Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-16
Letter from Artemus Ward Jr-Interyiew with
Ms Dolgias-Grand Fusion Show.


MISTER EDErER: | seez mi quill TO
inform the publIk thru the medeutn of
your kolums of the grand adlishun | have
gest maid 10 my greau mrtroPoluclan
sho blznes and DARN Siak rope and gIm
nastlc Surkus. Last nite had an inter-
va With Stevun A. Duglas, the renound
pollukal ambidixter, and proprietor and
Cheef kloun in the CRATE populer sover
eigniy sho. Mister Dugla is generally
kald the little giant from his haven pur-
formed the CRATE feet of walkin the whole
length of Mason aud Dixon close line
with the dred skoi dlciSshun in one hand
and his whole populer suvereigniy sho in
the ulher, and olso pullin up the mann
muth ire kald the mIssorie kompromlze,
which was first planted in l7S7 by Tom
as Jefferson and ulhers, and set ou ,agtu
In 1920. Mister DugIas pud MP tnls
tre aud the kouStitulon with 1t aud plasI
them under his feet.
But was going on 10 sa that he haz
BIN travelln thru the estern and suthern
states performIn his triks and speaklu
his peeses. The wa he takes um with
his popier suvereignty game IS not sIo.-
He holds out big blI 10 the people aud
sez, there's popler suverelgnty there's
the CRATE prlnsipul. Al first they think
they sea II; bat when lha look a liItle
, sharper II ranshes like du on the orl-
emile kornstalk when tn noouda son
rizes IN the east on a thunderln hot day
IN the middel Of JUL; it cant be found no
where. The fork sometimes get mad
and korner hun IN a tte plase, but be is
tarnal Smaul and can kraul thru a mighty
llttle hole. But iha sa he did | CRATE
rIk-at wun plase he ale an ok and 30
600 kialns.
As soon as l herd of his arrive in toun
| went to pa him a visit. | found him
IN his sho room Speakin his pees; thowt
| wouldn't be very formal; and sez |,
haven't ye got that pees larnt YET? Sez
ne, yes-but theirs sum of the doktrin thai
the people don't bleeve, and | have to al
ter It occashunallv TO SUI The plase Sez
/, how do you ike the sho bizness? Sez
he, II don't pa. Sez |, mi sho is DOOM
stavin bizlness. He groned and a tere
started IN hiz i; aud sez he, thowt |
shood make a good deal out of my popIer
suverenJy; but sez he, 1t has split the
bull sho; the peple begin 10 sea thru II,
and iha 81 It Is a hunbug. Sez |, what
are you going 10 do with II? Sez he, as
soon as | have yused up nj poster and
advertisements | shall .hro 1t overheard
Sez |, Douglas whatlle ye take fur yer
/ poHler suverenIyl SEE he lie sci sci 1t
cheep- | told hIn | dIddent no how too
manage his trks, but | wood 90 into
parteruersl Up with him in the sho bisnes
Sez he, lis a bargain. | then AK him
wot lie thowt Of takIn along sum darkIeS
10 sing songs and dams the horuplpe, SeH
he, / wunl have emmy TIN O to doc with
The nigger bIsues--IL DOM ia. H sand
he Went INTO lhe nIgger blznes IN lS54
and had been going down hil ever SINS.
he sed 1t had merely rooind him The
/ luule giant taen purlormed OH the slack
rope, aud kilnd up a greest pole aud
spoke his pees on the top. One of \ be
Lincoln : ralss was next browt IN and
Douglas was ST on and rode out thru The
back dore. Douglas Is about ) feet hl
and thunderin CRATE man for won Of
his size. | maid trenologoiIcal examl-
nation of HIM Iie Is man Of tremen-
dus pour. HIS kavs are huge. HIS
bump or hunDuggiug Is as big goosrg.
Conseenshusuess Is kaved ID. Heed
make firsI rate crIer ia the sho blznes;
his bump Of teilin yarns amt snail
Dugias and nave kompIeled our pro-
gram for our nu sho. We call II The nu
uI.on snO, and grees; pole surkus, togeth-
er with uIher alarmin and DARN feets
Duglas wlli perform the grand, dub
BIZ \ singel handed game OF poper sur-
erenty. THIS game can be seen best
with the eyes shet. Bu; | must kose.-
We are goln westward no in a few
daze. lurs in hast,
ARrEMUs WARD, in.
zee es, Dugias sez give his pupler
sovreniiy a good bio in the paper.
A BALrINoRE EDITOR MAKES A Re
PUBLICAN SPEECH.-Col. Evans, eduor
of the Baltimore Putrlot, made a manly
and fearless speech at Republican NEE
ing in New Y ork recently. He declar-
ed that be was a member of the Amer
ican'' party, but endorses the Chicago
platform, and was ready TO vote for Mr.
Lincoln. He sand the lraven was spread
ing in the South. Maryland, Virginia
land Kentucky would each give them
s-sevcral thousand votes. The Southern
descendants of the men who perlled
s.yheir lives for freedom would stand for
freedom sui. He had received an an
"onymous letter telling him that unless
"he ceased 10 proclaim his attachment
"for Lincoln he would be compelled to
s,leave Baltimore, and he had told a
friend lheu + AZ Oh The 9Th OF NUvem Der
''neXt, live or die, survive or perish, If 1t
..was the last acI of his life. he would
least an open ballot for Lincoln and
"Hamli (Loag continued applause
"CoI. fvans ,oid how the Baltimore Pat
''rl0, has been prescribed because Il sup
"porled to principles Of freedom. H
considered the election of the RepublI-
can candidates foregone couclusion.-
He wanted the men ot the North not 10
'he scared with this scarecrow Of the
'dIssoIuliou OF the Union. They could
mot drive them the south out OF the
Union. If the election was carried to
"the Senate. Mr.. Lane Of Oregon, would
be chosen President La conclusion, Col
Evans promised that Maryland would
.'do her best for the Republican cause.
"led oy Mr. Winter DAVIS"
4 FRIEND Of Mr.. Lincoln said to him
lately. Il fear You will be greatly :roub-
led with The South"
" Yes, replied Mr.. Lincoln, " | fear
| shall"