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The General's Gall

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
October
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Argus has been given the fol lowing letter, addressed to E. B Norris, Esq.: Monroe, Mich., Ot. 19, 1894. My dear Comraüe: - As you know, I have been nominated on the Republican ticket for Congress. Although the outlook is very favorable, yet in order to win, every man who can aid us must be mustered for the fight. Therefore ask of you, your kir.d aid and asistance and I am certain that you vill heartily respond to this request of your old comrade-, who at all imes during the war had your inerests at heart. Vou have tried me nd I hope you can say that I have never been found wanting. Sec your neighbors,relatives and friends, nd urge them to vote for your peronal friend as well as the friend of 11 soldiers. Remember that oneïalf of the population of this disrict have grown to manhood since he war; they know nothing of the ervices which you rendered; they an never comprehend the privations hat you endured; they cannot nderstand how these services sap)ed and undermined your . on and left you, today, a prey to 11 the aches that human flesh is eir to. Make a strong effort in my behalf, oing it quietly, and see that all old eterans are at the polls. It is well ' :o have a friend at Washington. ' Yours truly. ' Geo. Spaldixg. c Now, General, this comes prettj near a violation of the rule of G. A. R. posts, which prohibits the use ol the organization as a political engine. The spirit, if not the letter, oí the rule is badly "infracted." Every democratie soldier who is asked to drop bis principies and vote for the general on personal grounds, should vote against him. The letter also has itshumorous side. The democratie, "Dear Comrade," to whom in the instance here given the letter was addressed, has no acquaintance with the writer and does not know wherein the general was his " personal friend," and moreover does not feel ,like "seeing his relatives, neighbors and friends" to get them to vote for a red-hot republican candidate. After a pathetic effort to moisten the lachrymose glands of " My Dear Comrade" with a reminder of the terrible experiences which had "sapped and undermined the constitution" of said "Dear Comrade" (of which said "Dear Comrade's" experiences the general knew nothing) he turns with vigor to the real business in hand with, "Make a strong effort inmybehalf." The Argus believes that many of the old boys after reading the letter will feel as did a vet who, after listening to the lengthy appeal of a congressional candidate for votes, chiefly on the ground of his tremendous services and sacrifices in the army, sought him out after the speech, and mopping his moist eyes with a corner of his coat tail exclaimed, " 111 be blamed if you haint done enough for your country, and 111 vote for the other man! " It is spoken of as "the Japanese war." Why, who are the Japs fighting with? " - Ann Arbor Argus. Pardon us, Bro. Hammond, but as an educator, your rhetoric is worse than your grammar; "with whom are the Japs fighting " would be better. Never use a preposition to end a sentence with. See? - Adrián Press. Any feller who has promised wood and taters on subscription to the Petersburg Sun, are requested by the editor to get around "durned quick." - Adrián Press. Pardon us, Bro. Stearns, but your grammar is even worse than your religión. Any feller is requested, etc, would be better. Never use the plural verb, the singular subject with. See?

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News