Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1858 — Democratic Candidate and Rcpublcan Farmer. [ARTICLE]

Democratic Candidate and Rcpublcan Farmer.

Candidate —l have lived a Democrat, and I expect to die a Democrat. Farmer —What, is Democracy! Can. —The same yesterday, to-day and forever; Democracy is always Democracy’, Ear. —Well, I bought a knife a year or two ago-. It had two blades in it; by and by 1 lost one of the blades and had another one-put in. Was that the same knife! Can. —Yes. 1 Far. —Well, after a wljile I broke the other blade and put in another one. Was it the same knife stiljl Can. —Certainly. Far.—' The next thing I lost was the handle and then I got a new handle for my two blades. Was it the same knife still 1 Can. —Of course it was! “Well,” coolly continued the farmer “after awhile I found the old handle and the two old blades, I put them together, and now will you tell me what knife that, was!” The Candidate thought best to withdraw, and the farmer concluded to adhere to the old true Democracy, although now called Republicanism.