The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-12

those republicans throughout the county
who had dared to vote independently at
the recent election. having been refused
admission to the columns of the Union is
given place, by request, in the ARGUS
which always believes in the doctrine of
fair play:
ILLINOIS CRY. Dec. 6, 1882
Located among the Black Jacks
Editors UNION:
The deed is done. the last act of the
tragedy closes and the comedy begins, the
curtain rises and loi a rooster is Matched
At an early age he calls himself "a Re
publican" Don Bombastes in his mildest
words never uttered such blast as this
prodigy infantus terribulous, walled out on
the goth inst Had he father? Had he d
mother? or did he just grow like '"Topsy."
We have a coed old democrat down here
that prays for the Republicans aad sin
ners." We beseech him to take this young
rooster in and pray for him. pray the shell
off of his back; pray for pin
feathers to grow on him; pray
the longest kind of spurs onto
him. Pray for him to have the big
gest, reddest comb, and high old strut:
pray for him to have the loudest cackle
that ever disturbed a Political barn yard,
embryo rooster bursted his shell on Nov
90 1882, and saw new world to conquer,
and he waded in regardless of the admoni-
ton of his patent incubator mot TO get his
feet Damp yet he stoops to conquer
the BLACK Jacks As soon as he dis
covered he did not have the pip" he fired
off royal proclamation that astonished
himself and crushed the bastard foe
Shades of President Arthur appoint him
special commissioner to look after the hens
in Utah, and bring enough back to hold
patent convention, or appoint him
Boss of the Machine" and give him
Calling gun to slaughter the "Balck
Jacks
Let his comb never be frosted or his tail
feathers be bedraggled. Put gilt ball on
high flagstaff, and place this rooster on it
carefully and tenderly, and let him crow
''Veni vidi, vici Lei him be Damon
and Pythias, all in heap, to himself. Let
him be the whole heather mythology, and
carry Proud Moline" against Frank An
krum at any Especial election" Let him
grow and prosper Take him down and
paint him red Cali him "Topsy,' and
put him away in ice where he will keep
and when he gets real pluggy with good,
warm feathers, give him a whole newspaper
to write on. and put the ink in milk
cTOck, SO He CAD get UoLn IeeI IN IL, ana
tramp the paper full of slush. Now, young |
city rooster take the advice of county |
chicken. Go get some motherly old hen to |
fold you under her wing. and as she roosts |
in nail keg at the end of |
the barn she will cluek out to you that it |
is very trifiing affair to assault so unim- |
portant and obscure an individual as Eu- |
gene Klein, and SO easy done, but that it |
is serious matter to attack with your vile |
epithets of contemplate crowd a |
set of reading. thinking men, |
your peers in every particular, and who |
know how to vote as well as you or any |
other machine boss" can tell them. Good /
bye, 'Topsy."
In Gods great plan, oh little man.
Reflect what thou art.
Couldst thou destroy my being,
Thy hand might reach the spheres,
And bid the no longer
His course among his peers.
Be humble. brother atom;
Whate 'er ny mortal growth
Or mine may be. humility
Alone becomes both. =