Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-15

gard for consistency and good taste
should forever seal his lips against tile
utterances of similar charges against
others. but which he has been so indus
triously circulating against the admin
istration, as one of the chief reasons
why he could not, conscientiously, sup
port 1t longer! Conscientiously. in
deed, and with a vengeance. If there
is man in the community with con-
science of this kind, is it not likely that
it would haye been appeased by allow
ing him to quietly devour the pay of a
fat office, without performing its du-
ties?
Those who magnify, or complain
of faults in others, of which they are
not free, or who assume TO be teach
ers of virtues they do not practice
Christ rebukes, saying: Thou hyp
ocrite, first cast the beam out ofthine
own. and then thou shalt clearly see
to cast the mote out of thy brothers
eye! Mathew 7th chap. 9Th.
Again, did Tommy fortify with
that text because he felt that unless all
| the damnable deeds Of the party he is
now trying to assist into the possession
of the pilot-house of the nation, could
in. some way be got rid of or covered
up in the arguments, so its claim
could simply be supported by its hypo-
critical tault-fnding and promises OF
reform,i it could never expect to succeed
Were such the motives that called for
the invention of this new heresy Judge
Ie, who know the facts.
Tommy's first point, after taking the
text, was, that since his "new depar-
ture," his old friends had been some
what shy of, and even unkind to him
that some of them, had even pro-
ceeded to the dastardly extremity OF in
timating that if he did not turn back
from his pursuit Of strange gods, he
might loose their business. This high
handed attempt, as he would make be-
lieve, to tamper with his snowy con-
science he spurned with loud-mouth-
ed and deep-throated indignation, as il
his scorn had swelled up from the very
soles ofhis feet. gathering head all along
the way. lie exhibited his horny
hands and sa i'll that .;for. three, or four
days past lie had (Greeley-like) been
trying to labor upon his farm. his Chip
paqua, in the cranberry marsh, and had
thereby discovered that he had still "a
brawny arm with which he could earn
living whenever his old clients should
attempt in this high-handed manner
to cut him OFT from his wonted base oi
supplies.
thought his show OF Indignation
over this pro-ocasion, rath er overleap p
| ed itself, as did not think he had any
right to expect that his old friends
would still show the same affection fol
him in his fallen condition. as when an
exalted member of what they at least
| regarded as the only true political
church. lie is not taught, that, when in
| days old, back-sliGiers went bowling
after strange gods aid the filthy flesh
pots of Egypt, the true brethren fol
lowed, and loved, and pa:roniscd them
as before.
After he came down from Chippaqua
and had wiped the sweat from his brow
his wrath kindled, aye apparently to q
glowing heat, so it was plain to be seen
that he meant to drive some miscreants
not only home to their holes, but that
he had even conceived in his heart, the
bloody design of tearing them thence
with the horny claws of determination
Pending the awful suspense, tho
whiSI er, "Who, oh, who can the unhap-
py riciiins be- ran around from quiv-
ering tongue and pale lips. When,there-
fore. he now pitched into Mr.Cuneo and
senator SherrIan, neither of whom were
| present the pail of suspense was lifted ;
little. lie "went for" these men; abus.
ed them shamcfulIy with all his mighty
powers. And in all soberness. the re-
viewer thinks, This was the most, un.
kindest cut of ALL" and he feels in duty
bound to perform the painful task o
exposing it. To pass lightly over the
suggestion that in making this attacl
upon NJ. Cuneo, at the particular tims
he did, (the day after the funeral of be
loved child). even if it had been called
for at all, (Which believe it was not)
he most grossly violated good taste ant
also, that common and noble sentimen
of humanity which disposes men, t.
render the pangs Of such bereavement
as light as possible, by leaving its vic
Tins free from SANDER, until the corpse
is buried in the ground, and the tear
ofparental grief have time to dry. II
pass lightly over this suggestion, thi
assault was most unkind, ill-timed ant
unfortunate not so much for Mr. Gu
neo and the Senator, both of whom
think will survive it, as for Tommy
since in self defence it makes it neces
sary to tell truths, that might other
wise, for his sake, have been kept hid
In The course of his abuse of Mr.. Ounce
Tommy wound up with the eyer wilt
ing, final eXterminator. The poor i'm
beclle was hardly accountable for wha
he said and did as he had not sens
w tllhtlSJdiIu CliCCl. w IL
Tommy here talking in good faith? 1
so, when did he form so contemptibl
an opinion OF Mr.. Cuneo? Was it il
1869, when he went to him and suppl
Gated him to support him for Collector
and to write him letter of recommen
dation, all of which, Mr.. Cuneo accord
ingly generously did, and wrote the let
ter so well to Tommy's liking, that b
did not desire the crossing of a or tn
dotting of an i, before fileing' it amons
the archives of the nation? Was it il
I 1871, when Tommy, still so far showed
his appreciation of Mr.. Cuneo, (wf
had always stood by HIM as after learn
ing that he had been removed from OF
flee, to first. flee to and supplicate hir
to go to the Capitol and intercede til
: government, bis negligence had offend
, ed, to let him off, just that one time
Or was it in the summer of 1872, whel