East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-10
l.. BULL-IlEAD WARD.

steam \ Doat business, as lniinehseiy
wealthy" and therefore proper subject
for their groveling todayism. He writes
on all subjects, is most prolific on those
he knows the least about, and is just
now rampant on the Union question,
upon which he promulgates his " blood
and thunder +" views with great gasto.--
lie says vi ~ ( III J
| have now ON hand a sufficient
quantity Of iron to make seven hundred
heavy canncns and twenty thousand
stand of rifles. (He has some brass, also.)
will sell the whole of it to the State of
Michigan or the United States, on TWEEN
ty years time, if they will use it in max
ing guns for the maintainance Of, and
in obedience 1.-THE present constitution
and laws of this country; and rather than
have the constitution altered to favor
slavery and corruption, | would make it
an unconditional contribution to the
cause Of freedom"
After this liberal proposition he con-
tinues: HF -.la. ru. ,
off the Democrats have lied and ira
duced the Republicans : if they have
endangered the government and the con-
stitution - let them repent in sackcloth
! and ashes.
"They have an ocean Of sins to be
forgiven. Let them 90 South like hon
est men, and tell the Southerners that
they have lied them into secession, and
they are sorry for it. ",' . ..'- e'
! Democrats have no such sins to repent
of or be forgiven. 1t is a suffice mt
refutation to all such lying impudence to
cite Helper and his endorsers. That,
alone, disposes of the question as to
where the responsibility lies. But f. B.
W.iproposes remedy for impending
evils. Hear him;
" Let us ask our Legislature to author
ize the Governor, if in his opinion the
safety and security of the constitution
and laws shall require it; to organize and
equip at the expense of the State, not
over twenty five thousand men, who shall
be in readiness to march at days notice
to the capital of the United States, with
a view to meet the requirements of the
country"
A few figures will demonstrate the
feasibility Of this brilliant suggestion
The average yearly expense per man for
troops, officers and privates, is 5000
multiply this by $4,000, and we have the
triiling sum of fifteen million dollars per
annum as the cost Of the experiment.
A pleasant little item for the already
overburdened tax payers Of Michigan to
contemplate. E. b. w. continues in the
following temperate strain:
care we towards? Will we continue
forever to cringe to the slave drivers
whip? Are they strong and we weak
that we should beg the pardon of the
mpudent scoundrels who continually
taunt us with cowardice and weakness?
Does Christian forbearance 90 so fai
as to require eternal peace with villains
and pirates?
ais there to be no end to those ndg.
mites that all civilized nations resen;
with war and retrbution
Are we the only people who will be
spit upon forever, and beg pardon for the
insult?
Let us try the war policy once and
cure the evil, at least for this generation
One efficient campaign will bring the
rebels to their senses, and nothing shor,
of it will ever end the strife and Turmoil
we constantly invite by this senseless anC
useless forbearance."
Eminently courageous is f. B. w
Nary cowardice about him. He would
with superhuman bravery, pull down tn,
dwelling over his head for the sake o
diSlodging troublesome rat in The
garnet. Hs
Nobody proposes to conciliate seces
sionists; it is only the Union men Of thu
South who are sought to be strengthened
in their noble position, and he propose
to do this by selling pile of old irol
, con time" and raising an army Of TWEEN
, ty-6ve thousand men at an annual ex
penses of fifteen million of dollars I,
Michigan to bring these rebels to thei
senses" Language like that contained
in the last paragraphs quoted--at tim
when even the republicans in every Stat
3 which has spoken through its Executive
have backed square down from thei
favorite "higher law" doctrine, whel
the best men and purest patriots, with
out regard to former party affiliations
are using their most earnest endeavors t.
bring about settlement of the existin;
difficulties upon a just and permanen
basis--coming from man in tho ordina
~ walks Of life would be scoffed at a
> the idiotic rawlings of maddened foo
but, backed by such incxhaustible wealth
they are put forth as the sound sent
l. ,nonts of undaunted patriotims So muc