Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

sPonsible, that that Ee21lsznsns hasty
fight 7ras dictated solely By g conscious
ness ut political guilt, and that, IN one
RArfers, Mr.. Martins hand were IS clean
as his own The reproach that had fallen
IN The fair fame Of Aurea1aiand IN this
matter WIS due not TO that able but mis-
guided yoang m2a, but 10 those unprlncl-
pied persons who. IN the pursuit OF their
designs, had not hesitated TO plumber and
despoil friendly traders, established in the
country under the sanction of public
faith
The reproach to which his e1cellency
e~koquentiy referred consisted in the fact
that not g cent OF those three hundred
thousand dollars which lay N the bank
that night Was srer seen again. The
theory vas that the Colonel had made
away with then, and the President took
great pains to prove that under the law
of nations h restored goyernmear could
not be held responsible for this occur
renee. / know as 7itrle about the Law Of
nations as the President himself. bat /
fslt quite sure that whatever that eI-
allied code might say. none OF thar money
would ever dnd its way back 10 the d.
recto-s' pockets In this matter l must
say his e1csIleacg behaFea 10 ne with
scrupuious consideration: not q word
passed his lips about TIE second ieaa,
about that ulilucky cable, or any other
dealings with the moneE. For all he
aid zF acesanE Of the matter. posted
TO the directors Immediately after my de-
par1are, stood uninpeaehed
The directors. however. took q view
opposed 10 lis s~Eoellencys. and relations
became 50 strained that they were COZ
templarng the withdrawal o. their bust
ness frsn Whittingham altogether, when
events occurred which modified their &C
ton Before I lay down my pen / must
give some ACCENT OF these matters, and
/ cannot do 50 better than By inserting q
letter which / had the honor 10 receive
from his excellency, some two years after
/ last saw him l had obeyed MS wish
IN Communicating my address 10 lin, but
up 70 this time had received only a short
but friendly note. ~acquainting me with the
fact Of his marriage 10 the Sisnorina, and
expressing good wishes for my welfare IN
my new sphere of action The matters
10 which the President refers became TO
some extent public property soon after
ward, but certain other terms OF the ar
rsngement are now given TO The world for
the drsr time.
The letter ran as follows:
MY Dear Mar.in-As an old inhabit-
ant of Au~reataland, you viii be inter
es.ed in the news / have TO tell you.
I also take pleasure in hoping that, in
| spite of bygone differences, your friendly
feelings toward myself viii make you
/ glad TO hear news Of my fortunes.
You are no doubt acquainted generally
with the course OF events here since you
left u.s. As regards private friends, l
have not indeed much 10 tell you. You
xiil not be surprised TO learn that Johnny
Carr has done the most sensible thing he
ever did in his life in making Donna
Antonio his wife. She is a thoroughly
good girl, although she seems to have a
| very foolish prejudice against Christina.
| was able to assist the young peoples
plans By the gift of the late Colonel Nc
| Gregor's estates, which under our law
PASSED to the Head of the State on that
| rentknan's execution for high treason.
You will be amused to hear of another
| marriage in our circle. The doctor and
| Madame Devarges have made a match of
1t, and society ~rejoices to think it has
| now heard the last of the late monsieur
| and his patriotic s~uEerings- Jones, I
| suppose you know, left US about a year
| ago. The poor old fellow never recovered
/ from his fright on that night to say
nothing of the cold he caught in your
| draughty c~oal-cellar, where be took ref
| uge. The bank relieved him in response
| to his urgent petitions, and they've sent
Us a young Puritan, to whom it would be
quite in vain to apply for . timely little
loan.
Il wish 1 could give you as satisfactory
an account Of public affairs You were
more or less behind the scenes over here,
50 you know that to keep the machine go
| ing is by no means an easy task. I have
kept Il going. single-handed- for fifteen
Years, and though it's the custom to call
me a mere ~adyenturer, upon my word
think I've given them a pretty decent gov
eminent. But I've had enough Of it BY
now. The fact is. my dear Martin, Tn
not 80 young as / Was In years I'm not
much past middle age, but l shouldn't be
surprised if old Marcus Whittingham':
lease was pretty nearly up Al any rate
my only chance, 50 Anderson tells me. il
10 get a rest, snd I'm going to give my
self that chance. / had thought at frs
Of trying to find a successor, and ]
thought Of you But while I was con
sidering this, I received . confidential pro
4 DDSz1 ITOm l1s III kgfEf Inc.
we're very anxious TO get back their prov
ince n tine same time, they were not al
all anxious to ny conclusions with me
again. In short, they offered, If Aureata
land would come back, q guarantee of 10
cal and full freedom: they
would take on themselves the burden o!
the debt, and last, but not least, the,
would ofsr the presn. President of thu
Republic 4 compensation 81 $4,000.
Il hare not ret finally accepted tbs
o6er, but / am going TO do se-cbtain
ing, as q matter of form. sanction o.
the Assembly. I have made them doubts
their ofer to me, but in the public docu
ments the o Is TO stand at the orig
inal figure This recognition of MI ser
vices, together with my little savings. WI
make me pretty comfortable in my oil
age, and leave . competance for N,
widow. Aureataland has had q ruy
alone; If there had been n grit In tn
people they would hare made a nation o
themselves There isn't any. and I'm no
going to slave myself for them any Longer
No doubt they'll be yery weii treated, and
to tell the truth, / don't much care l
they aren't Alter al, they're q mongre
lot.
81 knox you,n be pleased to hear o
this arrangement, as il gives your Oh
masters q better chance OF getting thei
money, for, between ourselves, they'd ney
er have got Il out of me. At tbs risl
Of shocking your feelings, I mnst comics
that yo0r revolution only postponed Ia
day Of repudiafion
Il hoped to have asked ron some da,
i to rejozu n here. Az matters stand.