The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-03-28
THE INDEPENDENT MiNNOw AND
THE DEMOCRATIC WHALE "A
PROPORTION.


PROPON1T1ON.
The Decatur Tines, an able organ Of
the Independent party, addressing us by
name, says, In a careless, oh-hand man
ner: "You are too good patriot to let
the opportunity go by for doing some
good for your country. Now, If the
Democracy and Independents should
agree to support man like Judge Davis
for the presidency, and good men for
congress throughout the State, there
need not be much quarrelling over the
state ticket. All that would have to be
done would be for the Democracy to
support IT,
Why, certainly. And how are we to
do good, at this particular exigency, for
our country? Nothing is palmer. All
that is expected Of us, is to advocate the
policy Of permitting the Independent min.
now to swallow the Democratic whale.
And why should we notg Has the Dem.
ocratic whale any rights the Independ-
ent mnnow Is bound to respect? Quick
Of movement, 1t darts about the big hulk
of the lazy fish, saying "Sec here, now;
you're OF no further use in this pond
you're as useless and not half so danger
'ous as the Radical shark; You have even
ceased to bic ornamental. Alone. I'm too
little to amount to much in these political
waters, but you and | together could
swim In triumph. Now, you must un.
'derstand, that | can't follow you, al
though | hate the shark more than do
you. You amt proper fish to be fol-
lowed by an honest one. I say this
frankly and with the hope that won't
Offend, because, separated. you and are
both sure to be whipped. We must
swim together; and therefore, since my
'self-respect will not permit me to be
swallowed by You, or to even follow at
your tail as an ally, please turn over,
without any more ado, and let me swal.
low you. My boundless arrogance has
stomach for you ALL" This is what the
Times means when 1t says: "All that is
necessary is for the Democracy to vote
the Independent State Ticket
Patriotic US we are, we cannot advise
the Democratic whale to turn over and
be swallowed; but we do not wish to be
considered unreasonable, and are there
fore willing to meet our Independent
friends half way. We will agree that,
for the common good, the Independent.
minnow and the Democratic whale shall
swallow each other. Why not? Let the
whale take into its mouth the tail of the
minnOw, and the minnow take into It's
mouth the tail Of the whale, and then
proceed to swallow each other. BY the
result we will abide. But, it may he
| said, that, since there Is so much more OF
the whale to swallow than of the min
now, the minnow would not be enabled
to swallow the whale before 1t was
swallowed. This is true, and we are
willing to agree TO anything that may
make the matter even. We would there
fore suggest that the minnow be per-
mtted to swallow the whale rs many
times faster than the whale swallows the
minnow as the whale is larger than the
minnow. In this way the last of the
whale would be swallowed at the precise
moment the last of the minnow was
swallowed, and all would be well--the
result would he satisfactory to boil, DEM
ocrats and Independents.
We make this proposition in good faith
and invite to 1t the prayerful attention OF
our Independent friends, who should
make no objection to it. We are conf
dent they will not, after they have con-
suited kewanee, their leader. He will
tell them that deglutition of the Democ-
racy would greatly entertain their party
and result In its rapid growth into huge
proportions. On their part, the Demo-
Gratis would have no reason to object, as
they may learn upon consultation with
Mr.. Merritt, their mentor. lie will tell
them that the act of swallowing the In.
would be as easy as Radical
lying-that the Democracy could take
down the little Independent sardine as
easily as man swallows an oyster, and
could pass 1t after digestion-after 1t had
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