Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-11-25
A GOOD TAKE OFF.
A Political Friend of Col. T. Jefferson
McSwiggles, p. n. at Wsyback
Center, Who Thinks
"Pursonal Civil Service Reform Is Again
Natur and the Teechins of the
Scripters."

lowing good ''take-of correspon-
dence is published in the Critic here
to-day.
Col. T. JEFFERSON McSw1GaLE,
POSTMASTER, WAY-BAcK CENTER-
Sir: This department is in receipt
of information to the effect that at
the recent Congressional election in
your district you displayed a most
pernicious activity of political CHAR
acter, and in direct contravention sof
the Presidents civil-service order, q
copy of which was mailed you at
your office. The department expects
you to forward at once a full expla-
nation of your conduct, with what
ever proof of justification you may
have, Respectfully yours,
w. f. Villas, p. NJ. 6.
THE RESPONSE.
WAYBAcK CENTER ON Hell FER
SARTIN, Nov. Is, 1SS6.-Hon. Grocer
Cleveland, President of the United
| States, Washington, d. C.-Dear Sir
and Friend: / enclose you with this
letter another one, which my friend
and able politicle worker, Col. T. J.
McSwiggle, the postmaster at this
place, has reseaved from the post
office department of yore City. You
will readily see that my friend
McSwiggle" writes is being tampeped
with, and instead of ritting to the he-
partment, have told him to tern the
matter over to me, and / thought I
could fix it with you. You air aware
that / am in harty accord yore civil
service reform ides, and that / believe
them to be the greatest movement of
a Nashnnal character that any presi-
dent has ever promulgated, but, Sir,
I believe in keeping them nashunal
in their caracter- They air fust rate
for platform planks, and speeches
before the people, and messidges to
Congress, and in them general ways,
but when they come down to purson.
al APPLICATION they amt wuth damn.
Excuse my forcible languidge, Mr..
President, but l am a man, as you
know, that speaks rite out in meetin,
and you have always told me you
hated sneak. 1 done all / could to
get Col. McSwiggle his place as post.
master on Hell-fer-Sartin, and when
| asst him to reciperate, what was he
to do? Was he to set back and
draw his sallery and tell me that civil
service regulations was agin man
standin' by his friend? Was be go
ing to set thar and see his foes raise
up and throw me out, and him, tooI
Mr.. President, nashuanal civil eel vice
reform is all right, but pursonal civil
service reform is u. G.
AGIN NATUR AND THE TEEcHINs OF THI
sCRIpTERs.
and it won't never get hold on
Christian people, mark my words il
it will. Col. McSwiggle was &C
tive worker for me in my late can
vass, and rendered noble service fol
the cause to which you and me and
every good citizen is vitelly intrust-
ed, and what right has the Postmas
ter-G General to interfere. I'd like
to know if he didn't go up thar IN
Wisconsin and make speaches and
work hard for the side OF his bred
that has the butter on, and, Mr.
President, not only him, but his side
pardner, Jedge Bryant done Tho
same thing, and he is Federal Of
fce-holder as much as Col. McSwig
glels. AS the old rooster crows the
young ones lerns, Mr. President, and
. if Mr.. Villas expecks to raise chickens
he oughtent to lay goose aigs. noti'
a good many Congressman are being
! interviewed in newspapers here late.
ly, and they don't say mutch agir
you, Mr.. President, but 1 hapen tc
know that they cuss you from Dar
to Beesheby when you aint lookin
and mostly because your Administers
ton is agin their scratchin the backs
of them as scratches ther backs, and
don't blaim them at all. They ha,
! got good grounds for feeling soar
Jest as / hav on this occasion, and Q
man that wont talk for his constitu
; ants, when they air imposed on, wont
fite for his country when it is impos
ed on, and that sort of man is ar
offspring of Liberty that the old ga
is ashamed to put her oan trademark
on. Is citizen Of this CRATE and
grand Republic of ours, Mr.. Presi
dent, in assuming position OF onnei
and trust as representative man. 70
, be sheared Of bis streDtb and the
} ballot box locked agin hims LIS be
J to have the same relatian 70 his fel-
low citizens that mules does TO the
animate kingdum because be Is Is
willing to sacrifs hiself on the sacred
; altar OF bis country III he is, Mr.
President, me and Col. McSwiggle is
ready to resine and emigrate TO some
nation whar fidelity to friends AIM
, offensiv, and whar standin' up fer
yore oan side amt paid fer in die
franchisement and disgrace. II you
expect the American eagle to fly high
you mustn't clip his wings. You can't
make steer with sore neck pull
his sheer, and hamstrung hoss ain'
no certify use. ! know what line
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