Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-12-29
Elder ToOts Letter.

PURE AIR, Mo-, Dec. 81; 'S2
Dear GRAPHIC: .Feelin in my inner.
most intelleck that you are waitin
ankciously to here from me agiE, and
haven leisure TYNE this mornn. l cend
you few items from this pint.
The excitmen lesultin from the
fall eleckshuns hes cubcided and the
all engocen topik is wha, will congriss
do for our tacks ridden kentry.
If that august and wonderful intel
)eckual boldly of modern statesmen
who hev been lifted to thar paesent iiy
and lofty persit:on by the manley and
irresistible vote Of the nobu1 Dymekratic
party, will only take hol. Of the hidder
headed monster. inturnel revnue, and
lift the hevy purden from ofen the lie
Of joy, that great item of cummerce in
our party, an ofen tobacker an segarrs,
an all sich other refinin comodoties as
they may think proper, then pease
and prospurity will agln hev sway over
our great kentry, and the Ameriku
eagel the emblum wv our nationality
will core away to the loftiest peek of
the wild Rocky mountins, and thare
purched upon the top of the hest
hickry tree, flop his wings and with de-
fen skreems proclaim to oil nashuns
Nv the earth that Demokracy is agin
triumfant.
The mex thing for congruss to do
would be to knock the tariff inter a
Rocked hat and give US free trade.
That would bust monopolies all over
the land, inter splintereens, the wages
Nv the laborers would be reduced to
twenty-five cents day, as it is in Ing
land, Ireland and other Uropein ken
tries, and the specylater and merchant
kood make one hundred per sent on
his goods like we ust to do, and the
pure man of the east would hev to
starv or go west and grow up with the
kentry. This would cause a inAnuks
OF immigrants to our western states
and Consistently wages would be very
low. Then we could continue to by
up all the land in our state that is cold
from the speckelater for tackces and
we kood hire these eastern fellers for
about 80 sence day to do our farm
wurk and by this meens develup this
great state ofourn. By this meens in
a few years We kood become the lords
Nv the soil and bring the east under
the non heel ofoppression and by this
mcens retaliate on them fur the op-
preston We here hev to indure under
the feerfull oppreshun Nv Republican
rule in the past. 1t hes alwas been
my onest konvictshuns thet our prowd
rase was borl frum the be.
yinnin to rule. and as our nrggers bev
been roo:hlessly taken frum US it now
becomes our duty to do su.hing to git
slaves in sum uther way, fur does not
he gud book say "Sevents obey your
masters" Now, Mr.. Editor, if cong.
ess will only listen to the propositians
het hev made all will be we'll for the
ENTRY and the Democracy will kontln-
u in power until time shall cease to
oil it ample rounds. With all Nv my
eel fur politics have not forgotten to
ook after the interests of the skools.
hey all GENE to be doing well and the
avs of eddicashun is progressln.
The usual rounds wv protracted
,eetins has commenced aid my time
ill be considerable engaged but will
ontinner to write occasionally on
'piks Nv interest fur your valueble
aper. Wishin you happy Krismas
remain yours in behalf of eddlkashun, !
E. TIMOTHY TooTs.