Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-07-28
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AbUna Lii;sD.

Silence has ssniN0n VIRTUES, nut u Is
liable TO Misrepresentation. On! the
other day " ashinytuu correspond
rnt exhausted the shallow qaiNtr 0!
his ,i,i.c,,ie il co.umn ot commcn'
upon sons member who has lever
set waved hi. fist on high and yelled,
"Mr. Spaakes!' This slien. man IL
represented as "on. who has nn rpln,
ions We regret that his name is
not given. \ man ~ Congress with.
ont op,ions str kcs rs something
above the ordinary. He is prcsum-
ea to have no opinions because he
does n,', twenty times 4 day, arise
in his pace and demonstrate Ills lack
Of opinions. HAPPY man "entrsnch
ed behind his new >Iarrr,' or writing
letters to-can it tie that this op;n
lonless man writes letters 30 his wife:
or sister? or some other reputable
II oman: No matter. is has no
opinions, because he is silent IN his
place. Therefore l.; him he pointed
a, and viIicale,i; aud when his term
expires, le, i,a constituents keep him
1T nome. OF what use is Member
OF Congress unless he can yell like
an Indian on the War bath, and drink
oceans ot " a,ssl:
rnclc is another silent man in
ashingt whether the readers
believe It or not. Thrs. is silent
man at she either end OF the asenae.
llc never pat himse.! forward as :.
luan wiser. or better, or greater / an
others. IIs entered the Union army
Cap. a,n an,l hccam, its General.
His COMMUNICATIONS were yea, yea,
and nay, nav" his .:ipate..es very
brici i--centain.ng Very ht;e abau.
himself and mach about business.
IL. neser tried to pa;at out the
Wrinkle on the iron trout OF wa,
viii fac Writing. Meeting III, oh.
siic.c he thuderci away n Il, aal he
sas removed. The army Of the Po-
tomac had been addressed aid re
viewed al ;;1iissam Its analis were
vo.nnInons. This Aiivai man. who
smokes Nh 10 lew Anev...lss dc
t.,..t. YOU kaow-toe,. t.le army OF
the Potomac from its anchorage on
;tc banks OF tho Rarpahann"ck AMI
encsmpea it before Petersburg. lli>
dispatches on the way would not fiji
Il page OF ioo.scar OF course this
man Of silence and cigars was fool.
Everybody knows that. because
he held his peace, ana pat no
sprcadca.lc into lis conversation. a
pubic man WHO does no, apustro-
phizc the American eagle cnca u day
is an IDIOT. All wise men are gar
rulous--ri,!e George Francis Tram.
Yet, this reiieen, man succeeded, and
received the sarren !er ,,t the chvit OF
revolt. Tho man who acted, by
some inversion q. natural law as ex
pounded by partisan journals, tor
once accomplished more than the
men who talked. We shall waste no
time in trying TO explain this sinyu
lur anomaly.
Now that the people have made
this silent man chief magistrate,
ought he not to drop his reserve, and
open his lips tor much speech? Oagh,
we not 10 hear from him as Often a.
thee times day i'll response to the
profound questioning OF newspaper
reporters? Should this man ot 81
lcuce persist III having some privacy:
All great mca wear their hearts on
their sleeves. This man does nol
wear his heart on his sleeve, ,hcrc
for" he is nei great. This logic is
borrowed from Democratic paper;
We do not claim it, grand aud con
elusive as 1t certainly is. T'as man
does. not initiate George Francis
Train. and. therefore, must hc ignor.
ant. lie r.iNses To publish ali he
knows about for, ign affairs; there
tore he knows nothing of our rela-
tions with other nations. lIe does
not dispatch the army to arrest
Juarez, said to bc 4 smuggler as we'll
as President Of Mexico: therefore he
is Il fool. Whether OF Aristotle. or
Bacon, or Whateley, or Mil, we
know not; but this il logic. and the
public may hereafter know a great
and good man by his capacity tor
bab.
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