The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
THE REF0RMER AT WORK.
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ignorantly perverted my former ar
ticle. If he has done so wilfully |
should place him among the low poll
ticiaus, who, he wishes to make us be-
lieve, are pretty good fellows after ALL
If he has done so ignorantly, have
only pity for him. | would ask him
to read the article again and if he can
then get no other meaning from it
than the one he paraded in his article,
he might ask some one to explain 1t
for him. No disrespect Mr.. X, we
are all liable to err; but would sug-
gest that you be very careful in inter-
preting for the public. / will recapit-
ulate what l said, for your sole benefit.
A man who would spend $4,000 to
corrupt innocent citizens, in order to
elect himself to position of trust aud
thus defeat worth and competency, and
the will of the people, would and did
call brute. l should classify him
with the brutes that wallow in filth.
Would you call them some nice name
AS s,oine :? .. -...U. r...
A man who makes personal can
vass is engaged in very low business,
and is ''pest" as disgusting to re-
spectacle people as the frogs of Egypt.
What nice name would you give
them? A man who will do the things
enumerated in my article of March 81,
is very vile creature. What nice
name is there for these?
People differ in regard to such
things. Some say stealing is very bad,
while others, who, perhaps, have sto.
len, or intend to steal, say it is all right.
One man says that we should always
say truth, while another says that a
man who would always speak the
truth is fool. One man likes sweet,
another sour. Ones tastes aud opinions
are always formed by ones bringing
up and present environments. didn't
imagine that l would please every one.
Iexpected to displease many. X did
not disappoint me. Another thing l
will say of X: He is either newcomer
or has been asleep all these years, or is
one of those kind that sleep all the time.
What l wrote and intend to write here
l know of my own knowledge to be
true. Could any one call those men
who a few weeks ago drove through
all that mud, night and day, disturbing
people in their peaceful slumbers, dis
tributing whiskey from their Jug on all
hands, for the purpose of defeating the
will of the people, anything else than
low, debased creatures Who would
call those men, who trample on the
law by making youth drunk, nice chris
tian gentlemen!
Anyone who expects to elect hinaseL,
to Office cannot be trusted in Office. To
steal is no worse than that. Perhaps
the thing which distinguishes man from
the brute more than any thing else is
that he is ambitious. Ambition within
proper bounds is virtue If people
would express their desire to be elected
to Office and permit it to remain at that
what glorious reformation that woulc
be; but it they will attempt to force
themselves into offi,e they commit moi
only damnable fault, but are engaged
in low business. | never called mar
who expressed desire for an office, ;
vile creature, but that one who wa'
bent upon electing himself in spite O
the people.
TO talk of the law only adds fuel t.
the internal fire, unless some one take
the matter in hand aud pushes it. Evi
dence is certainly not wanting. Wh'
shall it be? Those creatures are so de
graded that they take as much pleasure
in the success of their devilish plots a
old Satan himself They resemble tn
last named individual in that the.
laugh at the remonstrances and threats
of good people.
The man who engages in a persona
canvass has only one step to all tn
corrupt and contemplate means of
practical politician and that step is al
most invarbly taken. Corrupt solicita
ton is 80 common that it is openl
practiced by those seeking every offic
of the county, even the supervision o
schools. Will not the people wake u
to the enormity of these abuses'
The man who engages in persona
canvass is coward. He dare not trus
his chances to the will of the people.
know no person or party in these art
cles. / know no rings or cliques; bu
do know that there are many in tn
county who need regeneration badly
Your correspondent who signs himsel
Democrat, thinks that in recent ele(
ton we escaped the Chary of Boss
ism only to FOUNDER on the Scylls G
Dictaiion. A most unhappy figure
Our political system at present Nigh
better be compared to the stables c
Augeas, with one forkful of dung II
moved by the recent election. Pract
cal politics might also be compared
the Lernaean hydra. which for ever
head that was cut off, produced two
its stead | was somewhat surprise
that Democrat did not say somethin
about Ixion tied to his wheel for hi
naughtiness with the divine june
Casting these ancient stones befoI
politicians is like casting pearls befoi
hogs. We need not go back SO far fC
comparisons. Here is one: Our polt
cal system is like nasty slimy worl
which when cut in two produces tw
worms and if each part be cut agai
and again every little piece will produe
worm. The only way then to destro
aworm is to mash il under ones foo
The only way to destroy practical pol
tics is to mash it. All other mean
make it more vigorous.
This is the last article ! shall writ
on this subject. Those abuses, l thin
will soon become unbearable when tf
people will rise up in their power an
kill the corrupt politician in cold bloo'
Whether they will rise in any oth'
way seems doubtful to me.
The Cincinnati riots were the natul
al result of uncomfortable abuse OF publ
trusts.
Beware, ye corrupt politicians, VIII
presume to lord il over us. Before yo
are aware you may lie in the dust
In the last twenty years the Cover,
ment has paid for interest on the Pn
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