The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-22
The Victim Of Politics.


A long time ago, my ma used toipU
on her specs, and say, Peter, my on put
no. your trust IN prnoes:' and from that
DAY % this haven't done anythiup ofthe sl
kind, because none Of 'em ever wanted 10 ia
borrow nothing Of me; aud never see
prince VI king4-but one OF two, and
hey had been rotated out Of ofioe-iT0
borrow nothing Of them. Princosl pooA
Pat not yous trust lon politiciahers- them's
my sentiments. YOU might Just as well
try TO hold an eel. forI've tried both, and
know. Put not your trust in polilioi-
anerl. or you'll get ahist, ...,..
Ten years ago, IL came into my bead
things weren't going on right. so pretty
nearly give myself up ptetotally to the good
of the Republio and left the shop TO look
ont for ITSELF 1 was bTimful C patriot
ism, aud so uneasy in my mind Tor the
salvation Of freedom, | couldn't work.
cried TO guess which side was going to win,
aud stuck 10 IL Ike wax. sometimes y
was ON one side, sometimes was a-toth-
or, and sometimes / straddled, TIL the cleo
ton was over, and came up jist in time 10
ine the hu-rah. IL was good l was az
ter; and what good could / do II I wasn't
on She 'leoted side2 But. after all, il wan o
never DIT Of use. Whenever the batlls
was over no matter what side was shar.
ing out the oaycs aud fishes, and | step
ped up, IN be hanged Il they didn't cram
al they could into their own mouths. pot
their arms over some, and grab ~ tho rest
wlth their paws, and say, Go away.
white man, you amt capable CapableI
what's the reason amt eapableY I've got
~ extensive a throat rs any Of em, andI
could swallow the loaves aud fishes with
out choking, if each loaf was as big az
| grindso one, and each fishas big as stur-
geon Give Y .ter chance. and leave him
sloue for that. Them another time when
| called II want some spoils. says.I; "a
small hucketful OF spons Which ever
side gets in, shares tbs spoils, don't theyg'
So they FIRST grns. and then they ups andu
tells me that virtue Ike mine was it's own
reward, aud that spoils might spoil me. ;,
tBgl itY itYss 1s., 10 sPoils that sPoilt me and no
beconse l could not get'either. ff0
Put not your trust in politicisnefs; l
Say il again. Both sides used me jisa r
lalike. Here I've been serving my coun-
trt, more or less, these ten years, like
patrioI-yoiAg 20 town meetings, hurfas
ing my day lights out, and getting as blue
as blaaes blocking the windows, getting
, licked fifty times, and having more black
q eyes and bloody noses than you could
shake a stick AZ, all for the common good,
aud for tie purity of our legal fghtss aud 9
all for wbatg Why for nix. Ifany g6odl'
has come OF il, the country has put it 10
} her own pocket, and swindlsd me out of
, my arnings. | cant get no .oiiioel Re-
publics is ungrateful IL wasn't reward
| was after. scorns the base iheiniva-
tion. only wanted to be look care of.
aud have notbing to do but TO take care Of
the public; and I've only got half nothing
tod6l Being took care ofwasthe main thing
Republics is suhgrsteiull lin blasted in
sheylain't,. This ia the way old soldieEs)
are served Wen, well, live and learnl
The worlds not what a man takes il for
before he fuds il outa Whiskers grows
, sooner Than experience does Genus and
, patriotism aih't got no. ohanee---ainf got
nary lookt oval liu int Han 1900