The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-07
Twaddle.
For the Democratic 1dcocatc.

For the Democratic Adr0catc.
How few of us ever reflect upon the i'm
mense amount of TwADDLE almost continually
scattered around u.s. presented to our vision,
and hurled in our ears !-twaddle on the
current news-twaddle onthe fashions-twad-
die on business twaddle ON objectionable
on religion-twaddle on temperance-tw addle
on the folics and measurable on manners
and customs-twaddlc ON education-twaddle
on the heather, the poor negro. the poor
Indians;" and poor humanity of that sort
twaddle on the frailties of weak human ma
ture." on the trdHseendeH virtues of the
s.saints '-twaddle ON the powers of intellect,
reason. &c..-twaddle on aesthetics. of which
the twaddler often has but the faintest concep-
tion-twaddle on everything conceivable-and
a vast extent of twaddle on the iRcoHeeitabte;
but perhaps the most contempt. bic. and the
most reprehensible twaddle of all twaddle, is
the periodical twaddle ON politics.
If the rejecting reader will take a retro
spective glance at past progress, at periods of
altogether unnecessary excitement, he viii be
scarcely able 10 repreSs smiles of utter con-
TENN for the twaddlers who usually pop-Wp,
like Jack in the box. n short time previous
to any social, religious, political, or any other
anticipated movement of the people for any
purpnse to answer the ends of their existence
in the world.
To illustrate: take politics, for instance.
Some short time previous to an election, atwad-
der ofthe kind referred to, often with more zeal
than discretion and with pompous assumption
of honest Indignation. sufficiently so to awe
ordinary nerves, hut so transparent sometimes
that the grotesque visage of hypocrisy behind
il is clearly apparent to all careful observers,
will suddenly p0p-up. like Jack ont Of has
s.hox." and with q rhetorical article partly or
wholly manufactured by himself for the occa-
/, SION with little, II any. regard Ia the consist
encv of the pretended facts he presents, he
will rush off to his party paperto make a@a,ast
the other side a violent attack upon some as
SaiHsd fact or pretended opinion which. he
alleges. Is held 10y some Que opposed to him,
Unfortunately making such savage thuiSts
as Will in his opinion. give such eoloEipg e
his gdrbied statements as viii drive his own
partiSaus wild with zeal in the direction he
wishes. and possibly 10 deceive and draw the
ignorant of those opposed to him, if he shall
! suppose there MAY be such that he can thus
reach. into the conviction thai j, will be wei
for them to change their political sentiments in
his direction, hesitating not in the least to
make any promise or pledge an inducemeni
to follow him.
Instead of calmly discussing political princi
pies characteristic of opposing parties, aud
demonstrating that the results Of the line OF
pohcv of his own party must be better than
those % the party opposed To him. this twad
der presents an array OF figures arranged a
saw any thing he pleaSes. in such way as, II
hi, opinion, will successfully bamhoozle the
ignorant aud cast injurious reflections upon
soiue individual. or individuals, of the oppo
sition 10 HIM This kind nf twaddle Is nj
oniy contemplate twaddlc. hut it is wiekedly
IL Al.
only % meet the ssyereSt apprehension ofaver,
honorable mind Of AL parties.
Ii assaults upon individual character b,
ncritrd and Just, and arrangements Of figure
lee true Is they sometimes might be. even !
sslade hv a charntsn--j but they arc scarcei'
ever lust and true. because political Gsfrtpifdg,
and NOT i,fs'sce and frgiik, Is always the ohiec
Co De- obtained hy this kind Of tWaddle--i hu
II iifsi aud f,gs. which thew vcrv seldom nrp
the asliuu of them can emily apply To indiyid
unis and not 80 parties. aHd they uughi, there
fore. 90 have no hearing whatever, one way o
the other. to determine great questions of 20
htical economy. az rather political differences
oH vhich p,llitieal parties are based. Il ]
oult when it can be- shown thss Official corrup
t;nf, and malaslmiu,strati0n ar. the ueeeSsaT
results ii the policy Of the party to.vhieh th
offender belongs eau parties properly be bell
9
lead "a rsinnas results. civil war and nthe
siisas,rrosis horrors. whichever party may hav
through is F,s.lie,y enernaehesl upon eonstitu
sionsl rights Individuals must, OF courSe. b
held 20 strict accountability for all their &c
;ions 70 their party and Co the pablo AZ large
bot parties can properly be held responsible
only sor she natural results os bread uationa
and ,tatt, qmess5ons, domestic as we'll as for
cign. such a. grow oat Of the currency. shI
tariff. the concord that should exist among III
states, the harmony IF the whole, dc, wlthou
the application 81 governmental force any
where eueh as would naturally result. or b
possihio a. r,.ssli, irem a line OF policy tend
inz 70 change our federal rcpabiic into a con
sol5slAted empiFr aud hatcher aud safer liis
of roliey 20 preserve the liberties OF the pe0
PIE uu,ieg ;be rights al the s5atss against tn
sneeuachmcnts % the general government, a
transmitted So lso-tsrity By che iathers Of th
rupphhc.
1.-THE intelligent readcr viii pause, aud loo
back far a moment and reflect upon the vas
amount az twaddls that has l,eea iierated an
reiterated from ,inr "a time, from the begin
ming 20 the prescnt-tssdilr about the tariff
tvaadlc ahoui proiectio0-twaddle about tiet
TRADE twaddie shout the eurrency-twa1dl
ai,ssHs The poser negro. ahosst poor 10
and similar subjects -tEaddie about fires
sffff=- Ws4Afttz Hlthtt tiiL tlst tttNtf
any bat impcrialists ar an aristoeTacy OF som
sort ever desired any shing hni union OF G.
equal states --faaadle about secession, whic
was only th.. out. growth IT resistance "a pei
sissent tWaddle-twadslic about settlsig -
tslssss. whirh can ia "a proper sense be mad
n party qucstiun-twsddle ahuut the thOusan
and anc less aud greater subjects Of twaddl
that have hitherto disturbed the political elC
guents uf the country-he viii find little din
caiiy ia tracing out the causes vt all the gren
disasters that have oveFtakeH us ~ a people
and the Americas citizen even Of the most d
minn,iye menlal ealibrc who shall have this
reflected, viii scarcsly permit himself 90 b
drawn from his party allegiance, If Jack II
the box shall continue ~ pop ~ with h
deceptive array OF figures every week from n0'
until the next election. Twadde about higl
taxation. county expenses, &c, when evident
IL intended Tor nothing but psrty advantage
merits nothing but streams Of rilieule iroT
an sides. \ \. ZERO.