Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-04-04
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E.aLvrtLI, H.. Msh. 81, iS62.

NJ. ES,ier. In these stirring times, when
battle. throwing into the shade the conflicts
Of the revolution are OF tailY o0currsues. l
fear yosr readers ~ill scarcely eicu', me In
occupying q space in your welLfllei COLI
umns, With letter Of ordinary sHents. 10
console nv friend. in Old Oxford and ''e'n-
i,y. Who are probably Sissine through or
climbing over snow drifi. IRON 81, 70 twenty
feet in drp,h, about these days, will IN
form them tha, tor several days, until last
evening. the ground here has been snIir,ly
hars Of snow and ire from frost; but no~
We have aboat sigh, inches Of snow. IL has-
Jog fallen during the night 10 will bs
nearly OF quite all melted away. however,
In the course Of the neI, ,wsu,y'ioGr bOur.,
~hen instead Of s'sh, inches Of snow. ~s
will have to ~aliO~ ihroUsh mud baessr
than tar. and quite a. adhesive. varying IN
depth from one to Eve feet.
Give me your snow drift.,-,hsy are at
least elcan.-in prviervncs to mud holes.
Contemplate, - Who 'ish for bare ground
and growing grass. IN Illinois. . farmer
stuck fast in = mudhOle. I've call "a -lough)
on the prairie. mile iron any human AID.
III. hor-c- nearly out OF sight aud sinking
fast. bis wagon buried beneath the weight
Of twenty-five bAss o! corn. and icrrs JsrHa
a, least tsn rod. distant on either side.
Nov, We Down Ea.'er.. What woald you do
10 such fIf YOu can dig through . snow
drift; you understand that; ii's an easy
thing eooosh-it only take. tire and
shovel. Bat can you shovel out Of prai'
re slough Can yOa st OF your load and
hii ., the xh,el. or take your ho.es by
the bit, after ,ramping path before them.
and sneoer,s. them 10 make another plunge
Nothing Of the hind You can, s'eo ge;
another team and hitch TO the sinking load.
for you can scarcely Get near enough TO
bail the unfortunate driver. Ia the name
Of Yankee ingenuity. then, ~ha, would you
3D. Do you give il up Well, then. there
are jasi i~o way. out OF such tI. and '~o
only. to ~it 10 ~ait pa,'eoily till the mud
trie. up. OF &C this don't hapPen.) until u
gets thin enough 10 swim IN. and then swim
a.hOrs-ueanime. in either case, living up
on hope yoor-.lf, yoa -ill eOntriVs to feed
yo0r load Of corn - your bor-o.. Moral
Be cou,eot With your snowiriii., lest yoa
find yourself IN an Illinp. slough Of de-
,Poud.
To chang, the picture irOn snow and
mud 20 politics aud var: illinOi. has aboat
Cj.OOO solder. IN the Geld, sAllan,ly ssht'
log 70 pot down rebellion IN Tennessee and
N,--ouri. and elsewhere, land q. you aud
d, whole world know. ere this, they have
fought slOriogsly,) and q eonVvntion OF
traitors ., her caPitOl plotting di>-en'ion
aud rebslliou q, home. refer. Of eour-e,
O. the ~ sailed Constitutional Convention,
which unbarPily the Las, rrsolar session Of
the legislature, Republican though !, was.
PROVIDED for holding, for the purpO-e Of
fropO-ins a nes Coh.;i,u;ioa fOr the people
20 adopt or rej~ct, as the case may be. TIE
d.,.rute. 20 thi. Convention we're elected in
June last, upon pretended un'on ticket,
by~hieh the Rspublieap. were ,reaeberOu..
ly cheated. iu the Republican Couuiis-. and
having their o~n say in demOer tic Coon.
tie-. the Convention rs Nv quite msjuriiy.
democratic Or .ec-.h. The concern las been
10 session about three months. during which
time it IA. heen occupied in dong or trying
90 DO almost everything tha, 10 was not
called. abd has no right or poser 10 DO;
and nesleetiEg TO do everything which it
vAs called expressly TO d.. The proper and
ooly work OF the Con'entiOn being To pre-
pare and submit 10 the people State Con.
.ututiou. Thi. they have not done. and
are not likely .oon u Do: but they have en-.
dsavored 70 constitute themselves q general
legislature. and TO leei.la,e upon every eon.
erivahle subject. I will no, a,,smp, even a
.ynop.i. Of il. proceedings, a. they are Of
no possible eon-~qusnc.. sIccpt the eo., To
a.. STATE. TOR II the Cpn,ention proposes
ANYTHING never - uuoh j-r,ionable. the r.o-
tls ar- 80 thoroughly di.ru.,ed With the
Who'll. concern. ,l,.y will .purn i, With con.
,.mp,A and a. showing the sH.mu, Of n
e,... a ns, Z, ~ f,apJ I FAR. IN Main,
u veil a. Il,;,o;. refer 10 ,ha, elas.
who., ool, .,run,,, on All National ones.
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