The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-11-22
An Old Story.

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lures and the fowls Of the air were very
much worried on account of the bad COY
eminent they were compelled to submit
to. They were ruled by the Mink, the
Mole and the Slim Black Snake. For
many years they were in great trouble.
They made frequent attempts to over
throw the government Of the Mink, the
Mole and the Slim Black Snake, but they
never quite succeeded. The reason of it
was that the creatures having hoofs and
horns would invariably support the rule
of the Mink, the Mole and the Slim Black
Snake. The creatures with hoofs and
horns not only had very few taxes to
pay but they imagined that the country
had been saved from q very severe
drought by the Mink, the Mole and the
Slim Black Snake.
Thus matters went from bad to worse,
until finally the rulers, seeing how fat
and prosperous the creatures with hOofs
and horns had become, concluded to es-
tabliSh q tannery and q tallOW factory.
1t was supposed to be q great thing for
the country. Everything went on swim
IllbSly ul1th OilC IliC liolhiiso eiO VI NeN
lures with hOofs and horns aWoke to the
fact that they were supplying the hides
for the leather and the fat for the talloW.
Then there were loud cries of reform.
Minkism has been destroying the young
of the other creatures, MoleiSm had been
consuming the seeds in the gardens, Black
Snakeism had been making way with the
nf tim with hpalyc
wings, and now all combined were de-
stroying the peace and prosperity of the
creatures with hoofs and horns.
So all the creatures held meeting, and,
after Il good deal of discussion and speech
making, concluded to make change in
their government A day was set and
all the creatures were invited to vote on
the question. The great issue was Wheth-
err the robbing and stealing and fiat
burglary should be put an end to, or
whether they should go on. The election
was held, and the result was that the
creatures signfied their desire by an over
Whelming majority, that the robbing and
stealing and fiat burglary should cease
forthwith.
lures went home happy in the thought
that they had done their duty, and that
they would soon be relieved Of the unjust
laws imposed on them by the Mink, the
Mole and the Slim Black Snake. But
right at this point a difficulty arose. The
Jay Bird limited that 1t would be best to
make haste slowly, and the Crow, which
had not taken sides during the campaign,
cried out in loud voice that it would
never do to begin the work OF repeating
the bad laws until q year or more after
the creatures had decided to shake Off the
rule of the Mink, the Mole and the Slim
Black Snake.
The result was that the robbing and
stealing and fiat burglary went
right along for some time, and then, when
there was a serious effort made to put an
end to it, there was lodging and shutting
to such an extent that the creatures went
about their business disheartened, and
finally the Mink, the Mole and the Slim
Black Snake took charge of affairs again,
and they remain pretty much in charge
to this day
The interest of this old-tinne story lies
in the moral one may find in it. We
shall not lift that moral out of its place
and throw it at anybody's head. The
democrats of this country will have to
decide whether they will carry out the
will of the people with promptness, or
whether they will go through with the
stale performance of frittering away their
opportunities.
Why not call an extra session?
Nnhnllv sne1ns TO be milo To tell us where