Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-04-12
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MAJOR JACK DOWNING.

MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
HE ISSUES A GRAND "PEAcE PRocLAMA-
TIoN."
WosHINaToN, Feb II.
To M1LL1oT FILLMORE:
DEAR M1L11oT.-I spose you have red
our messidge vetoin of the Freedman's s
Buro. That great Stait paper is gone from
Us abilin down the streem of time. We rit
it, and We sent it ont as far expression of
our feelins, and vues on the present surcum.
stances.
As general thing I and the President
can't stop to explain to inquisitive persons,
what we are ADDING of, for the county
We could couldn't spar the time. Yet
wish to give you and Jeemes Buccannou
the pints, occasionly, because know you
can appreshate our difficulties.
When this FIeedman's Buro lor came to
US for our approval, the President coteh up
the paper and red it through from the be.
ginning to the eending, without stoppin,
and then handed it to me, without sayin a
word. I red it my self, the President look
in first at me and then at the fire, tell I got
through. When I finished it the President
said
did you ever see the better of that in
your born days; there is more breakin of
the Constitushon, in that one lor, than in
all the acks of Congress since was baby.
What shall / do with it?'
Ses I, what does the Constitushon say we
must do with it p
Veto it, ses the President.
Then veto it, ses I and when we veto it
less leeve the matters imbraced in it clear
and distinck for all future time. Put it be.
yond dispute. Did you ever know Glink
Winkfeel ses I, Mr. President2
NO. sed the President, Il never had
the pleasure of his acquaintance. What of
himT
Ses /, Glink Winkfeel, was the son of
old Boohoo Winkfeel a relashon of Genne-
raj Winkfsel Scot. Now, Gliuk was cross
ide and near sited and yused to war an old
par of black iron Specktickles, with round
glasses neerly aslarge as saucer. Glink's
har was white, all his life, and when I know.
ed him particular, be was great hand to play
marvils, and we could always tell when he
was goin to take out the middle man from tor
Glink would roach up his back and draw a
beed on the middle man and turn his he'd
sorter side ways, like dog lookiu st piece
of bred in your hand, and then blace away,
and I never knew Glink to miss the middle
man, if he had time to roach his back and
draw his beed. Now, Mr. President,
want you to roach your back when you come
to veto this lor. Take the middle man out
from tor, and settle the Buro.
Ses the President, q know all about ia.
ken middle man from tor, and I'll show the
boys how they pass thar red quilt patch
work-lors and expect me to sine them. Ma
jer, III rite the veto and while l am doin
that you must rite out that general procla.
mashon We have been torkin about and
when we get through We will reed over and
correct them
Very we'll, ses I, Mr. President, be pint
ed in that veto; leeve vaig genneralitees to
Mr.. Seward and Bonypart, but we must
rite so that everybody can understand us
it saves site of trubble
Thereupon the President took his slait
and pencil and rit off the first draft of his
Veto Message, while I rit the general pro-
cama.ion. When We finished, the Presi
dent red first, and We altered and amended
it to suit our jint vues, which that is the
same message sent to the Sennit on the 10Th
instant, and which has been published, and
needn't send you copy of it. After the
Message was fnished, 1 red the proclama-
tion as follows:
sIn the main of-Amen. l, Andy
Johnsing, President of the Unity States to
the whole terri6rmy of North Amerika.-
Greetin.
Know you that since Generals Sheridan
and Fitzpatrick, Melroy and Butler, Thom-
as and Hunter, Grant and Sherman has
through the rebellion with their armies,
and gathered up all the gold and silver
wotches, silver spoons, brest pins, finger
rings, nives and forks, silks dresses carpits,
and everything else they wanted, as spiles
belonging to the victors, and destroyed
everything they didn't want, and laid waiste
the feelds, burnt the dwellins, fences, barns,
stables, and mills, cut down the froot trees,
trambled on and proclaimed the GRAVES of
the honored ded, imprisoned the wimmen.
old men and boys; tbs armies of the Con-
federacy so called has stacked thar arms,
given thar payroll, taken my amnesty oath,
and gone home to look at the chimlys whar
once stood their houses, and gether together
thar families to none over the iesolashons
of thar country, in good yernest determined