The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-05

b. greatest men never achieve political dis
tinction,-can the women Of the countr,
expect to make their peculiar line Of tslen
available where men have found it impossi
bic? The element which predominates il
the successful politician nowadays, ii
coarsely denomnated-gas These noisy
I and bOmbastic individuals, like the fly
which Eosop speaks about in his Fables
which alighted on the spokos Of a chariot
wheel in the midst Of its revolutions over
the plain and exclaimed, "what dust ] am
making - are prone to attribute their eIo'
walton to their own ability and not TO the
kind charity Of the people At present. at
the City Of Washington IN the chambers Of
the Capitol there are seated an assemblage
Of radical carpetbag Lilliputans who are
lordng it over "A nation Of Gulivers. DO
our American ladies wish to enter the list
with such competitors? If thoy do they
have many things to learu before they en-.
bark in the poitico Olympian contest. They
must acquire the forte Of holding forth &C.
reptably to the enthusiastic sovcreignS who
surround the husIings,- they must pay glow
ing tributes 10 the American eagle, IN fact
; must make that much iiattered and fouded
bird fairly scream with delIgbt,-they must
make a point Of occasionally numbering
the Kings English, IL don't do 10 be too
learned oil the time, so that the patriotic
unerrifed may feel an occasional plying
superiority over their mental nfrmites,-
thew must "lisp the rich Irish brogue aud
the sweet German accent, they must kiss
all the radical babies Of all radical mothers,
and say. sub rOsa that each babys kissed
predecessor was the best looking, they
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beer, be silent with quiet people, very talk
alive with volluble gossips, and alas even
after all this has been gone through with,
the probabilities are that their cunning male
competitor, with malice prepense and afore.
thought, will "pull the wool over their eyes"
and not leave them enough constituents to
compose respectable funeral cortege
| We like TO be generous in our construo.
| ton Of other peoples motives. We like 20
be charitable, But there is golden rule
By which we can detect hypocricy, and that
| is by measuring mans professions by his
action in life. Taking this rule as our guide,
! it is very difficult for US to come to any 9th.
! or CONFUSION than that the whole set of male
and female champions Of the female suffrage
! dogma who vegctate in the elYsium Of
! Taukcodom are hotly in pursuit ofthe filthy
Iucre, and after they make themselves rich
on the crcduIity Of the people, the principle
! Of woman suffrage may 20 20 the dogs.
| Popularity also has something to DO with their
devotion to the new faith, but popularity is
but the means to accomplish the end. Hum.
buggery il never profitable until its chosen
heraIds become invested with u degree Of
national n0toriety. The Now England states
have had their apostles and leaders set on
their warm nest Of Reforms until the whole
cackhng brood Of Shanghais have come
! cackhng and Nuttsriug ont into the public
marts,-the shells have burs,ed and del.
uge Of Isms is the result! All these feaih.
cress reforms knew their eggs would turn
into gold some day All their reforms are
thrown into q common crurib.e, and there
has never been found a grain Of the genuine
gold ia them vet. lmmrrsonian traHCenden.
, talisms and Purtanic orthodoxy mingle bar.
monIousy together in advocacy Of these
so.Ca,led reforms, and the negro suHrRgeites,
woman s.rghttps, Grahamitcs, freedom.
i. shriekerites, all Join hands and stand around
s the hcll.broth Of the witches:
= "AdIer, fork and blind worms sting,
IiHari's leg and owlst's wing,
and, caperlug like BedIamites around the
c nRuscous decoCtion, endesyor to iufuse the
/. spell of their incarnation upon the whole M
/ ton. Are these men sincere Do they
" really believe in their own philosophy
< Not by any means Very cLoquently can
Q. Charles Sumner, Wilson, Butler and then
d compeers in congress talk about the equal
BIZ. ty Of the race, but when Man and Brothc
=, from Louisiana makes his appearance OF
ii the floor Of the House as an accredited rep
ID resentativc Of reconstructed Ham, thcs
n. honorable senators neither take him by I'll,
. hand or invite the disconsoate CuIee 10 en-
= joy the Inequalities around the iestiy
u board
p The great trouble with these male an
female reformers is the impractcability c
- their theories. Their reforms Rre visionary
There is no truth or religion in their sy,
n tens. Most Of their champions are atheist
% and infidels. They ignore the spirltui
!. beauty of our holy christianity, They ar
restless seekers after their own glory. Som
of these men cannot content themselves {
Il await the slow verdict which men shall pas
g upon their lives when they are dead an
=. gone, but, lest the ebbng tide of the futur
years shall wash away the names they lcav,
% wri,vo" on the sands, they fall to work IN
become their own histuIisns. Horace Gree
r. ley has lately written, in the New York Ledl
i. en- an autobiography of the Hon. Iiorac
u Greeley, in which the private life, the sag
observations, the acute philosophy Of III
Z Hon. Horace Greeley are distinctly and err
;. phatically asserted for the benefit Of the &C
miring countrymen Of the Hon. Horace Gree
ley. Whether or not the world will tumbl
/. into ruins when this modern Atlas takes hi
shoulders from the little ball. and "wraps tn
drapery of his couch about him and lie
v down to pleasant Dreams remains to b
: seen.
Finally-what is the antidote to this dos
d, of New England reform The Democrat
d party neither approves or condemn
II female suffrage the democratic party Meth
!, er approves or condemns negro suffrage
!, but leaves it to the states to regulate accord
u ing to their own wishes; the Democrat
e party neither says that man must not ca
h meat, flesh or fowl; the democratic part
;, neither says that a man must drink beer
e wine or water. The democratic party ig
Il uores such questions as not the Legitimate
s province Of political discussion, and takes t
i its warm heart those great national meas
5 ures and questions which are worthy of states
e men and nations. 1t will triumph in thu
II end. The cphemeral so-called reforms O
e noisy fanatics will soon have had their day
? Men may carp at and abuse and yillify tn,
l. supporters Of the democratic party of to.da,
8, but they are battering an impregnablo fort
J, ress Like the foolish heatheus O
h distant Orient, they may shoot thei
shortsped arrows at the sun, thinking I,
stop the bright luminary Of the skies b.
their puny mimicry. of power, but it vii
/. 20 on and on in its advancing career, giving
}. light and strength 70 TIE weRry land