The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-09-11

SCRoGGINS hill. sept tat lust
DEER JEEnEs-lo ou dom no how much
trubble your letter gin me'up here. You sea
I had bin tellin the boys that We must still
BE- in favor Of sq1atter soyriuty, not nou that
lhat plank was LIT out ov the platform at Sen
svuatty, until | got that letter Of yourn,
| then had to 20 to work to get he bows all
right agin. and how do YOU think lua t.
Well, dun ii a little oy the cutest. / lest
swore that | never said we was in favor of
squatter soYrinty. Au ii tuck tust rate with
most ov them, but | am atearI tha, We viii
lose ? or 3 votes by Il. Some of the bows as
don't 10 much about poiitiobs. says that
was in for sQuatter sUvrIntv Il ! ear ago. AMI
that YOU said SO when YOU made thaf virgin
hetier speech up here - Sefo- gins Hill |
think We will Jest Lave to le. them 20 over to
the Black Republicans, for the darn'd fools
have bin a readin the papers. and begin to
think for themselves. An when l tell them
that we ort to jest read the jefTersogian, and
take what You say the dro.teI seanps lest
say hat tha will read jest what tha please, an
think FIR themselves Tina ort to no better;
mi Ina ANT much loss no how aS aha dida L
rink nothing at our meetings aa hearn cue
~ them say as water was better for 4 common
rink dan whisky.
no it was -oug in me to say emmy tling
about our ptiHsi pels til | had h4arn from vou,
5u. | wont do 50 n more. L as-- to.te
hard for me to swolI-r back a.u ee. Z told
he bows At fusG, bat whan thor ii Won and
BI1v 3 own, and how You L kept the party
o1eeAer by tellln one thing one time and
other tb5ag another time, and hoia that it
acordin 10 our prinsipels, Jest popped it right
through; An some ov our boys up here say
Eha. | VII - 10 kon-ress yit BHs that's
nu:hn here nor there, You no-its the prinsi-
pel I'm after.
II re is o-e Thing would ike to have Your
private opinion on. an that j., our speakers
don't agree about Fremont. Some ~ EN- say
he is an aholitioner, some say he is hatholic
and some agIn that lie Is no nuthin. Cant
YOU see this don't it, for one ov them eats the
other up, like Fremont did tie dog. An ant
that orful too think on, that he did eat dor
I'd starved fust, so | would. But too
cum back agin too the question, whats too be
did about our speakers teIIin 50 many different
tails. e. YOU hadn't printed all these speech
eS in the Jeffersonian, we could Jest DENY
them, bat there tha are. an what's too be did.
plese auser Ia your next letter 10 me, and IL
put it through accordin 10 directions
Now rite here let me tell You whar | think
we made a nu,her bad mistake. and that was
in advis;n our dimocrats too read The papers
examine for themselves. | think j: would be
other smart men 10 read, ard then tell tie
boys what orr principles is. for you sec that
la5aln- and dimocTacy never can - tagetl or.
An lust a soon We tell folks 10 read fog
thernSe Ives. tia take Tite to realm both sides
ov the question, and the fus, .hing you No tha
vii 90 to hear some Of the Black Republi-
cans. Then tha are gone. For lest as sure
r. tha hear one of them pizan speeches. tha
get to thinkja, then might Jest as we'll
give them up. for then ths viii be for Ere.
mont before you can say John L. Robinson
got thrashin for his damnable and cowarily
assault on the yirtuous dead
Now I'll tell YOU what | seen up at our
club meetin last mite. Oae Of eur boys as had
Tuck 10 readia the papers, had been 50 foolish
as to read the Black Republican PLATFORM. an
saws he 10 our president oy the club, saws he
Mr. Stokes, ef we are in favor Of freedom in
Kansas, why did We not say 80 in our plat
FORM Ike them are Republicans did. He jist
said il rite ont in neetin, before all lie Young
dimaera:s, + or ) ov en-
But you see our President shot him Up most
beautifully. Says he jim Skies, tha 5 d-n
purity question to as: you ort 10 10 better: You
talk like id woony head. An i cooled
him down shortly, but seen tlai it dIdn !
satisfy tie dara' i fool-he'I 20 ter Fremont
suEe, An that's jest wha. comes os tLinkia
an resdin- In sgin both on en-.
Bat here 5 What | an rltia tbs letter for.
Et this election don't come e4 before Noyem-
Der, there will be no dinocrats TOO vote for