,
do, Majer, rocollect it we'll" "WaI," se>
|. " now you see the result of applyin the
principle" told you then that you'd get
scorched wus than Zenas Humspun did in
meddlin with the telegraf, if you undertprk
to carry out the principle of Abolishin, but
you sed the thing must tech the b,ttcm, an
you was bound to put ii through Now, you
see, the people don't support you. They
don't want nIggerS made equal to white men,
nor they don't want 'em freeI to be tax on
'em. A few felerS like Greeley, whose brains
all seem to run to bran bread an free luv, or
some other mOonstruck nonsense, an some
larhed fools like Sumnure, want to try the
experiment, out they uont represent tho PEI
ple So you see, kernel that in applyin the
principal you have kicked yourself over, an
only menshin it to show you that if you
nad t,llowed my advice you would not have
nal these great defeats to mourn over"
The Kernel looked very solem, aud srs he,
Majer, know I'd been CRATE deal better
IF ia followed your advice all through
these trubbIls, but you see had to go with
my party, an fit had carried me to the other
side of Jordon, 'spose | should have gone
with ito
That mite thought the Kernel would go
into spasms, he was so nervous I.got some
hot water an soaked his feet in it, rubbed his
bowels with brandy, and laid flannel IN 'em
and bathed hiS temples in camtire an rum
But he grew wus all the time Finally be-
Gan TO pore the cordial down him, and then
he commenced TO revive. But he didn't
sleep scarcely wink all mite. In the morn
N he was the most limpsy piece Of mankind
ever did see. rsley believe he might hare