Year: 1874

extract contains more "buncomb," an,


IS full OF more little sly hints an,


threats than any thing of its helt ou


readers ever before read. "The gull


ty heart qnakes'at the first isound o


alarm" The person that pepned those


lines we know must be- a fatherlyIman


See with what care he would have IL:


conduct ourselves, and with what


gentle admonition he chides us tC


obey his advicc-"to remain quietly


at our homes We might ruin the


State if we attempt to resist his party,


Bah! This reminds US more of the


story of the oman whose son John


ME slept up stairs at tho old home


stead. Johnnie, like all boys, had a


habit of oversleeping himself, which


he indulged in whenever opportunity


presented. One morning, rather late,


the old man called from the foot of


the stairs to his sleeping son: "John-


ME, my son, come, get up, getup, and


look at the beautiful sky, see the sun


rise my boy, listen to the sweet birds


singing their morning hymns to their


Cd almighty d-n your hide if you


aint down here in five minutes III


break every bone in your carcass.'


"We don't hold that all of the offices


held by Republicans are competently


filled, yet that is not the fault of the


Republican party. The men who pro-


fess to have all the brains do no feel


disposed to affiliate with them, hence


the party does its best. But we ex-


pect all kin,l of abuse from the De-


mocratic party ; it has a chronic af-


fection for quarreling. 1t practiced


on the political body of the old Whig
party and abused that out of exist
ence, and then angered because it did


not exist longer so as to continue to


"pitch in' while it was "spoiling for
quarrel" in politics abuse is a ne
cessary ingredient. The politician
without that quality is a mere novice.
And it requires a man of an even
balanced mind to stand the trouble
and worry of politics."


Well now that is an admission We
never expected you to make, "that all
the Offices are not properly filled that
are held by Republicans" but the joke
comes in when you blame us for that !
How many Of your sins do you intend
to impose upon US any way? How
can any decent man remain with you
or join you for any purpose, when
your whole party foundation stone is
Office and spoils-your oaths binding
the members of your party to vote
the ticket, right or wrong, competent
or incompetent to fill the position,
you must support the candidate NOM
mated. Old father Whitehead, how
do you expect any honest or respect.
able man to affiliate with you when
he will be bound up in such a way as
that ? No no! You have also made
a probation clause, as far as holding
office is concerned; IF three and four
years, that in tselfcompletely bars off
all honest men that may join you for
four years at least. The fact of its
"reQuiring man of even.balanced !
mind to stand the worry and troubles
ofpolitics," can he aptly demonstrat.
ed without going far from our city.
l. must give the radical "pap suckers"
in our midst 'trouble' to publicly
steal from us and then face us with
open hands and smiling lips, like the
"fawning publican" and one other
thing We notice the !"balance" is gen
orally pretty even on their side also.


"The people generally are disposed
to be law abiding unless advantage is
taken Of their necessities for the pur.
pose Of inAaming their minds on ac-
count of that necessity. The laws of
the land must be respected, and they
will be, or the government will be a
mere ball to DO tossed about by every
disappointed politician. Have res.
pect for tho law-obey the law-for
resistance to it leads to riot, revolu.
ton, anarchy and dcspotism. Some
people will not let good enough alone
never satisfied, and you will find
in many instances, that those who are ,
[oudest in proclaiming to protect the
people from high taxation, and tell
about the peoples wrongs, that the
people pay too great taxes, do not
pay one cent of tax. You recollect
that the greatest and most terrific
ought battles during the last war, ,
we're fought with a stick, in the sand.
There the warrior WOnld take nosi.