Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-05-15
.F.rnl AIafters. Notices, ST.

&c. &e.-We enjoyed a quiet laugh al
,he lengthy lis. Of Offices. which tie 'en'
EDITOR publishes in his last paper. that has
fallen 10 our lot to hold. Notwithstanding
and in despite Of the juniors ""eanness
and the want Of selErespect for him by
hi, oar,y!" First. he ''got to be 'nsPec-
,or of Eleciions!" then Incorporation s
Tr.,k after several trials; but not until
.,.,v body else declined having the Of
6..u'' and then he actually "made two
;,.G.c,ual attempts to get the Post oince
hen his party was in powerful What
lucky and an unlucky fellow IRE have
-,,..o. TO. be.sure! Blu, by 'grcat perse-
-.,,nce," we may &c, elected to the Sen
n the State or - Fence Viewer Of
wayne Township-for. the poet says:
10. streams from, little fountains flow
Tall oaks from little acor"s grow
Nv smaN beginnings !" the "'''ce'hoid'ns
line. a man il he uses the lever OF
.oer.eyerance. ge, to be member of'he
leci,laiure.--a Congressman. or be Pres
,cn, Of the United States! or be h~presi-
dent Of the NJ. Y. o. Il. society Of Rich
mond!--iact.
But. as we stated last week, 1--WE are
No Office. seeker. and heaven forbid that
ve should ever he one, il We have TO be-
como a hvpocyiic and be obliged to carry
water on one shoulder and beer or whisky
on the other, in order to succeed Why
did no, the Jeff's editor quote tho whole
or this sentence docs he consider gar
bling as not an act of "mcanness"!
The "Gicnd," we alluded to last week.
abundanily answers the closing para
p,aoh OF his article and that ought 10
be sufficient TO convince any reasonable
mind tina, the jeff. S editor is trying 10
carry water on ono shoulder and beer or
whisky on The other. in order" succeed
10 some fat Office. But read the extract
and the answer thereto:
Equally false is the story that We ever
requested "a temperance man 10 procla IN
our vote on the subject. III the last Legs
la,ure. We never made sucl, request
and we do not believe any one ever told
the Editors that We had"
RICHMOND. May 10, 1850.
NV attention having been called. by the
If. ed. OF the Palladium. TO the closin"
paragraph Of an article in the last Jefl,r.
souian. deem il not out ot place to say
that James Elder did inform me. IN a
conversation ! had with him on the sub
icct. that he had voted against the ''i',ic!
mite pOs;ponemcnt' OF the temperance
lsill alluded to. land he took some pains
% hunt up a copy Of paper containing his
vote, in order To show II 10 me: that he
d.d request me 10 inform temperance men
how he had voted--hc dd say that the
Palladium had not or would nnt publish
the result OF that vote; and promised TO
sec the editors and procure it, publications
but neglected it. lie d,d. moreover. pro-
Tess to be u warm friend of the temper
ance cause. and invited him to come 10
our W ashingionian meeting aud make II
speech; bn, this he declined. stating that
he was not accustomed TO making public
addresses. &c.
In regard 10 nv having "cvcr told the
Editors especially. about this mal'er
James Elder is correct; and tn Junior
Of the Palladium does MI say that his
informant did tell him or i.,cn. The Ian
gusge Of the junior is: I'VE hc"rd .
friend y,"sc.. which is likewise correct
MlCiNEi W ISSON.
N,ral--"Bchold what a great matter
Q lille fire kndlcti.;'' for if the JEFF cd
i,or had published The proceedings ofthnf
temperance meeting. he would not have
got in this bad predicamcnt. Hadn't be