Oshkosh True Democrat (Newspaper) - April 27, 1849, Oshkosh, Wisconsin TRIJ DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION OF EVERY THING RELATING TOTHE PUBLIC James 50 a Year 111 Advance Publishers OSHKOSH FRIDAY APRIL 27 1849 NO II is till Co iday shall be held at the Capitol in Madison rn the third Monday in January in each year and ibe officers of the shall bo elected at such for the term of one year TO Virj who have their left at a jour Tf or ARTICLE JX or SI Of 4 6 oi Ooi nun c n advi Anv person may n member of bis Society by subscribing his name to Constitution or authorizing the to do so and paying into tho ury the sum at fifty cents which shall en title him to a of signed by the Treasurer and J by the Secretary and in order to con- such membership shall pay the sum i quired by this constitution at each an nuai meeting of the Society The funds thus raised be appropriated for the i promotion of the general objects of the 1 2.00 J ARTICLE X TO THE PUBLIC Another elegant specimen of polite appears in the Oshkosh True Democrat of 13th Inst churning me having u gross blackguard i al a public meeting held in Oshkosh on t ho 10th Inst and nw course or that occasion as manly undignified ar d The Editor thereupon pronounces his deliber ate Opinion that such men are a disgrace to and a dead weight upon any party and last though not least that he is sorry Mr Crafts defeat as a candidate for er for the e here made him so revengeful lave 1 fie pi I th i iit t It perhaps 1 e Enough for me at this time to state the act that the Editor of the has nor and has had of th i proceeding of the This and the of meeting alluded to lie publishes and e mjy be amended or altered at upon which he founds abusive article d any meet mar thereof XI ie Constitution ofi i State r with a is it County Societies may be formed which may become to tho State under such rules and regulations as be bv the Committee of the State 01 W in relation to myself md to say that when ruth him if publish them as they arc I shall be leady to defend my own con- duct m the Matter it is as weII haps to say about all I have to say In the lirot it zs not true that the meeting were as published in the Democrat ifc Cooley came to me at the bogo Hotel near midnight on the evening oi the and sued me go ti their Office a copy V of Pond dj Lac J of Wai worth G the Meeting and myself is entirely one of veracity It is also a difficulty between the two S Craft and myself It affects in no wise the Democratic party in this ty For this reason this reply is published as an individual communication and not as editorial for the Oshkosh True Democrat will not be permitted to enter into any na It is true that the published account of the proceedings of the Meeting is not exactly like the copy furnished by the Secretary but it is exactly as they occurred so far as relates to the present issue The account furnished was not true and my duty to the to the Democratic party to myself und to truth was greater than my duty to him What the Secretary claimed be true was stated so that no allegation cf fraud could be urged It is true that my partner and myself led on the Secretary for a copy of the report of the proceedings The Meeting adjourned at 11 o'clock it was a thort time after that we called so that it was near We called because we were behind in work and wanted that for nur copy It is not true that we desired the r to go to our office We asked for the papers containing the report of the committee was late in Meeting and the minutes of the Secretary and he proposed going to our office and writing them all out We repeatedly told him that thin was s tired and not time to out i i v bi aliko ro thf f it iner trie i id i of our and as c W ii to Rune in r pur riT thit the of tend to a i i r v i n i c 1 nek Tolard cf Timothy El urns Iowa Wm McDowell of Enoch Woodward nj L Gibbs of Sheboygan K of Waukesha J T John W of La rich of as ked it he would them e warily I g to him or hand me back copy he sai 1 he would I also him to show proof sheet to Gov Doty which he ised after materially altered lish following j f- i A c f- i th i scientific ot ii rr the best v1 ind ri s S of n I'M Vice Presidents a f Si an executive o which number may be men by a vote of the at a- iy tine all the -in tnis ar le shall be elected for one var or until the Gist annual meeting ol the Society ARTICLE m It shall duty of the ov tti case of his of one to at oil the of Society to keep order and to a 1 its i ules regulations and the Vice I Tits sh ill preside nnd in the business HIDE the Society The shall safely keep moneys and effects of the Society fd to and shill account for Me same to the Executive Committee at ail times snd if by the said Committee ne shall execute a bond to be approved bv them for the performance of doty end to all moneys fleets in his hands he keep a current with the society nnd render an abstract thereof to the sMd Committee on demand He shall al so attend all regular the ety at its annual v The faithful re- cord of all tho dings of the Society in a book to be furnished for the purpose and and answer ali to and from the Society nnd maintain a with the jli iry societies and also attend with his records and at all regular tings of the Society and its annual fairs ARTICLE VI The Executive Committee shall have power to make ali rules and i emulations for the government of this society in all its and operations to ums to be awarded at tne point county committees and other com- necessary to carry out the objects of the make for its re- and shall perform such other duties as usually belong to such a com- ARTICLE VTI A State Fair shall be held annually at time nnd place as the President and Executive Committee shall They shall publish a notice thereof by a list of to be a- warded and the manner in which the fair will be conducted ARTICLE VIII The Annuar Meeting of the Society John P Arndt of Blown Moody Mann of Calumet Thompson A of Jeremiah Drake of Columbia John Bush of cob Weed of Winnebago B L Purely Joseph wron of St Croix John of Duck of cf sP 1 Hiram Barber o Dodaje Goodrich of John M Wells of Waukesha Robert of Milwaukee Bums 0 I Hollenbeck the of proceedings d That u hen any auxiliary shall have duly organized the thereof ias soon as cible forward to the Secretary ofthe State S a list of Us and all per se as P of such would Myj comment js 1 will add I hit 1 have in Mr Densmore came to me with the proof sheet as published the in reL to myself and offered to suppress tht article abusing me if I would allow him o publish the of the to suit I am not cry npt to he that uay md not the fear of the True cnt or its y my eyes I refused It is not true that f resolution by down emphatically foe the Editor in bis garbled report ofthe fis that Mr moie moved to amem by offering in its place which he was by mr Craft and was u- adopted low if this had been tree I would like to i now at what stage of the was ted down this falsehood is John For the True Democrat Poor Miserable So exclaimed my companion a few days since as we overlook a farnily of returned from lan to Jefferson Their scanty packages dirty wasted clothing and lonely appearance alt med to declare that short sentence needed no qualification Sincere pity had not dictated the expression The cr did not its foice but to them each word had a meaning that jew would to learn from like bitter experience We passed on objects presented selves to our notice and the Indians ed forgotten But still ded by URAV and varied scenery the mation of rny companion would stealing back to rny as if claiming something more a passing thought Their forms II their wretchedness and degradation had been faithfully im- printed upon he tablets of my soul and there remained as if to their tale of sadness or to awaken t i bought of the noble trajo of the Indian formerly possessed by them of freedom and happiness in other and contrasted it their present ken unprincipled and tion Thus I and thus I read their history This land whose beauty has bewitched me whose surpassing ness has won me from friends and almost rotn society was once their home By the side of its and riveis they built their dwellings In their canoes they essary that the papers were already sed over the chrystal In the beau- t my what I to bu a correct poi t of the igs of the meeting alluded to certified by the Chairman and a of gentlemen ol thr Constitution u Slo were wh ch I a with such other as of to the Democrat leJ he publishes without Resolved That the of the jS ate Society br ana he is fan cby pcl o furnish the of the Historic il with a copy m ly possess pel to u and shall furnish to tlin n tary with ali stall Society and i's a copy of each and be made to ciety Resolved That at Ltk arid promises to do the same by that Mr Densmore reserved most severe fire to up with we are veil ther a sorry sped I think It may militate his however to know that I dont half as Ind about I as he appears to that I I do not i i r i i s i t i L i that no Quarrel with the ler be and is tn be thp X T J i I 1 rln nnt crm of the State of arid that the n to the of the as the a 3 Democratic that a- uv has claims tr Office and thy of their patronage That tho be n the that have nc fault to find with or Democratic party prepared but he insisted When a bout half way to the office he stopped and proposed waiting till next day that irlent might sea the report Then wo urged him to proceed for we wanted copy was desirable how forcibly could be urged here that the Secretary's ex- anxiety to the whole matter is indubitable evidence of an to sify The 5th resolution was reported by the Committee in the list of principles The Meeting materially it ail deeming it as altered more a measure than a pie3 its position was changed The resolution offered by Mr Coolsy was hastily written putting it in type he corrected its faulty pi res With these which are foreign to this issue the account of the proceedings is literally any ent account that the Secretary may have prepared is false I promised the Secretary to publish his report verbatim or return it tn him This promise WES not given as a con- dition for receiving the report for that had already passed from his hands but because he it and it was his clue After he demanded the copy and it was given to him It is not true that a premise was made to show the proof to Gov Doty but it is true that the Governor sanctioned the attaching his name to the published report It is Irue that the proof was showed to the Secretary and an offer made at that late hour to suppress the note if he would consent to the suppression of his insulting resolution I did this to preserve ray own consistency Gov Doty and every Cass crat but one that conversed with use about it said that that resolution must not be Contrary to ail advice it was because the resolution wa at wilds they sought ior their prey wondering if the spirit possessed ci eater loveliness than this For them the bird? their sweetest lays for their delight innumerable flowers decked the prairies and all nature seemed com- to make them Such was dwelt in o'er ome and here they But a change They learned that un- race was depriving other nations of their homes arid been me alarmed for their To save thi ir country op- posed the invaders They as those that fight for all that duar to the soul of man Fought whilst there hopo md yielded only there was none left to the war civ Thus their en- emies and from the bosoms of the Like others whom hope has they became reckless heir which they had fought in vain to save were for others and and they were driven Naught was left to awaken ambition in- cite to virtue or to cheer Then hearts were them the graves of their fathers by the homes of their children with the scenes had But with the of the SOCK ly and the resolutions Resolved That the papers thi the State be and they are hereby quest eo to copy the same and I the ifu ii perfectly circumstance's that js to say 1 have in INDEPENDENT Our readers complain occasionally at the quantity of our nnd we certainly do not wish to crowd their patience too far but cannot forbear copying the lowing from the advertising columns of the Milwaukee A man between the ages of 20 and 60 who can make himself generally about a Wholesale and Retail Book and Stationery can clean the to mar ket for the tho customers blowing up once a week without wishing to argue the talk but strictly honest and religiously inclined A person possessing all the above will find employment by calling on the subscriber S L ROOD P S Neither a graduate from gan nor a member of the late Legislature will answer my purpose r r nnd tan l just muf nonce of this affair lut truth compels me as sa -s to place the ter in its light hat those who take any interest in it may ae able to judge to which of us properly belong the vile epi- so liberally dealt out to me by the Editor of the Democ at P April 1849 BURR S CRAFT TO SAME PUBLIC The foregoing communication is willingly published because every man arraigned be- fore the public has a r grit to be heard in self-justification It is published verba ly and literally cording to because it charges me with falsifying and garbling and specifically de- sires that it should be ta and not to re- flect upon the literary at umen of the writer It is well written ite verbal style is and from one unaccustomed to preparing ar- ticles for the composite is an excellent copy difficulty the of It is not true that the Secretary Gov Doty's certificate to the correctness of a re- port differing from that published because the Governor would not sanction a thing to me and certify to its falsity elsewhere I repeat what was said iu regard to the character of the resolution I have been advised repeatedly not to no- tice any thing in relation to the Secretary on the plea that ho is not it The plea is not good A man that is worth cing is worth hearing and replying to Mr Craft is a gentleman that I have no desire to quarrel with I trust that he wilt forget his animosity to me and become an efficient co-worker in the good cause of De- As between ourselves upon this the matter ends The Secretary has been heard and so have I The dispute need be pursued no farther JAMES DENSMORE No man knows what he can do till he has fully resolved to do what he can When men have thought themselves gated to set abont any business in good earnes they have done that which their made suppose impossible ers were inhabiting ing places and this land where they had once so had now become forbidden ground Nothing was left to save them from degradation and ruin and thus a to sorrow they have been led to seek in intoxication a forget fulness of the past till such is their condition that as occasionally ons returns to once to memory dear those now possessing their former homes ex- claim on beholding them bluer etches Such is the tale of the Winnebagos We gaze upon them wonder at their de- gradation their vices and pass them by knowing little or carnothing of the causes that produced them W L COOK Brighten April 15 1849 Will Mr Cook read Van Land Limitation and a kink or two taken out of his 1 Sir I intend to raise your a landlord to a tenant to whom the latter replied I am much obliged to you fur 1 cannot if n y e f l1 AT ION No DONE Land Limitation may be effected by a invading any present vested right but enacting that all titles to lands ing in future by gift grant devise cent or purchase subsequently to the sage of a land limitation law shall be d only for a limited area land In of purchases infringing the law the land thu area be for the public But in instances of devise or descent tha heir or devisee might take the limited mount in land and the surplus of land should be sold and the heir or devisee got the proceeds in money but not in Under a law of this kind one generation would estates in land A regulation of this would haid on no one for there are few ers that own 640 acres of ground and the number 4 is but a reasonable average for the children or legal representatives re- maining at the death of the head of a ily times make 640 so
