Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-02-26
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY a6 1918

Then shet your mouth right up again, and
keep it shet, and ! guess you'll be Safe
Don't be afraid of EN-; they can't pry your
mouth open if they should try; and guess
that answer viii pacify EN- till we get the
work all done and Mexico all annexed
Then YOU can step up to EN- boldly and tell
EN- YOU have made the greatest bargain that
any body ever made on this airth: you have
got the whole Of Mexico, people aud all,
for FIVE millions of dollars, which is only
about fifty cents head for the people, and
the lands and the gold mines thrown in for
nothing.
Pm persuaded it win make the greatest
man Of gou that ever lived yet; greater than
Washington, or Jackson, or any body else.
The world will then say, "What great
things yves Washington, He only de-
'tended his country and built up a Republic;
bur there was Col. Polk, he conquered
'country and annexed Republc.n I'm 50
sure itwillcorne TO this thai wi h YOU cnuld
stop their setting up that great Washington
Monument there in the city of Washington,
for that monument ought to be raised 10 you
lyet, and the money should be saved for that
purpose. don't know how you can stop
the work goin on, unless you can make il
out that il comes under the head of internal
Improvements, and then YOU might stop il
constltutionalv. At any rate, it's worth
tryingfor. Never mind the prating of them
scare-crow folks, who make such a fuss aud
say II viii be the destruction of the United
States II YOU annex Mexico. What If il
should You would still stand above
Washington and be remembered longer
Our history books tell us that the name of
the man who built the first great temple 10
Diana at Ephesus is lost and forgotten; no
body knows who he was; hut the name Of
the man who sot fire to il and burnt il down
Is found IN all the histories down to this
day. 30 IN this grand annexin business Of
ourn; if you should set fire to the great
temple that Washington built, and burn il
down, don't be afraid but what your name
viii live on the page of history full as long
as Washinston's. 80
i But l'pc writ so much already, that
haven't room to say but a word or two aboui
matters here. We keep pushing the bnsi-
ness here; we've got pretty well through the
vital parts of the country, and the army has
now commenced spreading out and turning
squatters. But we haven't near enough 10
spread all over the country vet without leav-
+ ing them too scattering. | hope you will
hurry on the thirty thousand more men that
I yon promised, rs fast as possible; that would
make us near hundred thousand strong;
enough to spread ont squatters into all paris
/ of the country, and the annexin business
would be pretty much over. That is, the
annexin of Mexico; and take it you'll give
us a HOLIDAY and let US rest a few months
before we hitch on 10 the next country down
south. And, besides, we shall need that
holyday TO see about elecfiug you President
another term; for you'll have 10 be elected
in the common way once more, before YOU
will be strong enough 10 stand President all
the time without any election. ] see thugs
I is going on very well for your election this
I time. The more candidates there Is on both
sides, the better it will be for you; and il
appears now as though there was going to
be lots Of 'enl.
remain your faithful friend
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.