In the Far West, as elsewhere, there are legislators who are not too much in earnest. I recommend to some of our present candidates for British suffrages the following noble close to a Par Western election address : — "Gentlemen," said the candidate, after having given sentiments on the constitootion, the "Monroe doctrine," and such like topics, '•gentlemen," and he 'put his hand on the region of his heart, "these are my sentiments — the sentiments, gentlemen, of a honest man— ay, a honest politician, but, goutlemen and fellow citizen, ef they don't suit you, they can be altered !"
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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 477, 4 February 1869, Page 2
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