The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-12-16
"a .MFRRY M0u b 4
His Grafton Over the Burial Of
as Esq Democratic Hopes.


The Republicans Of Clar,nda,
Page county. Iowa, had q jolli-
tication meeting on Friday night
the 9th inst After several Re.
publican orators had given vent
to their feelings with spread eagle
speeches. the crowd called loudly
for Lou. b. Cake. Cake is demo-
crat and he looked too depressed to
speak, but the crowd wouldn't be
put of, so he mounted the box and
made the following unique speech
Fellow-citizens: A man usually
attends his own funeral, but It is
not expected that he should talk
great deal. laughter kne,s
the funeral ceremonies would 90 on
without me. SO concluded / had
better bring in the body. Laugh
ter, But it takes q great deal OF
grace to sustain man who helps
furnish the corpse for an occasion
like this. Laughter. Nobody
but Democrat could DO it. APP
plsuse. 1t is certain that no one
save the Democrats have had q
chance to try it for the last twenty
years. lShouts of applause. Dis
appointment is the modern Demo
Gratis birthright, aud mourning his
normal condition. They took out
patent on disaster twenty years
ago and it has never been infringed.
The patent run out in 1875 and they
have just got it renewed. Looking
over the landscape of the last TWEEN
ty years. I behold acres and acres
of busted hopes, cords and cords OF
disgruntled ambitions. bArrels and
barrels of unsvailIng tears, oceans
and oceans strewn with the wrecks
of phantom ships burdensd with
Democratic delusions., IGreat APP
plause. Disappointment is an an
Choir to the Democratic soul, both
sure and steadfast.
Leaves have their time 70 fall,
And flowers TO withsr ~ the north vlnds
breath,
And stars to set; but all, o, DeroeratI
Thou hast, all times for thine own death.
l might say with Shylock, "suf-
ferance, yea. sg6srsnce lE the badge
Of our tribe" III could give you 329
reasons for thls. 7ILanghter. A
lawyer offered q Judge sixteen reas
ons why his client was not present
in court. First, he was dead. The
Judge told him that he might omit
the other fifteen. The first reason
of the 329 10, we lacked the voters.
You will allow me to omit the other
32S. Applausiye consent. But
/ could give you more than 329
reasons. Yea, Morey letter. John
Kelly did it with. his little racket.
Great applause. Wade Hamp-
tons mule broke his leg instead Of
his neck, aud Ben Hill wasn't born
a mule. English had foreclosed his
mortgages and We couldn't redeem.
Then ss0gei. sr
IT'S the South that can supply
Solid comforts while We die.
In some States the GreenbDsS
party fell through crack in their
platform and crippled us. Laugh
ter. But Democracy still lives.
[Great applause. It's like the
mule-it never dies. But unfortu-
nately, like the mule, while 1t lives
it is forever throwing it's riders.
1t bucked Greeley off and killed
him in 1872. Tilden stuck on till
he passed under the wire. Zap
planse. But there was SO much
daylight between him and this Dem
ocratic quadfuped the judges count
ed him of, although he had his foot
in the stirrups. This year we got q
splendid send-off and might have
won, but the donkey was stricken
down in Indiana with (g) Landers.
Applause. We close this chapter
of our history with the hope the
story will not be continued in our
next. ECheers. We accept defeat
the more cheerf1lly because of the
magnanimous manner with which
you take the victory. We take it
every four years. II is a standing
prescription. 1t might well be
called quadrennialipecac. [Groans.
1t works up before the election
and works down when the returns
come in. We thank you for the
magnanimous way in which you
have turned out to our funeral.
Applause. We congratulate you
on the magnificent and imposing
character OF the obsequies. Here
the speakers feeling overcame him
and he retired amid encouraging
earthquakes and applauslve ava
lanehes. geo .lio4l