From the New-York American, Dec. 7, 1833.
But for the letters published originally in the New-York Daily
Advertiser, and republished with the greatest avidity in almost
every newspaper in the country, Major Downing would not have
been by any means recognised, as he now is, as one of the first
confidential advisers that ever stood between a people and their
ruler. The Major is evidently a favourite of the people, and
by his own showing (in which we trust he is not mistaken) he
stands unrivalled in the estimation of the President; and has so
ingeniously placed himself as to defy any power, legislative,
executive, or judicial, to oust him from his position.
