The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
Brag and Buster.

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The idiotic editors and orators who
are trying to "6re the popular heart"
with though hts of war on behalf of their
favorite candidates deserve the severest
censure of every patriot. The loss of
a post Office or collectorship may be Of
considerable moment to them, but the
great mass Of the people, who are try
ing to get living by honest work, care
but little who manipulates the mails, or
collects the whiskey tax. They want
this stupid squabble between two sets
Of ofice-holders and ofice-seekers to be
promptly settled, SO that they can go
about their business without being con-
stantly disturbed by the "slogan'' of
brawling towards. They are disgusted
with the whole miserable farce Of inves-
legations and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
none Of which is intended to elicit the
facts, but to deceive and delude the peo.
pie into nefarious party schemes. They
know that there is no intention on either
side to permit an honest count of the
votes, if by any amount of cheating and
false swearing they can compass their
own success. Fraud failing them, they
propose to arm one state against an
other, and disorganize the whole system
of government to obtain mere party
triumph.
Very possibly none of these noisy or
gan-grinders has ever considered what
such a war would mean. If they have
ever thought Of it at al, it has been
with the idea Of obtaining contracts by
which they could cheat both the govern
ment and the soldiers, as they did in
the last war. But it would be impossi-
BILE to localize such struggle. Iowa
might be conquered and laid waste by
Missouri; New England by New York
or half of one state might be arrayed
against the other half, with destruction
of life and property such as the world
has never before witnessed. The worst
elements of the population-the drege
of the large cities-would be let loose
to plunder and slay and outrage, and
the hideous scenes of Servia might be
re-enacted here, with added horrors
There are at least half million of able
bodied tramps and criminals in the
country, who would be only too happy
to take advantage of such an opportuni'
ty to glut their passions at the expense
of their industrious and virtuous neigh.
bors. The horrible crimes they have
committed during the past year in vari.
Gus parts of the country, with the pros.
pect of almost certain vengeance before
them, will serve to show what might be
expected could they hope to escape with
;mpunlty. ....-... ...... -.
Under these circumstances, it j.
nothing less than treason to the public
to print and utter such sentiments as
have been presented to the people dur.
ing the last few days. The men who
thus dare to take advantage of their
positions as editors or orators to SOW
discord and strife broadcast over the
land, in the present excited state of the
public mind, deserve to be tied to the
nearest lamp-post and flogged without
mercy. And, were not the American
people the most patient and good-natur.
ed race on the face of the earth, such
would have been their fate before this.
It was they, and such as they, with
their noisy bluster, that urged the peo
pie into the last civil war, and should
this present quarrel ever come to blows
they will be remembered as it's instiga
tors, and punished accordingly.-Pot
ron's Helper.
NJ %. WERNER.