Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-11-24
rhaaksgiving Sermon, Tu AwI.
FIX House nv Korreckshun, of the J
Reconstructed democracy, llth

Dimekrat ~ hepuOllKan partys seuu
greetin. Since larst rote you the eleck.
shun liz ore, and them wat, electd
feals happy, and them wat amt lifts ther
sorrowing ia tn heven X seq, hope on,
hope ever; while Tiers life and whisky
theirs hope
Since rote mi last edyfing epistol, a
sad catastrophe bez took phase. Mi
off hez ben deprived Nv mi ineztemibul
seryeses, d. stand sorrorin in the rooms
Nv mi late projecks, & SANG az Marius
did over Carthige, "Ongratfuls Ongrat-
fuls.' In short hev ben forsed at the
pint nv sumthin wus than boyonits, tn
abdekate mi hi offs. hev bin insure-
moneousy egeckted from gittin the prise
fur drinkin the most whisky at the late
eleckshun 'In wat hev offendid p /
AK the erin demokrasy, watts up? Ma
~ answer Mi fate IL fixed. But be-
fore take mi battered hat and bid
long farewell tn the iquifyin de'ites per-
vided by politishans fur them that luv
them, | wish to enter mi solam protest
agin things in gineral and Civ sun kan>
did advis tn awl mi sorrowin Teller Dim
okrats and Republicans. In the fust
phase, then, it was very rong in yu Dim
okrats tn turn me out fur | wood hev
givin yu awl sumthin tn du; ef not hi
offs, yu shood hev fed pigs all winter.
Suthin wood hev akrued tn yu throo mi
Sekeretaryshp. But now, alass, awl
SIGH hopes IL blastil furever.
| hey felt deeply the responsibility
restn upon me, tn express mi mind on
surtln doins fur a long time, and take
this thanksgivin opur,unity tn rite sur.
mon tn mi Teller Republicans and Dime
krats, on this subgeck. tn begin with,
this isn't "bleedin Cansas" This ere
Stait is WISCONSIN, wbar thar IL free
speech free trade IL free press, and no
Republican hcz eny rite tn attempt tn
depress the speach or press NV any Dim
okrat. The time IL past in this CRATE
American do-everything kuntry, tn trect
men M felers waz treeted in Cansas,
caws they wood vote for SIGH things az
Lecompton Cons.itushun. The time IL
fur men tn be strung up kaws they wont
vote agin Their prnsepuls. The time IL
past fur eny kriso Nv martired herows to
20 up tn heven fur venjense, or
fur eny more men tn stand up ~ be shot
kaws they believe in free guvornmint &
free speech y free presses, ''az they un-
dcrstand it. The time il past fur men
tn be hawled out Nv bed in the mite and
lard II fethcrd, kaws they say they be-
leve in slavery, } Davis, "or eny uther
man Yes, mi Teller Dimokrats and
Republicans, thank American brane,
Amerikan luye, American SNOW, & the
lord NV hosts, mt this comm thanksgiyin
day, these times are past, and if enybody
don't like wat enybody seq in a.
speech or in paper, be hcz got biz rem
edy-makc a speech aposin, him hisself
Il denien hiz poslshun. Or if its an ar
tickle in papur, why, every felcrs got
hiz owne papur, let him anser in apo
sin paper, eff he's got phosforence enuif
in biz he'd, that's the way to keep the
phun agon.
will sa, on retirin from offs, that !
beg pardun fur eny misdemeners (Which
are very few that hey kommitted ]
retire with mi back tn the 70, in supreme
kon,empt, and sa, ez ! sed in the beginin,
Teller Dimokrats and Republicans, let us
remembur that this il fre kuntry, tn
do rite and not rong in. X let us awl
remembur that we air desendid from
long line NV illustrus auntsisters, who
are lookin doun onto us from the top Nv
sum klowd, and snin: "Demokrat. and
Republicans all be bruthcrs, & you'll be
| happy"
We hev awl nv US meny things tn be
grateful fur in this comm thanksgivin dn
We Dimokrats must be grateful that awl
our whisky wazent drunk in vane, eff we
| air licked leetle. We Republicans
must be grateful that sum NV US IL
akounted worthy tn hev a offs. An the
people, the CRATE, grand and glorious
people, hev tn thank provedense that tina
hev the privilege Nv sayin tn hoom tina
will KUN up here or slope out o
this. Yc unMithrnI seryentsN | rekom.