The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-10
Eci,cr froEss 1gaIer Sack Downing
SECOND SERIES NO.-Iy.

| WASHINGToN. January 80 1864.
! To the Editors of .he Day-Book:
! Surs: | suppose your readers think I'm
dead or mobby they think I've run away
with a pile Of grccnbackS, as that is kinder
fashionable nowadays. but | aint in ncth-
ur fix The ralc truth Is that after I writ
you my last lcttur, GOT completely DISCUS
ted and cum lnty nigh going back ham to
Downingyilc. AMI yowin | would never
return 20 this sink of sin a"in.
But the Kernel got at ne anI begged
wouldn't think oft. ;ellcl him couldn't
stay al the White House over New Years
and see the lnaycs AL e j. that would be
there. 50 just before { ristinas, as good
'ucl happened, old Earth, Blair axci ne
10 e down to his place Al Silyur Springs
and stay ovur the holidays. | tell you
WIS rale glad, fur The old Ran has got line
Place, and / could have it 50 quiet and
cozy there afiur my hard work over the
message. When got there was tux
down with the rumatiz ana had to keep my
room Tor more than two week. IIoweyur.
the Kernel sent me me prime old rye.
and that, together with some operdilloc'k
that old Aunt kcziah Wiggleton sent to
me By my nefu Zckc, put me on my pins
arain. Old Father Blair and | had long
t,lk about Gincro Jackson and the Kernel.
he war. n,gsers, The next presidency and
. on. Ny old friend Blair was "a grca;
man IL Gimeral Jackson's time, but the
trubbcl with him now is that he don't
move along with the world lie actually
thinks that he is yet ftin Calhoun, and
havin got in the boat with the .Abolishern-
lists, he don't know how to git out. Last
week | cum back to see the Kernel and
have been looking around for few days
to see how the land lay. ! Gnd that prin-
cipcl idce in cverybody's head is whose to
be the next President But tell YOU
when ! look at the coniislun of the coun-
| try it makes me sick 10 talk about Prcs-
| lent What is the use Of President.
when there is Il standin army? What is
| ;hc use of President when the ballot box
amt Of half 50 much account as the car
fridge box? The first day got back to
the White House there was lot of Loyil
| Lcgcrs and shoddy contractors came to tell
the Kernel that they had nominated him
for President. After they went out Lin
kin ses to me. scs he, '.Majcr, what do you
think Of them fellows" "Wal,' says |,
f. they look mean enough to steal niggers -
The Kernel did rot say any thing, but
looked kinder cross-cyed at me. The Ker-
mel aud then had a long talk about mat
fters and things, and after taking a good
swig Of old rye, went to bed. That mite |
had a wonderful dream. The next mornin.
when went into the room where the Ker-
ncl was, ses he "Majcr, you look uncom-
mon serious this mornin; what's the mat
tcr?" WALL" scs + al had wonderful
dream last mite that eenamost frightened
me to deth" WALL scs he, "what on
earth was it % "Wall," says |, Of tell
you the hull Of it jest as it appeared to me,
you mustn't get mad "Oh," ses the
Kernel, II don't kcer nothin about dreams
for allurs interpret them by contrarics. >
"Wall," ses / you kin cyphcr it out to
suit yourself, but I'll tell it to you just as
it appeared to me, and it seemed to me a.
plain as it was broad day light" "Wall,
says I, 81 thought l was in grave yard
and thcrc was great big grave dug, large
enough to hold four or five coffins, aud
: whilc was standing there wondering wha