The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-14

since OF the apostles 81 civil Sst|'ee
reform, tie foGr miraculous event.
OF the worlds history, coming u
rass. with aboat two thousand years
intervening SPACE of time ne;weeh
sucli occurrences, We may "nh
some lone :rusr about the same time
will transpire before the Il Il perl
cd shall roll around.
Nov considering the Of; and
erection OF these politica. cranks,
Y ho but lunat:c can be surprised
at their purity o! purpose absolute
d,sinicrcste,3 perfection in states
craft. political purity and foresight,
anC supreme wisdom.
No wonder, with all their omnis-
cience and infa'libiiity, they should
change II course Of reason and log
ic and c, min0n scsse IS we'll. IN
der tneir tutelage, we are instructed
TO reason BY right angle tr!angles,
by parallel lines anal in circle.
BY following the lines forming 3
right angle triangle, we can never
each any designated point or cons
olusion. 1t would be; the same in
following parallel lines.
And if a,dozen start out or a cir
Gle and travel the same speed and
Tie same time tley will nevr ove:take
each other.
Sc these cranks may we'll decline
to'ayoue with opposition. nor woul
argument on either side amount to
any thing; for never yet has fool
convinced a wise man IF his sanity,
nor wise lnan a fool of his in
sanity. $500.
Nov VIVA. a deplorable condition
we are in. Ore class Of these Petit,
cal cranks want 10 combine with the
educational crssiKs and tax the hons
est labor of the country by the Fed
eral government to educate tue peo-
pie OF the Sc individual States
Another class, desires above all
things to bring about political mi
lenium and caase the lion and tie
lambs to sit at thu same table, the
Iron and his cubs will aiways sit at
the head and on the right HAND
side.
Another class OF these cracks
would build a sranu towering stu
pes':nus National " University at
Was:,;ng.on to lie can by taxation,
;z' generate feH,is, pickering, .conteu-
lion~, sluabbles, aid Internal strife
and. 1erliaps war.
Another class of these political
crarl>s would have the government,
whose only object is to project man,
in iif', liberty, property and the per.
suits of happiness. assume control of
all the rail roads and telegraph lines
and TAX the people to run thsm to
transport tho government and all its
agents free.
! Another class Of these cranks
wo':l }, ,iredge out all the little rivers
and big creeks, ana ditch out all. the
-li,tie creeks and big swamps by tax
alton for the benefit of the few at
the expense of the many.
/ Another class would abolish silve.
AS Standard Of value an, make
so's he sole standard, shereby max
Jug & ii bugs gold kings and placing
tie aol> country at the feet of these
kings, As suyiiants for mercy io1
the poor rtv!ege Of breathing ou
a miserable ex ;stcnce.
, Another class would tax the con
,u,ntrs to poiat of starvnsion anc
wrctchedness. that the producers OF
manufactured goods may live Xix,
lords and kings en- the toll and swe:
Of Of her mems hands and faces.
Another class would retain all tn.
republican officials in office for life
after the people have commanded
them TO step down and out. Yes W,
ere told 10y tile chief actor of thes,
political crank that this grand re
publ can government could hardl,
stand the pressure of electing aaothe
President of the United States with
out the timely reformatlon he and hi
60 franks propose TO bring abou
oeto~e The next general election.
This information, nc doubt. whe,
the visiting angel bore it alofS to th
New Jerusalem, fell like tLnnde
bolt from a cloudieess sky, on tn
spiritual ears Of w ashiagton, Jeffer
son and TEA thousand other gran,
souls, and caused them at. once t
l;'l On their knees and beg pardo
for he sins they committed in buif
tiiny this trloriT,,s Ro,,phtjc