The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-09-05
LETTER FROM jim BIRD.
FRIEND PLAT:

line clar sick this weke, an | cant sa
much: but fact is. in these yer times is
don't DO Tor nobody to kepe sill. Wun NV
the rich farmers nj toun, liv:u in biz
whl:e hous. tole jim Logan the luther ia
that the lime he'd cum when dim .rats he'd
got 10 dri up; Al men Student ss emmy
Thin ayin the Misunderstanding Fact is the
the time hez cum that the dimcrats sed
wud cum e: Llncam wos lected, that Sc.
deshun laws wud be Jasd, an the liburty
NV tue pres an nv speche wud be taken
ava.
lis cum hepe quicker nor emmy NV EN-
spected; an ef sech men ar tn rule. no
more lecshuus Is NV emmy yuse. Ef Mat
tiuly noes emmy bet'ur wois gud fur pepel.
or heZ got enn' more III luse hy wor, or
hez ben IN this country emmy longer nor
Palmer, lac ma be n beI,ur judg: but eff
not, Palmer's own pinyun iur hssef OFT
10 be rs gud as MaiinIy's; and l cant Sc
emmy night Malllnly's got III make him dri
up All 81 nuthin er tu suthln AS lie don't
bleve. Jl,t cog the pubIekins seq It's re
.Sech doctern ant puJfehin doctcrn; an ei
them as iawks ii perlends tn be publekns.
tina pertends a lie; iur tina Amt nuthin but
tireDts and unly wants n chanse 10 Xii ev-
ry boldly as don't du jst AS iha sa. list
ia Malunly an Palmer Cos tina Is both old
men an prominent siiizens, jist fur a sam
pei like.
Last weke Ma;.inlv sed in his papr as
how emmy body wud find falt with guvrn-
meht otisers AZ dun rong now wos oil base
cowerds an vile traitors. That's list what
he sed. Now. fact is, he ma be ones in
sech pinyun; but eft he is. it's 2 most vile
pinyun. an no wan but cowerd wud "a
secs. thing eff he bIeved it. Theirs men.
ny a man noes. az gud onest men as treds
the alh, ~ thinks guvrn ent amt rite an
hiuks tina hev riie TO tawk bou. II; an
tina Amt cowerds ur tia,ers ether: an f
Ma,,inly thinks TIA Is. ef he runs ayin ary
wun on EN- he vi find hisself hored aiore
hes he'd time TO change III. mind
Last iall Their was plenty Nv opseshun to
Lincum. and plenty NV abuse NV the dim
orat president All his otfsurs ] her wos
treson in the south then. Ef man cud
tawk agin the guvrument when dimcrats
he'd II, COS tina wos pubekihs, its quare Ell
d,mcrats cant hev the same rite when pub
lek'ns he'd 1t. My pinyun as Made 6enur
let that thing atone. E tina go TO stoppin
men's mouths cos iha wont bleve in .ol
Abe, tina nj make more unblefe nor tina
want; tina nj make more fuss nor tina can
manage handy Tom Burt sez ef the pub
lehlns Is goln III try III stop men frum
iawkin and discussin boul acts NV the pc
pels servents, tina al hev plenty NV abish-
inlsIs 10 fite an hes wun NV EN-. Oh.
Boles n" his frends-an hes got n h~pe on
em--sez hes fur presarvin the yunyun. an
hes asin the publekin administrator AN
party ar offsers, an is goin lu tile EN- rs
longs he livs; an | tell yu eff Their pap,s j.
gon IL Cal men base cowerds aud vile tra
lers Cos tina don't 5leve publekin or ablishin
ducterna, Ole Boles ul hev more friends
evfy da and the pubeAin party nj hev no
phase tn go
Jerushy seq must quit now. an she al
lux ovur this yer let'ur All mark il. 10
irle nifty onwe tel yu. These yer times
wen the pepel is lusin oil Their libertys an
don't SEINE tn no it. makes me fee orfu.
Fact il. | begin to think the publehin parry
wos rotten at hart. an we wos led rong by
desinein men, an ef we don't 20 sum ulher
rode wele ol BE- saves in nifty short lime
furn, sorryfaly.
JIM BIRD.