New-York tribune., 1880-03-09
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! me- DiiN or llt Dt3f lNNo Mulr HuT DirNlN
Imt no organization. Anl the organs represent
very truly the characteristics OF the De3thless
Mule in having spleen and 40 heart,
aycr,ions iunumcrab,e, without any IA
voiiic. rr affections. I hc Dcatllc's Mule has
a. "a rule no candidates. nor even any politics,
bat ita vicious heels are always in thc air. By
that seu and not by amy platform or leader,
or party cry, you mav know It,; always with
upllftcd heel cr y.dc N0cica. in and ot It
SELF il has neither increase nor multiplication.
lis ci.-tu- make mo- ps0scly ytcs. win po convcitsj
enlargement Of tho party, II cyr there be any,
results from no direct tb, o. lis own. but
from the msducction OF Others. IL exists upon
lic mistakes Of others, and It's time l. 30 &C.
cnped with dcuouucng them tdat il has no
oppoftmi y to make mistakes of its own. II
+, did there would he small harm in them,
.or +, j.. one of She hlossoduts~c3 of the Death
le., Mul. that it has no posieri'y AMI trans
mil, nothing; even his vicious kick dies with
hm. Unique. but not by any means myateri-
ou.. we may always count upon him as a
factor in our politics 20 long Us the dull dow
key and the mctti.sOMc stccd browse In the
highway together
And he has h.s uses. lie would be more
useful were he less indi-criminate N the null
titudinous activity Of his hinder parts hut that
!. the nature of tho animal. and while it does
not increase respect for The mule it teaches
prudence 10 the wayflrng man. We have
laid the DeatAe.s Mule has no caudidItes.
ii is true. as a rule. When he does il Is
for purpose. 1t is rot, We may be sure,
from any love Tor the caudidite, any more
than. according to MacaLi.y 1t was from pity
for the bear That the Puitans forl ale bear
batting when the Ucathicss Mule has "A
candidate IL is hopeless one, toward whom
II puts on au appearance of tondness just
70 get chance 20 let fly its heels
at some one else. For the Mule l.
uhltarian TO degree, and the only
ntilty there is ~ fuudlu2 an impossible can
didatr is in the opportunity II affords TO plant
the ho.f Of nlayorablc comparison in the
stomach Of e more formidable aspirInt. He
dlsguis.s his malice most in ingeni0uay by say
ing things complimentary Of some one dead
or unknown, IN the comparative degree. As,
for instance, at the funeral of Deacon Pepper
be does not say merely, The Deacon WAS
." GOOD citizen and an honest man." but
cAns.vely wiping his right eye with his
off hind hoof, he says: In the purity
"or lite and business integrity of the
"late Deacon Pepper what shining con-
"tragt is offered to the lite and character of Dea
ron Snodgrass, of the same church, And
ten t. one the llte Deacon Peppers de tn was
FASTENED Ivy a prod in the stomach from the
same ind,criminate hOof.
one thing is certain, that when the Death
less Mule begins to eulogze the late Deacon
pepprr. the Deacon il pretty apt to be dead.
Except absolute decomposition, nothing more
conclusiyely establishes the fact of the eXtinc-
tion of the last spark of mortality than
the friendly notice of the Mule. For this
reason we do not quite understand recent
friendly demonstrations toward Senator Ed
munds. The motive for setting him off IN
contrast with Senator Blaine is clear enough
of course. II is ont of no friendiness or
snecial iondness for Alr. Edmunds. But
we did not suppose the Vermont
senator's chances were 50 absolutely dead.
Why WAS not Mr.. Charles Francis Adams used
for this purpose2 There's mistake here
somewhere. Mr.. Edmupds will do well to
stick q pin in himself to see il he is still alive.
The Miles culogy imports dissolution.