Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-20

side of everything; moi who nave
but lately known what it was to WANT
but are to-day tramping from one
place to another seeking for work.
But to have their imaginations all
blighted by the answer: "Oh' go
long, you're nothing but a tramp, an"
who would trust you'll" Ponder for
a moment! That man you have just
insulted may at one time have been d
leading member of society IN MS
neighborhood, and a guiding splfi'
to all around him. He may be the
head of some family, who at the very
moment that you so cruelty thrust nun
aside as a common vagrant, have
been praying that that dear husband
and father would soon cheer them III
their misery and solitude by sending
them word that at last the long sought
for haven had been reached. Come
my dear ones and let US one o
live together in peace and prosperity.
But no, he leaves you, his brain in a
whirl, his frame totters, reels for q
short time, (probably has had moth
ing to eat for the past "a to 4S hours)
but thank God he reaches a shade
and filings himself YEARLY beneath 1t.
He prays God to have mercy upon
those destitute and helpless ones who
are 50 fur and yet SO near and dear
to him.
This is but a single case, and there
are thousands Of them to-day in the
United States who are in the same
fix. Oh! reader | know your thoughts,
You would ask, ''why don't he 60
out on a farm? Or Why don't lie go
to work ut his trade or profession II
he has one? Or why don't he stay at
home? And here you stop. Stay
at home and starve, But no, he Is
too ambitious for that. You next
say: Why don't you go west; there
is plenty of land that is wild and in
cultivated, settle down and 90 TO
farming? That is the question we
are after and the very me We intend
to prove to you by this long intro
ductory to IL subject.
In the first place how is he to get
there? He is already a east out, a
tramp, a vagrant, and if You please,
busted" 1t takes money to ''go
west" and lRGslsi HsMHIISssl es4 GaaIT,mia D. an -.
ersons who cry and howl "go west
re to-day drinking the very life
lood of the farmers out west. He ,
ives them a small p~ittance for their
.bor. The government gives them
slip Of paper for about the one-thlrd
f their years crop. The bowling,
politician IN along and
avs vote for me, | will Introduce
ew laws that will protect you. He's
he very chap WI want. How many
re there to-day that dare arise in
neir seats IN the National Congress
r our State Legislature, and say:
us economic" in our eNpendi-
ares and provide for the large army
# oilers. Let those who are at the
Iead of our gov crnment look more To
he interests of the people who put
hem there, and less to self. One of
hese very gentlemen (for as such
low me to call him) said in the
louse of representatives the other
''that it was not the duty OF the
government to take care of all the
in the United States" Pau
'ers! very good sir; you a at pres
mt strut about and around Washing
on, but next fall will cock your
that is ifthcrc is the right
ind of metal in old ''Kentuck'' to
,ook it. and think there is; for that
tate, like all others, is at present
,ound by the letters of iron-hcartcd
nd thieving office holders and office
eekers. But out steps III NOZZLE
ewing from Ohio, and defends the
man. lie and that noble
md true hearted defender of the
mans rights, Mr.. Butler,
md they are for giving this great ar
ny of tramps a chance to earn a liv-
ng. They and many others, whose
names it is not necessary to mention,
ire in favor of appropriating sufficient
money for the erection and finishing
u public buildings, which to-day
would give employment to hundreds
If idle men. There are plenty of
buildings that are fast going
decay, just for the want OF sniff
:ient funds to keep them in a good
tate of repair, and a small apprc-
Of money by Congress would
accomplish this, and not only save
he government q good deal of ex-
,ense at some future time, but save
many destitute and starving families
rom a total wreck. Let the Ameri-
AN people ponder well who they vote
or. Do not allow the slick, oily
ongued and would be economizer of
,ither party to betray you into voting
or him again for Congress. His
economy to the government is starva-
ion to you and your families.
SCHARLACH & HALL,
ID R UEEI ST 8