Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — A Red-Hot Democrat. [ARTICLE]

A Red-Hot Democrat.

Scene, railroad station in Maryland, not far from the National Capital. District politician and a country constituent meet and shake hands: Politician —Ah, Jones! going to the city, I see! Countryman—Just so; thought a trip would do me good. Politician —Well, how does the nomination suit you! Countryman—-Didn’t like it! Can’t -’swallow that fellow, anyhow. He ain’t Democrat-enough for me, nohow. Politician—Why, how so? He is a red. hot Democr at, he is. You can’t beat him on Democracy. I tell yoa, Jones, he knows all about it. Countryman—Yes, he may be all right now, but I can’t forget where he stood during the war. That fellow was a war Democrat, and agin us all the time. Be wasn’t no friend to the South, nohow! I am one of those fellows that can’t forget the past, I can’t. Politician —Oh, that’s all right! I wouldn’t touch him myself if he stood where he did during the war. But things hare changed you know, and I tell you, in confidence, no man on earth feels meaner of his record than he does today. I tell you I know he is a red-hot Democrat. Countryman—Well, I’ll see about it. If he is deadjagin the nigger and with us agin the Badicals I may take him in for lack of a better, b\jt it goes agio tfce

grain to rwallow a fellow thatVaan’t one of us. Politician—Now, Jones, give me your hand! Xet’s take a drink; that’s what I call patriotism! Exit, arm in arm, to bind the bargain with a glass of old Tje.—Bepvi*ic Magatine.