Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-25


A Coon LEssoN-THE NEwsPAPER.-
How often does newspaper article, OF
twenty lines, contain more true wisdom |
and useful instruction than one half the |
duoaecimo volumes that make up the
great bulk of our current literature -
with all its errors-and they are necessa-
rily many-with its occasional bad tenn
per and its frequent bad manners; with
all the sins that the greatest enemy Of a
free press can lay at its door, the news
paper is yet a priceless treasure. Next
to a faithful wife, it is mans truest friend;
next to her bible it is wOman's best com
panion Where, but from her bible or
her newspaper, does woman get lessons
like the one which follows? Where, but
for his newspaper or his wife, can man
imbibe such wisdom every morning with
his coffee?
ST learned one lesson when was lit
tie EiFI, '1says a lady cone frosty morn
ing / was looking out of the window in
to my fathers barn yard, where stood
many COWS, oxen, and horses waiting to
drink. The cattle stood very still and
meek, till one of the cows, in trying to
turn round, happened to hit her next
neighbOr, whereupOn the neighbOr kick
cd and hit another. In five minutes the
whole herd were kicking each other with
great fury
My mother laughed and said, 'see Row
what comes of kicking when you are hit
Just so have l seen one cross word set
whole family by the ears some frosty
morning.
Afterwards, when my brothers or my
self, were little irritable, she would
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in the barn yard began" Never return
kick for a hit, and you will save your
self great deal of trouble"
This little lesson, so full of wisdom, we
clip from one of our country exchange
papers, where it appears among a dozen
other ''unconsidered trifes," some of
them more beautiful and almost as good
as it. 1t makes no matter that it comes
down all the way from the Mount of Oh
ives, through eighteen hundred years of
strife and error, simple echo of the
tones of his voice who Spake as never
man spake-all the better for that. 1t is
simple, practical lesson, adapted in the
form it nov wears to every day life, and
every position in life, and can be under
stood and applied by the very youngest
as well as the old. Yet it is little news
paper article, only some twenty lines in
length.
We shall make an application of the a.
bove little story to the Democratic party,
with the hope that good may result from
it.
A year ago all was calm and peaceful
in the Democratic ranks. The great body
of the people who had been so long OPP
pressed by the Radical party, became
cheerful at the dawn of prosperity that
would follow change of rulers. Men
of different States and different sections,
congratulated each other on the perfect
harmony of the party all over the land
Nationality, and an honest and economi-
cal administration of the government
was the leading object of all honest men
A few months, however, after the tri-
umph of the Democratic party in most OF
the State elections, and every thing seem
ed bright for a great national victory in
1876, q few men of the party discovered
all of a sudden, that this harmony hi
them in their aspirations to office, so they
turned around, raised the currency ques-
tion, and hit their next neighbours
Thcreupon they kicked back, but instead
of hitting what they aimed at, struck
their neighbor, and In short time this
fight became general in the national pas
ture, and at this time ''thc whole herd
are kicking each other with great fury
See now what comes of kicking when
you are hit. And well may politicians
learn a lesson from the twenty lines a
bove quoted.
We warn our Democratic friends a.
gainst kicking at each other for mere tri-
fies. Concentrate all your forces, and
with the steady step of veteran soldiers,
having the glory and prosperity of the
country in view, move, as one man, a
gainst the present corrupt administers
ton, and success will perch upon your
banner. First get rid of the Radical par
ty, and then, if you must kick each 9th
er, go at it until you are satisfied. But
until then, no kicking in the Democratic
ranks,