The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-16
THE FILTHY POOL. /"

THE FILTHY POOL"
The political pool Is spouting like a
geyser. II the declarations Of mans
rights newspapers are to be trusted, the
men which the troubled pool Is retchlng
TO cast forth, as we'll as those who are
already elected, are all moral monstros-
itles-hybrids between humanity and
Satan-whose public positions are those
Of sycophany and plunder and whose
hold upon the National Golfers is that
Of consummate outlawry, acquired by
fraud and held possession of through
bribery and shameless connivance at
all manner of wickedness. Day after
day the outs Of Office assail the ins, and
it has come to that that any man who
holds Federal position, from postmas-
ter to Cabinet officer, becomes at once
the target for all manner OF missiles, no
matter how conscientiously he may dis
charge his duties.
This state of public sentiment be-
tokens feverish, unhealthy condition
of the body polite. 1t proves that the
outs, who were once In, know how it is
themselves excuse the slang-there Is
no other thought 80 expressive). 1t
proves, too, that the remedy does not
consist simply in getting the ins out
and the outs in; for this reputed remedy
has been tried so often without success
that everybody except interested outs
have lost faith in il. But it Is well
known among physicians that any i'm
pure condition of the system arises
from some existing cause, and that, If
the case is not utterly hopeless, the
cause may be removed, and that the re-
moval of this cause is the only proper
or lasting remedy.
This tax-paying Nation has watched
the rise and progress OF the old Whlg
and Democratic parties; has seen both
in their youth, maturity, old age and
dissolution. IL has seen the Republi-
can party, born OF the expiring Whig
organization, taking the lead for the
last decade, and conquerlng a mighty
Rsbelllon-issue of the expiring throes
of old, rotten Democracy. II now sees
the Republican party evincing failure
10 learn wisdom from the dissolution Of
its predecessors, and giving out unmis-
taxable evidence Of a speedy demise.
And unless 1t shall drink anew of the
grand fountain of Human Rights-to
which II owes its present lease OF
pOwer-this same Nation Is destined TO
see this party fall to pieces from its own
engendered rottenness. On the other
hand, the Democratic party is being
born anew from the carcass of the expir-
ing Rebellion. Its lusty cries for Gov
ernment tactical are being heard in the
land, and Aunt Columbla-mother-
hearted old maiden that she is-is begin
ing TO yearn for the famishing infant.
But what can the Nation expect from
the resuscitation of this party, conceived
in sin and brought forth in iniquity
Our Republican brethren may hug the
delusion that their party is yet strong
and vigorous as tightly a. they may, but
we assure them that this vigorous bant-
ling Of the dead Rebellion will soon
make outs Of them and an in Of itself,
If they do not do speedy justice to the
Israelites in their house OF bondage,
even the women of the Republic. The
party that ceases TO progress deserves to
die, and In the course Of nature, must
die. The Republican party has SEEM
ingly lost the idea Of progression. It
repOses in that state of carnal security
which naturally comes of an Ovsr-gorge
OF Federal nourishment. We call upon
il to WAKE Up. The illegitimate off,
spring OF dead Democracy and dying
Rebellion, which has been christened
Democratic party, with its inherited
ideas of caste born Of slavery, Is daily
growing stronger and It's allies more con-
hdent. This young child believes in
sexual suffrage, or an arlstocracy of sex.
You profess 10 believe in Human
Rights and the administration of jus-
lice. The young party is taking advan-
tage OF your feeling Of carnal security.
and has engaged the outs from your
ranks TO oust you from the filthy noolu
so that the Democratic child NAV feed
undisturbed, at the public crib
Now, be warned, We pray Won. and
cleanse the pool while the power stir
remains with you to do so. Open the
fiood-gates of woman's influence. that
the great, exuiting and aboundInv
river OF lOng-pent political publication
may have opportunity to cleanse the
Augean stables in which your filthy
pool lies stagnatlng. Do this and you
will not die. Refuse, and there is no
power, Of heaven or Of men, that can
save you from the eneroaching impor-
tunities of young Democracy.