The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-02-07
FROM iTREE-TOAD.

Correspondence OF The True Northerner.
lA1One day last week boy handed me . paper
saying, as ne did 80 >" See here, Old Toad
them Hartford fellers are after you, hitin' ye
bard too, and you'd. better keep still or you'll
sit the worst on 1t, for them Hartford fellers
are smart tsll7ee-pr nruqfo 4ar
TrembliDgly, took the paper and tried 70
find out where and how hard was bit, think
iing all the while y % ft9 @ g na
| No toad 50 small but finds another toad to
m Or venom spit al infinitum. sla lslaa,a
In the fret place, these smart fellsrs' were
either interested or amused, they don't seem
positive winch; perhaps one was interested
and the other amused. Either way, il is all
night. But as read on and on without feeling
at all hit, suddenly became perfectly befogged,
for they tell us that because one man is charged
with voting on the wrong side OF every ques-
ton, woman suffrage among others, "that it
is equivalent to saying that because the voters
OF the country voted against woman suffrage
they never voted for any good measure
Now, II such construction can be put upon
what 1 said, either honestly or by the most
cunning legerdemain even, shall be forced to
acknowledge that "them Hartford fellers is
smart" Indeed, they are altogether too deep
for an undeveloped little mite like myself to
fathon. Why, have looked from my perch
right into the ballot-boxes when the voting
was in progress, and have seen those whom
supposed were good men-and true-cast their
votes for liberty, temperance and honest mon
ey too. and at the same time vote against
woman suffrage, thinking, no doubt, as Paul
did when he was prosecuting the Christians,
:" that they verify did God service But this
goes to show that some OF Gods favored ones
are not as yet perfectly developed, ,-even if they
have hands and voices 1861
Besides, il such an inference is correct, how
about other things II q man should commit
murder, robbery, perjury, bigamy, and larceny,
should cheat, lie, swear, and smoke, and if any
one who knew all about ii should testify to the
facts in the case, would it be equivalent to cay
ing that every man who smoked was guilty OF
every crime in the above catalogue? Ii so, the
men who made such an astounding discovery
must be smart fellers." They remind me Of
one OF Carleton's heroes, whose boy WAS good
for nothing to work and had no talent for bus
mess, and 80 he concluded that he'd '' be maxim
and editor outen o. him."
Then these editors give us quite lecture on
politics, which, 80 far as can comprehend il,
do not object to; but just read this quota
ton from said lecture
"Tree Toad seems to think thar good men
and angels will weep over mankind because
they do not adopt its views in full. They may
weep, but II they do, 1t will be when looking
upon those who claim to be the champions OF
great and good cause. and who while extend
ing one hand TO their fellew man soliciting aid
and as token OF friendship, hold club in the
other with which to beat back any one who dare
attempt to outstrip them in the race for either
fame or fortune"
Shade Of Bombastes. Can anybody tell me
what the above paragraph means But they
wind up by threatening Tree Toad, and all it's
class with political annhilation if the women
ever do vote. Well, suppose they Judge the
future by the past. For example: when the
rebellion 1as first inaugurated, prosiavery men
at the North protested against any and every
measure calculated to preserve the Union
against the wishes and interests OF the South,
even threatening fire In the rear. But as
soon as the war became fact. and there were
armies to raise and Offices to FL, there was a
rush from the prosavery ranks for the loaves
and fishes; and consequently our brave boys
in blue we're in too many instances led into
Southern slaughter pens ty Southern sympa-
thizers in Union uniform, Proslavery suffers
infested the Union camps, literally robbing the
common soldiers. Proslavery army contract
ors grew rich by reaping harvest OF dishonest
gains. But these were the men who we're un-
til then Sin the background "These were
the men who had never been heard from, And |
yet the names OF many OF these men will be |
perpetuated on the pages Of history, while the |
rank and file, the men who did the work and |
bore the suffering, will be forgotten and lie in |
nameless graves. And perhaps it will be 10 |
when women vote. Women who have had the |
courage to bear the stigma OF "old maid" rath-
er than join hands with inferior men, women |
who have dared to claim right to themselves
and their earnings,-women who have had the |
effrontery to claim the same amount OF wages
as are paid to men for the same work; all such |
women, together with the manly men, who |
have acknowledged the justice of their CLAIMS
all Of these will be ready to take back seats
when women vote, il the cotrs shall wish it,
and wait with our other forgotten heroes until
Day will return with fresher boon
Aud God will remember the world"