Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-01-26
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/ trust ! may be pardoned if in
dulge in quiet laugh at the expense
Of poor Occasional" in view of his
mighty straining at the gnat of Dem
ocratic shortcomings. while he awal-
lows the camel of Republican enormity,
humps, bumps. Jumps. hoofs. tail and
ell, without even stopping to wiak at the
operation. He really ought to be con-
graduated upon his tremendous sue
cess. The capacity of that portion Of
his cerebrum wherein credulity is de-
veloped must be even greater than
was jolly old Fallstaff' corporal ca
pacity for sack. o. ye gods We gods,
what q tempest in that Republican
teapot, the boiling Of which seems to
occupy 30 much Of the time and tai
snts Of "Oc." (pray. pardon the alb
breviation). Two things seem to strug-
gle for mastery over him, hatred Of
the Democratic party and abiect SER
Witty to the principles he has but COM
paratively recently embraced, in order
that he may curry the favor of the
ignorant mass, to float into some pet
~ Office upon the Aood-tide Of ignor-
ant sentiment, degrading the noblest
impulses Of manhood below the level
Of the bestial instincts Of the brute,
much after the manner Of the pig.
who. to his nature true, seeks the dir
test puddle cOmeatabls to wallow in,
and presume political swine are not
very different from their four-footed
brethren. "0c." seems vastly inclined
to judge me by himself. God help
poor humanity if he is to be consider
cd standard Of human action ! Yer
lily, his Satanic majesty would have to
prepare fresh fires and enlarge the
borders Of his dominiong pity he is
not possessed Of the magic mirror Of
ancient mythic lore whereby he could
read his own heart as well as he pretends
TO read those Of others, then perhaps
he would not, after discovering the
putrsfaction within. impute so large a
share Of his own character to others;
nor Twill he regale rs more with the
worn out stock in trade of the cam
paign utterances Of the disreputabIe
stnmp-and-bar-rOOm politicians of the
Republican party, and under whom
he appears to lave served so faithful
an apprenticeship. As for argument,
/ have not yet seen q single sentence
in any Of his cards which could be
twisted into representing an atom of
common-sense by even . Philadelphia
lawyer.
I would advise him to keep cool and
not lose his temper. He might 20
into an apoplectic kt, and then what
would his cronies down there in Oak
vile do without him . The Republi-
can party might collapse and give the
Democrats 9 chance to recuperate
their falling energies. ron know. and
that would never do in the world,
would It. ''Oecy ?" No. no. you dear
little Republican popsy- wopsy; keep
cool BY all means; put some powdered
ice 10 your heated head and allay that
fever. What sTantane animis coz
lestibus ir@ ?" Who would have
thought it The immortal front Of
Republican Jupiter TO be RULED
Now TO his card and what it con-
tains. There are 80 many great ten
foot words that . poor fellow like me
has to be careful what he Is about,
lest some Of them topple over and fall
on him, a. they have but doubtful
position in the text Of his epistle.
What is Il that Locke says about the
abuse Of words? "He that hath words
Of any language. without distinct ideas
in his mind TO which he applies them,
does. 60 FAR as he uses them in dis
course. only make q noise without any
sense or Specification" And as
hath it.:
'sYear painisd glos discovers.
10 msa that understand yes, wordsand weak
nens."
Assertion without proof or argument
characterizes his card, and blind pre-
judiee his assertion. Il may pass
Am0ng the class from which hechooses
hin associates. but it win hardly do
with those who have the brains 70
know the truth from falssho0d. Re-
puhlicanism : the synonym Of purity,