The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-06-05

Don't you see now why am going over
on the strong side, the side of the rich,
the great and the powerfulH Hurrah
for George, of Mississippi! Hurrah for
Foster Hurrah for Horn, of Michigan.
Up with your hats, boys, shout till the
land shakes from ocean to ocean. We'll
come to the chiefs who in triumph
advance. This is the way they did in
old Casar's day. II you see poor farm
er or mechanic who will not cast laurels
in the path of his party hero, scout him,
kick him and put him over the fence.
We know the opposition has the mon
ey, the officers, the grandeur and the
sublimity, but they themselves have two
parties, and Pm not certain which one to
join right now; that gets me. Some
think they will fuse after awhile to crush
the people down. If / was certain of
that, it would not matter which.
IT'S painful to part, but you have
non-partisan organization, and this stops
my wind. l can't below for my party
as of old. Where we can't bring the
ruling party to the Alliance we must
bring the Alliance to the party, or how
are we to get Office? You're too hard on
the boys, Mr.. Economist. You must
give the boys chance. The Alliance
has heap of votes, and the smart fellow
who can carry over a good swig to the
party will be promoted, will be lauded,
will be raised to the skies and his name
will ring from shore to shore. Don't
you want to see your boys swim in polit-
ical glory? Now they have the chance,
let them loose. See what Offices and for
tunes have been made out of the tariff
question! Why, they have been run
ming it for nearly hundred years and
still it is a good paying scheme. Old
John RobinsOn's show was not half such
a success. We hear they're fixing for
bigger show than ever for '92, called the
tariff circus, with one part left out-that
the poor pay as much tariff tax as the
rich, nearly. They'll leave this out to
prevent hard feelings, you know; be-
cause on that jovial occasion we want
every man to feel on a perfect equality.
Take away from me this cup of Bit
terness. Don't compel me to say fare
well. With one hand on the Alliance
altar, allow me to reach forth with the
other and pluck the crown so freely
offered by my party. There's the climax
of glory in it, and when Pm in Fosters
place I'll collect five millions from the
banks who have so much premium on
the bonds and who have handled so many
millions free of interest. The trusts and
the favored, all told, shall make up
Doodle sum of many millions, a great
part of which i will turn over to your
educational fund. You need it. You
can't disseminate the truth without it.
If you don't fix way so we can get it
those other fellows will get it and satur-
ate the country with political broth and
bosh. They have commenced their game
already. Ajax and Hector have put
their armor on. Pamphlets and party
doctrine are scattered as thick as the
leaves of autumn-all to teach the peo-
pie that the ways of plutocracy are the
ways of political salvation-all at the
expense of the poor taxpayer. Thus by
putting me in as Secretary of the Treas
ury our cause would receive great lift.
The wooden horse would be brought into
the city. Your friend would be in the
citidel throwing the armor out. Then,
with ten millions to educate, promote,
buy and vote, plutocracy would sink
never to rise any more. Thus we would
achieve a noble victory. Say you that
you don't wish to put on the livery of
heaven to serve the devil in. The man
who would lose a victory on account of
his moral sentiments would be the scorn
and derision of history, John Ingalls,
being judge. Besides, if you do not
allow me to seize this advantage your
enemies will seize it and WELD it against
you. They will not stand on moral SEN
timent, They have as little of that as
the black angels guarding the gates of
hell-the Senate being examples.
Success being the end of human ac-
ton, we should not shoulder more truth