Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-11-10


find on, from the newspapers when two
men are running for Office which is the
bestY How oflcn in the autumnal cleo
ti0ns the good man Is dedounced and the
had man applaudcd, 40 tina, you can come
sometimes 10 no just opinion as 10 who is
the best man, and there are hundreds and
thousands Of electors who go up To vote
10 utterly bcfoggcd they know not what
they do. Is not that fearful influence 10
BE- brought upon the ballotbox of this
country? II has been so ever since the
foundation of this government. Defama.
tion Of character.
Thomas Paine writes Washington a
letter and publishes II, saying "'rrcacher-
Gus in all private friendship and hypo.
critic in public morals, the world will bc
puzzled to know whether we had better
call YOU an apostatc or an impostor, and
whether you abandoned good morals OF
never had any" Tha, is Thomas Paine S
opinion Of George Washington.
John Quincy Adams declared that he
was solaced in regard 10 the scandals and
the ana,hemas inflicted upon him by the
FAC, that his father, John Adams, hal TO
go through the same process, and John
Quincy Adams declared he really thought
In that present election there were men
who gave their entire time 10 manufac.
turing lalsehood in regard to him. Martin
Van Buren, was always pictorialized as a
rat Thomas II. Benton and Amos Ken.
dali were always pictorializcd rs robbers
with batteringrams breaking in the door
ofthe United States Bank
On the day on which Thomas Jefferson
was inauguratcd President Of the United
States, March 4, 1901, the following ap.
pearance in the Sentinel Of Boston: Mon.
umental inscription. Yesterday expired
deeply regretted by millions OF grateful
Americans, and by all good men, the
Federal Administration OF the Govern
ment OF the United States, animated by
Washington, Adams. Hamilton Knox,
Pickering, Mcllcnry, Marshall and Stod.
dard; aged IL years Its death was occas
ioned by the secre, arts and open violence
OF foreign and domestic magogucs As
one tribute Of gratitude in these times
this monument 10 the talents and services
Of the deceased is raised by the S"tin9.
Under such defamation as that Thomas
Jefferson went into Office.
Ny father told me that when Andrew
Jackson was running for President 0i
the United States the whole land was
flooded with coffin handbll-pic,nrcs oi
six dcad mcn IN a.lusior 20 the siN desert
ers whom Andrew Jack. ,n hal shot, aud
al the picturials Of ,hos iinIes represent
ell Jackson ~ taking his office fiom 'hc
hand -. the .!evil
saw nj PGt.in. Bay, q, IN . museum
IL prominen; paper otlsl4, which spoke o:
Henry Clay as gambler u libcrtinc and
Il murderer, and the manner in which Ii,
was DETAINED and the nutrages which wer,
hcaped upon him may he wei! guessed
from Mr.. Clay culogy Of his native state
Kentucky II, said When ! seemed &c
bc assaiied by all ;he rest oi the world sl,
.n;crposcd her broad and imrcnctrabl
shield, repcied the poisoned shafts thai
were aimed for my destruction, and vindi
Gated my good name from every ma!ig
nant and unioundci aspcrsion.'
Defamation [, is the curse Of The
American ballot.box just is soon ~ N
the great cities man is put M for oiiict
he is made the target The fact that he !.
up is prip.d :fIcie evidence tha, hc must be
brought down His public life and his
private life are scrutinizcd. and all III,
electric lights are turned on. How often
is IL that men have gone down under
such things, In every autumnal election
tine mir is filled with carrion crows scent.
ing carcasscs. Cav, Cav! Caw There
are newspapers in the United States that
in the great autumual elections fake wild
license for liberty They are filed with
cSlumny The editorial columns Of such
papers reck with Il their columns are
stuffed with IT, There are newspapers in
the United States which in the great pop.
ular elections breakfast and dine and sun
on indecency. They wallow in il Swine
like the mire. They give more for one
quillinll Of II than whole hogshcad OF
decent product There are in these great
autumnal elections men sitting IN editor.
ial chairs who write with a quill, no,
plucked from the stupid goose or the
sublime eagle. but from turkey buzzar,i.
Ghouls Ghouls' They tip the city sewer
into their editorial inks;ands. Defama.
ton OF character is one of the curses Of
the American ballotbox to-day. In your
great Presidential elections who can tell
from wha, he reads who Is the man he
ought to vote for: Bad men sometimes
applaudcd. good men denounced.
TUE Rowpy AND DRUNKEN CAUCUS
Another powerful foe OF the sacred
chesi. the ark of the American covenant,
the ballot box Is the rnwdy and drunken
caucus,
The ballot-lpN toes not give any choice
Ia man when the nominations are made
in the hack par, Of a rroggory When the
elector comes up he has to choose between
two evils In some Of the cities men have
come To the ballot.box to vote, and have
fund both names such scaly, greasy and
s,enchhl crew they had no choice. You
say vote Tor somehOdy outside Then they
throw away ihcil vote Christian men ~
New York aud Brooklyn honorable men.
rairniis men, 80 ,nd take possession If
the caucusc Fif,t having saturated you
poke, handkerchief with cologne ar some
other iisinl.ciani, ga down To the caucus
aud tnkv i'u,Ncs~ion Of il IN thc name Of
the Lnnl tod Almighty and the Amcrl.
cau people though after Won come hack