The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-08-22
LETTER FROM JIM BIRD.
Friend Plat:

| Sence mi last lettur tn you ben a redn the rez-
olushuns Nv the Pub!ckin COwnty Con-
venshun. Fact liz. thar, but ther wos so
much tawk l cudeLt understand it, an the fust
time got chance red the rezoushuns. Thar's
wun thing cant an wunt swoller Wen voted
| fur oil the pubekin ofsers big an littel, it wos
with the onderstandin that we wus fur fire speaeh
an fire press. sc bi the Tribun that thre paprs
in st. Luis hez bin stopt bi the government. That
publekins hez tore tn peces the dimcrat papr In
| Bangor in Name, an one in Concord in New liam
sher; an the Gran Jury in Nu York is a tryin tn
stop thre or paprs thar. An the paprs liz oil fui
NV counts Wv men bein mobd an rode on rales an
ole horses, an bused shameful coz tha aint pube-
kirs. / thot mebby tina mite be lise til lately.
Wen red the publekin rezolusbbns tha sed tina
fur sio h lre speech wos consistent rch pub
lick SAFETY. Now, ef pub!ekins is afrade NV free
| speech an free press, thar's suthn rong in ther
| crede sum,rhar. Its mi noshen that ef a thing
right, the more pepel hear ont the more tha Sc its
rite an ef its rong the more tha kin sc its rong
don't no mnch, but wen men sez to me I'm ''sch
a fule that ef pepel tawk an prent wat tina pleze,
that cant tel rong frum rite" an "aint tn be
trusted tu make up mi own mind,'' but "sum uther
puble kin must du it fur me" and must 81 tu uther
men hoo is ritin prinrin that "tha must rite an
print what sum publekin thinks is rite nuhn
else,'' rite thar ims dun; and line reddy to fte
wun a numbered to put down sich a sperrit. l
wurked fur fire speech an free press. 1t wos gud
publekn doctern. Ef it wos gud then, its gud
nor; an no dimcrat or publekin hez rite tn sa
tn emmy uther dimcra. publekin wot hs slal sa
or wot he shal print The pepe aint sech fules yit
that tha kin be lead bi the noze ur hi a Ii; an eff
the publek,ns want tn make sech a rule thars suth
in nifty bad IN EN- smmwhar, an tha are frade to
trust the pepel Eff that's ther game tha cant MAKE
the pepel trust them. line publekin, but Aint
tory nur tirent nur a church bicit; an | hope ev
ry in this yer nashun hoo is covered nuf to let
emmy man or set Nv men tel him to bleve this ur
that, tu tawk this that, or els kepe hiz mouth
shet ma git the janders suthiD els die rite off
never wud bleved that emmy publekin wud ben
meme nuf to tawk such a doctern. wy hoo Civ
Mdttiuly Fillips an Jonsun an the rest on EN-
hoo got up them rezolushuns an spoke to EN- at the
convenshun, emmy bettr than .her nabers? !?
Hoo gin them emmy bcttr nolege NV the lows ur
rites NV men ur Nv the histry the country1 Ur
hoo made them emmy be ttr juges wot is gud tn
tawk an prent than ennybody els? Theirs men
plenty. livd here as long tina hev. Men plenty
got as much tu luse by bad tawk and printer as
tha hev. Men plenty hoo luv this nashun as much
tha kin du at ther BEST hoo don't beve as tina du
an hoo Civ them leve tu tba traitors fur blevin
different, an tina must tawk tu sLte dri upl
Fact is I'm jlst bllein an the more | rede sech
stui, the maddcr git; an eff the pepel is goin tn
set down undr sech tawk line yaler lizard eff
tha orient tn hev blind ram fur King as cudent
be tied an us oilers buttn an plenty NV subjecks
oilers an his wa.
wosnt moren haf mind to bleve publekins
did want tu make pepel beve as tha did by force
tel last weke wen Jim Thompson had fus with
Sam Wolf. | was thar in town as witnis i'm cort,
an had tu sta o II mite. sene ther fus an hearn
their tawk; an Ime Ulode ef tina wosent a set NV
reglar devils. Their wos members wv the church
wantin tu hang an xii ithout judge ur jury ur law.
] dident Sc Jim du nuthn moren I've sene a hun.
derd men du an nary fte cum outen it; but sum
whiffets as hez got Duthn tn luse an thinks tina
git notst, aggd a fus, an tha go. wun up, an
then cold out fur the pepel tu hang the damd Sc
seshers, sed ef dimcrats didn't dry up thade
hang EN- oil. l hearn sech fules. Tha
mite hang wun ur tn, but ef that game begins
thar viii be more publekrs hool fte agin sech du-
ins than kin be found fur it. Ef tina ar fur law,
let EN- stan by the law Ef tina fur mobs then
tha ar agin government; an fur Unn aint with EN-
Sech kind NV things is KILN the party; an fact is
cant go it. l cant be dimcrat ether, but line
fur fire speech an fire press oil the time, pece ur
wor, an ef that cant be had then the man ur men
ur party hoo prevents it is bound fur hot phase
hereafter ull be shure tu git thar, be Gust on
ath as long as the uomc lasts.
Fact is, bin tawkin with Jerusha; an she has
bin te'in me these yer things an tha luuk so much
like ther oil tru that bleve EN-. Eff tina ar tru
will WI print EN-? an eff tina wont let WI print wo,
yu plese, an tri tn stop w, ef yu will send fur Jim
Bird he ul stan by yu emmy uther man fur that
tie as long as he hez got leg left an thar is hun
derds Nv more NV the same sort an more cummir
evry da Efyu tawk ur print trcsin ar ennv uter
bad stuff, Jim Bird vii indte yu ur convict WI ef he
hez chanse On jury sune as he ul fte fur fire.
speech. An that is the wa tn du the bsnis, an the
man hoo wants tu du it emmy uther wa is a cowerd
an trater tn law fre guveInmint.
r Yurn, in bad umer,
Jim Bird
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