Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-12-17
DECEMBER 18th 1852

DEcEMBER 18th, 1882.
Mr.. CLEMENT:
! Dear Sir,-I expected to see in your paper of
last week, reply from Mr.. Marsh, or some one
else, to two srticles which appeared in your col
umns of the week previous one signed, Saving
the Union" tie other begins BY announcing the
great new whether the latest from head quarters
OF not, can't sS7b 1.-The mountain has labored
and brought forth mouse" and is signed " a tax
payer" BY this, 1 suppose, the authOrmcans, he
paid his share of the tax for medical advice at the
delivery:-at any rate he undoubtedly had a hand
in it. But no reply came to either of them, Mr..
Marsh doubtless thinking the better way of dispo-
sing of such articles would be by entire silence.
honor his judgment for it. He is man of too
high standing, and his character for honesty and
unwavering zeal in pursuit of what he believes to
be right is too well established where he is known
to make it necessary to reply to those articles
But if unanswered, an impression would go abroad
rejecting seriously on one man who has been honest
and done he said he world if elected to the office
he now holds. In answering the question propo-
sed by "Saving the Union" / will saw, Mr.. NJ.
went on two different occasions to Kenosha TO
make a report. On one occasion, his associate
was sick, and on the other he was too busy in his
office, preparing for the spring term of court to at
tend to the matter, and it was postponed. To the
second question, | answer: the town of Somers had
honest aSscssors-mcn who feared God and regar-
ded their oaths, and with whom their Chairman
had no more to do than Saving the Union" The
records show that in equahzing the real estate, he
used his influence to make that equalization Just
and right. But the fourth question is pozer
Saving the Union" says in the beginning of his
article he has mo objections any one else try
ing" TO answer his question. How he must have
chucklcd to himself as he penned the awful fourth
interrogatory, and thought it would be trying "
to answer that Well it is Crying" and " l give
it up" by simply wondering how Mr.. Marsh could
charge for that half day, when he got home at 3
O'Clock, and had not charged and taken pay as the
law allowed him for making returns of the Judicial
and General Elections. Saving the Union says
he has ga few more of the same sort " to ask when
these are answered. Mr.. Editor, please advise
him not to ask any more such hard questions.
/ come now to the News letter and to prove
that the two articles have reference to the same
man, it is sufficient to state, Mr.. Marsh did sue
coed in getting man to pledge himself to do the
duties of the office of Clerk of the Board for $50
and the pcrqusites ofthe Office and his vote stands
recorded on the county books to give him only $50
salary and perquiSiteS amounting to 500 more
"a tax payer" says, this amable individual y
pitched into the Justices bills. Yes, and when he
got n he was UNEASY" until he pitched" out
ofthem just twice the amount " taxpayer gives
him credit for, and as far have heard the YER
dict of the community is, "served EN- right.
Mr.. Editor If we had a few more of the same
sort of uneasy old fellows" in our county board,
the whole county would not he so uneasy cv-
cry time they saw the Collector with his roll. "a
taxpayer inquiries where was the District Ator-
ney? He was where Mr.. Marsh had no confidence
in him: so he told the Board, and they passed a
vote TO allow him to ask counsel and what lawyer
will work for nothing? When the vote was taken
to allow Aliens bill for catching Mills, Mr.. NJ.
was absent His vote stands recorded against al
lowing taesmen any more than the 25 cts. allow
cd by statute. "a tax payer" says, "thesc are
all that are in my mind now" His capacious mind
must have been full. Just think of the ideas which
were rolling and tumbling about in his mind, kick
ing each other about rolling over each other, all
trying to get out first, much in the same manner
as you see customers ebowing each other into
Charley Browns store. Clerks salary, giving
Judge SIS, catching Mills and paying Allen for it,
talesmen's bills, &c. sc. 1t was said in old times,
great minds often run in the same channel, and
it is easy to see from the two articles noticed, that
small minds apt to do the same thing. Polit-
ical honesty tit might be well to strike out the
word politically is a commodity seldom called into
use by "A Tax Payer, and Saving the Union,
and respectfully recommend to them TO read and
follow the Goth verse of the fifth chapter of Dcut
and to Saving the Union especially, to pay
little attention to Murray's Grammar.
Yours, y.