The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1893-11-16
BLIND DEMOCRACY's PRAYER.

nominating convention must have done
the work:
"Oh, almighty and all powerful Cleve
land who are in Washington, when not
fishing; thou who art the father Of Ruth
and Ruth's sister, aud the Godfather of
the Democratic party, Gts father wouldn t
own it il he were he,el We hail thy name
as the great political prophet of the
century. We bow down before thee in
humble political obedieuce When thou
sayest go, we go, whan thou sayest come
We come. We have no desire but to
serve thee. II thou sayest black is white
we will swear to it and lick the ever
lastin' 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 business is
to vote the ticket, and vote er straight
What is it to us whether we have free
silver or not? We are but dogs that eat
the crumbs that fall from our masters
tables. When the crumbs fall we wag
our tails; when they fall fast we wag
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, our 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 surrender our
selves to thee. Do with us as thou wilt.
Though wheat is but 40 cents bushel
we love thee; though cotton is low we
love thee; though business is dull, we
love thee; though thousands, millions,
are out Of employment, we love thee;
though our children are clothed in rags.
we love thee; though our wife, the dear
companion of our bosom, is scantiIy
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 is
staring us in the face, we love thee still
Our wives and children we are willing to
sacrifice, even as the Hindoo mother
sacrifices her offspring by throwing it
under the crushing wheels of the Jug
gernaut. Oh, mighty Cleveland words
cannot express our love for thee. We
love our party, too. What care we
about the many promises 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 il
it did not do the things it promised to
do we would leave it, but we lied when
We said it. We thought then we had
some manhood about MS. but we ain'i.
We have no independence. Thou, oh
mighty Cleveland, hast all the manhood
ami independence in the party. We are
fools, liars, licksplttles, mudsills. We
have no business to want anything or to
say anything, Last year we favored
free silver, now we have TO oppose ii. We
favored il then because we thought it
Was right We oppose it now, most
adored master, because thou tellest us
to. Amt we honey OF the first water :
Did ever dog serve his master more
faithfully Did ever dog get less for
itf Oh, mighty master, we are ever
ready to serve thee and party. All the
pay we a-k is to bo 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 tu
he good Democrat. What a joyful
thought We don't have to think. We
d0u't nave H. worry. Our work ia all
mapped ont for us. All that Is expected
Is to do what we are tod. We thank
thee, oh Cleveland, that we are Demo.
ctats. We thank thee Tor the uanic. We
thank thee fof the hungry and idle men
and women in the land. We thank thee
Ter low prices. We thank thee for the
banks that have busted and the ihous.
ands OF business failures 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 Tor what thon hast dono fnr
the banker and what thon hast not done
Tor tho people. We thank thee for all
these things because IL N our duty as a
good Democrat 10 do 50. II may against
the grain" but We will take our medicine.
We will work our wives 10 death. starve
our children, sacrifice our homes, cruelty
liberty and kill prosperity, hut will
never go back on our dear tli party,
and on thee. our most adored Cleveland.
Thou art more ace, unt than all Of us pnt
together. Thou knowest more than the
South and the West Call M fools: spit
In our faces; wipe your feet on ua; we
will love thee all the more. And now.
our great political father. we leave our
selves IN thy care. DO with ua az thou
wilt. Kick silver into the middle OF the
next century; give more privileges to the
nat innal bHnks: issue more bonds; ne.
aerve the Mckinley hill; foster trutt.;
bribe congresamen with patronage; ash
whenever thou wilt. aud hunt snipe
whenever thou carest 10, and We will On
dorso everything thou docst. carr, Cleve.
land roosters. campaign torches aud for.
evefmore sing thy praise. Amsa