The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-11-02
Democrats, come to the rally
Everybody.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

I Eawkirs-E ussell-Baasley.
This trio. the leaders of demo
cratic opposition in Tennessee, hav
paid 4 visit to Pulaski. Going up
on the principle that unity is might
they have trayersed the state to
gether, desperately endeavoring t.
defeat Gen. Bate and the democrat
ic nominees, and in THE T roun.
reached this place on last Tuesday
They had been well advertised a:
the 3-paw show and attracted 6
very respectable crowd to hear
them. Beasley presented that mon
strous political curiosity, the
| green back idea. This species is
rarely seen in Giles county, because
it doesn't thrive well in this eli
mate. It's exhibitor, however,
spoke very fuently Of its peculiar
traits. Gigantic 1inanciers having
conceived it years ago, they are de
termined to bring forth in the full
ness Of time a rag baby who, like q
fairy, will visit the novels of the
poor and furnish them greenbacks
to buy bread and-paper their
walls. He told us how its caliber
would grow and extend until it
swallow up Bate and his party,
Hawkins and his party, national
banks and their iH-gotten gold, all
the bloated bond holders, the mo-
nopolies and every crooked railroad
in the land. He said that if he
should sit down in the gubernatori-
al chair he would write a veto mes
sage! He told US many other
strange things and among them
that BrownlOW was the best govern
or the state Of Tennessee ever had,
because he said the railroad bonds
were q railroad debt.
What Hawkins presented was no
curiosity, but as common as the ele-
plant, seen in every show. 1t was
first introduced into this country
Immediately after the ''late IN
pleasantness' by enterprising men
from the north who freighted the
monster with carpet-bags, armed
garrisons for our towns, disfran-
chisement for the white folk and
freedman's banks and a mule and
forty acres for the negro. Haw-
kins has been fondhue with him
ever since he came He rode him
around the state several times,
tramping the rights Of the people
under his feet, and our citizens rec
ognized him at once by his snout.
Well, his eXcellency paraded his
ja de6 BEAST in the best manner pos
sible, but the power of that beast
is spent. His ivory tusks are
stained with the blood OF this poo-
pie, but they are blunted now and
no more to be dreaded His master
rode him away as he came, with
few duped and precious colorcd
brethren clinging on to his verte-
bra eXtentiOn.
This much Of the performance
occupied about three hours, and |
then the third animal was brought |
out. From the description given of |
him he must have been q hypopoto-
mus-One Of those rare specimens
of which but five were ever in cap
tivity and four of them are dead. |
The other is exhibited on the
four mile plank in the SKY blue |
platform by the color-bearer. He !
is called democrat" by way Of !
from the other animals |
that are bowling for Bates blood. |
He is the only pure, uncontamina-
ted, thoroughbred now in existence |
in civilization. He is the perfec- /
ton of his sind, the only living .
thing worthy OF the name he bears, /
and all others laying claim to it are .
and disrepu able bas- |
tards. democrat only lives to .
give circulation TO the unadultera-
ted blood Of the fore fathers, which .
is all concentrated in his veins, and |
to perpetuate and sustain honor in
the land. Like that celebrated Mo
hican he is the elimination, and /
sad, sad, to relate the wisest doc
tors tell us that it will be impossi-
bic for him to live longer than the
7th Of November. Glorious democ-
racy, thou shalt sleep with him in
the tomb. It is the only chance.