Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-04-18
NUN BER 16.

ways olupuolHiv feSlieSS, ana ue-
iiant under law and order restraint.
And yetif they were got into printed
form with no intention of practical
application or restraining intluence
rs checks and guards against society
decentralization aud society disorpan-
izaiion,merc appendagesto baseless
Ystructure, ornamental possibly, but
practically useless, 1T does not re-
quire the prediction of prophet to
iortcll or the wisdom ola seer to fore
see the downward tendency Of all
moral obligation and the decline Of
all wholesome respect for conserva-
tive rulings and all regard for social
and domestic protection.
These views perhaps will be con-
sidcred by many, especially by those
who voted the "People's Reform
ticket, rs extravagantly peculiar:
Tbut nevertheless they were one ye;r
ago, as they are now, my honest con
victions OF municipal authority and
municipal duty, AS | construed my
L
obligated me to an accountabilitythat
could not be elasticized into a siclly
sgntimentalism at one time nor con-
tractedlnto asaleon focus at another.
7 If. however, / have mistakenly erred
Ia the sense OF the language as ey-
! pressed In the charter and the intent
OF ordinance regulations, as it ap-
pears ! have, if II unanimous nom
ination and unanimous defeat are
the uuc cXponcnts of truth aud
! honesty, it has been an error OF tho
head and not Of the heart Aud al
though sentiment OF ofdisapprobation
(alnouutlng in uiden times TO ostr; =
cism) has. been most elaphatical Y
expressed at our late city election.
yet the humiliating result has left o
reelection Of Intentional wrong-doiug
either in omission or commission.
On the contrary | feel proud salts
| faction within me, that whatever ad-
ve,se views may have been entol-
tanned aud expressed by the voting
! population OF this city, whether from
/ the liquorinterest, caprice, or revenge
for some fancied injury, whether it.
he from the one cause or the many.
no infectious taint of compromise
| with vice and its numerous accessC-
i'ies, is left as q plague spot upon my
| conscience, nor does the indelibic
stain OF catering 10 the mere animal
passions-encouraging the drunkard
in continuation Of his degradation.
| ana In melting the rowdy's passion.
FOR q prolonged spree--rest upon my
manhood as caullering blight and
a withcring mildew- Nor are these
reflections lost in n hopeless despair
that ful justice VIII not be awarded
at some future period to my official
| acts Not, however, that | shall
ever personally become the recipient
OF popular acknowledgement, bus
the time will come, may not see it.
as snre as the seasons rcvoye in their
regular order, when this systematized
work Of popular decentralization and
| public debauchcry will be brought
o reckoning, aud tho sooner these
licensed headlights, who set them
selves mp as the champions OF unre-
stlicted mischief and the heroic de-
| Tenders of resistance to Nle law and
ordcrelement Of soclety, comprehend
the situation, the sooner will they
be prepared to pass IN their checks"
ana leave town with their ill-gottea
gains, or go into steady and qniet
winding up OF their worldly affairs.
by disposing Of their stock and traps
III trade, SO that when the linal rerls-
oning does come, as it surely will.
and an unconditional surrender Of
rampant saloonery in Minerel Point
becomes the only alternative, they
may be the better prepared to ia
~est III some legimate occupation
the proceeds Of their game-winuinrs
and the profits Of their demeutiug
traffic. II. VAN DrsEN.
Mineral Point, April 10th 1877.
THAT elegant tile which graces yo
editors Websterian brew attests that
John O'Dowd pays promptly his
debts of honor. Had Briggs been
elected Dist. Atty. the hat would
have sheltered the other head.
% .
FARNERs.-I want 10000 pounds
Of butter Immediately; also any
amount Of eggs. Butter tubs fur
nished Oh application.
II. II. OSBORNE.