Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-08
From the Pittsburgh Post.
'J. NJ" Requests a Pass Over
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

u Ass AOSAuOSO6 a L dlSS OtCI
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Some time ago 81. M" the i'm
mortal Philosopher" applied to Mr..
Converse, at Altoona, for a pas:7
over the Pennsylvania railroad.
From the elaborate reply of Mr..
Converse, which we publish below,
it would appear that "truth and re-
conciliation,' as viewed from 81.
N.'s' standpoint, are at discount
with the management of the road |
mentioned:
ALTOONA, Pa, 1869.
"7he Immortal u. ". -
DEAR SIR: Your communication
of yesterday, applying for pass
from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
and return, on account of truth and
reconciliation is before me, and
has received careful consideration.
''After thorough review of the
condition of our beloved country,
of the status of the various com
monwealths of the sunny south,
which united few short years ago
in the little unpleasantness, against
our glorious flag, and of the present
auspicious aspect of our political
affairs-questions all more or less
intimately connected with your ap-
pffeation for a pass-I am led to
the conclusion that the great work
is substantially accomplished, that
the hs.lcyon days Of peace and pros
perity are at hand, and that the
labors of yourself, Horace Greeley,
Daniel Pratt, the great American
traveller, and other self denying and
philanthropic patriots, are no longer
required in the cause of pacification
and reform. In confederation Of
this, point you to the fact that but
recently one of the philosophers
above named, apparently convinced
that his mission on earth was ac-
complished, and that nothing fur
ther remained for him to do, at
tempted to take leave of this NOR
tai sphere by jumping from an East
River ferry boat Calmly spreading
5 his I brella above his much trav-
] eled head, and taking last linger-
. ing look ct the spires of that great
commercial center, and stronghold
! of the unterrifed Democracy, he
2 sought to end his eventual existence,
meath the salt sea wave His mo-
+ tive was undoubtedly sublime.
"True patriot he. for be it understood
5 He left his country for his country's good.'
"His purpose, however, was un.
happily frustrated. Unsympathiz
; ing deck k-hands and lugubrious
long shore men rescued him from
the whelming tide, and he still lives
to contemplate with remorse the
t. country whose late Democratic con-
- = vention preferred Seymour to him
as its nominee for President. HI
has left to console him, only the
J philosophical reflection that 're
publics were ever disgraceful, an6
the immortal words of the poet:
=. "'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour.
pve seen my fondest hopes decay"
y Think not because I cite to yo,
:, the example of the illustrious bu
}, deluded Daniel Pratt, that / woult
- commend his mad attempt at mar
:. tyrdom for your emulation. No
. would say to you: j. N, live te
e behold your labors, live to see tn,
vail finally and formally 'lifted,' th'
j, pressure removed, and truth ant
. reconciliation an accomplished fact
:, Though this great cause may nj
;, longer require your burning elo
+ quence, new fields of conquest awai
you. The social, material and NOR
. al development of this great natio'
afford ample scope for your per
e suasive powers. Already the rail
: for an iron pathway across the con
= tinent have passed the peaks of thu
- - Rocky Mountains and are stretching
:, away toward the Pacific coast. o.
: either side lie virgin fields as ye
~ ~ untitled by human hands, and read.
:, to yield their plentiful harvests a
= the reward of toll. Let me recon
~ mend your investment in few
broad acres, and the direction o
, your efforts toward the reclamation
:, of nature-men and politicians hav
- ing been fully reclaimed by you
- previous exertions. AS an agri
; culturist, doubt not you would b
- as you have been, reformist ant
=. publicist. The life would be happ,
s and peaceful, while an agreeabl
17 1 variety would be afforded by th
- occasional howl Of the prairie vol
: or the melodious whoops of tn
:" calp-lifting Comanche. If, how
= ever, the case of moral improvement
~ should still force itself upon you
" mind, an ample field for labor pre-
- sents itself within the classic pre-
. . cincts of Salt Lake. If you ar
- - matrimonially inclined. you nigh
y, marry little-say score or tw
~ y. of Brigham's fairest daughters-aD
y devote yourself to the elevation Q
- - the Mormon dynasty and the popu
- ~ lation Of Utah with a glorious pos
.e * terity OF future j Ms
= :, '.But I need not suggest to yo
~ ~ opportunities for future effort
- - They will undoubtedly occur to 20
- on every hand in that untried re
- - gion. Go, then, and may the bless
% . ings of myriads in these easter
~ ~ climes, from whose benighted visio
~ your labors have lifted the the val
go with you to your new sphere G
S. duty. From the sunny fields of th
le south shall come the cheering az
a clamations of Hampton, Forres