The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-16
ruI MO srNsATION.

THE Ni6 sbsShttVN'
The Centennial Exposition, which
IL To take plncc In Philadelphia, on tho
4th day Of July, 1876, Is the all en-
crossing topic among the shoddyites,
bondholdcrs, oiliccholders and monop'
lists of the great North Every prep
aration to make II u grand affair, asuh'
lime national success, has already been
discussed by those having the matter
i'm charge, and by the time the rat
killing will commence, we suspect
that all thing essential to the display
Of our government, "the best the sun
ever shone upon" will be In perfect |
readiness for the.occaslon. From now
on everything will be Centennial.
Fashions will he shaped In accordance
with the meaning of the term, ana All
its qualifications he governed by Cen
tennial rules and regulations We
will have Centennial hats and coats
and pants, in which our Centennial
folly can he fully displayed, as We
tramp through this world in Centen-
NAL boots, manufactured Ivy the vota-
ries of the Centennial cause. We don't
take much stocl, in this Centennial
sensation. There Is an undercurrent
of toadyism beneath this movement
that we cannot commend. lis origin
ators have but one idea to advance III
arranging this fraud that il to cost the
laboring element of this country hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, and that
idea is to glorify the "whisky suclier,'
now running the government rs he
regales himself in his "cottage by the
sea-" The Arrangement Of individual
lights is just little too ludi-
crous for our way of thinking.
We can not harmonize the fact
that it is altogether pro- er to put
George Washington and L. S. Grant
side by side-onereprcsenting the foun-
der, the other the savior of this mighty
nation. 1t looks as if we were coming
out at the "littie end of the horn," and
this kind of manifestation Is more the
source of modification than of joy to
the sensible man who can impartially
look on this picture, then on that"
and in them read the significant differ
ence between those days and these.
We fail to discover anywhere in this
meek of woods" that lies South OF
Mason's and Dixon's boundary lines,
anything worth showing, and IN fact
so faras the Government is concerned,
we are of the opinion that too much has
beenexposed already for its credit and
reputablity. If the Mobiierites, back
pa ythieves, bondholdcrs and monopo-
lists of the country can be Gagged for
the occasion, it might be well enough
to call the American people together to
witness the miserable degradation that
has come upon the Government found
ed an hundred years ago, by men whose
patriotism and honesty spurned steal
ing in any shape, even from the Gov
eminent they We're called to admins
ter. We would like to sec this sort of
an Exposition, and would not object
to assist the Committee of Arrange
ments in preparing a suitable pro-
gramme for the occasion. We would
place Beast Butler in a cage to himself,
and provide Il negro legislator to feed
him on 80 bonds, with one of the
spoons he carried from New Orleans,
with as much glory as the Romans
once bore their triumphs into their
Seven Hill Capital, by the the Tiber
General Grant should also be honored
with single cage. We would place
him recumbent, his head resting upon
the bosom of n Digger squaw and his
feet moderately elevated upon a pile OF
rebel skulls. In front of him and in
easy reach of his ready hand should he
placed a bottle of "Robnson county,"
and close by it box of the best i'm
ported Cuba-siX cigars. These we would
obtain from Tom Murphy, if possible,
he being one of the most liberal con-
tributors to the Centennial President,
whom the lamcntcd Jim Fisk was wont
TO denOminate as the "national hog"
From his month q cloud of curling
smoke should issue ever and anon, OBJ
scuring the plara,d that should deco
rate the rear wall of his apartment,
and on which we W aid have inscribed:
sTThe National ASS, crown too fat for
service by the over kindness of his
Keepers The back pay thieves we
would cage together. IN the center of
their enclosure we would place n pot of
"chicken pie" 1t would afford the
spectators great deal Of amusement to
see the thieves devOur this prOcepdcr.
In the last cage we would place the
bandholders all together, and under its
floor arrange charge Of twenty tons
of nitro-glycerine, and conclude the
Exposition by touching it off, and thus
afford a magnificent opportunity for
fun to the children, who would be al
lowed to pick up the splinters and
carry them home as "gentle reminders
of the best Centennial Exposition the
world ever saw.
THE WHITE MANS PARTy AND THE
BLACK MANS Party.
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