Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-11-02
At2r Election.

-.1l Il II, alnt you. liahS Pohlies
True. we like the sharp contest, the cut
tn. thrust and the keen rctort; but W,
dislike the jealousy, bitterness, and hat
which Political contests evoke. We hat
the low cunning, the sly trick, the watch
ing for an advantage, the thousand perfor
mauces Of more than doubtful morality
which grow cat Of political strife. The
fact is, about election time man isn't
much Of a man-he's nothing but politi
can, the littless end of humanity whitfield
down to the smallest possible point.
But, after election, party feeling lets up
Everybody looks glad. The successful
man is glad of his success The unsuccess
ial man is glad that the worst is known al
last, he is no longer in suspense. Former
foes meet good naturedlJ, and laugh owe,
the incidents Of the campaign. This one
tells how he should have come out ahead
II this town had pulled true that one is
'aIally confident he should not have taken
t.e dimensions Of the horns little end il
mat town or that county hadn't gigged
from last years figures. Another tells
los he should have swept the board if it
hadn't been good buckwheat day, or if
they had only polled full vote. In fact
al can demonstrate to you, clear as mnd,
that they should have won if they had on
j got-votes enough. Every one sees
the force of that, laughs and says, sure
eaough. The story Of this ones getting
drunk, or voting on the wrong side, or 60
ing against that man or that measure last
wear, is quite forgotten till some other de-
'nand for the same kind of political capi-
tai.
But political contests have their uses.
They give you a capital chance to study
human nature. Election day is worth a
dozen other days for that If there is
aaytAing really mean in man, politics
will draw i, out Nominate man for an
",dec, and sec if lie don't fad the hard
sqo's in his opponents history in twink
Ing And see, too, if he don't paint them
with the skill Of a master. He can see,
4, 4 glance, what nobody ever saw before.
lie knows it so; he can prove it; he
VIII swear to it; finally, to clinch the mat
,rr, he wU BET on 1t i! And see how like
theft hen roost be hangs around the
POLLS Oh election day. Every knot Of tai.
hers must be operating against him, and
i" steps up slyly to listen. Every whisp-
rr startles him. All men appear dishon-
-. All are combined to defeat him. He
clips his vote into every green horns hand
auI likely as not puts it in place of the
one the fellow really thought he voted.
Where it will DO, he tries blufing; where
c axing will do, he tries that; where pro-
misses go best, he promises where fattery
takes, be Aa:tcrs; where deception can
work, be deceives where bribery goes, he
Tribes and where nothing but lying will
I'll, he lies egregiously, infamously, and
rtten under fatal mistake. Sometimes
ls is bluifed in return, sometimes he is
nct with a wargish lear as much as to say
you can't fool me with chat, old fellow"
tl' more commonly he is despised ever
after for such base prostitution of his
manhood to selfshness and wrong.
Getting election returns is jolly business,
isu't it? How every mothers anxious
sJa stands on tiptoe, erectis auriLus.
Have they counted anything in there?
Why don't they let US know the result?
What do they play the hog for ?'-will be
heard in five minutes after the polls close.
Have you heard from Glade yet? Is
Eoungsville up? How's Brokenstraw ?
Thunder, how like jug that comes.
Guess Sam is wide awake there In COM
IS the nail A crowd collects. Some
fody gets letter from Columbus. "lIoId
Your hats. Yates 227 majority Jeru-
salem whats broke? "Stacy l23"' Gul-
liver, what long strides for short legs.
Jones 2l2 majority. Berry one vote in
Democratic old Columbus" Pu. on the
irakes, cars mus: be off the track, sure.
Then comes Deerfeld, and "what fall
was there my countrymen." But some
thing always goes down when whisky is
uIpormost. Pinegrove gets in early, for
good news always goes quick. "Jones
J37, Berry ~ Don't that beat the-De
mocracy? Now where's your Borough
ticket? The victors throw up their caps
and shout; tie vanquished grin ghastly
emile, look pale around the mouth, try to
tax It easy, but feel like death. And SO
il goes, When Que party sinks, the other
riscs-when one end of the teater is up,
the other is down. The outs 20 in, and
the ins go out There is just about as
much down hill in the world as there is
up, after all. Well, there is-who says
there isn't p I|arca -NtH
LITTLE LOVE LYRICs-A gentleman
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