Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-12
I'VE, THE PEOPLE"


legend no longer ago than the time of
the foundation of this great city of
Washington which fear is now quite
forgotten; and if | can revive that
legend, its principle and its practice,
by devoting this letter TO that one pur-
pose, am sure not one Of my million
readerS-outside of the politicians
will count wasted either my time or
theirs. 1t is the granite cornerstone
of this great country. But it has been
covered up by the dirt, the debris, of a
hundred years, and is entirely lost
sight of at the nations capital. Perish
it can not till the government perishcs,
and the last cornerstone is ground to
dust. But | desire, demand, that it
be uncovered and kept clean and
clearly visible to occupants of the
peoples great capitol, and splendid,
imposing cdilices here that cluster
under it. | would have this legend
engraved in granite over the doors of
the capitol, of every department here,
over the doors of the treasury depart
ment, the war department, and the
navy department particularly. would,
in fact, have this ancient legend en-
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es s"n',s III ] MS ih.'iu ,I 'la'I ttcSc 'l-nVS
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l.'at 'hos wore hoV pau ior ny Pol-
Sio.als' t. 'lHt 'he! are 'iT' .nc property
oi u !nc PoiitlcI""Si puI lhas 'hey were
oull', P"'E .pr' anu "to owhtu oJ 'hG
PeoPlG Vi 1i t"cSG oh'seu o'a'cs. ana
'n"' VhV hu'lln'cS' vi 'nch' "he'NGr
Coih'hS mere WIN the iiuu "t ah
lllioIs i"[ul on MS iec', Inc Dl's'GrS oi
al aN-hcI'c from the ioFes'S ol MAINE
ti, ph M ms n"hus, "hc'her coming mere
ot"vh vi plo"I' vi Mn'tr' Ml'h Ihe
sla'h VI 'ol! On ms Palcne" hhocs' OF
cnlerinH "l'n ELBOWS n!'!H from rom PoV,
eutty' nc % P'lV PrUUPFlttor hetc' anu
my my aLc c"cn a"u a!l part OWNERS OF
VhiS Piace' uhu every man, prCSlueiil
az" "''' "io ~ W. P,oP'c eilPIog' Ill
lneIl pay tsIaoI,'hIu IN thelI houses,
ih'I Ahl my c"n anu anu sIiTII Hn I''rh them out
Wneh lhey pie"se' ms, l say Is me
Sen,us ana 'ac SPlriV Whlch i'lHu" lhls
ia"u VIVA. wnat 1t iSi anu IT must hot now
w io'so'tcn' nuV ~ - oclhs iolsot-
'ei. a. anu "nen you iol'oM me thlouEn
you WIZ sec why l nave S1lu rs iiiuch
ABOUT ,. tIlS heS.cclel ieESjlH' ...,
l. hno" 1t Is the custom ior men VINO
wrl'e Ut are NJ III notorious 10 come
mere. mere anu 70 an tnrousl 'heso lcPari-
iiieliIs WIN II, i2uriShi oe SHOWN through
w some o.lciai ,i VINO 'llnHes thc Slrnng
Ut PAIN s'ra'ShC anu al l'S ways pleas
;i hil' VIZ IL nc Is liot Known; nc se'S
MS congressman s,ti! 10 90 WIN n'ini ana
~ MI MAI Iihev any oiiltiH' ouicy Is
p'S Nun c.'1i'y' put lcV nun 'ly 10
get throu%h lhe treasury department
Oh OF lne l','i. WAR department or the navy DE,
Partneht alohe ana unknown l trlGa
IT. WIN u SINAI, party Oh western iriehuS
whum lounu mere hta Doarulhs mousse
IN ihe patent ONCE postal department
ana SO on al was well, put IN those
departments "oo'e named we were
ilo"heu m L upon; shuooeu' lhsu.tou' II
you nave any GouOlS' put on your plan
'raVe!lhg cioihes anu try 10 sec the
Workings OF these places alone ana un-
khowh' nave poken anon' lhrouSh
lhe most OIL ile great edlhces oil thlS
eartn uurlng ihe past Ten years ana |
put IL on record that lneVcr found such
nullieS' "cads' and saVagG,s IN posses
SION anywhere as mere. II we must
nave 'cads at our capital, let us I'M
port lhem ana nave ethe genuine article;
LOOKS as II they were gong to HOOD
thls place, SAID one OF the simple old
iad,es OF the west, as he held her skirts
nilgh to escape the pools OF tobacco
juice III the navy department
q. "usess they are preparing to lloat
the American navy answered her
friend
"Well, reckon they've got about
enough on the foor now,' said the
other, as we passed out. :,
we, the people OF these United
States ana THIS Is the ancient,
honored, ana almost forgotten legend
Whlcn would nave inscribed on our