Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

Tor the Grant County Omnibus.

For the Grant County Omnibus
Mn. CovER:-Excitement appears to b
the order Of the day with us; last season
re had the election on hand; that ovel
and the Inauguration keeps up the excite
ment; then comes the news that Fort
Sumpter has been or will be evacuated
This raises he excitement to the highest
pitch and men are swearing vengeance
Republicans are beginningto find fault with
the Administration This should not be-
Republicans, for the sake Of your country,
don't complain or murmer at the Admin
istration till the time comes that Abraham
Lincoln does something wrong; he takes
the position he now occupies under great
embarrassment; has to contend with the
South, the Democrats of the North and
ultra abolitionists everywhere; his situation
is a precarious one. Then let us as Re
publicans sustain him by all the means in
our power, never harboring the idea for
one moment that he will do ANYTHING un-
worthy Of himself or the great party that
placed him where he is. If he fails ia his
efforts at peaceful settlement Of the diff
culties now existing, then let us sustain him
with our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor, This is our country, and by the
grace Of God we viii, if necessary, lay
down our lives in its defense.
Town meeting is on the tapis again,
with the usual amount of neighborhood
quarrels and petty difficulties; here can
didate for chairman, there candidate for
treasurer; candidates enough in each town
to supply the Post Office Department with
Post Masters for the whole country for the
next four years; and only twelve offices to
fill; somebody will be disappointed; can't
all be elected; wonder if the defeated party
will secede!
I have been amused and provoked, too,
a great many times since the Chicago Con-
vention, by men who ought to take the pa
pers but can't afford it; meet them where
you will you are hailed with shower Of
questions; they will stop half day and
and detain you as long every week to give
them the news, but they can'ttalSe paper /;
they can spend from five to fifteen dollars
year for tobacco, but can'tafford a paper
they can furnish anything to eat Or drink
they have a natural or acquired appetite
for; in short, they can find money for any
thing they want, but they can't afford q
paper. One of this class Of men asked
me the other day if | thought Oregon
would be admitted as State tins winter;
he was actually so Ear behind the times
that he did not know that Oregon or MIN
nesota bad been admitted into the Upion,
and such blunders are not of rare occur
renee. | am acquainted with gentleman
who owns a farm, has it tolerably well
stocked with horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
has any amount of poultry; can afford Tor
doesl 10 furnish his children with boats and
shoes for summerwear; bought a four dol
lar bonnet for ten-year-old girl, but he
can't afford paper! Now, Mr.. Cover, |
| don't believe that one man IN ten thousaad
is too poor 10 take a paper; with little
exertion any one can raise the means to
pay for good family paper; the cost is
but triAe even if it were all loss, but it is
attended with no loss whatever; it is an in
vestment better than money out at 100
per cent We need the papers, and as
responsible men our children demand an
education at our hands. The newspaper
is a great auxiliary Of the common school
it furnishes change, a yarie Y Of reading
matter for our children, and when tired
with their school books they take up the
newspaper and read the news with a new
relish. | consider q paper in my family
worth three months schooling every year.
Come, gentlemen, subscribe at once for
some paper; YOU need the knowledge you
would gaiA by it; as for your children you
ought to be as careful to put something
useful into their heads rs you are TO put
something ornamental on them; be as care
ful to cultivate the mind as you are to ac-
qure and cultivate an unnatural appetite.
1t is your duty to patronize the press; .,
how quick you would complain if for some
cause the whole machinery of the press was
to stop only for one month Sir, portion
Of the responsibility rests on yon if such
calamity should ever come; thensubscIibe
for the paper, for It's the dollar paid BY
subscribers that keeps the machinery Of the
press in motion. r.
MillyiIIe, March 25th, 1861.