Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-11-11
From the Boston Post
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BY $. oLDcoCK, ESQ,

tatLivesa of old cocks all remind US
We can make our lives sublime,
And when, ehaYed up leaves behind us
Bird tracksIon the sand of time"
Inspired by the beautiful poem, sthe
Sam of Life, . from which the above
appropriate verse is 'extractSd, / set out
from my icocklott to canvass my district.
I was we'll provided with snut fl, peanuts
aud sugar plums for the m and
children but was in doubt hat to do
for the voters. Being a temperance and
Maine law man | was opposed to treat
Ing" on principle, although of course L
have no objection of taking u little of
the pure branded article myself, if some
body else will pay for it. .rl i~te-t.s7H
My first attempt was on a Democrat,
j desired to see if / could convert one
Of the enemy themselves. Mr.. Schmitt
was the miau, aud he had im bibed GER
tain erroneous notions of government,
He thought that laws were for the ben
eft of the people, instead Of the makers
o the LAWS, And he also had an idea
that a White man was as good as a black
man, if not better, and that the people
eff Kansas had u right to take care OF
their own affairs without consulting the
Legislature of New England.
Another strange idea he had was that
liquors are property, as much as wheat,
tobacco or anything else. 1 c~ombatted
these ignorant notions to the best of
my ability. I told him that if we could
only force the Milne law and my hen
Law We should root out crime, destroy
sin! and put the devil out Of employ
ment; We should fud the millennium aud
make everybody Ir:elr aud happy. l
told him that all criminals drink; and
consequently, if We take away their rum
there would be- no norc crime. He re
piled that they cat as well as drink, aud
wanted to know If it would not be bet
ter to take away their food. Thereup-
on 1 retired in disgust. Schmitt, [ am
sorry TO say, has the same ideas that all
Democrats have, aud l have therefore,
them all opposed to inc. But it is not
SO with the Republicans they are all
with me, SO l am sui of an election;
then wont the feathers fly?
l went to see my friend Black; he is
y republican to the backbone and goes
in for the rights of women aud niggers,
SO I felt sure of him. He objected how
yer that my hen law was unconstitu-
tiouaf. ''Ah! my dear Black,'I replied
you don't know US legislators. We
don't trouble ourselves about the con-
stitution. Ill show you how we shall
TX that. We have turned out Judge
Loring; that establishes a precedent for
the dependence, of the judiciary. So if
the supreme court don decide US we
wish them to We shall turn them all OUT.
What a splend d chance that will be to
dispose ofthe remaining citizens of Wal
than who hayo mo- %ofice! How would
you like to see Your friend Oldceck On
the bench Worse appointments than
that have been made. Eth: Mr.. Burn
ham beg pardon, Black l would say"
Black was so well pleased with this idea
that he brought out / little old Bourbon
stamped ef,eourse, with which We drank
the Governors health: drinking health
is, of course, "a medical purpose. Sub
sequently, at a late hour, LIDO not recol-
lect exactly, when We adjourned. l
6ud however, that all the republicans
in my district are for me. Hurrah!-
down with rum and shanghais, and up
with negroes and monopolies!