Woodville Republican., 1865-09-30
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Enlras Wosl. ~ Rnrrl..

Do uof knoF whether you VII le
much supplied ls I am, 10 Gid that eadF-
dates are ss plenty as o.. ek-bernclT
Intended to have besn announced ihssftk,
as a candidate represent tie good sp4plp
Of wiknfon County, 10 the loser bfane {
the Legislature. Ihaye always depn.e ~
parry ri it and oflice.seekir z. .beIiesinsikhas
iaey hsvs been lhs hui'ill sources 1iwkny o.
the evils which have aHiIe ed lis coAly.
1 bave thought ttat sben pc sou wa /.
bounc'd as candid5ie for cry oaiee, 80,
IL Vas acknowledge, possessed lie teui...
site JeiIsiiouian qaaliaea.ions lhoaesly aad
eap,bahyl fhnno other should DO eneoara
ged, or permiuei4o fan suifa. By ranalpg
Ia ofp3siiiga on mere personal groundss or
as the Ifsb mess eEpfessiyely siy, 70 boc
" whose fsctioa u the stronger"
lam quite aware tl,ata candidate Is hardly
expected to act up to Li. profession Of pGn.
eiples, but ueyeriheless ! yield y tic snte-
rior claims Of y9ur " Humble serse 81 ptr.
sewing that our,psInciplss are 10 8ea.isy tlc
same ltoaeh, All thes cusa viii lthsaassi..
dngs ofEfasmls and Maciayel, thr mode in
which they are aunouuted renders tliem La.
Jie 10 be mistaken, by that class Of people,
sho, Ike Sydney Smiths friend, grayely 10
qulre "hsw you could sioof jokes out Of
eauLon."
As soon as have taken the amnesty oath
and been pardone1 for my scditious acts,
hall take grca! pleasure iil petmi,ted) in
casiug my first vote for our Humble Ser.
want" do moi ask II. s. TO run upon my
platform, for fear iL is not a Winning one at
present, but beg leave to present 10 for con.
slderalion, believing lirmIy that the day vii
come, though | may not see il, when it will
be triumphant. Perhaps scme of lis claus =
arc startling, and may even be called para
doxpal, but thty are at least ny. honest con-
yctions.
AM not on'y opposed to negro suffrage,
but to mineral sutf age. In my opinion
several years residence, aud some standard
OF intelligence should be required to quality
a voter, who should be a white male citizen
not less than tWouty-fye (95) years old. |
am COZ sclcntlously opposed TO Know N I. in :
ism, but nevertheless am -. N Gvar Of rer>
mttiug ior' 'lgncrs to vote, and this quite az
much flr their own sake, as for the general
| good Of the country do not wish to see
them tempted, Gs they have been, to forgery,
PERJURY, drunkenness aud other crimes, by
those who boast OF superior morality, and in
telligence, while cndeayoring to cal le those
who speak with the sweet German accent
and the hi h broguo."
There are only a small proportion, of
course, Of cmigranIs, who in their own coun-
try had right To bo considered as gentle.
men for in that class, crime or mi. fortune
whether political or otherwise, is the only
reason for cxpatriation o. these whom mis-
fortune caused to leave, what they always
called ma pefr e, " the old country y
Fader land, IKE, we have known .mny
noble men, Of whom any country might be
proud but these men are most freq, cntly
unnaturalIzed, or at any rate take little in
terest, and exert no influence in politics, be>
ing perhaps too easily dsgusted with the
spread edgie'ism, so rampant In the Unit, a
states, and tie unbushng corrup ion, aud
traiiicking in votes, TO be seen at Tanimany
Hal, and the lobbies Of Congress, Iii not
necessary f,r me to enter into any detail Of
the reasons why ! believe it better for
thcns Ives, that the elective franchise should
not be given TO those who compose the ma,
Jority OF tho foreign emigration.
Whether the spectacle which hs beer
presented, 10 the civilized world, by ''thC
best government The world ever saw" dn.
ring lhe list fpar years, il calculated to ia
vito or repel emigration, the future will dc.
eide, believe that we hsve had ontirel,
too much so.oaled Legislation, which i.
apily portage in the tides cf many of oul
acts; par erc'aple. A Bill to be eutitled
An act, to repeal an act, to amend an acr,
declaring Bushy Creek TO he nayisablc
steam" "An act to remove the civil diss,
biities OF Peer Lumpkin, minor, aged
seventeen years An act 20 change a
name of Amelia So2Gopisba Fudge, to Anne.
liza Saeharissa Fudge" Sc, Sc, In short.
think that il the teims of Congress, aud die
State Legislatures, were shorter, and lass fr .
qcent, the country would re the rai or.
am opposed to the liberty OF lhe Press
in the setse by which license is suhstitnted
Tor liberty, The advocacy Of iufileli,y and
immortality, and scurrious attacks upon pri-
vate character should be prohibited, though
l admit THIS = very difficult subject to deal
With. think thar the Constitution of the
United States ought to be amended in sever
al particulars. For Instance, the President
ought to be eligible for only one term Of
| sght Years, aud deprived Of much OF bis of.
neiai patronage. In the opinion Of many,
the government Of England would form The
oest model for US, leaving out heriditary
monarchy and aristoclacy, the laws Of primo.
geniture aud entail, and The Church Estab.
isamene AT present there seems 10 be
great danger OF our oscilla ipg between des-
potlsm aud anarchy, aud being divided into
two geographical parties who may bate each
osnei as heartily as the Romans and Cartha.
glhisns. bGt these are really grave matters,
denaha,ng the attention OF Statesmen, not
mere politicians or setibblers Of jetlr TespriL
1 am too conservative TO think of fsGch an
innovation as not offering drinks to the con-
siitnents, but am not sure that they would
relish lo buttermilk (which was however
said 20 be the larnrita hri..L ~ - 49,. \