Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-12-07
Webster's
l. E TER TO HIS MA A G z r..

WASHINGTON, March 18th, 1852
I" John Taylor Go ahead. The heart
of the winter is broken, and before the
first day Of April all your land may be
! ploughed. Buy the oxen of Capt. Mars
ton if you think the price fair. Pay for the
hay. l send you check for S16O for these
two objects. Put the great oxen in a
condition to be turned out and fatted
You have good horse team, and think
IN addition to this, four oxen and a pair
OF tour year old steers will do your work.
1t you think so, then dispose of the Ste
vens oxen, or unyoke them and send them
to pasture for beef l know not when
shall see you, but l hope before planting
| If you need anything, such as guano, for
instance, write to Joseph Breck, Esq,
and he will send it to you"
Whatever ground you sow or plant,
see that it is in good condition. We
want no pe'anyT0yaL crops. A little farm
well titled is to farmer the next best
thing to "a little wife well willed.' Cul-
tivate your garden, Be sure to produce
sufficient quantities of useful vegetables
A man may half support his family from
a good garden. Take care to keep my
mothers garden 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
neighbOrs. Send them to the stores in
the village, that everybody may have a
part of them without cost. | am glad
that you have chosen Mr. Pike represen-
tative He is true man but there are
in New Hampshire many persons who
call themselves whigs-are no wings at
all, and no better than disunionists. Any
man who hesitates in granting and Sc
curing to every part of the country its
constitutional rights is an enemy to the
whole country.
'EJohn Taylor If one of your boys
should say that he honors his father and
mother, and loves his brothers and sisters,
but still insists that one of them should
be driven ont of the family, what can
you say of him but this, that there is no
real family love in him I? You and are
farmers we never talk politics our
talk is Of oxen; but remember this
that any man who attempts to excite one
one part of the country against another.
| is Just as wicked as he would be who
should attempt to get up quarrel be-
tween John Taylor and his neighbor,
Captain Burleigh. There are some ami
mails that live best IN the fire; and there
are some men who delight in heat, smoke,
combustion and even general cOnfiagra-
ton. They do not follow the things that
make for peace. They enjoy only con-
communication 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 to exist in New
Hampshire. This is question left to
every State TO decide for itself; and if we
mean to keep the States together, we
must leave to every State this power OF
deciding for itself
. think L never wrote you a word be-
fore on politics. | shall not do it again.
| only say, love your country, and you"
whole country; and when men attempt
to persuade you to get into quarrel with
the laws of other States, tell them that
syou 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 that does
not oppose you, which does not bear you
down by excessive taxation, but which
holds out to you and yours the hope of
all the blessings which liberty, industry
and security may give. John Taylor,
thank God, morning and evening, that
you were born in such country. John
Taylor. never write me another word upon
politics. Give my kindest remembrance
to your wife and children and when you
look fiom your eastern windows 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"