Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-07-06
Past ard Present.

the seed and spread the DgnU.
Past ard Present.
The American Sentry.
1t would be difficult to conceive of a
more humiliating position for great
political party to be placed in, tEan
that in which both the old political
parties now find the mselves.
With the great questions that called
them into existence forever settled,
and refusing to accept the living issues
brought to the front by the relentless
march of events, the leaders present to
the people no just reason for the votes
they solicit.
For years their stock in trade has
consisted of again bringing to the sur
face decaying carcasses of issues long
since dead, and that for deCency, as
well as for humani!y's sake, should
have be been permitted to peacefully
rest and rot in the graves to which
they had, of necessity, been consigned.
That royalty should content itself
with presenting to the people the spec
tres and moulderlng garments of dead
and buried greatness, is to he expected,
since it is almost invariably in the
condition of the potato plant, the only
useful part of which is to be found
underground; but for leaders in a re-
public to peruse such course, is simply
to advertise the fact that they have
nothing to offer as reason for their
existence, and are only seeking to fix
the attention Of the people backward,
on things of TIE past, while they gorge
themselves with spoilS and bribes to
be scooped in by perverting the public
service and toadyiag to every sclieme
that offers fat pickings, regardless of
the peoples welfare.
That congress and our state legisla-
lures are rapidly approaching, if they
have not already reached that condition
of complete disregard Of the public
good and devotion to wholly selfish
personal ends that must speedily termi-
nate if the republic is to live, has
everywhere become painfully apparent
to thoughtful observers. The state of
affairs in our country has become criti.
cal in the extreme, and demands Of
every patriot that, regardless of party
ties based on past issues, ne shall now
devote himself with all his might to
the great work of preserving the repub-
| C in spirit as well as in name.
Let Americans awake to the fact
that the love of oppression scotched
but not killed in our country by the
revolution, is quick to avail of every
op, ortunity offered, and is now vigor-
ousIy working to regain and ad 10 lis
stihed power. The mighty mechanical
progress of our time has, through the
press, the railroads and telegraph, given
to despotism and oppression among US
opportunities for the spreading of their
nets to which our fathers were strang.
ers, and if we would hand down to our
children unimpaired the liberty and
rights for which our revolutionary
sires poured out their blood, we must
be vigilant and faithful to cur trust,
Americans should no longer Judge Of
parties by names, or by what their op'
ponents say of them, but rather by
what they have done and are doing, as
opportunity offers. "By their works
ye shall know them"
The bydra.headed monster Of cor
ruption, injustice and oppression scarce
ly seeks to hide its defOrmity from The
public gaze, but stalks boldly and de-
Gantly through the land with 10 al,
tempt at disguise beyond stolen name
of respectability or pretenCe of need
full party policy. Let patriots through
out our country be up aud doing ere
freedom and justice perish in our land
and our republic ceases to be haven
for the oppressed and terror to op'
pressors.