Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-05

, father, John Adams, had to 90 'hroug
the same process, and Johl Quinc,
Adams declared he really thought In tina
( present election there were men y no CAV:
their entire time to manufacturing false
hood in regard to him. Martin Van Blu
rem was slwsys pictorializsd as rat
Thomas Fl Benton and Amos Kendall
we're elwsys picsorisiized ss robbers with
bs!tering rams breaking in the door OF
the United States olrk.
Ca tie day on which Thomas Jefferson
was insugurs'ed President Of the United
States, Mach 4, 1901, the following sp.
pesred in the Sentinel Boston: "Mon-
umental inscription. Yesterday expired,
deeply regretted ~ millions Of graceful
full Americans, and by sll coed men, the
Federal administration OF the govern
msnt Of TIE United States, animated by
Washington, Adams, Hamilton, K1oX,
Pickering, McHenyy, Msrshali and Stod-
dsrd; aged twelve years. LIS desth Vas
occasioned by the secret arts and open
violence OF foreign snd domestic Gema-
gogues. AS one tribute Of gratitude In
these times this monument to the talents
and services OF the deceased is raised BY
the Sentinel" Uader such defamation
ae tustJ 1uOms5 JtuSlsOu Welt lGIU
flee.
My father told me that when Andrew
Jackson WAS running for President of the
United States, the whole land Was food
ed with cofia neutrality-suspicious. of six
dead men, in allusion to ;hs six deserters
whom Andrew Jackson hsd had shot,
and sll the plctorlsls Of those times rep
resented Jackson as tsking mis- cffice from
the hand OF the devil
saw at Putin Bay, Ohio, in museum,
a promidens paper OF 1874, which spoke
OF Henry Clay as gambler, a
liosrtlne, and murderer; ard
the manner in waich he was
detained and fhe ou,rsges which
were hesped upon him may be well
guessed from Mr.. Clsy's Gu ogy Of his
native state, Kentucky. He saio: "Wden
seemed to be sgssied by sll the rest Of
the world, she intes posed her broad ant
im2ene:r.ole shield, repelied
THE POISONED SHAFTS
that were aimed fer my destruction, and
vindicsied my coed nSme from every ms-
lignsnt :nd uSfcu0ded asperslon."
Defamation! It is the curse OF
the American ballot Just IS
SOON IS in the great cities u,sn is pu.
up for otfice he is made the target. Tae
feet chat he is up is prima iscie evidence
thai he must be brought down His puo-
lie life and private life are scru .iniz I'd +.
and Ell the electric lights are TUNED or i.
Bow often it is thst'm have gone down
under such thugs. In every autumn nal
election the air is f led with carrion
crows seeming csrcssses. Cswl Cav.
Cav Tuere are newspapers in The y lited
States that in the great sutumDsl cleo
tons tske wild license for liberty.
They are flied with calumny. TIE edi
tcrlel columns Of such papers reek with
it; their columns ere stuffed with it.
There are newspapers in the Uaited
States which in the great popular cleo
tioos breakfast snd dine sad sup on ia
decency. They wsllow in it. Swire like
the mire. They give more fer one quill
full CT II than q whole hogshesd CT de-
cent product. There are IN thsss grea.
autnmns! elections ms1 sitting In edito
risl chaiEs who write with Guii', not
pluckad from tie stupid goose, or the
sublime eagle, but from turkey buzz Ird !.
Glouls. GhouIs, TneV tip the city
sewer into their editorial inks.ands
Defamation OF character Is one of the
curses OF TIE American ballot box to-day.
q your greas presidential elections WHO
cEl tell from what he reads VINO is the
nan he ought TO vote for? Bad men
sometimes applsudeG, good men de-
nounced. -
Another powerful fee Of the sacred
chest, the srE OF the American covenant,
the ballot box, is the &
RowDY AND DRvSVEN CAUCUS.
The ballot-box does not give any choice
TO man when the nominsiions arelmNde
in the back part OF gregg efNssF hen
the electCr comes.up ne has 70 Choose!
between two evils. In some Of the citH4
men have come to the ballot-box to YJls,
sad have found both names such a36niy,
greasy, and stenchful rs the9ahad no
choice. You say vote for somsb1dy ou..,
side. Then they throw swefstheir vote!
Christian men Of New York sEd Brooklyn,
honorable men, patriotic men, go snu
take possession Of the ciucuses. FIRST
having saturated your pocket handker-
chief with cologne, or some other disin-
fectant, &C down to the csucus and take
possession Of II in the rsne of the Lord
God Almighty and The American people,
though after you come back you sho uld
have to hang your hat and coat on 6 lire
In the back yard for ventilation. :.
In some OF the states politics have got
30 low that the nominees no more need
good morals than they dc bath tub.
Sna ch the ballot box from such men.
Where is the David who will 60 forth
and bring the ark Of the covenant back
from K'rj 18th jesfim? Do you not think
politics have got to pretty low sbb in
our day when Tweed could be sent to
the Legislature OF New York, and John
Morrissey, the prince OF gamblers, could
be sent TO the American Congress?
Now, how are these things to be rem-
edied? Some say by property qualifl
cation. They say that After 5 maa gets q
certain amount Ct property certain
amount Of real estEte-he. is. financially
interested in good government, and he
becomes
CAUTIOUS AND CONSERVATIVE.
reply, 8 property qualification would
shut # from tina ballot box great
many Of the best men in this land. Lit.
erary men are almost always poor. A
pen is q good implement to make the
world better, but it is q very
poor implement to get livelihood
ordinarily. l have known scores Of
literary men who never owned foo. of
ground and never will own foot OF
ground until they get under it. Pro