The Republican journal., 1877-11-15
The Foundation Of the Opinion Offioe, and
of the Democracy, according to Levi.

of the Democracy, according to Levi.
We had occasion, some time since, to
consider the question whether rum and
Democracy are inseparably connected.
The conclusion to which we then arrived
was that the two were not of necessity
joined, and could not be, without great
harm to at least one member of the part
nership. In fact, we never knew anv
person or association to enter into such a
firm, and do anything like heavy bust
ness, without getting flung in the end.
And as we hope not to see the Demo-
cratic party in that condition, we have
advised against such business connec-
ton.
The violence with which this calm and
as we still think judicious suggestion was
assailed by the Rockland Opinion, led us
to suspect that, like the partridge futter-
ing through the underbrush, its nest had
been disturbed. As matter of fact there
aOas trouble Of that kind. The eggs on
which the publisher and editor were sit
ting had been disturbed. 1t seems that
the basement of the Opinion office was
ruthlessly invaded by the police, not long
ago, armed with a search and seizure
warrant. AS result there were brought
forth and loaded on cart, according to
the court record, the following articles
case sherry wine
demiohn Angelica wine.
demohns gin
barrel whiskev, 43 gallons full.
barrel whiskey.
case gin.
case whiskey.
We are told, in the melodious verse of
Campbell that
Hope, for season, bade the world farewell
And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell
What Hope did, or where she went,
when that load was started, or whether
"the Golden Eagle" that perches above
"the Opinion drug store" was moved to
shrek, or do anything whatever, we are
not informed. Policemen are very matter
OF fact fellows, and don't indulge much in
poetry or flights Of fancy. But the liquor
moved away, in solemn and guarded pro-
cession. If rum and Democracy had been
lnseparably connected, there was then and
there sudden and forcibe divorce. When
we read the published account of this be-
reavement, we imagined the proprietor of
the Opinion, and the Opinion drug store,
falling into the procession as the solitary
mourner, reciting the invocation of Tobias
Smollett-
THY SPIRIT independence let us share.
Lord OF the hon heart and eagle eye:
Thy steps follow, with my bosom bare,
Nor heed the storm that hows along the sky
Another and more famous poet AYERS
that
There's naught no doubt so much the spirit calms.
AS rum and true religion"
Having lost the first named soothing
influence, and the latter not being among
the prescriptions carefully compounded
at the Opinion drug store" nor yet on
the list Of leading patent medicines con
stantly on sale, the agitation of the COM
Dined publisher and apothecary are ac-
counted for. 1t is indeed a pitiable case.
There are some theories and arguments
that disprove themselves A paper that
by its weekly utterances insists upon yok-
ing a party to a blatant and bOmbastic
advocacy of rum, might be looked upon
as simply foolish; but when such reve-
lation as we record, shows the concern to
actually have cases of gin for corner
stones, and barrels of whiskey for pillars,
thus eXemplifying its teaching and tend
ency, there will be raised a universal
laugh. The Democratic party of Knox
county counts among its leaders some Of
the most respectable, intelligent and tenn
perate men of the State. We happen to
know that they have no relish for the re-
past which the Opinion sets before them,
so much like Falstatf's supper, having
penny worth of the bread of Democracy
to an intolerable deal of sack-and that
they freely express their disgust.