, 1873-10-10
BAN ASHTON AS BRUTUB,


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BAN ASHTON AS BRUTUg
at lust tho community ia gratiaed In dlscov-
erlng tho rcaHon why, during tho 1aas quarter Of
n century, san,nahton Inns boon engaged in run
ming for most OF tho Offices which havo needed |
filling. Ills qualifications for olfco havo always
boon mystery to Intelligent people, mud, after
several ycars Of uninterrupted experience In |
aooing hiH namn upon tickots, they had como to |
regard 1t aa ono Of tho inevitable things Of this
world, like measles, houae-aeH, and mosquitoes,
and always accepted it in that manner. Now,
howovor, 6amashton has lot out tho &C.
cret. It Is oourngo. Not that vain boast-
ing OF Dombastos. who challenged tho
world to diaplaco his boots, nor tho eagor and
physical courage Of him who COOS round with q
chip on bis shoulder, begging somebody to bo 80
good as to knock 1t or. Tho courage OF san-
aahton Is Of q highor and noblor typo. It is
purely moral, and warranted to wash on every
1y armed In honesty that bo can let all roproaches
pass by him like the idle wind and not regard
them.
It is d characteristic Of the truly great that
their sterling qualities only como to the surface
In great emergencies. So It has proved
with samashton, Had 1t not been for the
fact that tho Times building hes been 90 tenant
lesa that not even that famous old Dansheo has
boon disturbed In hfs midnight howlings among
tho raftera, samashton'a courage might still
have boon elumbering, and tho city novor droana-
ed Of the moral horo walking its streets. Had
1t not boen for tho fact that tho Hosing O'Hara
faction. Of which samashton is magma pars,
WAS In sore straitB samashton and tho six other
bummerH or rathor tho aix othor moral heroes
(for tho great emergency unearthed half-ardozen
have had the courage to tell tho pro-
prietor Of tho Chicago Times TINT they wore
not afraid Of him or any othor man. It requires
no ordinary boldnoss for tenant to inform hla
landlord, prior to moving in, that ho don't care
for him or any other blasted landlord. It ahows
extraordinary moral courage to walk deliberately
into the pig-pon, casting pearls from tho County
Treasury, whom tho occupant thereof at any
moment may turn ind rend you. But such
courage as Samaslton's always carrios its own
reward withit. The majesty ind dignity Of moral
heroism arc always ovorpoworing, and thoy
wero so IN this instance. The Times, which had
all along boen assailing Sanashton and Cray
ford, and Hosing and O'Hara, quit all at once,
| when it was informed 1tat tho launtleBs seven
wero not afraid Of 1t, and it Is 80 Bcarcd That 1t
will Htay quit just 40 long as these moral heroes
| remain On its grounds. Six thousand dollars, or
half that sum, is IN unusual sight In tAat Office,
and probably helped Sanashton's moral courago
| in soaring tho Times.
While wo are disposed to congratulate our
| county Drutus upon his outbreak Of moral
courage, VIC are also disposed to congratulate
Fifth avenue on tho treaty Of peace which has
| just boen concluded an such inexpensive terms,
and tho mutual good will between the Times and
| it's neighbor ovor tho way. On the basis Of
$4,000 yoar, tho HeHing party are no longer
Bausago-eators, they don't smell buddy,
| thoy trado at the stores, tloy havo ordi-
nary intelligence, they are not all balloons,
aud clowns. and Sans culottos, and Bgmarck's
cattlo, as tho Times informed Its readers three
or four weeks ago. That is the way they looked
| to the Times before Bamashton showed his
moral courage.
+. s.-sinco writing tho above, VIC learn that
samaslton ia getting weak IN the back, and that
| he and his lalf-dczon moral heroes are begin
ming to Bhivor, and have postponed the matter
of taking apartments in tho Times building for
short time. II this bo 30, samasl,ton and
Anthonyhesing and Danielohara must prepare
themselves for thunder au round the eky near
tho corner OF Fifth avenue and Washington
Having after all these years discovered q quail
flcation in samashton for oflicoholding, it would
be cruel disappointment to learn after all TINT
he has done. It will be equally lard for tho
Times, which had just commenced to practice on
beer and sausage, and was beginning to like
them, to give them up. It would be tho CROWN
ing misfortune Of al If, aftor VIC had commenced
to admire samashton as tho honest Drutus, ho
should turn out to be only lean and hungry
| CaBaus aftor all.
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TAXES on FRANCHISES.
The Springfield Journal wastoa its space in
trying to have controversy with this paper on
tile subject Of taxing franchises. Wo have al
ways inBiHtod that franchises arc taxable in this
State. and layo during many years urged that
| the State should obtain royouuo from that