The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-08-03
From the Clinton CIll-) Register.
LOOIS K3rIx.

LOOIS 3rIx.
He DEPLoREs LACK OF ENTHUSIASM.
I've been lookin around after that
enthusiasm that our fellers said would
follow the unanimous nomination Of
Grant, but I'm blamed if can fud it.
Everything seems as still as country
graveyard. | haven't even heard of
single cannon beiu' fred, except where
there was a government arsenal, and then
it was waste of powder, for nobody
seemed to mind it. To think of man
gettin a unanimous nomination and then
have it fall on the country as fiat as
pancake without any baking powder in
it2 1t don't look well. Why. it ought
TO have created blaze of enthusiasm as
big as the Chicago fre-there ought to
have been bonhres-and torchlight pro
cessious IN every town, and everybody
ought to have got big drunk But there
wasn't. If Grant had been buried 10
stead Of beln' unanimously nominated.
there couldn't have been more gloom
Somehow or other there don I seem to be
any life in the thing. When | remem-
Der how We used to enthuse over our
nominations, aud brag and crow over the
democrats, and 20 round bettin on our
candidates bein elected, and then look
around now, feel as sad as an orphan
boy at his fathers funeral Why there
ain quarter the excitement there was
over the Cincinnati Convention, and that
wasn't unanimous by long shot An
Old white hat with hole 10 it will get
up more excitement in minute than
dozen Philadelphia Conventions in an
age. II beats me- can't understand
tits depressiu' on my spirits. Are we
goln to carry on Quaker canvass and
not say nothln | should think Grant
had enough of that with the Indians. not
10 run the risk Of bein scalped now
Why don't our fellers get up ratification
meetin ) and start the thing? Where
all our speakers who used to go arouNd
calm the democrats copper-heads and
rebels, and seeesh, and southern sympa.
thlzers, and traitors aud other pet names?
Where's all them Ku Klux stories that
we was goin' to fire the northern heart
with Why amt they brought out and
shot of? Thinkin maybe I don't un
derstand the policy that is goin' to be
persued IN this campaign, thought I'd
20 oD a investigatin' tour and see what
was the matter. Meetin a staunch Re
publican in whom there is no Greeley, |
said to him
Nv hats the matter with you fellers
Why don't you get up some enthusiasm
over Grants nomioatiou?"
"Enthuse thuuderl" says he; whats
there to enthuse about? Everybody
kuowed that Grant was going to be nom.
mated six months ago"
"Well, but it amt often that man
gets unanimous nomination
Unanimous bosh-it aiot often that
man takes such measures to get il. and
it amt likely to do him much good if he
does"
"Well, but you wanted Graut nomi
mated didn't you?'
''Yes, but there wasn't any use Of his
bein' so hoggish about it--he M ght have
give somebody else some kind of show +"
You ought to get up little enthusi-
asm anyhow"
Now, look here, Brix, that's played
out. Do you suppose I'm goin to run
the chance of gettin' into the lunatic asy
Ium by holleriu for Grant when all
other fellers keep their mouths shut?
Grants nomination was a good enough
thing. but they overdid the job-they
piled it on too thick-they overloaded
The public stomach"
This little conversation didn't soothe
my spirits much, but then l thought
maybe he was kind of cold blooded, or
had joined the Good Templars.
Coin up street, | met the Postmaster,
and thought he ought to be enthusi
astic if anybody was, so l said to him /
"Hurrah for Grant,"
He looked at me as if were an es
capped lunatic. Says l.
"Ain't that your ticket?"
eyes, of course
"Well, then, why don't you holler?"
81 haven't got any order from head
quarters to that effect yet"
You uDgrateful scouadrel, can't you
holer without orders ?'
You don't suppose m goin to make
4 darned ass of myself unless | have to,
10 you p
got so mad at this recipient of the
Presidents bounty, and lukewarmness /
IF Republicans in general that / con-
,luded to get some enthusiasm for Grant 1
IN my own hook. I'd show these timld |
patriots that there was one man who ap. /
lreciated a unanimous nomination. So
went and took about five fingers of
Bourbon, and then | went out in the
middle Of the street and gave three
heers for General Grant, the unanimous
lominee of the Republican party AS
his didn't attract any particular amount
# attention. l repeated the dose and
wung my hat in the bargain. In about
i've minutes l bad a crowd of boys and
wo policemen at my heels.
The boys said was drunk. and the
policemen said if didn'tquit disiurbin'
he peace they'd lock me up in the Gala
,oose. / went home lamentin' the
ack of enthusiastic patriotism in the
breast.