Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-10-28
For the Wisconsin Trlbnne.
Nrssas FnIroes

MEssRs EDIToRs
! Being a sober man living in quiet
way, [ must say that | am not quite sat
listed with some things that YOU editors
sput forth concerning parties, politics. can
sdldates, &c. You go too much upon ex-
Stremes. | take up one paper and it says.
there is no man in the nation so marvel
sously proper for President of these Unit
Jed States as one Franklin Pierce anoth-
Ter paper says that he (Pierce) is not half
ESQ good a man as Mr.. Winfield Scott.
aud so they go on, each party praising his
own man aud running down the other, in
a manner that l think sometimes goes a
little beyond the truth \ ow with your
leave | propose to give my views in a
short, plain, philosophical, aud as l think,
Impartial manner, and from the best of
the little information [ can get, concern
ling the men and the measures which are
so INVESTIGATED about by you gentlemen
xeditors
In the little reading have done have
slearned, or think | have, that this same
i Franklin Pierce was for several years
n the Congress of the United States
sthat he was a man of fair. but not superb
Tor abilities, that some things he advocat-
] Jed and opposed others that he with 9TH
aers treated with some degree of contempt
scertain petitions presented to congress-
! by some of the citizens Of the United
Estates.
There is another matter that is not EN-
] tlrely clear, but from the best accounts, II
am disposed to believe that he, In connec
/ tlon with some other of his fellow citizensl
sof the State of New Hampshire, are In ia /
Vor of DISTINGUISHING from Office all per-
.sons whose religious notions do not appearI
ito them precisely orthodox. | hope in
this | may be mistaken, but the evidenced
lis such that l cannot positively deny it
And L will just say here that, being of
liberal principles myself, such sentiments
IN any man or set Of men must receive myI
decided condemnation. Winfield Scott. II
find, has been in public life for a longI
term of years,-some Of the time In civil
but most of the time in military service
land generally acquitted himself with cred
lit to himself and honor to his country; al
imam Of superior abilities but not without
some failings and among the few of whomE
ut can be said they were so often right.
and so seldom wrong With regard toE
the fault found with him by the officers of
the army IN Mexico l will say thus II
taught school in our neighborhood oneI
winter, and discovered that by keepingI
the larger scholars strictly to the rules,
had but little difficulty in maintaining!
good order in school so suppose Gen
eral Scott found that by keeping his high
Ter officers in subordination it was easier
Ito maintain proper discipline among sub
ordlnates and though some of the Gener
als kicked up at it little, yet l think he:
was right.
Franklin Pierce, too was a General mi
the L. S. army in Mexico; and though
he had equal opportunities with other
Generals, yet he failed to distinguish him
self as they did the reason IS obvious.
that he IS rather an inferior man.
win regard to measures, there is Al
great deal said about tariff tax. sc audE
p prettIiy mixed up mess you printers
snake OF it can't uutwlst it 10 how
but my philosophy teaches me this, 5hatE
tax your tariff where you will. labor hash
TO pay 1t, and if it can be fixed in any way
to favor labor, t ought to be done so WEI
are also told that though Franklin PierceS
is opposed to certain measures of greats
Importance to we, US & Co. of the west
yet when he becomes President he will dol
1T all right, Here is presented the very
singular paradox Of selecting a man toE
carry out measures to which he is directly
opposed. What would we think of thes
Presbyterian church. choosing a Mormon
to administer the sacrament or preside at
their grand synod
l have now given you, il a very short
and homely way, the notions l have form
ed from my knowledge of the record of /
history, and you may calculate that [ will ]
not be long in deciding who will get the
vote of OLD MINDFUI.. 4