Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09


SIS that,. Thomas Jefferson went into
flee.
| My father told me thst wasn Andrew
Jackson was running for President of the
uuited States, the whole land WAS flood
/ ed With GOTTA neutrality-suspicious. of six
dead men, in sllusion to The six deserters
whom Andrew jackson had had shot,
and ell the plcEor,sls Of those times rep
| resented Jackson as .sking his Cfice from
The hand Of the devil.
saw at Putin B:y, Ohio, in q museum,
g promident paper of 1854, which spoke
Of Henry Clay IS a gambler, S
hceTtiDe, and murderer; sud
the manner in Which he was
detsmed sud the ou:rsges which
were nesped upon him may be we'll
guessed from Nj. Clay's eu.ogy CT bis
native stste, Kentucky, He ssid: "Wnen
/ l seemed 10 be esssiled By s!l the rest Of
the world, she interposed her broad and
impeneilaole shield, repeHed
THE POISONED SHAFgs
| thst were aimed for my destruction, snd
7indlcsted my good name from every ms
ligasnt and unfounded ssperson."
Defamation! 1. is tle curse OF
the American ballot box. Jast as
soon IS in the great cities man Is put
up for c:tiee he Is made the target. Tie
fact thst he is up is prims fscle evidence
that ae must be brought down. His pup
| lie Life and private life are scru ,iniz5d,
end sll the electric lights ere turned or.
| How often il Is that mel have gone down
under such things. IL every autumnsl
election the air is Il lied with csTrion
crows seeming cGrcssses. Cav, Cav.
Cav. Tdere sre newspapers in the L lited
| States that in tie great autumnal cleo
tiols take Wild license for liberty.
They are illed with calCmag. The edi-
totlsl columns Of such papers reek with
il; theif columns are stud9d with it.
| rcere are newspapers II the Uaited
States which IN the great popular cleo
tons Dresktags and dine .nd sup Gu in
decencY. They wallow IN it. .,SNlue ike
the mire. They give escr one quill
full Of i! than whole hogshesd 81 de-
cent product. There are In thessgrsat;
autumnsl elections men Siding ileds!4
rial chairs VINO write witSsa qa4ll, hof
plucked from the stupid gaass or thu;
sublime e6gle, but from turkAg6u III srd
Ghoais, Gaoule! They tiH the city
sever into their editorial ! Inks ApdS
Defamation o, character isspe oFtke
Curses OF the American bslIbS box to-day.
Il your great presidential elections VINO
can tell from wat ne resds who is the
man he ought to vote foI? Bad men
sometimes spplauded, good men de-
nounced.
| Another powerful foe of the sacred
chest, the ARK Of the American covenant,
the bsliot box, is the
GoWDY AND DRUNKEN CAUCUS.
The ballot-btx does not give any choice
to Insn when the nominations are made
in the back part Of o GROCERY. When
the electoT comes up ne hiss TO choose
between two eyile. In come OF the cities
men have come 20 the ballot-box to vote,
aud EaVe found both names such 3 scnly,
greasy. and stenchiul crews they had 30
choice. You say vote fer somebody out
side. Then they throw away their vote.
Christian men OF New YORK and Brooklyn,
honorable ner, patriotic men, 90 sna
take possession Of the csUcuees. F!rus
having saturated your pocket hsndker-
chief With cologne, or some other disin-
ieCtsnt, 90 down to the CAUCUS sud take
possession Of Il in the name OF the Lord
God Almighty and TIE American people,
though after you conc osck you sho uld
have 20 hang your hse sri coat on 9 Lac
IN the back yard for VsntilsGiCp.
IL eome OF the states politics have got
SO low that the nc m:rees 70 more need
good morals thau they do bath tue.
SnG ca the cAliot-box from such men.
Who're is the David who will 20 forth
aGd bring the ark Of the covenant bsCk
from Klj ,tb isafim? Do you rot think
politics have got TO pretty low ebD Ia
ouE day when Tweed could be sent to
the Legislature oG New YorS, sud q john
Morrissey, the prince Of gamblers, could
De sent 10 the American Congress?
Nov, how are these thirga 10 De rea-
edled? Some sey bV 4 property qufGh
cation. They s4y that aft-r man gsIs 4
certain amount CT property certain
snoUn' OF real estste-he ia fusDcislly
interested IN good government, and he
becomes
CAUTIOUS AND CONSERVATIVE,
| reply, q property qualification you'd
shut eff from the oaIlol-box e. grest
many CT the best men IN this land. Lii.
efery men are almoss always poor. L
pen Is = good implement to make the
world better, but 1t is very
poor implement to get livelihood
ordinarily. l have kaoWn ecoEes Of
iitefary men who neveT owned foot OF
ground and never will own foot OF
ground until they get under it. Pro
tessors OF colleges, teachers OF schools
editors Of newspapers, ministers OF re-
ugior, qualified in every possible way to
vote, yet no worldly SUCCESS. There mas
been many msu VINO hiss not had 6
house OF esrth who will have . mansion
IN heaven.
There are many who through accidents
CT fortune have come to great success
while they are pr found in their stupidity,
SIS profound IN their stupidity IS e man Of
large fortune wi:h whom I was
crossing the ocean, who told me
he was going TO see the dykes
OF Scotland, When member OF
my fsmily asked q lady on her return
from Elrope II che had seen Mons Blaze.
she replied: SWELL, really, 1 don't
know; Is thst in Europe?" Ignorance
by the square foot. Property quaNGcs-
ton will not do. The only ws7 these
evils will be ersdicated will be by more
thorough legal defense Of the bslIo: bCx
End more thorough Eoral;astio1 arc
Cnristiapizstion CT the people. That ark
OF the covenant Was carried into captivity
TO Xii sth jssrim, but enc day the people
hooked oxen TO G cert, and ibey put this
ark on the cart, ard the cert WAS aken to
Jeruselem-the Erk Of the cCversut
coming with the shouting and thanksgiving
cf the people. And though the American
ballot bcx, the ark OF ihe American Gov
srant, our sacred chest, has been carried
agsin and again into captivity by
FRAUD AND INl4UI1Y,
and spurious voting, ueneve it will be
brought back yet by prayer ind by
Christian conservation, sad will be set