Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-06-19
A Parting Word.


editor of the Wisconsin State Journal,
icing about to depart from the State and
proceed to Switzerland, as Minister Res
iIent of the United States, publishes the
following farewell address to the Jcarna2
reulers.-
at is now over sixteen years since,
with the exception Of an occa ional brief
absence from home, | have been in daily
communication with the relders of this
paper Some of the greatest and most
interesting events in our national hist =
~ have occu red during that period -
II has witnessed the rise OF the RepuD-
can party, the overthrow OF slavery, and
the successful vindication of the authors
ty Of the Government, long challenged
and finally resisted by powerful armies
organized in support of the projections
Of State Sovereignty.
During the same periol within our
own stare there have been witnessed
mantle changes ami varie and wonder
ful prog ess. Its rai roaGs have been
bui t. Its cities have grown up from
villages. Its population has increased
from little over 800 600 to more than
million Nearly all of that part Of
the State ly NJ TO the nth of the Wis
consin river, now filled with prosperous
communities, was ski, en- years ago, a
wilderness A muni ticent educational
policy has been pursued, and the pub
lie schoo and seminaries of the State
are just ground of State pride Dur
ing the same p riod there have been
.ounued and completed all those institu-
tons Of State benefcence, comparing
tavorably with those Of the oldest and
richest States of the Union, for the care
# the ms me, for the education of the
blind and the deaf. and for the nurture
and instruction of the orphan children
of the lal en- defenders Of our flag
From a stronghold OF the Democratic
party, the State has become one OF the
staunchest l. its adhesion TO the party of
progress an liberal principles. From a
c0nd ton o. impaired credit and from
an administra ion characterized by prof.
ligacy and misuse OF the public moneys,
il has passed to an established credit
and to an administration markell by
providence, integrity, and a faithful ap
picatiou Of the public moneys to legit>
innate ends, and IA settled adherence to
law
In looking back over this wonderful
past, | find it a source of considerable
personal qualification to believe that with
in its little sphere Of influence the STATE
JOURNAL has always sought to stand, and
in the main, respecting the leading guess
tons of the times, has stood upon the
right side. | find it especially gratily
inc TO believe that in the great and ter
rible eXigeucv, when treason struck at
the national life. and through those long
and aeonizing years which brought the
temper and spirit of the American peo-
pie 10 the severest test it contained
nothing which | now feel anxious TO blot
out
1t is not without many regrets that |
sever, even temporarily, my relations
with its readers | feel, however, that
to escape for time from the care of
daily newspaper and the fierce distrac-
tons of party politics will be a pleas
ant change conducive both to bodily
and mental health. In my absence, Ma
ior j. G. CULVER, who has for several
weeks past been engaged upon the pa
per, will take my place IN the editorial
department Mai. CULVER Is already IA
vorably known to the people OF Wlsccn-
sin, and hardly needs an introduction.
He was formerly Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of the State, and the productions
of his pen are familiar 10 the readers of
the -Atlantic Monthly, of Putnam 5 and
Harpers. A gentleman Of culture and
scholarly tastes, Il ready and graceful
writer, a radical Republican and man
Of sterling integrity Of character. | am
sure he viii receive a warm and hearty
welcome from the editorial fraternity OF
the State With his aid to second the
veteran pen and the experienced and
sound Judgment Of nv esteemed partner,
Gen ATwoOD and the discriminating IN
dustrv Of Mr.. PAGE-aiways indeiatiga~
BILE in pursuit of the latest possible item
i shall expect the STATE Journal to
become vastly improved and immensely
popular And so far as shall be cons
patible with my official duties While
abroad, | shall seek to save myself from
dropping quite out Of the memory Of our
readers by giving them occasional sketch
es of life, scenes and experiences in the
old world
For the many kind and complimenta-
ry expressions Of the press respecting
my appointment, / am duly grateful, and
shall seek as far as in me lies, not to
disappoint their favorable auguries-
And however, | may fail in other re-
spects, this much Is certain: | shall al
ways be found true and faithful, to the
utmost of my ability. in all things per-
tanning to the honor and welfare of my
countryside who at Will can 50 terri
bly, WELD the thunderbolts of war, but
whose surprising glory it is to be even
greater by her benefcence than by her
| power
= She that lifts M the manhood Of the poor.
She Of the open heart and open door,
With room about her hearth for all mankind -
With the warmest wishes to readers
and friends. for their well being and
prosperity, must for the present say
goodbye" 4uf WeiderSHen
Horace RUBLEE.
No man could do more than Mr. RU-
BLEE has done for the Republican pa rty
of Wisconsin. From helpless infancy
his forcible pen has largely been instru-
mental in bringing it to stalwa- manhood.
His absence viii be felt whenever we
come upon the political battle fields,
more than he loss of thousand spears
4. J. NEToED.-Judge Blatchford.
of New York. decided on Saturday last,
that Moses Dupuv, one of Mr. Johnson's
pardoned conyicts, but who had not been
released, is legally held in custody. Du-
puy is one of the convicted whiskev
thieves, and was sentenced to years