The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-10
A VOICE FROM SALT RIVER


writing to you no longer. must say we
are getting most out of patience up here
in this Salt River territory; and are be-
ginning to feel good deal disappointed
to think Gneral Taylor is holding on to
the Presidency so long. | was in hopes
after You concluded to stay down there
to Washington to fight the battle out that
you would a. routed him by this time,
and gin our party chance to come back
again. Not that I've got anything agin
Gneral Taylor; and | don't say but what
he's clever sort of man enough and
fout wellin Mexico; and | don't know
but he and the folks around him is carry
ing on the government all smooth and
regular. But all that's nothing to the
pint. The whole nub of the argument
IS, they've got our places, and we want
'em. This Saltriver country is tire
some place TO stay in. And we've been
waiting here now number of months,
hoping you would upset the whole apple
cart ofthe Administration, and give US all
a fair chance TO pick up the fruit. But
we've been disappointed. don't see as
you are any nearer getting Gineral Tay-
Ior out ofoffice than you was three months
ago. We've had number of meetings
up here about it, and talked the matter
over. and some of our friends are quite
put out with you about it. fling out about
your being old, and lost your spunk, and
don't fight with the grit you used to,
| took your part strong and told 'em
twas no such thing; if you was older
than you used to be, you was as tuff as
pitch-not yet, and had as much grit in
you as ever, and only wanted rousing to
make you fight like tiger. They finally
agreed if | would write to you and stir
you up, so as to make you come down
upon the Administration hot and heavy,
as though you meant 10 do something,
they'd be patient little longer. But if
not they'd kick the Union" over and
take up another organ for the party. |
asked 'em how they thought they could
better themselves by that, and where
they thought they could find an organ
compared to the Union4
"Why," says Bill Jones, says he, well
take the Salt-River Herald"
"But," says |, you know the Salt River
Herald cant hold candle TO the Union
for respectability."
IL don't care for that, says he, "the
Herald is a smarter paper; ii can tell two
lies to the Unions one, week in and week
out, and put sting in the tail to every
one of EN-"
"Well, | amt agoing TO brag," says |,
"about the Union talents Tor hatchin fibs,
but there's one thing you ought to remem.
5er, the Herdld's truths are al,oays wa.
cerin, whilst the Union's fbs are al,cays
,0eH stood To-; and you know accordin to
the old sayin, which is considered worth
the most"
think | rather got ahead of Bill in
the argument here for he couldn't an
swer me a word. And now, my dear Mr.
R Ritchie, you see what sort ofa pickle we
are in, and Ihope you will spunk up your
best foot forward, go at the Administra-
ton in earnest, take hold of 'em like a
catamount, and give them sich clawin
that they'll be glad to clear out in hur.
ry, and let our party come in and have
the rights agin that have belonged tc
us this twenty years. Now, | don't want
to find fault or complain; you know it aini
my mater. But must say think you
have been quite too tame along back
and too mealy -mouthed aslfy you was afraid
to speak out your mind. The fact is you
must go at Gineral Taylorin real arnest
He's the head of the Administration, and
you know if we can cut the head off, the
critters dead. But you must give harder
blows than any you have used yet. |
don't deny that you have used some con
siderable smart words towards him; |
don't deny but what you've called him a
'dolt, and cheat and tool, and "a
mere cypher,' and disgrace to the coun
try, and IAN imbecile, ignorant tyrant,
and "a whiiened sepulchre,' and "a man
who is dsgracing himself and "a fraction
of a man. and 'an eight part of the Cabi
net and the fly upon coach wheel,
"a butcher and "a Nero and "a Moloch,
and "a Cyclops, and sich like. But al
this does not amount to anything. It's
only jist nudgin' man in the ribs witt
your elbow, when you ought to up fis
and knock him head over heels. If yol
really mean to do anything. it won't d'
to stand mincin words in this soft kind o
a way. You must put the blows on will
a sledge hammer. Instead of calling
him dolt, you should call him natera
born fool. Instead of allowing him to be
an eighth part of man, you should sweaI
right up aud down (thatis, ifyou ever dc
swear,) that there isn't particle of the
hair or hide of man about him. Tall
up in that kind of a way and our party
would begin to take courage, and feel al
if there was some hopes for 'em yet.
There's one thing that's very impor
tant, and see you feel very anxious a
bout it; and that is, that we shonld ge
Gineral Taylor out somehow or other OF
the Wimot proviso. It's a shame aut
disgrace, and crime worse than higl
, treason, that he keeps his mouth shet OIL
that subject. Ihope you will be able t.
, contrive some way or other to get it ou
of him; but know it is a difficult matter
Cousin Naby used TO have a way of get
, ting secrets out of folks when they wa
asleep, about their lovers and so on.
, believe she used to do it by stealing int