Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-05-28

TED at between 2OO and 800.
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drivers of blood will be shed if the
Wings obtain power by the means they are
employing" exclaims the Globe. What
does this mean? Is the standing army of
200 900 men to be let loose upon the peo-
pie to punish them for voting for old Tip
pecanoe? Louisville Journal.
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas
WASHINGTON, May IL, 1910.
TROUBLE IN THE CAMP--sYMToMs OF DIs-
SOLUTION. -
The same state of affairs, which hasten
ed and preceded the downfall of the He
brews, now mark, with unerring certainty.
the decline and fall of the present iI-star-
red and fated administration. When the
armies of Titus appeared before the Walls
OF Jerusalem they found the arm of the
Almighty visibly at work in preparing the
destruction of his doomed city and the dis
persIon Of his own people, more through
their own divisions ,feuds and civil strife than
through the conquering sword of the Ro-
man Emperor. Without going so Ear az
TO assert the existence of the same divine
lnterposltIon now in behalf of much in
lured people, it is no less true that the
same dIssentlons, the same heart-burninps
and private feuds now distract, weaken and
are destroying the once all-powerful Tory
party that formerly sealed the fate of the
Empire of Israel. a 7t q s1.'-7
The subject Of the Vice. Presidency
that most fruitful source of trouble. and
which the recent Tory Convention was
called TO lay at rest, has only been more
fruitful of woe by that very attempt to rem
edy It. The strife for the worse than emp-
y honor OF being beaten in the race for
the chair ofVice-President has broken ont
with renewed violence since that event.
have already called your attention to the
cold and dissatisfied language of Secretary
Forsyth, IN his recent letter in the Globe
where he says he will no longer be mades
cats paw ofby the President, to promote
the selfish ends of one who only cares for
his own elevation and does not give So
much as a thought to the fate ofhis follow
ers. The Secretary does not, it is true
use precisely the same language, but that
is its evident drift. That be is dissa,isfied
with, and on barely decent terms with the
Executive, is openly acknowledged by the
party here, who talk significantly of throw
ing HIM overheard. The Globe, too. pub
llshes his letter ~stAout word Of comment,
nor has 1t, since its publication, so much
as mentioned his name, although it has re.
PPeea'ealy referred to the subject of tho
vice Presidency. The naughty Southron
Is the last man in the nation to sue for re-
Cancellation where he feels himself aggriey-
od. tho tho 10.
to shake him offas one Of too strict and
unyielding notions ofintegrity for their pur-
pose, and there seems no prospect, there.
fore, ofany reconcilemeut of the misunder.
standing. 1t is momentariIy expected here
that Mr.. Forsyth with throw up his seat il,
the Cabinet. If so, farewell 10 all chance
OF the administration re, ewing the electo.
raj vote of Georgia! That, however. i nov,
settled without the Intervention of NJ
Forsyth-but Of that some other time.
With Col. johnson the case is still
worse-hs claim for a nomination was
stronger than that of the Secretary of Stare.
but it has been utterly disregarded, or
rather treated with open and undisq,ffse..
contempt and indifference. Previous y,
the Convention, the Colonel was indffcesi
to write most slavish epistie, throwing
himselfto abide by their decision. what
ever 1t might be. He was assured that his
subscription to that letter--for he was
wholly innocent of its composltion-.wa
his only chance of obtaining a renominn-
ton. So little pains was taken to disguiw.
or conceal the trap that no one Of ordinn-
ry sagacity could have failed 10 dpfect l..
Sagaciiy is not, however. distinguished