Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-01-03
For the Grant County Herald.
Iavy-Ecnces. Sc,

j Mn. EDIroR:-It has inst occ~ RED t
lime that could not spend an hour betteI
this stormy day. than in reviewing Pierces
Messag c.and discussing the following CUES
|tion, ought hogs to run atlargs2 But, OF
lreading the message, / have concluded not
Ito disturb it; for it is a well known law
LOT natnfe, that the more putrid mass O
lof corrupt matter, (whether political OF
materia,) is stirred up, the more will Of
ifend the nasal organs. It is hard to ac.
count for the conduct of Pierce in his Pres
.Iielential career, except by snpposing that
he took for his guide the old one eyed
goose in the fable, that always when swim
lining in the pond; kept her eye next the
Hand so as to look out for d.in9er, neyc,
dreaming that there could be danger on
1.-THE blind size, but man discovered hcl
weakness, took boat and rowed up on
the blind side of her and w'filng her neck
So Pierce has kept his good eye fixed S ea,l-
lily upon the South, not thinkingit possible
THAT da ger co ID come from the opposite
/ direciion-but the Cincinnati Convention
Iassembled, and some Of his own rittv;Who
had the misfortune tolive in the North, on
bon the bind side Of him, and walked up tc
Thin and kicked hiiii off the Presidential
race course as easily as the man ss.uitg the
neck of the old one eyed goose.
lie will soon retire to private life; and
will then have time to review his past con-
Iduct, he can call to mind his oath of office
and in imagination may see tie citizens OF
Kansas peaceally assembled at their scvera
precincts. to exercise the right Of freedom
In voting for rulers under law bearing hi
Town Signature; he can see them over
lwhelmed, and driven from the polls by
Iarmed bends of lawless men from a neigh
boring State; he may track the invaders
Through the Territory hy the smoking ruin,
LOT houses,and by the blood oftheir victims:
he may see scores Of defenseless women
land children driven from their homes, and
Iall tina, earth holds dear for no crime but
being born in free State; all this and
hnuch more lie may see. nay must see. for
liz conscience be not entirely dead it will as
sert its rights and spread his crimes before
him III way that will make his degener
ate blood run cold in MS veins--but | mus,
!. leave this and proceed to examine the fol
lowing question: ought hogs to ran Al
Ilarges
4 And, before hitching into this question
may as well say what think justiee,rea
Isoi, and lnmon sense say, and the law
.lshouM say with regard 10 fencing, and cat
s ll.-a..A lr,,y-running at large. The law
lSllould say SO TO every man. keep just wha
kind Of stock YOU please and make YOU
:, si*Hee yseai please, or make none 1T all
but you must take care that your cattle
don't ,respass upon your neighbors land
suppose he has made afanee--..le owns tho
land and has a natural right TO cultivate i
Ind enjoy the benefit of it himself. B,
What right can any man claim tie privilege
. Of turning his cattle on the land of hi
neishhor, when he knows t at they vii
destroy lis crops? Should he 90 himsel
and commit the tresspass; the law hold
him accommodating if he turns his hog
in to do the Work and his neishbor com
plains; he is told that he should have
!, fence around his lot, that the pigs canno,
|crawl thIough-the old boar tear down
l>hoats climb over or tie old SOW under
mine. But the poor man says he is no
able to fostify it in that way, and he thinks
Ii reasonable that you should take care 0
your own hogs: and no doubt you think 81
too, but the law says turn them out ane
"let them rip" But shall be told tina
Towns have the privilege Of restraining
, hogs: ne, but a law passed by close vot
which is liable to be repealed inone year
! is worth little or nothing; q law that vii
! not last as long as !. wagon, ought never t.
be made. Suppose hogs restrained 70
one year, and on the strength fit mar
tputs in 40 acres of wheat, fences it witt
posts and three rails, which are sufficien
TO turn orderly cattle, and then the part,
!, that think it of more consequence tba
the r hogs should be permitted to plunde
la few thistle roots,and grub worms off thei
neighbor's land, than it is that reason, ant
Justice should sway; are III a majority o
one, and the hogs are again let into th'
mans wheat field, and the only consolation
he can have he must derive from the fac
that his crop was destroyed according &
Lar.
/ have somewhere seen it stated tina
the common field fences in a farming
country like this cost more than all The,
Improvements; and yet one-half of thi,
enormous outlay is Of no earthly use bnl
to give hogs privilege which man himself
does not, and ought to enjoy, viz the
privilege Of living by pli,nder. 1t is said
THAT our f,re-fathers used to put stone
in one end of the bag when going to mi Il
Ito balance the grain. Their argument fol
iii was, suppose that if the stone was not
put in, the bag would fall to the earth, t,y
the powe of gravitation, and consequently
l,hey could get nothing ground, and Of
course could have no brea!.and as a natc-
raj consequence, the human race would
/ become extinct.
But a genius appeared in those days
who taught the people that by dispensing
with the stone, and supplying its place
with grain it would he better for All con-
eerned. This encourages me to hope that
l. IL.