National Republican., 1883-08-29

them as the vilest of cheats and swinders,
the most shameless of repudiators. More
than this, they hcaped abuse upon them
politically, and denied that thoy had any
remnant of democracy In their composition.
They procured the accommodation of them
by Barnum's national democratic committee
in 1880, and swore that the republi.
cans, black or white, wero greatly
to be preferred over them. They
charged every readjuster with desiring TO
put the negro on top, and mado themselves
generally offensive by their boisterous and
domineering airs. They have been soundly
thrashed, and are now Office hungry. With
lank jaws and cavern Gus eyes, they creep up
to the roadjusters and beg for votes enough
to mako them majority. With weak and
whining voice, they deliver themselves thus
I'VE do not say non that you are cheats and
swindlers. We said that when we thought it
would scare enough Of you over to our side
to give us the offices. We never meant it.
We nover thought you had the nerve to
stand up so firmly against our cry of
reputation. All wo want is the offices. We
have no opinions which wo will not surren-
der if you will only give us office. You are
not outlaws as We said you were. You are
our brethren-our dear, gentle, beloved breth-
ren. We have even curled up in bed with
old Massey, the man we had most bitterly
denounced, to show you how 'umble wo can
be. Ask Abe Fulkerson if we are not SUBJ
dued oh, We are very tumble. Isn't that
enough to entitlo us to the ofices2 1t is not
forgiveness we crave. oh, mol Swill is what
we want! We will eat it out Of any trough.
Please, Messrs. Road djusters lend us some of your
votes with which to beat yourselves. "Is not
this fair paraphrase of what we have above
quoted, when taken in connection with the
fierce violence, the truculent proscriptiveness,
and the arrogant intolerance of opinion which
has hitherto characterized the now supplicat-
ing bourbons. But not only do they beg
former democratic associates TO aid them, but
they approach, with hat in hand, tho scalawag
the carpet-bagger, and eke the negro, whose
curly hair and thick lips have aforetime caused
them so much hilarity. They say: "Good Mr..
Wickham, true we have bitterly assailed
you, and reproached you for being a radical
We said all republicans were corrupt and
wicked. But we now wish to take you in,
just as you are, without one plea. And you,
Mr.. Dezendorf, how often have we had you
banged about the head at election times for
the GOOdo Of our party. But you may be one
eff us without changing your politics. You
can engineer straightout movement out of
which you can grind delegation for your
own benefit st the next republican national
convention, and you can at the same time be
a member of our bourbon democratic party in
Virginia in good and regular standing.
Your choice for the presidency is on
our side, and still claims to be a
republican; why may you not follow his ex-
ampleP And you, Mr.. Negro Dawson--we
do not want You to feel like stranger. We
are now political brethern. OF course we
must bo allowed to cry out against negro rule
in strong white readjuster counties. in order
that negro hatred may be- harnessed with the
other asses into the car wherein we hope to
ride into Office. But in the negro strongholds
we are your friends We always did like tho
curly hair and tho thick lips of our colored
fellow citizens, and If you will help us put
down Mahonos negro politics we will get all
the old democrats we can out of the readjus.
ter party to help us put you down. What
will you drink2 So begs the dethroned and
ragged king bourbon of the subjects who
have forever terminated his sway. The Post
is only adding emphasis to the abjoctuess of
his mendcanoy.