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Na4 Orleans this winter. and S0ald be
xiilius t3 Yield g9l iex ~ordS ~ editorial
op.ni4A So la long pnmeF tyf~. aext o.
pure reaiins uaalier. and without adserl.-
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ist lhat N04ld pat It Ou rs feet. Dat l have
neser be.ore lad the opportunity. Ihis
winter feel lgsf Ike 10 ana am NOT only
aAans bat anAiJus. Another object. though
irisia perhaps % you. IS vital ~ me. Ii
do n0f get lL4 pass ! am afraid "a al nOt
reach there uil the exposition Is over. You
90 sec ios yourself hos Important IL Is that
/ sn0aia have the transportation. Day after
iaY the president vii come GA 10 the
gr0Hnd- aud ask IL | am there Some Off
clal slil salute him and answer sadly No.
v0ur hiknnrss be has nOt Jet arrived, but
we loos Tor uim soon. he IS sait 10 DC
.fuek in mldh0ie some shefe in Egypt.
Then tae exposition eili drag On again.
loa may make the pass read, For self.
Chicago 10 81 Louis and feturn, and will
sute ihe editorial or you may make it read
self and xlfs. and 1 viii let you write IL
Tor yourself N1taiRg IS too good for my
friends. Waen a man does me kind act,
or shows Signs 0t affection. Just allow hlm
t0 salk all over me, and make himself per
.selly free Sith the policy OF my paper.
Tie Erssliag >yaeui has been heard every
aere, Wr send lt 90 the four winds Of
heaven and is influence i felt everywhere
where the EugIsh language Is respected. And
set q YOU want % belong % my cOterie Of
friends, YOU can make yourself just as tree
slth It's editorial columns as you would IL
vsu owned t.
And yet The Sgaeal i a bad one 70 stir up
/ shadier to think what the result would be
if YOU should incur the hatred OF the SgaeaL
Lee as avoid such a subject, or the possibility
Of such calamity.
The S9seai once opposed the candidacy Of
a certain man for the Office Of school dis
trict clerk. and in less than four years he
vas a corpse. Struck down in all MS wan
tom pride by one OF the popular diseases of
the day
Ms paper az one time became the foe OF a
certain road which tapped the great cram
berry vineyards of northern Minnesota.
and that very fall the cranberries .oured on
che vines
might 20 on' for pages TO show how the
pathway Of The Sgitedi has been stTewn with
the RUNS OF railroads all prosperous and
happy al they antagOnizcd rs and sought
% ujare us.
believe that the great journals and
trunk lines ot the land should stand in with
one another. II you have the support and
moral encouragement Of the press you will
feel perfectly free - run over any one who
gets on your track Besides, il | held a
pass over your road should feel very much
reserved about printing the details of any
accident. delay. washout along your line.
/ aim tO mold public opinion. bat man
can -ubsidize and corrupt me II he goes al
E u right. Nfite TINS 10 Elnt OF give you a
pointer as 70 how YOU can 90 70 work 10 do
So if you see it
should you Sish 10 pervert my high
moral notions. in relation TO railways
I please make il good for thirty days, as IL
may take me week or so 70 mortgage my
property aud get ready 10 20 in good style
+ " I let you know on what day | will be
+ in New orleans 80 that you can come and
see me al that time Should you have
4 % hcu.ty ma obtaining an audience with me
I uA % the throng oil crowned heads, just
T >aaw th.s autograph letter to the dOorkeep
i er ant be- Wiil show you right ia. Wipe
I yoar boots before entering. Your truly,
DANIEL WEBSTER BRIGGs.
Editor OF the S9ieai.
J., is ms opinion that no railroad official.
4 bpNever disobigng. would hesitate mo
ueat about which way he would SWING
o. roa.lnE an epistle after this pattern
tvv indeed are the men who would be i'm
pH e. enough % incur the displea.ure o
slr1 a paper as have arttully represente,
T fae SgeeH8 tO he. BILL NYE.
Hrr~fv. Wis Jan ~
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