Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-14

house. and in some OF the most impOr
tant offices of our land. He is live
ly old corpse, and has shown great ac-
tivity in displacing thousands Of
manned and crippled veterans of the
Union army, and filling their places
with like number of those who
fought to overthrow our government.
Comrades! patriots. fellow-citizens!
Is this right? Is tie .pictSre pleas
ing one? If not, what is our duty in
order to right the wrong?
You know how during the war your
this corpse that refuses to be bur-
ied, sneaking and filthy, stepping forth
from it's odoriferous charnel house of
corruption into the light of the pres
ent, and saying: Look upon me Sol
diers, patriots, behold your friend.
When the war was waged to preserve
the integrity of our government and
country, where was this friend? This
friend was in our font, harnessed for
battle. with cannon and muskets,
with swords and bayOnets and bullets.
He was in our rear with bitter taunt-
ing words for the patriot in the ranks
defending the flag, and words of cheer
and encouragement for the enemy
He remained at home and opposed
al! war legislation, clogging the wheels
of government and progress in every
possible way, belittling the achieve
ments of our armies and gloating over
/ their failures. The quintessence of
it's malignant hatred of liberty and
progress of it's atfilia ton with treason
and its love of darkness, remained to
! be ..;ven to mankind in its manifesto
issued by the national convention in
Chicago in 1864 Soldiers and pat
riots, can we forget the elaborate and
gushing tenderness of the love of this
party us shown in that platform? Nay
verify! This friend asked US then and
there to count the blood Of the tens Of
thousands of our comrades she'd in
the nations defense an unhOly thing,
and that the billions Of treasure ex-
pended in choking the life out of the
monster secession be thrown away;
demanded that our armies be recalled
and pronounced the war 4 failure!
This is true history of the features
of this would-be friend. And let me
assure you he is the same old friend
to-day, only under different circum-
stances. and with the different oppor-
tunities he is trying to accomplish by
deception and fiattery what he failed
to accomplish in the past by a differ
ent system Of tactics Scan his fea-
lures to-day, and you will discover
the same lineaments, the same tracings
of the devils pencil with here and
there trifle of deeper shading, the
whole being somewhat more moss
grown and sepulchral.
Then what is the duty of the hour?
Clearly it is the duty of the hand that
choked the life out of treason during
the dark and bloody days to hold firm
the grip upon the throat of the. mon
ster until the better judgment of the
American people shall pronounce him
dead, and surely that will never be
while any of the generation of trait
ors are unburied We thought he
was dead, or at least so nearly so as
to be harlmless and Stacked our grip
bullets were always aimed at demo
Gratis every time!
Do the same now, only instead of
bullets shoot ballots. Shoot them
straight at the democratic party.
Shoot to kill. VETERAN.
cumbeFIand ltems.
EDITOR CAT:-As | have failed to
see items from these parts, thought
would send in few.
Oyster supper at Cumberland Sept
sSth.
Mr.. Ryan is having his house plas-
tered.
Mr. Mahan and wife have gone to
see wife's folks.
Dir. May il > donkey driver nova
DAYS. !
M. AnudSOn'S W0termelOnS can't
be beat.
Where did you get that buggy,
SamaRthis7 Did you send hack east
eos it. or did you send for the fellow
thst owns it? Come tell n.
A new arrival at the house Of Mr..
Marvin proves to be a nine pound
boy.
The young man whom EGO" said
Was lost, str.yed or stolen, We think
Was found at Cumberland on the
18th, hugging rag doll.
EDIroR CAT:-As I have not seen
anything from this point for some
time, l will try few items.
Pleasant weather.
Haying done and farmers wishing
for rain.
Lots Of dances for the young folks
and oyster suppers. Pity some one
can't get an oyster supper, the pro-
ceeds to apply on school house.
Query.-What makes such q scratch
across our poodle's face. Wonder II
the cat did It Echo.