Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-06-26

tIlOlo Will " . bitlRlc w biACi IOuubIJ
greatness TO be KEEP back at ther homes
an compelled to break roots with a
blind mule, while thousands who never
done lick in ther lives in moral
vineyard air go trapsin around the
Offices wearin' store clos an putin on
as much style as premium hoss with
red bride on at country fair ? Cries
of mol Nop'l
Was postage stamps made to be licked
only by one set Nv tongues from gener-
alton to generations Is postoflices to
be classed under the law OF heredita-
ments? Air we TO have in this great
Republic Nv the people, for the people
an by the people, class NV 'ristocrats
with pens behint ther years an purity
white hands that never done nothin
but MIXED at the generous an abund-
ant teat Nv the patient old National
Brindle? Great applause. Air we,
Mr.. Cheerman, as Congressman, as men
KNOWN what it is to hev patriots
handy when there's:a urgent nedcessity
NV patriots full Nv enthusiasm, thirstin'
fer duty to perform, eager to render
ther country service, fer the paltry pay
Nv postofiice er Job in the Depart
ments, left out in the cold, whar it is all
an honest man kin do to keep buckle
an tongue together, an the pets nv a
Miss Nancy, er u Civil Service Com
mission, histed into the high places to
be stall-fed an curried night an
mornin' at the expense NV taxpayers
[Applause].
AN INDIGNANT PROTEST.
In thunderin' tones that echoes from
every hillside in Wayback, an bounds
from side to side NV every valley that
spills its creeks into the yaller waters
Nv Hell-fer-Sarten, / say "No," an
twict ten thousan' time mo" rGreat
applause. Why, Mr.. Cheerman, any
man whose mind can hold a differen-
thought, is slack-twisted an ought to go
to the County Infirmary tell he gifts re-
paired. We hev hundreds NV ellergib'
bles in our midst, this very day, standnt
with their mouths waterin' an their
eyes hangin' down on. their cheeks, in
anxious expectancy, an it haint fair to
them to freeze them out, because few
non-constitutional laws has been enact
ed which says they can't hev ther own
after they hev sweat an rid an walked
an striv to git thar. Cheers What's
laws, but things fer tho peoples good
an air the people the workers, er air
they the loafers that setsaround watchin
fer chance to slide in because they air
born with silver spoon in their mouth,
an happen to know joggerphy an
grammar, an the three RS bettern
some other folks? Offices, Mr.. Cheer
man, air fer the people, an they can
best be filled from the rank an file, an
civil service examinations kin go to Hal
flax, an not be held up to embarrass a
patriot already imbued with hoss sense
an the independent sperrit Nv free
born suverrin, sufficient to meet the re-
quirements when onct he is in
A POINT IN ILLUSTRATION.
give you pint in support ny my
statement, Mr.. Cheerman, as follers
When Gineral Garfield was elected
President, | make bold to say he haG
never even heerd Nv sech man as Gro
yer Cleveland, an yit Grover Cleveland
was the very next man to be called tC
the highest Office in the gift NV the peo
pie. A Voice: "Who's Cleveland" ~
Yit, Mr.. CheeInian, Squire Cleveland
comes right in without answerin' a sin
gle civil service question, an he run'
this country like seasoned hand
Now, if a man SO tumble an unbenowns
as he was, can set on the Egsecutivt
sofy an fill it out to the handles, what's
to hender the other workers in the sam,
cause from settin' on a three-leggeC
stool er a plain bench an filling it IN
proper manner? Nothing, Mr.. Cheer
man, except they amt any dispositio,
bein' showed by anybody to ask them i
they won't set down an stay awhile
l[Cheers. v aur
vox PoPULI.
Mr.. Cheerman, I'm fer the people
an sot squar agin dishin' out the Office
in favor Nv lot Nv high moral an
scientific school teachers, who spells fer
tilizer with more er less letters thar
some others does, as knows politics ain
learnt in spellin' books. 1t amt in tn
spellin' Nv it, Mr.. Cheerman; it's tn
spreadin' NV it on that fetches the craps
an craps is what we air after, If W
ain't hankerin to starve. Cheers.
/ don't banker that away my self, al
Pm reperasentive man, an none II
my constituents in Wayback don
banker that away, an they air the reI
erasentive people Nv the majority u
, this great nation. | hav saw them al
an | know beans when the bags oper
Mr.. Cheerman, Mugwump to me
the oneriest critter on Gods gree
earth. [Cheers. He's nothin', wit
the peth punched out. He's buste
gun, without lock, stock er barl. He
) steer-too lean fer beef, too weak I
: work, an too pore for the hogs to folle
| him. He'< somethin' Goddlemlty mad
! on an off-day out NV job lot Nv ella.
4 and He didn't hav lime, sand er hair
I, mix him with. Cheers He's got
E dish-rag for a backbone, Sunds
: school book fer liver, an the sand j
his craw wouldn't start the shell on
gnat's aig.
THE MUGWUMP.
d He's a Mugwump, Mr.. Cheermal
Al. l.. Il. N