The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-06-26
Daniel Webster and The Duty OF
the Citizen


the Citizen.
The following letter from Daniel Web
ster. to his overseer, John Taylor. will
do. from its intrinsic excellence and ap-
plicability 10 the present times. to repub-
lish. 1t is a model production. It reads:
"WAsHINGroS. March II. 1852
"JoHN TAYLOR: Go ahead. The heart
of winter is broken. and before the lst
day of April all your land may be plowed.
Buy the oxen of Captain Marston, if you
think the price fair. Pay for the hay. l
send you check for Sl6O. for these two
objects. Put the great oxen in condi-
tion TO be turned on. and fattened. You
have good horse team, ard | think, in
addition to this, four oxen ana pair Of
four-year old-steers Will do your work II
you think 80, then dispose of the Stevens
oxen, or unyoke them. and send them to
the pasture, for beef. l know not when !
shall see you, but hope before planting
If you need any thing. such as guano, for
instance, write to Joseph Buck, Esq,
Boston, and he Will send it to you.
"Whatever ground you SOW or plant,
see that it is in good condition. We want
no pennyroyal crops. "A little farm well
TILED is to farmer the next best thing TO
little wife we'll willed. Cultivate your
garden. Be sure 10 produce sufficient
quantities Of vegetables. A man may
half support kis family from a good gar
den. Take care to keep my mothers gar
den In good order. even If it costs you the
wages of a man to take care of it. | have
sent you many garden seeds. Distribute
them among your Deighbors. Send them
to the stores in the village that every body
may have a part of them without cost.
am glad that you have chosen Nh. Pike
Representative. He is true man bat
there are in New Hampshire many persons
who call themselves Wings, who are no
Wings at all. and no better than Disunion-
lists. Any man who hesitales in granting
and securing to every part Of the country
its just and its constitutional rights, is an
enemy to the whole country.
John Taylor-If one of your boys
should say that he honors father and mo-
ther. and loves his brothers and sisters,
but still insists that one Of them shall be
driven out of the family. what caa you say
of him but this that there is no real fam
lily love in him ? You and are farmers;
we Hever talk politics-our talk is of OK
en-; but remember this--that any man
J who attempts TO excite one part Of the
country against another, is just as wicked
as he would be who should attemp. to get
/ up quarrel between John Taylor and his
neighbor, old Mr.. Johr Sanboru. or his
} other neighbor, Captain Burleigh
There are some animals that live best
; in fire; and there are some men who de-
, light in heat, smoke, combustion and gen.
eral confagration. They enjoy only con-
troversy, contention and strife. Have no
communion with such persons, either as
neighbors or politicians. You have no
more right TO say that slavery ought not
! to exist in Virginia, than Virginian has
to say that slavery ought not TO exist in
New Hampshire. Ills is a question left
} to every man to decide for himself; and
: if we mean to keep the States together. we
must leave to every State the power of de-
Gliding for itself.
| think | never wrote you a word be-
fore upon politics. l shall not do it again
only say. love Jour country, and your
whole country and when men attempt to
persuade you to get into a quarrel with
! the laws Of other States, tell them that
you mean to mind your own business. ;
and advise them to mind theirs. John
Taylor. you are free man you possess
good principles you have large family
to rear and provide for by your labor. Be
thankful TO the Government which does
not Cypress you. which does not bear you
: down by excessive taxation, but which
: holds out TO you and to yours the hope Of
all the blessings which liberty. industry
and security may give. john Taylor,
} never write me another word upon politics
Give my kindesi remembrance to your
wife and children and when you look
from your eastern window upon the graves
of my family, remember that he who is
} the author Of this letter must soon follow
them TO another world.
DANIEL WEBSTER"
THE CAPTURED (REBEL) FLEET-The
New York .Journai or Commerce makes