The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1883-09-15

EDITOR SENTINEL
1.-THE honest and intelligent yeoman-
~" in mob-meeting assembled at the
Court House last Thursday, forcibly re-
minded one of the old adage, "birds OF a
feather will flock together" One pecu-
liarity, however, about the flock in ques-
ton was, that they were not all of the
same plumage or hue. Some few of the
unfortunates had "gone into the thing
with sore heads and an intensely patri-
otic desire to serve and save their country.
They came out with the scabs knocked
off their old sores, their wounds bleed
ing afresh, and their patriotism gone to
the devil. Their political grave had been
already dug by the "bosses" CT the "con-
cern,' and they now lie buried about
fifteen feet.deep. Requiescant in peace.
Some others there were, honest in their
convictions and intentions, but badly
deceived; thoroughly deluded. These,
we confidently trust, will be brought to
see the evil OF their ways, and return
penitently to the side Of Justice, honor
and right. But the rank and file, land
the rankest OF the file)iof this bastard po-
litical Independent party, were ebon-
hued Republicans; either OF hide or
heart; either of skin or soul and yet
did they all flock together harmoniously.
Verify doth politics make strange bed
fellows, and yoke-fellows; yea, and play
fellows.
Conspicuously among this motley mass
Of questionable characters, alike for his
age and agility, was that venerable states
man and warrior, Col. Jumping-Jack
Williams. The Col. is well known to the
readers OF the SENTINEL as the champion
political jumping-ja jack Of this or any 9TH
er age. He is the "great jumper from
Jumpville;" the ''high-hopper from
Hoptown." He can stand tiatfooted and
vault from the centre of one political
party to the centre OF the other, ditto
the antithesis Of the first--faster than
any other gymnast on record. In this
peculiar province he stands unrivalled
and alone. He is now the chief attrac-
tion as the ancient Agile Acrobat in Matt
Mister's "great conglomerated Republi-
can Independent down-with Democracy
Hippodrome of disgruntled demagogues. J"
With all his agility and hexibility, this
aged Independent lndia-rubber contor-
zionist, had on the occasion herein first
mentioned, "bit off more than he can
chew" With all his aptitude for strad-
ding, there were so many sides to his
constituency, that the old straddle-bug
ntlegs enough to 60 round.
In his harangue (for it was nothing
more) to the assembled sovereigns he
first denounced the "boss" system, as he
was pleased to term it, of the Democratic
party, and said it was the cause of the
independent movement. Told his hear
ers that they were assembled together
us seceders from the Democratic party ;
when the fact was, that nine-tenths OF
them were never in the Democratic par
ty, and didu't care a continental cuss"
what the Democratic party had or had
not done within itself.
I suppose this part OF his little
speech was intended for the soreheaded
element in the new party. Anotherm mis-
take OF this political Moses was in refer
ring to the grand political revolution Of
1875. His coored allies cheered him at
this, which did not speak muc' for their
intelligence, for that same revolution OF
rs was an ignominious defeat for them
and their party. But the most remarka
BILE weapons that the old gentleman ex-
hibited was in denounc!.g in such un-
measured terms the boss system" when
it was such patent fact that the most
casual observer that the convention in
which the old man was then laboring, was
run by one man, and the whole ticket
nominated by the same individual, from
"eend to eend." Consistency is a jewel
Of which this old champion "straddle-
bug" hath not the most remote idea.
With this gratis advertisement OF the
ancient acrobat more in sorrow than an
ger, doubt not that he means well, but
then, "hell is paved with good inten-
tions." JOHN.