The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-31
THE GOLDEN PRAYER.
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Ruth and Ruth's sister, and Of Maria
Halpin's boy, Oscar, and the God
father of the Democratic party, Gts
father wouldn't own it if he were here,)
we hail thy name as the great political
prophet of the century. We bow down
before thee in humble political obedi-
ence. When thou sayest 60, we go;
when thou sayest 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 everlastin'
stufin' 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 are Democrats after
the improved modern type. Our bust
ness is to vote the ticket and vote 'er
straight. What is it to us whether we
have free silver Or not7 We r but
dogs that eat of the crumbs that fall
from our masters tables. When the
crumbs fall we wag Jul tails; when
they fall fast we wag our tails faster;
when they don't fall we stand and wait
until they do. This is Democracy.
This is the kind of Democracy which
elected thee, great and almighty
Cleveland. Oh, most adored master,
we love thee for what thou hast not
done for us. We love thee because
thou art Cleveland. We humbly sur
render ourselves to thee. Do with us
as thou wilt. Though wheat is but 40
cents a bushel we love thee; though
cotton is low we love thee; though
business is dull we love thee; though
thousands, millions, are out of employ
ment we love thee; though our children
r in rags we love thee; though our
wife, the dear companion of our bosom,
is scantily dressed and looks SO shabby
she can't go to church, we love thee;
though we are sinking deeper in debt
and poverty is knocking at the door
and hunger 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 sacrifice
her offspring by throwing it under the
crushing wheels of juggernaut.
Oh, mighty Cleveland, words cannot
express our love for thee. We love
party too. What care we about
the promises it made. We knoR-iT
promised free silver, and we. know it
won't give it to US, but we will stick to
the party Wicklow we said if it did
Nn9Eruo the things it promised TO do we
Would leave it, but we lied when we
said it. We thought we had some
manhood about us, but we amt. We
have no independence. Thou, oh
mighty Cleveland, hast all the nan
hood and independence in the party.
We are fools, liars, lickspittles, mud
sills. We have no business to want
anything or to say anything. 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 mas,
ter, because thou tellest us to. Amt
we a honey Of the first water2 Did
ever a dog serve his master more faith
fully7 Did ever q dog get less for it?
Oh, mighty master, we are ever ready
to serve thee and the party. All the
pay 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. It don't
take any sense to be a 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 expected is to do
what we are told to do. We thank
thee, oh Cleveland, that we are a
Democrat. We thank thee for the
panic. We thank thee for the hungry
and idle men and women in the land.
We thank thee for low prices. We
thank thee for the banks that have
busted and thousands of business fail
ures since thou hast come into power.
We thank thee for the hard times. 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 a good Democrat to do o 1t
may go against 1.-The grain" but we
will take our medicine. We will work
III wives to death, starve children,
sacrifice our homes, cruelty liberty and
kill prosperity, but will never go back
our dear old party, and on thee, our
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