The Nevada Democrat., 1856-10-29
PuII,nr the wires.


A political billet-doux from the jesuistical lit
tie t. w. Park of free-negro and Fremont noto-
riety, San Francisco, has been kindly furnished
us by friend for perusal. If the writer is as
much mistaken in bis calculations concerning
the campaign as he is with regard to the poll
tics of the gentleman to whom this letter was
addressed, it must become manifest to him that
he is "neither prophet nor the sonof proph-
et" The letter would at first appear an urgent
appeal to Parks fanatical phalanx to be upon
the field early on the day of battle-to secure
majority in the Legislature and by that means
the election of two negro-worshipers from this
State to the U. S. Senate, as one of whom, there
is can awful squirting" in the letter, the author
would not obstnately object to being himselfse-
lected. 1t bears some Of the marks of circular
and at the same time is an affectionate and con-
fdential expose of the plans of the Black-repub-
icans in this their first and last contest. After
two and half pages of closely written matter
of the above description, the following appears:
81 have consigned to me from New York $50 pat
ent transparent ballot boxes-the price is fixed
/
attend to all orders accompanied by The money"
'IAyl there's the rub" you ballot box vender !!
Here is disclosed a pretty little speculation
cloaked beneath huge expressions of solicitudc
'for our common country and California in par
ticular"- exaggerations of the past and glow
ing predictions of the future progress of free
negro fanaticism. Your "patent transparent"
boxes are needed doubtless in the rascally COM
munity in which you, Mr.. Park, have found ge-
nial companions and brisk market, but this
vicinity has not yet been corrupted thank God,
by wire-pulling politicians Of your character,
nor are there any here who entertain suspicion
against the integrity of our Judges and Inspec-
tors of election. Besides, were there necessity
of our throwing aside the old fashioned simple
contrivance that has sufliced with honest people
heretofore, we would regard it very hazardous
to be purchasing 'patent ballot boxes" from
you, if they were transparent" They were
manufactured you inform us for this "important
contest" Knowing the solicitude you and your
fanatica conJr9es feel in the result and that you
and they are aware that if you cannot succeed
now while Sumner suffers and "Frcedom
shreks" that you never WILL we would not be
greatly surprised to find that while manufacture
ing your transparent ballot boxes you likewise
manufactured inside of them great many trans
parent ballots. We want none of your manufac-
lures now, and "above all we" [don't] "want
the polls at each precinct watched by reliable
Republicans" as you suggest, believing that the
fewer of your productions are employed and the
fewer of your "reliable republicans who come
about, the less villany will be either attempted
or perpetrated.
'Please write me as to present prospects in
your county, and whether you will see that our
cause is not neglected" is the phrase with which
you preface the affectionate terms every truly
yours" If you mean by sour cause the selling
Of your transparent humbug boxes, "our cause'
will be wofully neglected by the Democrat
to whom you have written, but if you refer to the
free-ncgro federalism of the day depend upon
us for merited attention to it. The "present
prospect" in this county for your party and
your class of politicians, our friend authorizes
us to say, is as gloomy as you could we'll i'm
6gine. A few dull and muddy-mcttled rascals,
who can view nothing sensibly and with moder-
alton, comprise all your cohorts here, and none
of them have been able as yet to deceive them
selves into the belief that a single candidate of
theirs will be known to be running on election
4 day, much less that any one will be elected.
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