The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-12-26

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that can be given to prevent a recur-
renee Of the disease /. 10 thoroughly
disinfeci, and burn the dead skin a.
well as a rag under the noses Of the
people. We have hut small faith,
however, that the advice will be heed.
cd. Fools and their money soon part
Is an old maxim, but fools aud their
folly never part is a better one. In
many respects the American people
are American asses. They are snob-
bish, and worse than this, overgiven
to funkyism. If they cant worship
after the idolatrous fashion they had
rather he blotted out Of political exis.
tenoe, and this, at least, is but the
true philosophy Of the adulation
poured on to Grant until, doubtless,
his stomach has become squeamish il
not turned. Weak folks got It into
their heads that he is a strong man,
sort Of God and that worship toward his
throne is a consequent privilege and
duty. For this reason we conjecture
that an effort to establish the Empire
would be met with no serious opposi-
ton except by few. The nunkies,
and they seem to be in the majority,
would readily give in. They fall
down before Grant because he is the
strong man. They would yield al
legiance to the Empire, because it
would be a strong government. Such
servility has always been a human
weakness, historically proven. In
point Of fact, have we not had an
Empire since the 18th amendment 2
Not one in name, but what else is
wanting? Flunkies would sniff their
noses and raise their bristles on being
told they favored an Empire, but they
have not only established, but siren
vously maintained, all the character.
istic features since the goth of July, |
1868, when the effort to make a citi-
zenship of the United States in con
tradistinction to A citizenship Of the |
States respectfully, was finally COM
pleted. BY popular consent we have
lazily, cringingly, cowardly, per-
haps ignorantly, drifted along in the
current of funky teaching, enduring,
embracing, adopting their thoughts,
ideas and even expressions. Demo
cratic speakers and newspapers flip
PANTY talk of the NATION, rs if a
fool couldn't see that if we have a
nation we have no Federal Govern
ment. The Nation is the Empire.
The Federal Government is the Re
public.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says that
Hon. P. B. Thomson, Jr., has made
wise and timely utterances to the ef-
feet that the Government is not in
any way bound to pay what are
known as the rebel war claims now
before Congress. Thompson is Chair
man of the Committee of the House
appointed to classify all pending
claims.
Hon. L. Polk JoHSsoN of tn I
Green Inteiiigencer will be
'lected by rising vote Of the House
o the clerkship he desires, there being !
lone who are willing to try their !
nettle with him on the race. We are a
lad Of this as there is not a more de- a
CRYING Democrat nor a more capable r
nan for the position in the broad Com !
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To THOSE "good boys" as Stanton c
{ the YeOman calls them, +. G. L. {
nd Z. p. j. of the Intelligencer, we
Iould say that We had no idea that
ny one, not even the "Granny" him =
Elf would take our squib for anything 5
ut very thin COAX. II was so in A
.n1aI ,,,oaf an,inantl,, =,
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NOTES OF CURRENT EVENT 4. \
- Conductor Napier, an account Of 2,
hose accident was given last week, died at ?
owing Green on Monday. A
Col. T. z. Morrow is spoken of as the Ii
Indidate Of the Stalwarts for the Circuit Y
idgeship in this District. bl
There will be no free excursion over b,
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