The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-18
The Two Extremes.

Except that the Commercial Ga
zette is more forcible and says hard
things well and the Chicago Trib-
une is more decent, these wild
shriekers and the Tennessee or
gans might be put together. Such
terms as treason" ''traitors," "in-
famous" and all that, are applied
by the one to the men who were in
dependent enough to vote fer St.
John, or for Cleveland, and by the
other to Tennesseans who
scratched or voted against what
they call the straight ticket fit
well together.
1t had been supposed that the
day for this sort of thing was pass
ed. 1t is certainly time that a
point we're reached at which it
should cease, and after which it
should be recognized that men have
right to vote as they please, and
without being insulted by some
partisan drill sergeant.
The amusing part of the situa-
tion is that each of these antago-
nistic classes of organs condemns
what the other admires and admires
what the other denounces. The
Tennessee bourbon fiercely de-
nounces men who voted against or
scratched their railroad commits
siOners, and for a person who exer-
cised the right of an American cit
izen, which they commend in the
independent republican, and choose
to think the state would be better
off with Reid for governor they ex-
press nnbounded horror, as if he
had been guilty of all the crimes in
the calendar. The republican pa
pers regard a republican who voted
for st. John and one wh0 scratched
Blaine and more one who voted for
Cleveland "toad spotted" from top
to toe with foul crime, but they
think we'll of Tennessean who Yo-
ted fol. Reid.
The absurdity of all this is an
answer to the follies of both. Our
very political jargon in the organs
has come to have a senseless exag-
geration about it, a mock heroic
styleJa borrowing of all terms used
to designate fealty to divine right
numbskulls or the want of it,which
is beginning to disgust all thought
full persons of all sections.
The old world man who heard
them gush of "loyalty" and "trea
son." and "infamy" would suppose
the Stuarts or the Bourbons were
reigning and armed treason had
"raised its horrid crest"
The man who came from another
land and found that the men who
were thus denounced were honest
men, esteemed in private life and
by no means knaves and scoundrels,
would be puzzled to understand
American politics.
The Avalanche will hail the day
when a man can vote the democrat
ic ticket in the north without being
called disloyal knave; but it will
also hail the day when the' same
happy change comes over the south.
The citizen must be allowed everys
where to choose what he thinke
best for his country. OF that he
must be the judge. 1t must al
ways be allowable to show him that
he is mistaken; but not call him a
traitor, knave and scoundrel be-
cause he cannot see precisely as the
organ may see.
The bourbon democratic organs
in Tennessee and the bourbon re-
publican organs in the north COM
NIT the same crime against indepen-
dent American manhood, and each
confesses that the other is a fool
and knikve, and, if they are not
careful, they will convince the pub
lie that they are both right in the
conclusion.-Memphis Avalanche.
A Peruvian physician observed a
case of small pox which at the out
set ethrea'tened to. be very severe,
but quickly took turn for the bet
ter and proved to be a very mild
case. This he attributes to the
free eating of honeysby the patient,
and he has since seen two other
similar cases, he thiuks he bas dis
covered something worthy Of ex-
fandaI trial