The Russellville Democrat., 1884-01-17
Notice to Brothers OF Freedom

Notice to Brothers OF Freedom.
Your contracting committee has
made trading contract with w. p.
Wooten d Co., to furnish such goods
and supplies as the brotherhood may
need during this year. This you
will all take due notice thereof, and
be governed accordingly.
w. A. MCKINNEY,
/ Committee Of Prairie Grove Com
mon Council.
Demagogues VS.. b. of F.
Correspondence Of the Democrat.
| We don't presume we arc over
stocked with piety. but it truly
grieves us to see how the broken
4 down demagogues are trying to get
the destiny OF the Brothers of Free
dom In their own hand. Neither
dare we presume to have more wis
dom than the members of the Broth
ers of Freedom, but we are constrain
ed to believe that they committed a
fatal error in admitting the horde of
Office seekers who are found domi-
clIed in the order. 1t is presumed
they did not intend to admit an,
one who they were certain was JON
ing only for the ''loaves and fishes"
bat certain mems previous career
and subsequent actions have proven,
beyond doubt that that was their
sole object In joining the order.
But these willy political tricksters
whose political career was ended so
far as democracy or republicanism
was concerned, seeing tina. the B. of
+. was destined to be popular
thing, joined the order purposely to
be elected to some Office, and they
are even now working hard among
the '..sons OF toii'' to create a politi-
cal upheava: in their favor.
We are certain that by judicious
management, the b. oil +. and simi-
lar organizations will prove a bless
ing to the laboring fraternity, but if.
its destiny is to be placed into the
hands of professional office seekers
and demagogues Of the worst type,
it is certain to prove anything but a
blessing, and our last state will be
worse than the first. We are not by
any means opposed to the h. Of +.
electing officers from within their
ranks, in fact we believe it their in
dispensable duty to do so If they
can, but the idea of these old poliil-
cal ''dead BEATS whose very person
emits the stenching effluvia of polit-
ical rottenness riding into office on
the strength Of the Brothers of Free
dom is not very reassuring To say
the least of it.
The question is: Will the b. of +.
allow these yeritable evolves IN
Sleeps clothing" TO quietly come in
to their fold and be gorgeously ar
rayed in official honors through their
influence? We sincerely hope not.
Ii there is anything we hate long
and loudly it is man who tries to
be politician and has no creed. He
is as capacious as the wind itself,
for tomorrow he may be condemn
ing what he was comwending to-day.
Some are making long euphonious
speeches now, setting off in cam
brous adjectives the laborers griev-
ances, how he is ruined by taxation,
tariff, etc, and finally closing by In
timating that all these things would
cease by electing him to the legisla
ture, and probably if he was elected
he would sit in his seat and be afraid
to open his mouth for fear of dis
closing his ignorance.
But what is to be done YOU ask |?
Why this, don't 90 into politics until
you can dc some good, and tnen go
with your eyes open. and don't make
a fatal error and llace a demagoguc
to direct YOUR movements. Such
men are like snake In the grass,
aud will bite when you least expect
them 20. So whatever is done, do not
elect any man to any office who b.
nature does not know you" wants
We had better keep our present reg
ime OF officers than to exchange
them Tor worse ones. When you
elect any one. elect a practical farm
er that is known 10 he one who takes
no stock in political jobbery and you
will have a man true u his constlt
uents. There aye other rhings we
would Like a. ga, on this subject, but
space Iorbids. Our hope is tina. the
Brothers of Freedom and similar orr
ganizations will steer clear OF the
fatal masher Of demagogism, ana
live long and do much good.
Care.
Caglcsvllle, Jan. II. 1854.