Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-17
"a From the New York Caucsslan.l
Letters from lajer JACK Down
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NueBER TvENTF,FoUE. q
DowsISovlLLE, slate Of Maine, |
Febraafy dth., 1868. J

SuRs@f expect you hageebin kinder pu1- J
zled to know why YOU aio tltaarfd from me in
so long a time, expect you'll wonder, too,
why my letter is dated Downingville instead
Of Yashingiog W., I ssvs.o narsP!e, g the I
hull story Yeu Know inc iastleIter my you
Kernel hedIpromsed To ssoo his Free Niger ,
Pgocfandslin. was alters teetotaliy idown
on it, an thought should persuade him ont
OF il, an tharby save the great disgrace an
stane il would be on our country But the
truth is, the Kernel an | had row about i,
al I left Tie ttory III tell jest a. Il tux
place: The Mornin after New Years | cum
down stairs, an the Kernel was settin in his
cheer with his feet on the tabil. oval, ses
he, five, done it, fSDoue what 2 ses !.
"Why," ses be, "rve signed the Proclama-
shin "Wal," ses |, ''you had better have
signed your own deth warrant, for that IS the
deth warrant of the Union" Ses he, "Majer,i
I'm sorry you re so hard on that" WAL ses
! ty.K drnel,t a5lt tcphard on IT. asgou'h find
| out to your sorror "Now, Majer, let me ask
you one thing We must take Richmond, an
amt we tried evey way but this2 Amt We
gone by the Shanandore Vally by Jeemes
River, BY Manassas, and yet we cant get to
I Richnl6nd2 We'must weaken the rebils alore
we can do it, an this is the way to effect il. =.
! Ses ], "Kerne don't you know there is ond
way to get to Richmond that you amt tried
vet n 1No,' ses he, 81 didn't know It, =
| "WaI" ses l. othere is. "Wal," ses he, "wbat
on arth is it2' oval" ses |, 'it is the Con
sHthshihdl ,od,ff Ses'l, "yon' We bin tryin
to git there agin the Constitushin, an yop
can't do it that way FL you hadn't called
out II, 900 men to whip South Caroliny, old
Virginuy would never have left you, an You
4 eauld have got To Richmond lest as easy as
\ otl' teTfahdfather welies' kih 90 TO Sleep"
oval" ses he, "Maier mebby that's so, but
you cant dip up split milk Ef the thing.is
wrong, it gone so far now that we may as well
drive il thru an see ef we cant clineh It on
tother side "But ses |, 'there amt eny
ltother side to this questshin' eny more than
there is white side to niger or black
side to white man, you may drive on and
on, san you won't getthru. q 'pWal - ses the
Kernel, '"what will come Of it then, Majer3'
oval" ses /, "you will split the Union, but
that is all you kin do "Wal, ses he, "Majer,
that would be Jest like my tarnel luck. /
never got hold of but one thing in my life
that didn split Ses l, ''what was thatY'
SEES he, "a taller candle, an defy all creashin
10 split that Ses l. "Kernel, Iguess you
who split up all the churches" Ses he, how
,, was that p "Wal," ses ], "Ef ] tell you the
story, you must not get mad, for I'm Altered
it will set putty clus" Ses he, "Majer, kin
stand joak better than eny other feller you
= ever seeP "Wal.p ses |, "herei goes: There
was feller out West who got converted, or
thought he did, an jined the Episcopal church.
= He hadn't bin in it long afore he got the mem
I bers by the ears, an split it all up an broke il
down After he had done all the hurt he
. could, he went an jined the Presbyterian
{ church, an he hadn't bin there long afore he
split that all up Then he went an united
= with the Baptist church. 1t warn't long afort
they were all split up an broke to pieces :
Being turned out from there, he went an jineC
the Methodist church. He soon got tina
f. church into hot water. One day, when the
3 ministers were consultin asto what to do wit
q, him, ses one Of them ses he, I've bin prayil
or most fevently that that man may go TO hell ]
g i'Tut tut, brother" ses the Elder, "how ca
'e you do so You should pray for him that h
~ NAV be better, and be fitted TO 90 to Heaven.
as 'cNo,' ses he, 81 don't think so. I've praye
70 earnestly that he might go to hell, an I'll te
as you why. He has spht up an broken up ever
~ chtfeh an nrjg ghbOrhoed ha xaa ever ip,. an
is- he should go to Satan's dominions, think
as might split an break up that place, an 20
W know What blessingithat wohld be.P
us hadn more than got the last word out
lis my month; wen the <Kerhei Jumped up fro
ie, This cheer and ketchin hold Of his boot-iac
an he fourished Il tie over his head in a lsayaC
in1styls. / thought he was stark mad. i g
ng my hickery an backed up agin the door.
~ see he was tarin mad, but didn't say wor
en- II knew he work off the bile in his own wa
cd Finally sesh he, "Maier, wat are you stand
'as there ior7' 'Why, SEES |, II was waitin
IS see what you was goin 70 do With that bo'
oww llackf' Ses he, Have I got The bootjack
ms f"Wal, ses T." You've got snnthin
eTs your hand that looks a nifty site. like on'
OF wal" ses he" "Majer, 4 want TO KIN
me whether yon mean TO apply thai story to me
ior "No,n ses / "Ksrnei Didn't / tell yon
II the ontset that ! didn't but you. was tel
eir about, what yop bad done in the way 9f split
~ fthiriss, an I was reninded Of that story /
nis told you to keep your tempar; an pot talk
ten as personal, but only as a joak 2's6I "Wa
llp ses he "Majer,lFn forgive you hat ef
and thought you meant that story for me, I'd
oto rest you for disloyRll practices an pat you
orc the Old Capital Prison" y' -4,if ~
re- Then the Kernel asked me to take su
10 Old Rye with him an make up fhendsL s,
be did but noticed, after that, thai the Ker
ced watched me very elns The very next day
So had an awful attack OF ftmatz, an / also
him sick an discouraged Ihings never looked
but black afore. had a dream that mite, a
am thoughtI saw the old Gthheral as heAtdld
~ ses he I''Maier, this aint. any place kfOr
BY nowll The Abolishinists have got fall away,
OF they willruin the country as euFe as my ma
vor. I'D Andrew Jackson. also dreamed thi
nee saw thousands OF adyi In mea, an weepin W
der min, an cryin children thought the dQ
the Of the houses all over the North looked
Hei with blood Na q black cloud hung over