Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-02
SAT. CLARK 70 GOV. TAYLONR.
GREETING.
HORIZON, May 4, 1874.

I
Railroad Commissioners, during
which time | have travelled quite IA
great deaL and found, much to my
astonishment, the impression pre-
vailing very strongly and generally
that you had treated me unkindly
aud treacherously, and many per-
sons express their wonder at my
calmness and good nature under
the circumstances To remove any
such impression, and to enable you
to satisfy the public that | am not
head" and that | have no
right to complain, | write this let
ter, which you are at liberty to pub
lish in the Madison papers, or keep
by you, to be shown TO amy person
whose minds you desire to disabuse.
Let us 60 back a year or o,and
see what our relations have been,
the better TO satisfy the public that
you were under no obligations to
me, personally or politically.
The first thing that occurs to me
is the receipt of II letter from Hon.
l.. b. Villas, of Madison, a mutual
friend, written at you request, IN
1872, as | have since been informed
by him and you, in which he says:
"Wm. Il. Taylor, of this county,
has set his heart upon being Presl'
dent Of the State Agricultural So
ciety, and thinks with your assist
ance he might be elected, and has
requested me to write and ask your
aid"
Shakespeare or Bacon somewhere
says: He who gives quickly gives
twice" | believe it, would much
rather be refused favor than grant
it grudgiugIy or with hesitation.
therefore answerpromptIy"l will"
With me that means something.
If ] pass my word to a friend,
whether there is consideration or
not, and without any q'od pro quo, |
will keep it, if | am able to do 50,
Ny promise is irrevocable,no matter
who opposes it. In this case, many
of my warm friends in Milwaukee
(personS to whom | am under obi
cations for their uniform hopitality
and kindncss) were opposed to your
election, and urged me to 20 against
you. My answer was uniformly,
II have given my word.' That set,
tied the question. was not i'm
portuncd again by the same persons.
| labored hard for your election,
and successfully. You will doubt.
less recolect, after it was over, how
many protestatlons OF gratitude
you expressed to me, and with how
much apparent feeling You Will
also recoIect that you then hoped
the time would come when you
would be able to reciprocate, and
that you promised in such case to
do SO.
Tie next thing that occurs to me
is the receipt of letter from you
in the summed Of 1873, in relation
to your nomination for Governor.
You probably have preserved my
letter to you in reply; and II so, by
reference to it, you will find that |
encouraged you to believe you could
be nominated aud elected; and
promised you my support, From
that time to the close of the polls,
labored assiduou>ly for your sue.
cess; and you were elected.
Immediately after You were nom
mated for Governor, the leading
/ Republicans, headed by the Chair
man of the State Central Commit
tee (lhan whom there is no better
organizer in the WesN came to.
gelher and determined to defeat
your reelection rs President of the
Agricultural Society. Ion remem'
Der, Of course, how nervous it made
You, and how, after you came to me
to consult me in regard To 1t, and
to solicit my help to again make
YOU President. | did not hesitate
moment: neither did ! convene a
caucus, composed almost entirely
of your enemies, ut least half of
whom had always heretofore been
Republicans, to throw the RESPONSE.
hjlity on them and relieve me ot my
promise. On the contrary, | frank
ly told Won what | would do, and
then to keep my promise good, |
did rs had promised, and You
were elected.
SAT. WANTED AND PROMISED SOME
THING.