Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1870 — A Little Story with a Pretty Moral. [ARTICLE]

A Little Story with a Pretty Moral.

•Onco upon a time, two citizons of the Republic—both Caucasians—made with each other a wager as to which of the two could saw tho greatest number of cords of wood in a day. The trial was had. One man sawed ten cords, and the other eight. Whereupon the eight-cord man insisted that his competitor “ was always a lucky mss /” Gen. Grant defeated the rebels at Fort Donelson, capturing their army. Again, at Vicksburg, capturing their armies there. Again, at Chattanooga, and finally at Richmond, making prisoners of Lee’s army at Appomattox Court House. Maj. Gen. Geo'. B. McClellan made a masterly backward advance on Harrison's Landing,; with 100,000 men succeeded in holding 4,500 rebels in check at Yorktown; but be and his friends insist, whenever a comparison with Grant is instituted, that U. 8. " was always a lucky cuss/"

Under the administration of Gen. Grant the national debt has been reduced many hundred millions of dollars; taxation has been reduced; tho finances of the country placed upon a comparatively sound basis; the Union restored; and its physical resources developed in the largest degree. Under Democratic 'Administration the debt of the city of New York has been Within a few years more than doubled. Taxation has been so far increased to pay for bold and'reckless jobp that it has become well high uaendurafolfc. Private rights, both of petsop. and property, are inadequately secure. TJie temples of justice are polluted by a corrupt judiciary ; yet where those comparisons are made,, the Ohisfsof Tammany assure ns that the Republicans were always lucky cusses. Once upon a time a sound Democrat of tho name of Thompson, shouted to an acquaintance across tho street; saying: “Dan Oopp, come over here and I'll whals you. Thompson, in telling the story, says: “Dan Oopp came ovor, but I’ll be blowed if be’dian’t while me." One cannot alwayß tell. It is barely possible that the progress of free ideas ana the possession of military genius have as much to do with the success or failure of armies as luck. It is poselblb that an honest desire faithfully to administer the affairs ot government contributes to its success as greatly as luck,. Quite probable that muscle bad n« much to do with wood sawing as luck. However that may be, suppose that wo Stick, to a parly that hat been "lucky", enough to crush out rebellion—restore the Union—establish the national credit and demonstrate the success of the experiment cf self-government.— Chicago post.