The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-16

cat in the well is not the fellow who takes
the cat ont Of the well. One fellow gets
himself, his family, his neighborhcod, his
country, into difficulty but it takes sn-
oihsr, and very different fellow to gs.
them out Of difficulty.
A genius for doing mischief is q very
different thing from genius for undoing
mischief; AMI the two are never found re-
siding IN the same person, order or party.
Consequently, when one person, order or
party has involved the country in t-oab!e,
there is no hope of extrication except
through ether persons. orders or parties.
Again, my brethren, vino put the cat in
the well Little Johnny Green. And
who pulled her out? Big John Stout.
From this we are required to learu that.
while little fellow can put all sorts Of
cats into all sorts of wells. it takes big
fellow to get them out again: Small for
ces and lew faculties are capable of be-
getting huge wrongs; but it needs great
force and many faculties to undo them,
and restore the family, or the community,
or the country-as the case may be-to
Sounu ana healtny condltl0p.
Again, my brethren, it was little John
ny Green who put the cat in the well,
which only John Stout could remove. BY
this we are taught that, even without
malice, simply by force of folly, or green
ness, mischief may be done which nothing
but strength and steadiness can overcome.
Mankind suffers rs much from the folly
OF individuals, sects and parties, as it does
from their wickcdness.
Besides this, the green and the little are
always cruel The little johnny Greens
Of the world put all sorts of eats into all
sorts of wells, and never think of the suf-
iering they occasion. 1t is Cnly the stout
who are magnanimous.
So much. my brethren for tie general
wisdom contained in the text Let US now
examine that special application which
gives it a prophetic character II, in
the performance of this duty, seem to lay
myself liable to the charge of taking liber-
ties with words of inspiration, l plead:
First,-precedent and immemorial US
age by persons Of my profession.
Second-the goodness of my motive,
which all the members of or calling
agree is a acomplete justification. u.
I Th;rd----That the berties are taken
equitab.y, and rather TO illustrate the text,
aud enforce his moral than to change It's
meaning. a -.tr
With a view to its prophetic signi6ca-
ton, give it according to the strict sense
OF the ancient original:
Who put her in
Little Jonny Green-back.
Who palled her out.
Big John Stoutback.
| Tha. in the United States the cat is In
the well, is a point which none Of YOU my
brethren, who have overdue paper in our
very useful and profitable banking iusti-
tutions will be inclined to deny
Therefore in this connection | shall re-
fran from fol OWING the example of our
profession who are wont to take great pains
to prove what nobody disputes, TO make up
for nakedly affirm ng what none but fools
believe
The expression :. little Johnny Green
back las its abstract and its concrete
Specification meaning both the person 10y
whom, and the means by which, the cat
was put in the well.
If there were DO other grounds for
maintaining the inspiration of the text.
enough would be found in the striking
coincidence there is in the names Of the
respective offenders.
In the plain-spokeu words Of the an
cient prophecies he is little Johnny; in
the complimentary phrase Of modern man.
mon-worship, he is old greenbacks.
There is not, my brethren, in the whole
mass of accomplished prophesy SO striking
an instance of literal fulillment
And how did little JENNY (old) )Grecn-
backs put the financial feline Of the United
States in the well? BY greenbacks.
The prophesy returns upon itself, and
each fulfillment proves the other. 1t was
little johnny Greenbacks personally, and
potentially, per Sc and as a representa-
tive.
But, TO put the infallibility of the text
beyond peradyenture, let me ask the
question, How is the financial feline ofthe
United States to lie extrlcated from the
well? Who is to do it? .-
Big John Stout-back Who doubts it?
Who is there that does not feel and know
that it is the Stout backs of the country
who are 10 retrieve our desolate condition,
and restore to us our departed peace, ease
AID prosperity? Aye, and stout their
backs will need to be. and, stout as they
are, long and wearily will they ache be-
fore the sorrowful work is. accomplish
cd. 1885,. Ge.
Let us pray that we may live to see it,
aud leaIa to profit by our experiences.
FEW WORDS TO THE MoURNERs.
Gentlemen aud ladies Of the Stout-baok
family - si1'oa
/ call you gentlemen aud ladies'. al
though you are not gentlemen and ladies,
but only meu and women. If you were
gentlemen and ladies you could 90 noth-
ing; and might wear out my lungs talk
ing to yon, to no purpose. !. .-r.
might say you had mission ; but on
ly gentlemen I'd ladies have missions, and
We have had too many missions--as We
have had too many gentlemen and 10.