Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-11-29
Letter from an Old JacksOniah DeRAOcrat
Of Greenwood Township.
NEAR SEVEN STAR TAVERN,
November 2j, 1871.

Of 6reenweod Township.
NEAR SEVEN STAR TAVERN,
November 25, 1871. !
My Dear Mr.. Editor II guess you
didn't miss my letter last week, didn't
write because had to attend to some
things that had on hand. and I'll just
here say, go that we'll understand one
another that don't want you to consider
me As bound to write you letter every
Saturday I've got some other irons in
the fire, and l won't burn them. you must
take my letters just as they come, that's
the way the Democrats had to take Andy
Jackson. Though | am sliding over
on to the shady side of life. on this clear
beautiful Saturday night. l feel in my
body as stout, and strong, and as full of
life as did thirty years ago. but then.
what if fellow has mighty stout body
and his head isn't contented, or if his
head is contented, and his body sick. and
isn't worth nothing. which. if you can.
tell me is the worst, my body feels first
rate tonight, but my head or heart isn't
feeling so good. l have kind of
cory feeling for our good old party, l
cant just tell where feel sorry. whether
it's in the head or in the heart, wish
you'd write an article in the SENTINEL.
telling exactly where fellow feels. Well,
l feel, believe all over for our party.
l feel glad, because the ring got licked
I feel cad, because we had to lick them,
but we did it in christian like way, we
did it out of love for our party. feel
sorry because you fellows got into power,
and feel glad because you Republicans
kicked the ring as hard as you could.
| feel most confounded sorry that we
haven't Andy jackson now to lead us
up to victory. don't want you to stick
it in that feel sad. because, we haven't
a grab at the loaves and fishes. for that
isn't so. | know that you fellows said
that Andy said, that all that fellow
grabbed belonged to the fellow that grab
bed it. Mrs. Speak just now says, that
is not the way to tell it. that 1 ought to
say to the victors belong the spoils,'
and there it is, if that makes it better.
But l don't believe that Andy jackson
said that, if he did, and you fellows would
follow up that doctrine in the South what
would become of them. don't believe
them notions anyhow, let who may.
l never wanted any of the loaves and
fishes. | never wanted any thing but
an Office once or twice, an l II be hanged if
the ring didn't gouge me out. It'll all be
right though when the clearing is burnt,
as we used to say. long go.
In my body l feel frst-rate tonight
l feel strong enough to go to the woods
as used to do when younger. and fell
trees, and clear the ground for the plough,
That is patient work. Did you ever think
that there are more Jobs in the world
if we think of patience only-than the
world knows, or will ever know?
How we all pull off our hats and hur.
rah, and shout, a great man is he who
can preach in such way that will stir
the people, and get them to quit their bad
work. and do good work in place of the
bad. We say great is the lawyer that
can sift the grain of truth from a pile of
dirty trickery. and SO hold up the truth
that all can zee it. We call him great
who wields truthful and forcible pen
We call him great who is so well
acquainted with the body, and medicine
that he can cave from the Jaws of death"
as the preacher says, the people that do
suffer with disease; but somehow we for
get to take off our hats and say, great is
the man tha: has had the patience and
honesty of Job to go into the woods, and
there build cabin. and with his axe fell
the woods around him. and clear the land,
and raise on it enough to feed himself
and little ones, and more besides. tell
you that know men that cleared 40
acres. so acres, up to $50 acres. with very
little help. They cleared the way for
others. The world is better off by their
living in it, and if you are agoing to mea-
sure man by what he has done in this
world, then such men are great men, they
mayn't have what you fellows call the
polish, but they have the heart and pluck
to stick to the right /; that's what made
old Hickory great that's what makes
every man who has greatness in him
great; that's what made that member of
the Speak family great. that went to the
head of the Nile,in spite of the bad climate
and savages. wild animals, and big snakes
of Africa. "Be sure your right and then
60 ahead.' old Davy Crockett said.
Andy jackson travelled on that line.
and l believe the members of the Demo.
cratic party, is square on that line in every
thing but their politics, their politics is a
ring that doesn't touch the line any ywhere.
Why our fellows have got so far from
the old path that they are tongueing it
worse than they did at Babel, where You
know the wicked tryed to fix themselves
for an other food the truth of the mat.