The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-09-17
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Madness and MigerY.
EDITOR ENQUIRER:

"oiuaSoSue brought me to the sur
facesto iaidin exposing the abom-
nations Of THE Radical party, it is
certainly q, good omen, and / am
greatly obliged to johnny for send
ing out the welcome news. But
haze it come from some more rella-
BILE SOURCE u wonlae feel more like
rejoicing @tn6the prospect of a
healthier political sentiment in his
little midst. The era Of dema-
gognes is bringing to the surface,
in every State an uncompromising,
elementwhich boldlyasays our tenn
pie of liberty is made q den of
thieves.
An element that finds attterdnce
at the hands OF every man who
loves his country more and party
less, and siekens at the sight Of a
debauched and trucking Congress,
getusing to defend its own dign ity
an element hat fears not the lash
Of d waning party, but bids def
ance' to- the behests OF a band of
unscrupulous demagogpes whose
fangs are fastened in the throat Of
the nation, and whose uncovered
sins have gone before them to the
Judgment, d memorial against them.
An element born of the fact that
few are made rich by the powers
that be, at the expense Of the many.
An element which makes the most
bull headed republicans Believe and
tremblc; that Is, they believe they
are weighed in the balance and
found wanting, by the court of an
outraged and indignant people
whose edict has gone forth that
America shall no longer plumber
Americans. q" rr.'a. iniNfI' .
The very best thing that Johnny
can donis to hang up his fddleand
hunt an outlet for his energies in
some other line, where truth and
other qualities attractive to men
are virtues, unknown, which would
give no occasion to speak of his
betters; for getting in the dirt to
puncture such an inflated block
head is pretty low business, and a
waste of time, besides the humilia-
ton one feels in the act, He has
gathered up the shattered remains
of his last winters contest, and be-
gins to exhibit the compound Of
two snakes to one human, rs though
he thought the public had forgot
ten him. uutaia'u gH'3fu .l.aaHg
When Mackey took him across
his knees, and gave him those APP
propriate slaps for whitewashing
John T. Wilson, silent observers
were hoping the sting might leave
behind some lingering sense of
shame; but when the head is void,
it is u difficult job to administer
sense by the best Of human inyen-
tons. So the. Contamination adj
ministered by the Jackson Stan
ddrd was like putting a blister on
the rump of a jack to check the
growth of his ears.
He has raised himselfto the stan
dard Of boot black for salary-steal-
ers, which is one notch higher than
the bent Of his genius would natu-
rally run How one ear mingle in
politics against the Republican
party, unless moved by sinister
motives, is u problem that never
gets through his half-inch skull,
and probably never will. His as
s%ertion that my appointment as
delegate to the 9th Of August con
vention was solicited by me, is
simply an index togthe kingdom of
darkness from whence he draws
his political inspiration, and with
err his party is tending; for some
are blind, some are deaf, and some
are both; while the leaders, who
fear neither God nor man. have
constant communication with the
boss of that empire. Whether Ra-
per, whose other name is John, be-
longs to the first or latter class is a
matter Of no Importance, though
easily told; for nature, designing
for shallow water, brands her work
with a. definite STAMP. If royal
blood is the boast of his race, it
ended when he began, or his pa
rents have greatly sihhed which
brought this living Judgment upon
them. %.lIIn99lT .gq0J
If he intends to ape the profess
sion Of journalism tho rest Of his
days, as he he's thus far he should
move his den to'the deepest shade,
stand Tony at the hole with an al
der brush to keep the bltieilies at bay
until the frosts Of autumn appear,
and then take hipfortncnorth polar
sea, with the flag OF distress thrown