The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-10-20
MORAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The politics of our County (if I may
Be INDUCED in figure of questionable
purity is ike sea on which is discov-
cradle neither tidal direction nor long
undulations but which is broken into
lnnumerable eddies and local currents.
Nothing is Aeard by those who have an
ear tor prophecy, save an everlasting
sctsh
1t is enc of those inevitable lulls that
follow fierce conflict of parties, when
men zrasping tie handles Of broken
lanccs, eye each ether suspiciously Such
times afford life to that class of political
trlcksters who are like those hangers-on
OF an army that having the rapacity Of
the buZzarls Of the air enrich themselves
with stolen jewels, and shoddy made
from the jackets of dead heroes.
" hist honest men bewildered long for
way out, there is created around class
OF political bastards which claiming the
rights that chaste parentage give, show
a Jackal appetite in filling their cadaver-
Gus bellies with dead issues.
Whatever praise is due to such a de-
votion as the chivalric Bayard showed.
when wounded unto death he fixed his
eyes upon the hilt Of his sword for a cross
and died, [ dismiss. | regard the tenacity
TO party which our time exhibits as hay
ing closer analogy in the reverence of
the monks of the middle ages, who
thought the hair of saint TO be of more
account than an honest heart. Aye, |
ascrlbe it to that kind of gangrened eye
SIGHT Of ponti6eal celebrity that can see
God Almighty in loaf of bread.
1t is hard for this slow world to learn
that party or creed after it has become
useless, should be cast off like an old
shoe. However, the harmless sentiment
hat would cut the pedal covering into
leather medals and cause it TO be worn
over windy lungs, is excusable; whereas
The persistence that would make this an
asticle ofuse forever, is superbly silly.
\ national idea, to be able to govern
local interests and personal intrigues,
must be indeed strong and now espec-
tally, when there is such dearth of posi-
tYe ideas before the people, political
assemblies are apt to become like blood
less ezcresences, like the monstrosites ola
Sl,rra0o's ,,,,oa,,,,, barl g.
stomach. Aud when public declarations
become necessary, the showmen exhibit
competitive skill in uttering the things
Of the least meaning in the most a.nbig
uous terms
Politicians have strangely fallen off
FROM old-time honesty. IIatched by the
lever OF the times is a brood of dema-
gogucs cackling to the precedents of
long catalogue of public swinders. There
are whiskey rings dizzy with ingenuity.
fastening Senates are RECALLED With
buacombe speeches, lorg- lrawn blather
sklte and feathes-headed nonsense.
Whole Legislatures are borne down by
lnvlneible lobbies. and there is a tendency
to cram with the pills of policy. Indeed
1t is enough to make sad eyed people
draw their handkerehiefs in view of the
situation
County politics are susceptible of great
degradation, and have just scope enough
to afford a clear view of the market The
operators are usually composed (of course
once on petty scalel of log rollers, wire
pullers, squeeze and bride men, who not
having manhood enough to stick to a
single principle, watch with squint eye
to see which way 'sthe cat jumps" Their
shibboieths all SAVIOR of the bung hole, and
they do not seem to remember that the
tricks of mere policy seekers. unless aided
by strong memory and quick ingenuity,
became transparent even to those who