Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-25
SERGEANT mAsoN,s sAv1ouRs.


TsCo 1hous0md Wonsem, Headed By B0ak
and Ssctssheisa, on TO Washington.
To the President, the Army and Coed People
of the United States:
Will you lend listening ear to my en-.
treaties in behalf of Sergeant Mason?
Probably you will laugh, and say I am
only woman and of no importance; but
you know during our late war the rebels
laughed at little Union war vessel
knswn as the Monitor The sentence
pronounced upon our soldier is too severe
and unjust for the offense, and he ought
to be forgiven. Why should soldier,
who had been honored by his comrades,
be discharged from the army and SEN
fenced to eight years in the penitentiary
for shooting at bloodthirsty reptile I'M
worthy OF the name human being? He
did no more than thousands of others
might have done had they the same OPP
portunlty, while under the influence of
the same passion or mental excitement.
l have fellow feeling for Sergeant Ma
sen, and will frankly confess, had l SO
good an opportunity of firing at Gut
teau, | do not think l could have
resisted the temptation, it would
have been so great. How L longed
to be a lion in those days, that
| might tear to Washington for the
pleasure Of biting off the head of the SER
pent ceiling in his cell. The name Of
Guiteau fills me with horror and disgust.
Why should Sergeant Mason be punished
for doing what the sentiments and SYM
pathies of the people prompted his reso-
lutte will to dor
If he is punished why not punish 9TH
ers for wishing to dc the same but did not
have the opportunity l am not poll
tician or Office seeker guided by public
opinion, too polite or cowardly to speak
as feel but am only wornan-there is
no balm so healing to the soul as truth.
If this wronged soldier is incarcerated
within the walls of the penitentiary and
torn from his family it will be an ultimate
disgrace to this nation. This is ma
ton ruled by the people-then let the
people rule and strike for the freedom
and honor of Mason, and never yield un-
til he is pardoned; and while he is Ian
gushing In his prison will some kind
comrade bear the message to him that
the sylnpathies of the good people of this
nation are his, and tell him there is an
insignificant woman away out in st. Paul,
Mimi. who earnestly begs for his deliv-
erance, and will stand by him to the Bit
ter end, till echo answers 60 free! go
free! And If the brave men fail in their
efforts to obtain his pardon, then Swiss
helm and Boak will march to the front,
and then YOU will hold your ears while
we wake the echoes with our battle cry,
On to Washington.
Oh, Sister Swisshelm, why art thou
silents Is it because the victim is a
man, thou wilt not speak? Then think
of his family. Wilt thou leave me to
fight this battle alone, or wilt thou join
hands and lend thine aid? Wen raise
our banner, Liberty to Mason, "and call
for female volunteers and daily new re-
cruits, armed to the teeth with ampuni-
ton that can hold out against the world
with dauntless courage, will win a
victory that will put to shame
those of Alexander the Great and
Napoleon Bonaparte. When the order
is given to fire, bursting, booming
sound londer and angrier than the lions
roar; more fearful than the hideous yell
of the Apache; more tremendous than
the crash of artillery; a sound that will
go laundering from city to city and
force the ground to tremble beneath as if
some terrible CONFUSION Of nature had
split the earth in pieces. Men are strong
and men are brave, men are heroes and
can play the knave, they can fight the
Apache, beard the hon in his den, climb
lofty towers, march before an enemy in
battle midst outpouring of musketry and
mouth, but with all their boosted cour:
age, l tell you, President Arthur and
will not be brave enough to face the
mouths Of two thousand women.
Respectfully yours,
MISS s. M. BoAK.
ST Paul MINI