Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-22
Huntington Hawkeye.l
The ButtOned Bayouet.


| Auc OuttOucu DAyOnet.
Dss DsrAesse's Account 81 sAe nvu..
| cratic Wespss.
At last the long agony Is over. The
democratic party breaihes freely. The
| nightmare is gone from its dreams. The
wei9hty brick. with its pitiless. dream-ere-
ating pressure is lifted from its oppressed
! chest. The phantom of the United States
army no longer pursues it. |, is a free party.
Ii has, by the simple twist of the coayen-
tional wrist. pu; button on the gl,teriny.
death bearing bayonet. and lo-a harmless,
! playful foil. Tha, is all it is. How pleas.
ant il is to see the Democratic party gather
! ing around il to look al il. after the Cinein
matt convention "fSed" IL. And i. tina, all
it is? Yes. dear citizens. this is all. See.
| il is not sharp. Press your finger on the
end of il. See A round button /, does
not hurt Oh. no aud before the eampaicn
Is over We will see If We canno, find velvet
button to put on. which will be much softer
X Ill anybody with hayonet? What non
sense do You talk. Could YOU frigh,en
man away from the polls with smooth but
ton on the end of a curtain rod Well.
that is all a bayonet is. You never saw a
bayonet. did you9 No? Come up then
and look at this one. This is United
States regulation bayone, of the Cincinnati
| pattern. Ask General Butler. the Hamburg
assassin-or no. he won't know: the knife
Is has weapon. although he did HELM to fash
ION the bayonet at Cincinnati. hu, ask Gen
erai Wade Hampton. He helped to make
this one also. Yes, the general SAYS. this is
a real bayonet- Hurt anybody with that
Pshaw, fearful Democrat, give il to your
| children to play with. Tell Your wife to
r''ii on the button end 'nas, bread on IL;
Stuck It in the ground--if you are ceorvia
Demoora, very likely that is the Kind Of a
floor you have in your housc--and il WY
make good candle stick
So that ia the end of the hayonet During
the past twenty years the Democratic party
lived under its baleful shadow. Death gilt;
tered on its hateful and pi,ilcss point. Blood,
the blood Of Democrats. slaughtered Dem
ocra,s, ran down its murderous grooves.
Not onl, at Nioksburg and Gcit, sbu.g. oh.
no the orators Of the party slvays fcli a
little sensitive about referring To the Demo
Gratis Who, for the best Of reasons we're right
fully punched full OF holes at those places
bu, al all other places. al all times. al their
meals, nj their places Of business. IN the
work shop and office, in bed. behind the
$50 ANhs az Asss AaalAfs paiH-fbs Ne
mistake never in the bath hu, IN the "a
loon. behind the door. at the altar. in church.
everywhere. hour by hour. the ruthless, pitt.
less, awful slaughter went on. the mcrrilcss
bayonct making oolandcr. out IL Democrats
OF all ages. sexes. and previous condition.
Of scryitudcs- Plunge. plunge. plunge in
high tIeroc. parr,-thuist, and develop
Hour after hour. and sxtv times a minute.
AMI h.. l..,...--f
crai vas dead The Democratic party
taught Us this. On the stump on the plat
form. from ooeasonal-only occasional and
very rare occasional, Thank hcas cn-pulpi,s.
through their newspapers. they talked thu.
preeiou. stuff This whole countr, rcclcd
TO and fro like drunken man. the republic
,remblcd in the auful ,hrocs OF destruction.
anarchy hlo;;cd out the sun. imperialism
drc~ the stars from the bending heavens.
the ground va. ;oFn up and there vas blood
on the moon, ever time n green country
boy nineteen years old ran a~ay frum ,hr
farm. and cnlis;ing in the regular army. "a.
ordered TO report Tor duty 10 General Win
field ;. Hancock. a regular army officer in
command Of hole arsenal of bayunrv..
and al present the commanding officer of the
Democratic party.
bu, nov the slaughter ocases The mur.
ders come 10 a full stop. 4 convention Of
wise men. MANY. indeed the ,rra;. apd n
fact. the unanimou. maiori,, Of whom have
time and again .ecn the cSuntr, he.tr.,rI
and IL. sons murdered. and il. daughter.
dragged into slavery. ,c.. and ha,r r,rn
themselves been rIihlcs.ly murdered b,
these ba,oncts. recent, met IN Cincinnati!
TO investigate this matter more closely. anal
DECLARED ,kr haKnuct Harmless ". mi, E
Is il inaocuous. but It i beneficial /, I. 4
good 10 take. So they took som. Of j,
They appear 10 Ike il. /, ma, DC tina, the,
di,setnb!c. but a, any rate the, affect to like /
ii. and they call for more. llwas mistake. (
they sAy. about the peril, Of ha,onc, rule. I
Il is not dangerous Really. the country I
properl, belong. 10 the regular aruy GIVE I
II 10 General Hancock. He never Killed /
ANYBODY with a ba,onet. Killed Mrs. Sur I
raft once with a rope But tina, Va asn't 4