Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-12-23

PosT OREIs, CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS
(Which iz in the state of KY,
November 10, 1861
To Z. S Grant, General and President Elect
SIE:-The elekshun il o'er The dis il
cast,-uv which die the Dmokracy have the
most Nv it. Frankly we admit that we are
beeten l studied the elekshun returns car
fully, and have kun te that konklushun.
He'd we karried Ohio, Pennsylvania, lnjiany,
IIinoy, honnektikut, Wisconsin. Ioway,
Miss Su Rye, kancas and Kalilorny, and he'd
Vergiuny, Texas and Mrs Sippy binn allowd
TO vote. the rezult wud hav bin different
But We didn't; therefore, We submit. We
mite rezist; but, ez we havnt the strength
to du it, we cheerhy bow to the will Nv the
people, and recognize n ez our Chief Mag
istrate, Ia the place of A. JoDsun, deceest.
Now, the question which aggitates Us, IL,
wat du W intend tu du. That's wot l want
to know and that's wat Deehen Pogram,
Captain McPelter and Issaker Gavitt Is de-
mandin IN thunder tones Wat du you in
tend TO 10 du2 Are you agoin to adopt the
merciless policy Nv the extreme Radikals, or
"a
7 Presoom that you don't understand the
sitooashun in the South. l also presoom
that shood "a visit the Corners yoo wood
find here two classes of people whose tastes,
habits, inelinations, and Interests vary wide
lv. On the one hand are the original Ken
tuckyians. ~ wich Bascom, Deekin Pogram,
Capt, Nc Pelter aud Issaker Gavitt are
brite and shinin specimens; and on the 9th
er IL Joo Bigler, who wuz Confedrit sol
ier but who haz backsiid into ablishinizm,
ten or twenty families Nv Northerners who
have bought land hereabouts, and the mig
gers which We freed by Linkin and the Con
stituti,snal Amendment.
These two autagnistic elements are perpet-
uaHy at war; and the result il kronik on
pIeasantnis, which haz serusly retarded the
growth w this sekshun NV kuntry The
fault IL. Nv course, with Pollock, Bigler and
the Northern farmers and the niggers.-Ihe
original Kentukians desire peace-they long
and hunger and thrust fur it. But these
other cusses wont let Us hav it. The Ncrth-
ern farmers wood KUN here and buy land
and kontjnually erretate Us with their pres
ence. They wont adopt our hsbets and kus-
toms, but persist in keepin up their own;
end. ez we know them to be Republicans,
the site Nv one on our streets predoses a spe-
cies Nv freuzv on our citizens which has, at
times resulted seriously to them. They hold
PRAYER meetings at each others houses
They take Northern noosepapers which wood
pizen the minds of our people, but for the
blessed fact that our people don't read to
All alafming extent; and they have estab-
lished schools among the niger children,
and are teeehin them to be above the speer
to which nacher and CUR theology assigned
EN- Bascom told me that they had never
spent four dt>4ars all told at his bar. How
kin he live in peace with sich The mig
gers won't work for u, unless we pay en- fur
il; and the result IL, our farms are running
down. But little L prodooss by Us, and the
old original Kentucky stalk issgettia to be
a. seedy set as yure eyes ever rested onto
Nov. in regard Us, what are va agoin
dus Are yoo agoin TO perfect Us, or them
Are W agoin 70 bring your power to bear
/ on their side or ourn' Is Deeken PograIn :
.iEgers TO be protected in their insolent re
+ fuSal TO submit TO his gideance and direk-
/ shua. or are they 10 be left to him to be
deli with a. he choosess Is the citizens Of
I the Corners TO have the rite, wich is theirs,
+ to chastize these beings in their own way
I 20 redoose them 70 their material level, ez
/ they see ft, or are they to be han1rered oy
soljers and sieh, and be forced to the hoo
niIiashen w seein en- ekul in all respects ;
I In short, she'll We, under your administFa-
shun. hev the rite 10 hang niggers and tar
i and feather Northern settlers, ez We have
been doin. or not2 That's the question
which our people ask; and on your answer
depends the support uv you. The Corners