West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-19
A SCHEME TO BEAT NYE IN A
FRIENDLY ENCOUNTER
FAILS.
AND HIS ENEMIESTHEN SEEK
TO COVER him DEEP
WITH MUD.
HE IS ON TOP HOWEVER, AND
PROMISE; TO STAY
THERE.

The pent up misery Of months IN the Re
publican camp here, has at last burst
fourth in one long howl through the col
umns of the Journal OF last week, and, oh I
heavens and earth, what shower Of mud
aod filth it!wss. But we foresaw II, for
their sin has at last found them out ard
they have been in ssck-cloth and ashes for
some time ani there has been weeping ADD
willing and guashing OF teeth and they
have been praying for some one 20 try and
deliver them from the body OF this death.
but the prayers OF the wicked availeth
nothing.
But lol they think to find balm In Gilesd
To alleviate the soreness of their heads and
the sickness Of their stomsches, by vomit-
ing up the feast Of crow, spite vintage
aud general mass Of corruption with which
their abdominal structures were go heavily
charged, and direct II at Bill .Nye, who has
been on the war path all summer and who
has scAlped the heads (hence the soreness)
OF every Que OF then.
But the object Of their wrath Ia clad 10
the impenetrsble armor OF Truth, Justice
sna Victory, 30 that their deluge OF mud
being cast upward does not reach. AZ we
ore too far above such dross, hut returning
ihlls among them like curses that Come
home Ia rnIst, and but contributes To :heir
own overthrow and eavss them To wallow
IN tn" hih at their own creati N.
We shall not attempt TO measure TO
them the same stuff that they cast at us,
for IL would be like throwing mud on an
absceno picture, bad jke on the mui.
Msatis ago couscil of war WAS held
by the REIIcKs Of the Blaine and Logan
Klub in order To- try and put their heads
all together. thinking that several sheep
heads were better than one, land It was de
'ermiLed bat one OF their number should
write and the rest sll contribute their mite
to tue article aud So get up something 10
lay Bill on all at ence, and further is was
agreed that ev"rv one should go his way
aud watch Bill NYe very closely and study
and sleep and dream ovar Il and report
any points they could get hold Of. The
srestes. crank Of the whole lot. n regular
oeck sliding hYPeorite, Fourth OF July
fraud, was the one chosen to write the ar
ticle, because he could tell more vulgar
tales and use fltbirr language thar any
~ the rest. Tots shallow pated Prince Of
Liprs studied and studied 40 hard over The
situation that ii unsettled what little brain
he had left He tlept ever II dreamed
over il; laid awake night after night snd
vaiuly tried 10 consolidate the mush in
his little added pate into one brilliant
point and, although his brain was LIsnT It
wouldn't shine fourth. He soaked himself
time and again with 80 cent rot gut 10 try
and get the Inspiration. bat "Out Of moth
ing comeC nothing" and 81 being unable
to study mp any holt on us he finally gave
Il up AID sought shower Of mud NJ an
only resort.
"a good name IL rather 10 be chosen
than great riches, but this Vvrmin crawl.
ing around on the dead aud putrid CARCASS
Of Rcpublicunism, signs & name 10 his ar
ticle that HIS party have associated with
the lowest depTavity Of human nature.
Bot obi hO~ they soourged themselves 10
doing Il. Bat this blatant, fouimo uthed
idiot, who hss PsovEE his title OF dookey.
need not try to hide his vlll4iDies under
an assumed name for we know him. but
We most certainly know no good OF him.
He sIeaks Of our "trying to break wu
the free school systcn Such a com
pound, concentrated lye ~ this is appall-
IDg, hut !; wss the last argument of a
crank, driven desperate by his own weak
ness, Tor when man meets with UEAR-
swKRABLE Logic, be tries 20 lie around IL,
OF bluff 1t a With burlegque aud ridicu!e.
But This only makes bad worse, for better
turn tail and run, than prove ones own
idiocy.
We defy this pincompoop TO prove that
We ever said or wrote one word against
The free schools. Never have We, nor
never will we, for cur Free Schools are
the bulwarks Of our freedom; the very
corner stone Of our free Government. and
instead of having spite AZ them a. this
liar claims, we have done more 10 the Last
FIVE years to support them than he has in
all OF mispenl hfe, les him who has the
spite at them because he never received
any good out Of them, and the poor fool j.
trying to measure our corn In bic own
half bushel
He z zee on 10 tell Of the introduction Of
the free school system into Pa. by Thad-
deus Stevens and how u had spread eli
over the country till nov even the poor
African has the advantage 81 II, and then.
judging us by himself. says, we sre mad
because The Niger will soon know more
than we do.
All this lying preamble Of idiocy en-
eDates from a cracked Drained rambead
The only time we ever mentioned free