The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-28

upset your will expressed in your
convention and announce TO YOU tho
man for whom he says you should
vote. Let US decide who Is the boss
in this matter without any OF Mr.
Whartcns assistance. Let Mr.. Whar.
ton and Tobey know that you are
free men and decline to be the tool
of demagogues and secret night con.
clayeists. Mr.. Henklc was not bound
to canvass Pope county, and all good
men say that Mr.. Henkle has proved
himself to be the truest and the most
sensible man in the whole exit aud
bilin." Those who have canvassed
had better been at home. They
have proved to the people of Pope
county that they are ABSOLUTELY
ashamed of their own doctrine, or
that they absolutely have no doc.
trine. These questions were aske
at every precinct in Pope county,
viz: Do you advocate the principles
of the Mt. Enon convention? viii
you please tell what these principles
are? What are the grievances of the
democratic party of which you com.
plainY What are your remedies for
those grievances? Do you advocate
the annihilation of all parties and
political principles? Not one answer
or mouth was opened to answer these
questions or to defend them or even
name or announce one single prnci
+ pie or doctrine as foundation stone
Gentlemen If / was ashamed Of the
doctrine ! advocated or too unmanly
to open my mouth in their defence
/ would desire my friends to bury
me beneath the scene of human &C,
ton when the annihllation would
indeed be complete. The idea of
living, active human being walking
this world in the image of God ere.
ating a great sensation among the
people and who is absolutely
ashamed to own the principles by,
which he is actuated; ashamed to
own single motive which impels
him to action; ashamed to name one
single principle by which he is mov-
ed; ashamed to defend or simply to
answer single question which
might be asked him in regard to
those principles. / say the idea of
living man being in this condition
is simply the deadest and rottenest
living carcass in all creation, breath
is truly the life of that man, and the
only thing which can distinguish
him from one who is dead. The
only motive that sensible man can
see in these breathing and noisy
skeletons is that they are mad with
the rest Of the world because they
are not prosperous like other farm
ers Who attend to their own business
and who disown them as their guar.
dams. Tobey and Wharton have
always been officiating in other mems
politics, have been into everything
else they could get into, and when
they could get into nothing else had
to farm from actual necessity, and
hence they fret, grumble, and pout
about what they have to do and
what little taxes they have to pay.
or what little bills they have con-
tracted to pay, as if the government
could not run as veil without them.
The sooner these gentlemen learn
shat there is more in the man than
there is in the land" to go to work
with cheerful hearts, to not know
quite so much and do more; attend
to their own affairs and quit bossing
and trying to discourage and stir up
strife among other people who are as
capable of attending to their own
business as they are to attend TO it
for them, the better they will succeed
in their own affairs, the better will
others be on that account, the gen.
eral happiness and prosperity he
considerably augmented, a great
deal of useless noise saved and men
who live alone for the purpose Of
breathing will breathe easier and en-
Joy it better. Nj. r. SHrNN.