The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-04-01
From the Winchester Journal &
NJ bat the Farmers Think Of Jerry
wilson.

MANCHESTER, Ind, March 10.
SIR am constant reader of your
most excellent paper. Therefore, |
hope you will permit me, through the
same, to speak the united sentiments
of the farmers and mechanics of this
county in regard to Congressional
preferences. 1t is plain that many,
editors are trying to bolster up and
manufacture public sentiment in favor
of Mr.. Wilson. We, the farmers OF
Randolph county, petitioned. Con
gress to repeal the increase of salary
law. safI
And, moreover, We pledged our
selves never to support any man for
any office who supported that act.
And, in our county Convention, q
resolution was passed denouncing the
law, and pledging the Republicans of
this county to never support any one
thus guilty. This resolution passed
unanimously. If Hon. Thomas NJ.
Brown or Il. b. Reynolds are candi-
dates, we will give them our hearty
support, but it is perfectly futile to
undertake to put Mr. Wilson before
the people. No matter what his re-
cord has been since this one great
blunder was made, we, the farmers,
demand that he stand aside, for we
cannot support him. H. B. Cox.
We find the above, copied into sew
eral of our exchanges in this district,
and we transfer it to our paper in or
der to show that, if Mr.. Cox speaks
the sentiments of the farmers OF Ran
.dolph, in regard to Judge Wilson, af-
ter petitioning Congress ito repeal the
increase of salary law" and Judge
W. complies with their wishes and
votes for the repeal surely he and
they should not. in justice to him, re-
enact the role of Herod, who, for his
''oath's sake" committed wrong act.
The pledge Mr.. Cox speaks of is
ON a par with this one Of old Herod,
with this exception, the petitioners
ask the representative to retrace his
steps, and ON his complying, show
their appreciation of his obedience by
telling hial very explicitly we pie lsed
ourselves never to support any officer
who supported that actrs It's good
thing. Bro, Cox, that Divine Justice
is not patterned after this specimen Of
yours, or mankind would be in truly
Pitiable condition. For one error in
Judgment, short-coming. or sin, Inf
mite mercy never could reach us, The
fact of once 4 sinner, always sinner"
would place the whole family of Coxes
and the balance of mankind, beyond
the length OF the Almighty arml
The only fault aliedged against
Judge Wilson by the Coxes, ETC., is
this vote on increasing the salary Of
members of Congress. lie has made
that all right By acceding to the de-
inands of his constituents, and the
salary is back again to the same old
figures. rA
One of the greatest and best states
men in this country, Henry Clay, of
Kentucky, for giving the same vote,
VIC believe, {raising salaries of Con-
gressmen.) came near losing his posi-
ton. and the country his invaluable
services. His constituents were far
more clamorous against him for that
vote, than Judge Wilson's have been.
An anecdote is told of him, when one
of the famed hunters Of Kentucky"
who had always stuck to Mr.. Clay,
through thick and thin" came to
him, and remarked: I've been your
friend always, Harry; but I can't
stand that vote of yours. I shah
have to vote AGAINST you. nj the com.