The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-25
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At q fashionable eastern watering
place, hast summer, . young glri stole
from q lady bather q diamond nng
valued at $500, and being suspected
and fearing a search would be- made
abe swallowed it TO conceal the theft.
She was arrested and tsken 70 jail, and
from there 10 . hospital. The loser
Of the ring, Ignoring the uncertain and
unsatisfactory process Of the law, de-
termined upon the practical method Of
recovering the property by following
the girl to q hospital and there watch
ing and waiting Developments. At last
accounts there was q hopeful prospect
that in due course of time the jewel 80
rich and beautiful would be regained'
For the purpose, however, OF using
the above incident q an illustration
we shall leave the lady watching for
her jewel, and let an anxious publie
draw upon its imagination tor proba-
bi!ities and results.
The incident is suggestive OF the con
dition Of the Bourbon Democracy
About tw~enty-four years ago it Lost it,
only jewel. 1t was stolen and swa
lowed by a dark browed female know
"a Miss Secessia. The damsel was cap
tured and sent up. Ever since, the
Democracy have been watching and
waiting, after the fashion OF the prac'
teal eastern lady, first at one point
and then another for the reappear'
ance of the Democratic diadem'
Stomach pumps and cathartics have
been alterBatdy resorted to, to hasten
results, but without success. Eight
years ago. the Sage of Grammercy
Park thought . production of the lost
Jewel was to be effected, but alas! the
old man was rewarded with nothing
more substantial than emanstion
which escaped his ears. but hit his
nose" Year after year, with patience
and assiduity does the Democracy keep
up its policy of waiting and watching
At the mouth of the abyss, where &C
long ago its fortunes were hopelessly
swallowed up. Year after year it raj
lies ito devoted legions with the battle
cry Of "it must come some time
Year AFTER year, actuated by q blind
faith in the traditions of the party" II
returns to its roc tine work of watching
and waiting. IL p~ersistently refuses
to look in any other direction for sue
cess. In vain fortune points her fin
ger toward some new light. In vain
the Star Of Bethlehem arises above the
morning horizon. In the meantime
the Republican party springs into ex'
istence, rises to its MONDAY height o.
glory /; there it stands, and will remain
until times immortal coil has un'
wound many q future generation
Democratic life is something like
smouIdering forest fire; it is covered
with ashes, and as a fresh breeze fans
the Goals it shoots up into brightness
only to sink lower than before@wher
the wind gives out. Democracy
platform is not an ideal; it may ap
to some as perfect, but if you viii
take time to look below the planks
you will find the timber decayed and
the foundation crumbling away. In
the past twenty-four years the Democ
racy have only in one instance placed
before its constituents, as an intended
leader, q man devoid of corruption.
man who would not violate his oath te
Office, and that man of truth and In
tegrity, a jewel without a flaw, wa
Hancock. With that one exception
they have got to look back over what
seems to be . century, beyond the days
when that "Son of Belial:" Buchanan
brought guilt. shame and destruction
to the Democracy: scar which time
will not efface ; . flaw which polish
will. not remove. But for the mex
generation, at least till death shal
have claimed the Tildens, the Bayards
the Buffers, and other stalwarts of thai
stamp and stripe, We may expect to SCI
the Bourbon Democracy still waiting
and watching at the annular exit o.
the dead past for the lost diadem o.
success. Yours with respect,
A. ]. ToMLINs0N
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