Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-10-22
A xuGwUMP.


a AOVWSAs
Where he Came From and What be is
Gesd for and Whist he Wants.
We clip the following from that
sterling Democratic paper, thesSt.
Joe Gazette:
But the mugwumps? How about
the mugwumpss The word is new
one, and has not even been accorded
q place in the dictionaries. Perhaps
we do not all understand its meaning
alike. Let's see il we do.
For our part We entertain certain
degree of admiration for a real In
dian, but we hate half-breed, who
is proud of his ancestry when the In
dians are on top, and Mexican when
the Mexicans are in favor. We like
a good horse or an extra fine jack,
but we hate a mule. We like splen-
did, ferocious lion, with majestic
tread even in captivity, and voice
that makes the very earth to tremble;
but we hate o sneaking, cowardly,
contemplate coyote. We like fear
less rattlesnake, that warns you Of
it's presence and then strikes and
strikes to hurt; but We hate an insig-
nifcant garter snake, that pretends
to be poisonous when 1t knows it isn't.
We like q man who 10 made after the
image Of his Maker, but we hate Q
kangaroo, with its long hind legs and
little sawed-off arms, with the wrong
end half the time above the right end.
and nobody able to find ont what it
is about. We like . coed, square.
straightout Republican who comes
right out into the open and says he
is Republican, gives you his ad-
dress and tells you where you can
6nd him whenever you want anything
in his line; but We do despise any
sne aking. cowsrdly, -thieving Great
we, sometimes going on two legs and
sometimes on four, sometimes run
ming and sometimes walking, some
times hopping and sometimes craw-
ling on its belly, sometimes curling
up in q ball and refusing to bulge
one way or another, for love or mon-
ey, or honor or glory.
When we have an enemy We like to
know first what it looks like and how
big it is, and then where to find it.
II we are in command of An army
! and summon e subordinate general
, to our tent to inquire how many
3 men are in his command, We don't
. want to hear him say be has ''about"
1 90 many able-bodied soldiers and
"about' SO many laid up in the
I hospital with breakbone fever, and be
g don't know whether they are really
!? 6t for service or not. We want te
n know just how many men there are
Il and just how many are 6t for ser
vice.
t. If we have been on Q long forces
t march, and have won the decisive
a battle Of the war, and q lot Of fellow
r come struggling into camp, arrayet
,s in the enemy's uniform, and claim
ing to have been independent scout
b. or spies for US, We are going to ques
It ton them thoroughly before givinI
B. them \ permit TO pillage and forsg
p off the enemy, or even gather Up th
a soup-bones that have been bleache
ir and the beans that have been left i
Y. the trenches.
,y If we are in a political campaig
ir we will enrol oil the disloy.l subjec,
at in the enemy's country, who a
willing to join our ranks without Il
I'd promise Of reward, but We are goin
i'd to keep q sharp lookout fer spies
as Aud now, il any Of these sc.tterin
r. shot have winged . mugwump. {
en- bind up his wounds and tell him th
SO the Gazette hates mugwumps, and
. bad better hurry up and get we'll. q.
ms either get out Of the camp or taI
rls the oath of allegiance.
ep We say this believing that the m
nd who is not Democrat is an ener
he of Democracy. That if Democra
Ird is right once it is always right. II
ow il Republicanism is right once it
nd always right. That there can be
middle ground. and that any m
is, who refuses to take positive star
The one way or the other, is nothing mi
lad or less than a camp follower.
And in the absence OF an authoria
dictionary definition the Gazette
constrained to believe stiii that th
- is no difference between a camp
Ao lower and q mugwump.
tol An End 10 Bone Scraping.