The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-23
Madison Correspondence,

Madison Correspondence.
The letter below came just too late for on
last issue age has not spoiled it:
MADISON, Wis. Feb. Ii. 1889
Deer Col II wonder il there is any State
Territory or District in the Unit d States O.
elsewhere, where politicians hate So sarncsl,
and abuse 30 unsparingly a. in Wisconsin.
wrote you last week Of the effort that 10 bein,
made by the Democrats to bring about tn,
abolishment of the Office Of the State Comp
troller, and thereby to get H. A. Tenney GU,
of the present Office. Now know you are ,
Democrat and that lr, baby the majority Of
your readers are. Am not a Democrat. M,
am . Republican. II there ever should be ,
man up for Office that knew was an honest man
would vote for him no matter what his poli.
tics, and ] think that know you well enough
to know that you do not regard everything "a
right which comes from Democratic brains,
Consequently shall not hesitate to express my
disapProval Of the course taken by some Demo.
Gratis to blast the reputation of Horace A..
Tenney. suppose there ID very little doubt
but that Tenney is a shrewd. wire. working
politician, and perhap. there may be genuine
doubts Of his integrity, but is it fair, honorable
or even decent in any man. 70 expose matters
which are known to him only from once having
been IN the most intimate terms with the rer.
son whom he is seeking to injury If there
il anything wrong in the present conduct Of the
officer; if there is any villainy which he ha,
practieed or is attempting to practice, bring il
out. Let the world know provided there il
no breach Of that law of honor which should
exist among all men, making it high sin to
betray what was obtained in the confidence Of
an intimate friendship arising from commu.
nifty of interest But the spirit existing amongst
the political men Of this State, seems to be to
injure their opponents. The good of the State
at large, 10 not for moment considered. You
are my opponent. therefore you must expect
the bitterest assaults can make upon YOU -
You have your faults, foibles and weaknesses.
In your infancy. youth or manhood. you lave
done some act which, if brought before the
people, will bring upon you ridicule or disgrace |;
therefore !. losing all manliness that ever
had, will search everywhere and inquire Of
everybody. till l find what will wound you most
and crafty to the greatest degree. my devilish
revenge. Love and good will to all men. is
not inconsistent with decent. and at the same
time stern opposition to ono man, whom we
may suspect Of roguery.
Speaking of political sects, have no more
in one than in another, or in an in
dividual Republican more than in an individual
Democrat. l was told an anccdote last night
OF Republican farmer who confessed to an
uneasiness Of conscience. arising from the fol-
lowing circumstances: He was selling load
of wood to the State, containing about tbree
fourhs of n cord. The overseer of the wood
department "a Republican, came around as our
Rel ublican farmer drove up to the place where
the wood was to be thrown off. The farmer.
in the honesty Of his heart. proposed to throw
the wood off. pile it and measure it. "Oh no"
say the overseer. "neyer mind about meas uring
it. call it five cords at Eve dollars cord."-
The Republicans honesty was not proof against
The temptation he Acknowledges. however.
that his conscience has been briar to him
ever since. The person who told me the story
is Dern'c rat; and he says. at is not stealing
to steal from the State. Are We not part Of
the State 7 How can a man steal from him.
self7" ........
The Festival Of the Ladies Mt Vernon As
ISOLATION, came off Thursday evening. Cutie
crowd was present and the gross receipts were
something over 5000 The descent from the
sublime to the ridiculous. has always been con.
'idered quite easy. and although some thought
could not regard as other wise than
1diculous, the reading Of letters purpor,iny to
be from Washington Irving, Edward Everett
md James Buchanan. in answer to invitation.
% attend the Festival heard it suspected
nat the letters were got up for the occasion BY
INC Lady managers. But the idea of writing
% such celeb'itss to come to one horse Fes.
ival in a village of 5000 inhabitants. 1000
niles away from them, is absurd.
The Legislature has done nothing to sneak
u SINCE last wrote. GUS?