East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-08-19
REPUBLICAN AMENITIES.

REPUBLICAN AMENITIES.
We have known for some time that
the feeling among the sanity sages who
undertake to run the Republican insti
tuition in this Valley was not as har.
monious as ought to be expected, con.
sidcrng the rare combination of talent,
suavity, erudltion, grace, gutta percha
principles, Jack olantern record, and
irreprcssibe impudence they represent;
and now that the Congr essional conte st
wakes warm and things is workin',"
they cgin to demonstrate " how they
love one another" The first saluta.
ton to the 'three wise men" who are
"trustees Of a Republican Adminstra'
ton" in East Saginaw, from the Birney
organ at Bay City, comes in this shape,
readable and racy:
awe have heard sometime in our life
OF the three wise men of Gotham"
1t was long time ago, and perhaps
they are now dead and gone. But
their SUCCESSORS live. They are to be
found IA one of our sister cities, snugly
ensconed in three Federal offices. That
they ale wise there can be no doubt. e.
They are trustees of Republican AID.
ministration. This is conclusive proof
of their being possessed of WISDOM
Further evidence is to be found in their
assumption Of special guardianship of
the Republican pariyof Northern Mich
igan; f1r it cannot for moment be sup
posed that they would attempt to do
that to which they are not competent.
Having formed themselves into a mu.
tual protection society, they first inform
the President of the safety of the party
under their jurisdiction. Possessed of
variety of natural and acquired gifts,
the combination cf them in the same
association increases their strength
One has She gift Of "prolix continuance, +"
another lmprovscs gaseous talk" and
the other plays the "inoffensive anna
ble."
Before their union, discord prevailed
For tho one doing Gland office bust.
ness" sorely complained that the Post
man did not deal out letters courteous
". And when the complaint was hoed
ed, the dccapi.ated head sang out i'm
ploringly to the land office man: "Save
me or | perish!" Hold me up, and |
will blow your trumpet next lalll'--
This hint opened new visions Of glory
VISIONS that never before fitted be-
fore his fancy, even when Tammany
Hall was the Mecca of his devotions.
The head wal picked up, stuck upon
the shoulders. adhering 10y virtue of its
own blood. and yet not so firmly but
that it may be shaken off.
Scarcely had the blood dried before
the Postman installed himself into a
self constituted office-that of the SUI
perintcndency of the Sixth District BE.
ing ready letter writer, he dictates to
his suborIinat es throughout the Dis.
tr;ct, the ratio of representation, and
the locality for the session of the next
convention. And on the same pr:nci-
pie that Mahomet said the mountain
should come to him, al the minor lights
were directed to approach as nea.' as
possible To- these dazzling orbs. Or, IN
other words, the locolity must not be
the Court House Of any of the larger
counties, where conventions are usuAl
w held, but must be, if not in the back
room Of the land office, as near thereto
rs practicable. The rest of the com
mittec could not "sec it"
This triumveratc will not attain per
lection without one change. They
should by al means Substitute the edit
o. of tho Midland Sentinel for the Re
ceiver. Then there would be team
that even Demarara never equaled.-
Then they would have an "availabl'
man. that they could safely put for
ward Cor any high position-one who
had "sccn service, and induced some
legislation beneficial to his constituency.
These three wise men have launched
their tubs, and are navigating the neigh
boring waters. We have further nota
tions upon the remarkable maneuvers
oil litiss AMI sayings of this triangular
ere (which want ofspace oblge US tc
defer to another occasion. They are
curious.