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under the ground as live as ever. and if

 would n't be long before they'dbe sproutin

 up agin all over the country, and tbere'd

 be tougher scrabble to keep lem down

 than ever there had been yet; and then you l sad T 1 aud Daniel - and there that plaguy Kendle came ill, rve no patience

 With hum now when think of it, and broke It right oil. Ah, now l remember, says the Gineral, how twas. We'll, says he. MaJor Downing, 1t IS q solemn fact, this country IS to see blacler storm of nulh- ileation before many years comes about than ever It has seen yet; the clouds are beglnnng to gather now; l'Ye seen 'em rolling over South Carolina. and l,anaino about Georgia, and edging along into old Nrginny, and see the storms gathering; It must come. and if there IS ..'t somebody at the helm that knows how to steer pretty well, the old ship must 20 down. l aiat afraid, says he, but what l can keep her up while have the command, but Pm getting to be old and must give mp soon, and then what Il lbecome of her 1 don't know. But what was going to say was this: Ive been thinking if you and Daniel, after give up, would put your heads together, and take charge of her till the storm has blown over, you might save her. And ! don't know who else can.

 But how do you mean, Gineral, says |? Why to speak plain, says he, If notification shows its head. Daniel must talk, and you must fight. There's nothing else will do the job for 1t that know of. Daniel must go into the Presidential chair, and you must take command of the army, and then things will go straight. At this was a little struck up; and looked right i'll the eve, and, says l, Gineral, do you mean that Daniel Webster ought to be President after you give up? Certainly says he, if you want to keep the country out of the jaws of null lification. But, says 1, Gineral, Daniel IS federalist, Hartford Convention feder- alist, and l should like 10 know which is worst, the jaws of nullifeation, or the jaws of federalism. The jaws of a fiddle-stick said he, but how do you know, Major, that Daniel IS a federalist! Because, say I, I've heard him called so down east more than hundred times. And that's all you know about it, says lie. Now l tell you how 'tis, Major Downing Daniel Is as thorough republican as you be, or as be, and has been ever since my Proclamation came out against nullifcation. As soon as that Proclamation came out, Daniel came right over on the republican ground, and took it upon his shoulder, and carried it 1 through thick and thin where no other man in the country could have carried 1t. Says 1 I, Gineral, IS that a fact! And says he, yes, you may depend upon 1t, lis every word truth. Well, says l, that alters the case little, and I'll write to Uncle Joshua, 1 and the editor ot the Portland Courier, and see what they think of it, and if they think 1 it's best to have Daniel for President, we'll have him i'll, and Iii take my turn atter- ! wards; for seeing the people are bent upon having me for President l wont decline, though ii is thought best that should wait a little while, won't be particular about that. am willing to do that which will be best for the country.

 So remain your loving friend,

 1 MAJOR LACK DOWNINC.