The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-03-17
NUMBER "a
ME.

/ Complain as we will of the wars
whose coming and going rAakc uA
gray, they prove after all remedy
for every evil, veritable blessing.
il disguise it may be, but never
thelc~s Il blessing to mankind tie
wide world over. Only for this
sovereign, never-faillng remedial
~ It the success of the undeserv-
ing and the triumphs OF injustice
aud wrong would be continuous
I nd forever But the golden
years glide by. Time, the hoary
old hero OF acknowledgements,
comes and cuts short the two, the
three and the tour.score careers of
men and with them "the best lald
schemes" OF corporate powers and
wealthy syndicates.
Opulence does not make mean
ness, but the meanes, and vilest
Of meanncss often begetS wealth,
and with that, acquires honor, po,
sition and influence as thugs have
gone IN our country during the last
tour decades. TO the great honest
heart and conscience of Justice
loving people this spreading OF the
royal purple over living whited
seprl 'hres is distasteful and dis
pleasing, and would be disccur-
aging Were it not for the assurance
that time ere long will furnish
panacra.
" Mems evil manners live in
b ass their virtues we write in
water" So human notions taken
sirgIy are often estimated. But
tie aggregate Of good works tell
upon the ages, though slowly, vet
surely. Some of the Ills of the
body polite, time has cured. 9th
ers, nitigated, but many vet re-
main. Some seem even to have
grown with the years and fairly
strengthened with the lapse of
time. Apparently the growth and
Of some Of these charac-
and methods of our ad-
vanced civilization have made them
permanent among our institutions.
AS OF yOre, here still are our
Hobbs, Paine and Noltaire-
perched like owls in darkness and
holding discourse OF day. Here
still are our singing PATHS and
lancing Elsle9s-followed by the
frivolous WorshIppers of fuukey-
dom. Here are still our parapa-
tetic lecturers with their amIable
tolbles and all the airs and com
plaisant conceits Of polished igno-
rance. Here still are our swarlns
Of crack stump orators, believing
out their vapid balderdash OF
speech and swearing on the altar
Of Liberty. Here still are the
drilled guardians OF the municipal
otfices-taking care of the peoples
interests by quarreling at the eau
cas- and brbing at the polls. Here
still are onr partizm editors and
brawling politicians-harnesSed
like beasts Of the field and dancing
like puppets at the bidding of a
master. Here still are our re-
nowned, overshadoWing statesmen
sowing for their harvest III the
sIoughs Of human prejudice, grind
ing like Sampson in the mill of
the Philistines, and blind as he. --
Here still is our gilt and powder
ed hipocrasy, roosting upon its
velvet cushioned pews among the
great black walls OF these mighty
cities. Here still are our inexora-
Bile money grubbcrs, true to the
instincts Of swlnish greed, toadi-
ed in polite circles and getting the
hearts worship of those gaping
bipeds calling themselves men.
Here still are our scholars and stu
dents coming the language of Lat.
inm and llion, Of Helicon and par
nassus with i'll concealed pedantry,,
stopping to sport with the muses.
in the groves of Arcadia. or weav-