The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-11-01
The Country's Saved.

Imitation of the one attached to our chum Beau
Billv's mecrsch aum-of the Unterri6ed of the
county of Wyandot, was in gentle mood ON the
issuance of his last Organ, and after shaking
hands all round with his gentlemanly and
patriotic crowd of Simon Pures of the stripe
Democratic, and glorating generally over the
immense and invaluable services rendered in
behalf of the cause Of Truth and Justice, by
the medium aforesaid, in enlghtening the be-
nghted creatures who place their country and
its welfare a trfe in advance of partisan feel
ing, and refuse to swallow the tenets of a bas
tard Democracy which. by the "aid and COM
FORT it rendered to those in open rebellion, Is
mainly responsible for the desoation and gloom
which now brood over our once happy firesides
and teeming fields, and which yet persistently
endeavors to thwart and obstruct the measures
essentially necessary to our speedy recovery
from the i'll effects of the position in which we
were thrust by the insane attempts of mad fools
to destroy at once our nationality and their
own freedom; these we are aware are harsh
terms but, unfortunately, they are the simple
ut'erance of bitter, naked truths fully borne
out by the part, 5 course of action if the paper
called the Union be true exponent of that
porty's principles, since the commencement of
our troubles
But this is not the spirit in which We pur-
pose communing with our juvenile but pro-
found elucdator OF "principles ~ rather let us
initiate his Christian and philanthropie spirit,
for Which he SO devoutly thanks God, by hui
namely trusting that he has seen the error of his
way, and tor TIE future will exhibit Mt least a
sprinkling of genuine Democracy and devotion
to country in his weekly homilies to the faithful
We are impeled to this course by soft spot in
our otherwise irritable and dogmatie nature,
we suppose by the soothing re-
Election that our worthy cxcoriotor amidst his
Just Indignation still found his buinp of vche-
ration toward our venerable ycara, superior at
tanments, and superadded childish dotage,
sufficiently developed to intervene between
ourselves and well merted castigation. Thank
zee, lad, thank zee, for your amiablo forbear-
ance We humbly acknowledge we once were
some but, alack and alas old age hath DER
ta'eh US, and we fear our not over righteous
ways have somewhat rusted our joints and De
m, cracy at one and the same tiihe--that is, al
ways shpposing our prccocious vendor Of De
mocracy 10 deal out the pure, unaddlteroted
article. We fear though, neighbor Dogberry,
that in trotting out your ancient Vergcs, and
soaping him down so aff1ctionately "afore
folks" savors somewhat too loudly of the
maudlin spirit which registering youngsters are
too apt to imbibe when indulging in ''sympo-
,iums in the sma hours ayont the tH'al," even
when enjoye in company with oracu,or limbs
Of the law, though one may be of Fallstaffian
wearing his "paunch NIT his stoo.
mach" and his elaphantine person hedgcd
'ound with more legal lore than would suffice
'or score of Supreme Benches, or his lean and
Iassius-lke coinpeer, who hath borrowed the
Of Lupus and choused Reynard
,ut of his insinooatin ways, and now so eohi
olocently strokes his own purple har," while
flaxing the woolly locks Of poor
3ambo. Our advice, juvenile, is to thrust your
Jaw in Your fob, and not loan it any more for
he purpose of extracting roasted dhe6tnuts fcr
he benefit of those who will but laugh at your
urns take the word of an old stager for it,
the pbnderous whale and voracous shark are
)ut poor playmates for the innocent minnow,
OF while pretending 10 help him to a breakfast,
hey may perchance gulp him down, with other
r,,a fry tnw
Avoid bad company, youngster keep your nose
lean, and you may yet grow to the stature of
and by paying strict attention to the
iaSims of our friend Peter Oium you may
yet become ah honor to the immortal Demo
'ratic phalanx led by that great captain and
nouthacious patriot, Glen. L. Valandighant
o be the least of whose humble followers, is |
lonor enough for your peace Democrat of the
ear of grace 1865. Ego ct rer meus.
And nov word for the absent. We fear
hat in your e&ulr alton, Robot, at the salvation
# your beloved country from nisrule, by the
lection of your friends to the important offices
f the staunch Democratic province of Wyandot,
nd the consequent insurance of moderate
upply of greenbacks for some time to come,
S your own peculiar share of the coveted spoils,
ou have lost sight of your usual magnanimity
nd struck your opponent while down-in
iaryland. Also, you have stated your friends'
ases unfairly. As in duty bound, we have
'retty attentively corrected oiir pupils exer
ises ahd have no recollection of his having in
single instance assailed the private character
f any one of your candidates the political
ecord of every man Offering for the suffrages
f the people is, for the time being, their prop
riy, fairly subject to their scrutiny and criti-
ism and liable to dissection at will by every
ne whose vote is solicited. As to four contests
nth Drummer, that's another matter, there,
motley's your only wear" and rough-and-
umble the only institooshin in which to drill
ich-and sometimes very effective one it
ro7es too, as you will find to your cost if you
gain interrupt the Cerberean old athlete in
he quiet enjoyment of his second childhood.
,onoIloat bo :. nm oJdnr hond in tho filt- ward