The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-22
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THE SILENT ARGIIMENE.
There is, one mode of reaching the
popular heart that win iii have its eject

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popular heart that win have It's Ieffect
in every community that is the silent
reflection of the people; every hpuss-
hold can sseeA the changed condition Of
our once happy country. The New
York Espress has well said that every
whore, on every side, in every, home
and household is a Democratic argu-
ment-such as "the double price of
tea; the triple price of sugar; the
double price of clothing; the velocity
and volume with which property in
almost every part Of the country. is
running from the poor to the rich in
consequence of the inequality and in
justice Of taxation : the destruction of
our foreign commercial marine; the
banishment of all gold and silver as
coin, and the universally of paper;
the. downfall of the Constitution
everywhere, the substitution of CON
solidated for a federal form of govern
ment; the overthrow of the right of
trial by jury and Of the Ed5eds corpus
among ten lions of urpeople the
subjugation Of eight millions of white
men in the South to three or four mil
lions of negroes; the reign of carpet
baggers in Congress Generally r1iia-
ways from the North, assuming to
represent the whites and negroes in
the South" 2'''1a e ','1>,'.s ''''S
iaaAH these are Democratic arguments
in every mans mouth, and are present
more or less everywhere, in every
house, cottage and cabin. ,.a }-riE
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.H UNCLE BEN was a queer old man,
a queer old man was he; he. owned .
ram, a butting ram-in fact, his but
ting propensities prompted him to
butt everything he could see. Uncle
Ben had a fateld sponse, a fat old wife
was she, who used to feed and pail his
COWS that came SO regularly into tha
lawn every night, and stopped under
alarge pear-tree. This fat old wife
ne'er used a stool to milk, would ne'er
sit down; and though old Ben called
her fool, yet she would never heark-
en- to his advice but to reciprocate
the favor, she said he was a big clown.
But one sad morning, as Brindlesteod
beneath the stately pear, old Ben's
wife, in a merry mood, was milking
her, occupying her usual positions
little elevated in. the air. The Ram
and, Ben the fact espied, and loudly
Ben did shout, =" Squat downl squat
down!" he sternly cried. But she
didn't hear him, and before he could
interfere, the ram had turned his fat
old wife inside out. Now, Uncle Ben
was very wrath, ali! very wrath was
he; he took the grindstone from it's
trough. and tying a rope to it, hung it
upon a limb of the old, pearStree.-5-.
Then, like heavy pendulum; he
swung that mighty rock, which seemed
to say, q; q I'm up to fun, Mr.. Ram, so
ljust scome in and take an affection
ate knock" Right briskIy, then, the
fight begun; the stone would not give
| in, and Ben's old ram would yield to;
none $50 he butted all day, and when
Uncle Ben, went TO bed, he was but.
ting like all sim. But when old Ben
arose next day and went into the
lawn, the ram had bucked himself
away, and every thing. under heavens,
but about two inches of his tail, was
used 4comp1ete1y gone. I'D. .i .l..;.., H..
| The LESSON OF THE; PAsT.-When.