Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-05-14
en-, is this he, poor fellow, was

left out in the cold With nary an of
fee.
s. He charges me with beginning the
TOW by denouncing him a id cop
perhead. Now that is d base false
hood. | will give plain and true
statement of how the ''fuss" origina-
ted In conversation with friend
remarked that on the regular ticket
there were two names that ] could 1
not support, for | would not know
ingly vote for a eopperhead for post
master, and that Miohae. was one of
\ them whereupon bis friend that he
ailudes to as giving me tie lie SO
| promptly, (who, by the way, was no
nearer to me- than Michael was), ques-
toned me still further as to who {
was | called a coppeEhead, and |
promptly replied Michael AcNamee
he then became quite wrathy, and
finally went on to say that any man
that called McNamee a copperhead
was liar. This paid no attention
to, and he soon quieted down then
a brother of his in another part of the
house began using about the same
language he had uttered, adding
that MoMamee' had proved him~
self not a oopperhead, and that be
had done more service than those
who called him such. This | could
not stand, andIimmediately made my
way to him and resented it without
speaking word to any person, when
| was about to be set upon by three
or four, and that is what brought
my silk" Gas Nc. terms them) to back
me uj', and ia an instant there was
a dozen as good men as there is in
the town of Mt. Hope threw their
old coats, not in particular to back
me cups as muchit waste back up loyalty
and back doaCn dlstoyalty, and the lat
ter was done in less time than il
takes to pen it. And further, there
was enough of my elk" there to
leave Nc an ex>official of this town
by twenty odd majority, and this is
where the shoe pinches. | will just
say to Me, that ii he ''prefers to seek
redress by law" | will give him all
the opportunity possible to get it. AL
though | am not w0rth my salt "n0r
have no property that a man can lay
hold on for damages, II will give him
good security to pay all the damages
that be can sustain against me for
calling bin copperhead, which he
most assuredly is if understand the
definition Of that word as now used
The damages certainly Qtamount
to more than the honor and profits
Of Assessors and Justices. Although
physical cowardice is none of Mes
failings, it required him some eight
days to quiet his nerves and pucker
up courage enough to pen his defni>
ton. Nc. thinks he was sufficiently
explicit in his reply to the nomination
for Assemblyman last fall to satisfy
any reasonable man, simply by claim
ing that he belongs to no party, and,
that he never will but still he insists
that the Democratic party has less
hypocracy in it than the Republican !;
but the difficulty is here: the Repub~
lican party is too radically Union for
his weak stomach, while the other
just suits him, but be is not man
enough to support it, and in order to
dodge the issue he claims neutrality.
In ny estimation, Mr.. Editor, there
is no Neutral ground in the political
issue Of the day. A man must either
be 9 Supporter of one Radical Con-
gress and its means of dealing with
rebels, or ameek and humble disciple
of our Copp6rheai President and his
party and by attempting neutrality
and claiming that neither party is
good enough for his company, he, sof
necessity, places himself far beneath
the Copperhead party for wilhelm his
every action is inculcated their prin-
ciples he lacks the boldness to sup>
port them.
In conclusion / will say that Nc is
a very foolish man to try to defend
his loyalty by writing letter which
has the well known ring Of copper
afl through 1t"
Mr. uorr. May eth, 1857. !
County MAps.-For sale at the
HERALD Office, Wilson's Maps of Grant Cousty--s-nd
free by mail at 500
Bag@ The Praire du Chen Courier
states that the special town election
held in that town on Tuesday last, re-
suited in the citizens voting tax of
$40, 600 upon the taxable property OF /
that township, for thepurpose Of aid. /
ing the completion Of the County
Jail and Court House in Prairie du /
Chen.
A young lady riding in the rear
car OF Q long train remarked to her
companion that the train seemed to
move very slowly: and a moment
after added, with almost Partingtoni-
an unconscionsness. ''But, perhaps.
it is because we are in the last ear p /
gG>The Attorney General of Penn
sylvania has written an elaborate
opinion, declaring the lottery scheme
authorized by the Legislature of that
State for the benefit of the Gettys-
burg Soldiers Asylum to be Illegal,
criminal and demoralizing in its chars
aotcr.