Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1878 — IT IS JUST AS EAST AS FALLING DOWN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IT IS JUST AS EAST AS FALLING DOWN.

Again l irppenr rej o icing, w I t ti a « O u n { euanee as open as a . vae-ant kb* lii tbi -ul»ur!»s. Hla *•> easy to ««'*. Tin y K.* *•> RtUipU*. 1) fit* if to “gull, and it lakes them *' long to seo tli iV' onr Jiftii .-h. it.- Vni fromet iuies

flo-tiuklly ttslutnjH to nee our folks play tlirm off. It i> a ffooil <loal liki* holding a del'ate with littk* chlMren: when y»u arc through they don'trotupicliciui wliat Ini'* liceu saiil, jttul Von haven’t learned mmiiting. Now it is an immutable l-i iut ipie V 6 ith usaemoerata never t» vole for a republican without we arc to gain some water advantage; yet sonic of them never learn thita, v c - u ‘ > i'r o "e vt»tc»k for ( barley tu'eWct us a hoard of county coni ml s> i, njfcvs. an andit-or who has filled nearly a score of minor positions with democrats, several township y-iirttces and a state senator. If a republican is 4 candidate for a public office more than twice, we sour the fool republicans towards him with the meaningless epithet "chronic ollifce-.-eeker; ’ but we run Hartley and Welch for some office at every election for nearly twenty year*. V\ e eoaxed ihc republicans to vote Jiabcock and ( lark who were crippled by democratic bullets, and then took t»p the .svnipatliy (lodge and got the idiots to vote for VVelcb with was crippled by a threshing mac-bine. We nominate in tow nship caucus a republican for trusteeand two iudepciidents of republican antecedents for justice. 4 * of the peace, and then have a forge trading capital for a democratic* assessor, ila, ha. ha : It s enough to make a mule laugh! lie, lid We never vote fora republican candidate vvUois the nominee of hi« party,, but we areg-r-e-a-t Je-ni-sa-lem and all the saints for those who run independent where m» denmcnK call possisibly be* eICCtM. Independent cats are good enough to pull cliestnuts out of the eml>ers for us monkeys, but Ave have uo uso for cats that won t ilo it,nml vve sit Uowo on ihmn Wft 1 icTurTicsicaiiou or remorse. a» we sat ■flown on (ieorge iieadley Jlrown when he«leclined to help elect McDonald to the l uited Matc»s senate, bet om* of those-ambitious, impulsive, conscientious republicans started from the flock once, and he is almost sure to become our meat. We use his ambition to shut the hearts oi his formercfimradesag'aiust him: then run to him with fables of their un kind ness; Hatter lmn with tales of sympathy; scare him u iUi the cliiblish bugl»ear inconsi.ste..cy» and nearly every time lie i> saved to democracy;, lie joins the’innumerable caravau that moves to the realms of lot tern 'soitow and di>appoiutmeut. to make his betl in the cheeriest gloom of political oblivion; for we never, never advance that class of converts; they are treated as prisoners of war or Insist* of burden. Owe inn while, however, t litre is a fellow like the fool editor of tlie one-hoi*se I’mox who hasn’t ca*nse enough to see bow unihaul} it is to admit that lie coaid ever err, who is sitch a fool as to try and make reparation for his political mistake-, who hasn’t sem-o it is to act with the party 4hut was loyal to the government w hen he Was fighting ivhels, how inconsistent to oj-po.-e a politic.ii parly w I rich itisframdilstst tilth t»eca6se be Was true to tin* government; a fml whom neither our cajolery, flattery, lies, promises, threats, or abmje can control— soundimc~* a fool of that kind kicks over thoMrnces, and then we get after him in a way that means ruin to his business, his reputation. his influence. This is all done for our on u neW**b advantage: but nine limes mit ten republicans a:e too blind to see throifgh the device. If we democrats set up a vigorous howl ag:iiii>%t a republican, his partv friends de ert him like ctAvanlly p-)lti*oons"pDtTl let tlfeih get after the short-eoi’nings of a democrat and we rally to his defence a.-the crusaders rallied to the standard of the cross. When republican members of congress took their little old salary grab, we howled, and the republicans cast them adrut in open boat.;* on a stormy sea and then sliot at their frail craft with solid shot; when William i£Kiblack took his little salary grab we hugged him to otir loud bosoms as a faithful exponent of democratic practice and made hifo a ju.-tice of the supreme court of l'aiocl W. Voorhces took uis salary grab, we his gtxxl right hand most fervently, Sul another dollar to tight a,«k*mo<*i*atic rebellion/’ satki Daniel; "i.lorv,’’ sai l wc. "iiut lour thmrKaafd extra back pay for uus/’ said l>auiel 9 nnd We shoutetj “tilory. lxallelui«hr ? Then we sent Mr. \ over the state to ♦ are foTr I'm le Jimmy Williams, while the latter tiie people bow eAtravagunUy republican of eongn*ss were Usi eg soap, peU-kuiVo>. lemoiiiule and "sicli,” and then We -had Daniel promoted to the l hitnl Slate** strnftte. 'jlie republicans ImvV foith in the justness'j of their cause, and rely ou Go«l to attend to the ’ majorities: we democrat* never “ask foolish questions a bout right and wrong—wh4tcvcr our lea»leri» do w right—we know that Gt*i doesn't trouble himsyll much nbgTftthe p.lmr-, arid that faith without works is a stiff; »o\fc wade out in to business, scoop in theoflioesi and lt^a*ct the party" which lias stamped upon natitftr Lb ink th«y have a slow debtor. Wv make'simple republicans bcDovfrtlrnt tho minor<*fliees of* to»» an«l con ntie.*» are m»t Worth, minding about. It A'a-H-y! They are mj niagiiauiinouß! And always trying to conciliate and propitiate t/*, where we are in the minority! Do democrats ever act that way? Not ofteh,>Mary Ann! We know that if we save the nickics the dollars will tike care oJL themselves; preciselj' the same principle applies in politics; skirmish and capture thctmV pCMtg; build your chimney from the bolt*on; tcc i/ain KtreiKjth t cith * rct y l ittU ojflct- tc* ca/ u art , but* c/*ee-Ac, lJ*e fufe/tlgem republican* rant ihat they ai-e w<*lktn*<l corrc*]*mdinyly . Oh! this business of politic* is so funny when you get to know* the ropes! Ha. ha, ha! 11a, ha, ha!