Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
dertul escape, and that dident get further off

deItul escape, and that dident get further off
than / did.
did think that | wouldent say emmy thing
about politcks until got to kalaforny-but
as the great Thomas Jefferson sed "wlse men
change their minds, but fools never And
since | got your dispatch by the tely-graft,
tellin me all about how they'r carryin on In
the legislator since left. l cant help but say
sunlthln about 1t, and | want you have this
letter printed, but leave out all about the watch
and about my being skeered when the railroad
run off, for you know axidents will happen,
and if the people know'd all about them things
they mightent pay much attention to what
| say, as if they dident know emmy thing about
1t, not that l teer to have the great test Of
right or rong applied to my hole life as well
as 70 this letter, but because L know them
deluded victims the people must be led by
their noZes, and | want to make the best OF
NV chance to Iced them right and so you will
publish such extracts as you may think have
bearin on the pint.
Now | am talkin to the people. Last fall
croud, for the most part as black hearted,
selfish and mean that chap lyago that split
the play, met at the Court House, and called
| themselves the representatives of the Demo-
Gratis of Iowa county. Conventions and all
this sorter thing are we'll enough, but when a
lot of landshark office seekers, meet tur the
purpose OF nomenatlng themselves, and do
nomenate, and do elect themselves, why that's
what call plain case of leading the people
by the nose. They tell the people that they
Will carry out the principles of Democracy,
and now you see how they do it, one on EN-
votein to keep all the money in the Treasury
to pay them, for dom nothin, to the exelushun
of the State creditors who have performed ac-
| tual and hard labor, and not TO pay them Tor
| the months work of nothin already done but
| for the seventeen thousand dollars worth OF
nothin which they intend to do, this is a spe-
cimen of your legislator. | told you all the
| time how it would be, and it wasent the fault
Of Mineral Point that the Democrats dident
nomenate man for Kongress, who cum to
the kuntry in office, who lives on office, and
who if changein opinions and lickin boots IS
evidence, intends to die in office, and hopes
to flourish hereafter if not as one OF the con-
gTegation at least as one of the UeStry. This
has been the case and this will be the case
| the people wunt cut they'r eye teeth, and I'm
| glad that am off for Kalaforny. The deer
| simpathzin people, candidate Gums out for
office with declaration to this effect, tho they
| don't word it exactly in this manner, Il am to
poor to live and too lazy to work, and If you
! don't give me sum Office | shall be driven to
STEEL" and they'r sure to be elected. Now
if you are determined to be fooled all the time
| cant help it. But if you do wish to do right
and don't know the way. L will tell you how
and you incident compromise your charity
send your paupers to the poor house which
was built for them and make them work for a
lyin under the eye of old Andrew and them
that you are afraid will steel send TO jail OF
Inch before they git chance.
And when you nomenat0 your candidates,
pick out men that would consider themselves
comforting favor rather than receiving one
by serveing iii Office, men who when they
know they'r right wouldent yield to the devil,
and who if sent to the legislator would do
they'r best. agiEst such bills as the one that
jist spoke about and then whip every chap what
voted for it and cum home.
You've got several such men amongst you,
butyou don't appear to Know it, they ant goin
to offer themselves to you, you've got to go
after them. | hope that you will foller my
advice and hunt them out by next fail.
AS / am now on the eve of startn YOU will
not receive nuther letter from this place, but
as soon as | tutch ferrur Turner on the other
side | will give you fall accounts of the see
voyage. | expect it will be rich.
Very atIectionately
\ our friend.