The Van Buren press., 1876-08-22
: He that Is Not for Ne, is Against Me- u


er,' by an illustration, A large number
Of posts, exactly alike, supported the
upper walls. The teacher would cal
our attention to three of them. Is tht
first ono like the third 7" " Yes, sir
!" And the second one like the first 2
Yes, sir Then the three must, nee
essarilN, be alike
Wilcox, the editor of a soit.shell tade.
! pendent democratic paper, says he cannot
in any way, commit himself to the dem.
ocratie candidate for sheriff, in opposi.
tion to radical And yet this mons
trous mass of Inconsistency and political
iniquity, has the impudencc to caH him
self democrat Let us examine into
he truth of the declaration. Is that man
a democrat who, openly or covertly, sup
ports radical instead of democrat for
any position SrfIf RI that man democrat
who writes out, With his own hand, a call
for him to rurtSor the legislature, and
sends it all over the county, actually beg
gtag, aye, praying for, democratic votes
and then, after securing such signatures,
deserving them, to hob-knob and suck
thumbs with the radicals? Is that man
a democrat that torgets honor, consist
cney, decency and principle, in order to
obtain that support from the radicals
which he kaotns he CANNOT receive from
the democrats? Is that man n demo-
/ crat who pretends to want the support of
the democracy, and yet writes private
letters all over the county, to leading re-
pubIicans ugtag them to" " support him,
or democrat Is sure to be eleeted?' An
swer these questions for yourselves, and
remember, " He that is not for me is
against me, and he that gathereth not
with me, scdttereM abroad The veriest
misereant that cvermovcd or had a be-
ing, can oupromise the purest and most
conduct ani actions of an individual
that give him character, rather than the
heartless, vapid and tallacious utteranees
Of his lips. The acts and character of
Mr.. Wilcox are before you. With that
oily, but notwithstanding tongue, he
will make YOU golden-mouthed promises
he will delight your ears with the beau
itp1 nf h,s ,,.,1l t,I
tenees; but you must not be deluded by
the plausible talk of this political siren.
Watch his actions; scan closely his con-
duct; observe the inharmony Of the one
with the other and you will then dis
cover the areh-cunning, the false posi-
ton, the unadultcrated hypocrisy, and
the political treachery, which are the
only RECOMMENDATIONS which the office.
seeking editor Of the Argus can present
for the position he is beqgiag of the
people. Do not his epery move and act
give the lie to his words, and show to
every one that, instead of being the
democrat which he so gandiloquently
Processes, he is in colusion with Grady
against Winfrey, and the same unchang
ed political flea that he has been for the
past two years. He that is not for me
is against me, and he that gathereth no,
with me, scattcrcth abroad This polit
cal juniper is not for us. He is doing al
he can TO aid in the election of radical
Sheriff. He is fishing for radical votes. in
order TO defeat a democrat to the legislc
ture. He has no conscientious scruplcs
Will resort to any eXpedient, no mat ten
how dlsgraeeiul, or any trick, no matter
how low or contemplate, which will al,
him in the fruition Of his political hope,
and ambitions. Granville, the great
ere long, will exclaim, with the hnmilia
ted Wolsey, Farewell, n tong farewell
to al my greatness"
We said, above, that "things that wcr,
equal to the same things were equal tc
each other and gave our school-teach
ers' manner of proving the proposition
We said also that axiom was as applca
bic to politics and science as to mathc
matics and we expect to prove it in tn,
former case, by an illustration. Let II.
take three politicians and endeavor tc
discover their political creeds by com
parison. There can be no doubt abou,
two of them, They are confessed and
protessed radicals. The otheris us "un
stable as water" and as uncertain as the
omnipresent flea. How, then, our read
ers will inquire how this political myste.
ry stands m the matter Easily enough,
by an application of our axiom. Grady
is like Warren, and they are both radi
calls. Wilcox is like Grady, and Warren
and Grady being alike politically, there
fore Granville is a simon-purc, constitu
tional and out radicaled radical because
dear Grannie, things that are equal to
the same things, are equal to each other.
Such is the character of the man who
asks the votes Of democrats for the leg
islatnre. Can YOU, consistently, support
such political quibbler? Is he honest
politically? OF course not. Have YOU