Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-24
WHAT A PIG DID.
The Origin Of our Second War With
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The Origin of our second War With
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 Willis J. Abbott in St. NichoIas.J
 It all happened in this wise: Two citizens of Providence, R. l., fell into a most unseen ly discussion on account of the lawlsss tres passings of pig owned by one of them. The aggrieved party possessed 8 very fine garden, in which it was his custom to spend his hours of leisure, wedding, grafting and transplanting the flowers and vegetables in which he delighted. But often, as he en- tered his garden in the evening, his ears would be saluted with grunt and a rustic, and the fat form of his neighbor's pig might be seen making nasty flight from the gar den in which it had been plaoidly roofing all day.
 In high dudgeon the gardener sought his neighbor and complained of the pigs frequent visits, declaring that little time spent in repairing the pigsty would restrain the ami malls rowing propensities. But to this the owner of the pig responded that if his neigh bor would keep his rickety fences in proper repair the pig might take its daily airing without temptation, and the garden would not be endangered.
 Repeated misdeeds on the part of the pig l famed the smouldering fires of dissension | | the crisis came. The owner of the garden, ! rising unusually early one morning, diseov- cred the pig contentedly munching the last of fine bed of tulip bulbs. Flesh and l blood could stand it no longer. Seizing a pftchferk which lay near at hand, the outraged gardener plunged it's sharp tines I into the hapless pig, and bore the body, | thus fatally impaled, to the sty, where it met the gaze of it's owner an hour or two ! later. Thereafter it was war to the knife be- | tween the two neighbors.
 l Now, what had all this to do with the wal | of 1812. The:answer is simple The two neigh bors belonged to the political party known as \ the federalists.
 l Through all the outrages that Great Brit l ain inflicted on the United States; while l seamen were being impressed, American yes ] sells stopped on the high seas, and while every I possible indignity was being committed against the flag of the United States, the 1 federalists remained friendly to Great Britain. and contested every proposition for the de- claration of war.
 But the democratic party was eager fol war, and as the British oppression became 1 more unbearabIe the strength of the demo crats increased. It so happened that the election district in which the two neighborH lived had been about equally divided between democrats and federalists, but the latter party had always succeeded in carrying the ] election. But in 1911, the owner of the garden was a candidate for the legislature on the federalist ticket. His neighbor he'd ! always voted that ticket; but now, with his l mind filled with the bitter recollection of the death of his pig, hecast his ballot for the dem-
 ocrat. Whom the ballots were counted the democrats weres.found to be elected by ma- jority of one.
 When the newly elected legislator took his seat his first duty was to vote for 6 l United States senator. He cast his vote fol I the candidate of the democrats, who was also
 elected by majority of one. When tn, l senator took his place in the United State. Senate he found the question of war witl
 Great Britain pending, and after a loni and bitter discussion it came to vote The democrats voted for war, and the feder alists against it. As a result of the votins
 war was declared-again by majority of on | vote.