The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-12-07

cratic party, (its father wouldn't
own it if he were here, we hail thy
name as the great political prophet
of the century. We bow down be-
fore thee in humble political obedi
ence. When thou sayest go, We 90,
when thou ayest come, we come
We have no desire but to serve
thee. If thou sayest black is white.
we will swear to it and lick the
everlasting stuifing out of the man
who disputes it. When thou takest
snuff we will sneeze; when thou
sayest free silver, we will echo thy
words; when thou sayest gold, then
gold it is. We arc Democrats after
the improved modern type. Our
business is to vote the ticket, and
vote her straight What is 1t to us
whether we have free silver or not?
We are but dogs that eat Of the
crumbs that fall from our masters
tables. When crumbs fall we wag
our tails; when they fall faster, we
wag faster; when they don t fall we
stand and wait until they do. This
is Democracy. This is the kind of
Democracy that elected thee, our
great and almighty Cleveland. Oh,
thou adored master, we love thee .or
what thou hast done for us We
love thee because thou art Cleve-
land. We humbly surrender our
selves to thee. DO with us as thou
wilt. Though wheat is but forty
cents n bushel We love thee: though
business is dull we love thee; though
thousands, millions, are out Of en-
plovmcnt we love thee; though our
children are clothed in rags We love
thee; though our wife. the dear
companion of Our bosom, is scantily
dressed, and looks SO shabby she
can't 90 to church, we love thee;
though We are sinking deeper in
debt and poverty is knocking ut the
door, and hunger is staring us in
the face, we love thee still. This
shows our great faith and love for
thee. Our wives and children we
are willing to sacrifice, even as the
Hindoo mother sacrifices her Off
spring by throwing it under the
crushing wheels of the juggcrnaut.
Oh, mighty Cleveland, words can
not express our love for thee. We
love our party, too. What care we
about the many promises it. made.
We know it promised free silver,
and we know it won't give it to us.
but we will stick to the party. We
know we said if it did not do the
things it promised to do we would
leaye it, but we lied when we said
it. We thought then we had some
manhood about us, but we amt.
We have no independence. Thou,
oh mighty Cleveland, hast all the
manhood and independence in the
party, Weare fools, liars. lickspit-
ties, mudsills. We have no busi-
ness to want anything or say any
thing. Last year we favored free
silver, and now we have to oppose
it. We favored it then because we
thought it was right We oppose
it now, most adored master, be-
cause thou tellest lis to. Amt we
honey of the first water? Did ever
a dog serve his master more faith
fully? Did ever dog get less for
it? Oh, mighty master, we are eyer
ready to serve thee and the party.
All We ask is to be patted on the
back by some local politician and
called a good Democrat. We amt
got any sense. We don't want any.
only enough to vote the ticket. 1t
don't take any sense to be good
Democrat. What "a joyful thought!
We don't have to think. We don't
have to worry. Our work is all
mapped out for us. All that Is ex-
pected is to do what We are told to
do. We thank thee for low prices.
We thank thee for the banks that
have busted and the thousands of
business failures since thou hast
come in power. We thank thee for
the rags our children wear. We
thank thee for the clothes our wife
needs and can't get. We thank
thee for what thou hast done for
the banker and what thou hast not
done for the people. We thank
thee for all these things because it
is our duty as good Democrat to
do so. 1t may be against the
grain" but we will take our medi.
cine. We will work our wives to
death, starve our children, sacrifice
our homes. cruelty liberty and kill
prosperity, but we will never 90
back on our dear old party, and on
thee our most adored Cleveland.
Thou knowest more than the south
and west Call us fools; spit in
our faces: wipe your feet on us; we
will love thee all the more. And
now, our great political father, we
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