Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-11-28

rut h.. 1i,s down To- theirs as in prayer.
r9t the.r hands O. Als meek and ST. blessed tisfa,
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..,.,.., IN, 80,
Neathtr''ek John had now served TWO
years 40 the honorable tungre-- of the
United states, after such fashion that,
could be have had hiS deserts, be would
have served ten more IN lal. Bnt-aS the
mountain brgaui~ oi 6reece and the muni-
cipal hghWaymc1 ot New York can both
,estiy-it is not the custom oi some COM
mgnitie- 10 execute Justice upon criminals.
-, long injustice i- procumhle Cor love tor
money. Moreover. aIr iruomluipu- ule;uhcr
had the far been able 90 keen ihst cardinal
eleventh commandment. -.Th.a -aalj NOS De
f1auj out.' he was 5tii war~hippeI hy She
simple ANA ioaiy masses ot bis district a-
Honest John Nauc. and. mthmore. he
bad store oi thar golden ul which Is one ai
The ha- ofaA lgh'icatpr !1i the wheels at
political fortune
Thus instead o. ,ing 3, sat treal.mill
ana becoming an object of reyrrential pity to
-eutimcutal ubi.anthrup~t-, De went into q
canvass for reelection at the head Of faith
u flock of ialiug aihe-eut-. who did not
See how Doe hI3 LED them through the bram-
b.c- Of needles taXlton, and who were 50
bewitchel With the instinct Of following
beilwether that, had they discovered all of
Nane's ignorance and rascalitv. they would
not have deserted him Not that De bought
the popular suffrage with money, or could
Do IT, Thanks be o. the remaining lnercv of
Heaven, few treemen as Yet sell their vote=
ia Slowburgh Having no .eculent -ystem
oi special legislation to Tot them with its
dripping, they are for the most part Of
sjdnder morals than the alrenturers who
y1utriyc t7 repre- ent them. Bat there were
Wirepuliers 10 DE t0nclatei, omtorieal
forums 60 be hired, posters and ballots to be
printed, y0.e-di7rrlbuter5 10 be paid Nane's
uthes from his relief and subsidy bills GOV
cred these expense nicely, and 70 the entire
abstraction of an enlightened aud moral con
7,ituency fond OF economy in national leEi=-
lation, and b9a-ttul of the honesty which a
repu tllc j. supp ei 90 generate.
OF course he found the iankins privilege
as useful as If be had never denounced H.
Tie was almost grateful ia these campaign
ing days for the congressional in-iEnitcauce
which had di~ena1ied him from reforming
that abuse \ ~o-callcd secretary, whom be
had lctt in Washington with several th'u-
sand "Hanks, sold one hai 90 those auto
graphs as his uNa perqui-ite, ana de.rged
Naue field oi labor with he other half.
Every mechanic 900 oNhcr-h got report
30 agriculture. and every farmer gotta re
port on manuiaeiur55 Inc pee,he which
tae -o-oa-leI secretary had written. aud
which oGr member had obtained leave %
PRINT in the Congressional Globe without
preliminary delivery, fell IN such abundant
-A1wer thr1u -hOut tlr district tAai il was
q wonder they had not been toretold in the
almanac. The Wa-hingtonln assistant, by
the way. must have been fellow of some
ability; he managed this system of political
irrigation not only with ylgor, but with
Judgment. For example, among all the pub
Ac documents with which he irucutel SLOW
hurgh, there was not q single copy Of the
Report on the Corruption of Member OF
t1ngre--- Ii was JudlcioU-, certainly ior
had we been brought 10 remember the IN
fanny of Matte7on, we might NOT have been
-l happy IN voting Tor anc.
There was, indeed, one ugly week, when
t seemed as d the torches OF our nocturnal
pr0ression> hurned blue, and We almost fear
ri 20 look az olr candidate lest we should
see signs of unworthineS> in his face Ger
tain lobbyists. who had not been able 60 get
what they thought their allowance of eggs
out of the Hen per-ualer, set aHoat yindic-
tive -torie- to the effect that that wonderful
financial machine was nothing puta contri,-
auce To corrupt Congrcs=mcn into voting fa-
,ars to the Great Sahhlyial. and that it- re-
tanning fees had been pocketel hv some of
the most famous champion OF our party.
.ach a. Christian. Orrathelrt. and Honest
John Yane
These .tarsa4 were l.iekei up and a-ei
Dog ammunition Lv brazeu opposition which
was ar laep in the mud rs We were In the
mire Every shot spread CONSERVATION
through our array. There wa danger lest
W. should set up the Gaulish war-cry of
Mons ,5uu.s rims. and either finch from
the poIl- ar vote q -p.ir ticket. Even the
political rricstho,l Of wirepuller>. who
taod about ,auc as tine Scotch Presbyterian
other nomination. Bat in the end this Sc
Ie,t and tried synagogue (af Satan0 decided
10 stick 10 their candidate and to patch up
th. rents in his ephol TFey began by