The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-08-02
Some Plain Words.

Men who rush into politics without
thinking of anything save the mere
drumming up of the marketable vote for
this or that candidate, fall into some very
strange ideas touching the intelligence of
the people. There is no one thing~more
definitely settled, in this community
than that the people, as a community,
are thoroughly disgusted with the horri-
BILE, de9ilish, liquor traffic, and determin-
ed to give no countenance to any man
who will disgrace himself and the COM
munity by apologizing for, or trucking
to, the doggery-keepers. People have
ceased to accept red nose and whisky
scented breath as evidences of respecta-
bllity or wisdom. The great triumphal
car of Temperance Reform is rushing
onward, and the ignoramus who attempts
to obstruct the track must necessarily be
crushed.
A few days ago very dear friend OF
ours inquired of us whether or not we
thought a vote in favor of the proh1b-
itory ordinance. by Republican Council
men, would lose any votes to the Repub-
lican county ticket-or, really, to use
our own statement of the case, whether
the Republican candidates would not
receive more votes if they and their
friends would give themselves away,
| body and soul, to about three low-down,
ignorant, brutal doggery-keepers, out of
sixteen, in Jackson. Let us take an
| illustration:
ho0ly in ha \; or of mankind
when the father of all doggery-keepers
was roaming about the world in material
| form, he fell in, one day, with Naz-
arene-a carpenter by trade, and a
preacher by profession, withal one who
possessed the advantage of a great name.
This parent of all doggery-keepers. per-
suaded the young Nazarene to go up
| onto high hill, where he might see all
the kingdoms of the earth. Here the old
| boy switched his forked tail, blinked his
red eyes, patted the young man fondly on
the back, and offered him all these vast
| possessions, if the young man would
only fall down and worship the old boy.
! (The old liar didn't own enough land to
establish a county road) Instead of
turning the world over to this thieving
old liar, the young man ordered him to
get hence-and get" fast. And when
the Devil left him, angels came and min
istered to him. And thus was the Devil
deprived of gaining absolute control of
the world.
Now, in the town of Jackson, some
three or four blear-eyed, bloated, ignorant
descendants of this same old Devil, say
to the candidates for Office on the Repub-
lican ticket, "if you will throw your in
f1uence toward extending our business of
robbery, murder and ruin, we will give
you all of four votes" Let the candi-
dates and their friends say "get thee
hence, thou miserable old Devil and by
this righteous determination they will
save their ticket at least taOo hundred
votes in the county. Jackson county
cannot be crowded into the walls of two
or three doggeries in Jackson. Our peo-
pie are great, progressive people, and it is
safe to say they will not break their necks
to get to vote for any candidate whose
friends would spurn God and the Bible
and bow down to the beer-keg and the
rotten bloat who stands behind it. In
all Gods plan of Goverment-upon which
all human plans are based-there is no
such word as policy" 1t is always a
question of "what is right?" The way
to be victorious is to do right, and thus
deserve victory.