Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-05
CoNFEpRIT X ROADS, J
(Wich is in the State Nv kenmckyO
Feb. II, 1874

My little effort at reform IN ONO DIDN'T
work jest ez he'd hoped, but | don't de
spare Nv gettin suthin out NV it after all.
Eff we can't make reform 20, what is there
for us? At the worst | perpose TO make
it earn me livin. | am in the reform
biznis, and | shell push it ez bi2nis.
hev determined to start a Reform moose
paper. The idee sprung full tledged from
my massive intelleck two weeks ago
When | determine upon thing | 90 and
do it, and so, two weeks ago, iShood the
prospectus, and with il the Massedonian
cry for help to all the rich Dimocrats
knowd or Good heer Nv.
| stated in my prospectus (wich |
wrote in Bascom's} that the Cross Roads
Reformer and Friend 40 Purity" wood be
devotid to reform in its broadcast sense,
public and privit. | deplored the wide
spred corrupshen that he'd pervadid and
permeated all departments Nv the public
servis sence that gileless patriot, A. John
son, vacated the Presidenshel cheer, ez
well Ell the laXity Nv morals that pervadid
all classes NV society, witch wuz the legit-
innate outgrowth NV Radikle idecs ! he'd
throwd myself into the breach, and wuz
determined to do all in my power to check
the flood NV fraud that wuz sweepin over
the land, and witch bid fair to room the
Republik To the COZ NV purity and re-
form he'd devolid all there wuz Nv me.
stated distinctly that the Gross Roads
Reformer and Friend iio Purityn he'd but
one panacea for all the evils the country
is labrin under, namely, the Dustin Nv the
Republican party and the putin in power
Nv the Dimocrisy. That is all there is NV
it, This is the short road to politikle
purity, and, by example, the promoter NV
privit purity. We want to hev back in
Congris that galaxy NV intellecks that
shone so resplendently doorin Bookan-
mons Administrator, and in the places
nv trust and profit the patriots who rallied
so gor,ously around the crib prcsidid
over by A. Johnson. Some Nv EN- are
dead, alas but there are enutf nv en- left
to fiji all the otlises, and there amt any
resk Nv their declinin.
sent an appeal for aid to various lead
in Dimocrats Nv the country, and received
responses witch show that in this enter
prise hev hit the precise idea that is
needed. For instance Fernando Wood
wrote me the tollerin:
agree with 700 that the times demand vigger-
Gus paper, which shell oppose the corrupsheps
witch are sappn the very foundashens nv our liber-
ties The crimes the Republican party cry to
Heaven. Enclosed find CheQue for fifty dollars.
wood send 700 more, but heven't realized on my
Credit Moblier shares yet, and me and Brother
Ben find the lottery bizness dull sence the panic
struck us. Trooly
FERNANDO WooD.
His brother Ben wrote rs follows:
Enclosed find fifty dollars to aid in establshin
The Cross Roads Refo,n,er and Friend Of Purity.
| wish Good spare more, for ef ever ther wuz a
time when public and private purity needed boost
in, this is the time. We must combine TO crush
Repubkinism and innoggcrate n rain Nv purity.
wood send more, but the fact Is policy scllin il
dun, and aro-banks amt more than payin ex-
penses. But SIGH ez my donashen is take It.
Trooiy, Ben WooD.
That noble patriot, John Morrisey,
wrote me thus;
! bid you God vspced In yoor noble enter
prise. The time hez come for a vigorous war
agin the corrupshen that is sappin The founda-
shens NV Aruerikin liberty. can't send 700 eny
more, for hav he'd II terrible run NV luck at two
NV my faro banks, and the rcpccters had to pay
at the last eeckshun drained me, but | hev he'd
700 appinted to an oflis under the Sheriff OF Moo
York and will hey II arranged that yoor salary
shell be sent 700 Nv course 700 will hey 10 be
here Oh eeckshun days TO vote in SIGH precncks
ez assigned 700 May yoor efforts AT briugin
our country up to its former standard NV yirchoo
be crowned with success Hopefully,
Jous MoRRIsEY
Boss Tweed wrote ez follows:
write in bonds. But-oppressed ez am by
crooel persekootcrs | take lively interest III
everything that looks to purity In ofishel matters
In my lonely cell on Backwell'o Island do groan
for my country. ! hey directed my son Richard
to send 700 $50 to aid yoor paper jest ca soon ez
he kin collect 1t from the ongratcful contractors
who refoozed TO divide with me when | got into
trouble, on contracks witch give en- when wuz
III power But go on IN yoor good work
Trooly W. NJ. TWEED.
The letter wrote to Harry Genet wuz
answered by q friend Nv his, who remarked
that Mr.. Genet was abroad for his
health, but that he shood iorred it to him,
and that Mr.. G.. wood doubtless contribbit,
ez he wuz, ez he allus he'd bin, staunch
friend of Reform.
From the South the responsis were en-
couragin, tho not profitable.
From every one Nv the glorious sojers
Nv the Confederacy come words Nv cheer.
They bid me 20 on and deel heavy blows
agln the monster Radicleism, and in sup
port not only Nv Reform, but nv our com
mon country. Four yeers more Nv
Radicle rool wood be suffshent, they wuz
every one Nv EN- convinst, to destroy the
Government bequeathed us by our fathers,
and WITCH he'd bin made sacred by their
blood
Aleck Stephens wrote me letter APP
provin NV the design Nv the paper that
kivered sxty.eight pages of toolscap, but
he didn't enclose a dollar, witch WIZ a
lame and impotent conclooshen.
One man from Alabama insisted that
the motto NV the moo paper shood be,
"Offisis in rite hands and purity in
| Offs" TIE offisis, he went on to remark,
Good never be in rite hands so long ez a
| 4 nj yNuy Postmaster IN n a.
| poleonvile, place witch he wunst okke-
pied under Johnson. He believed in non.
partizanism and the President ought 10
reassure the people by shown EN- that he
WIZ not innooenced by partzan feelins.
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