Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-03-25
The Presidents Dog.


Forney, always andacious and always
ridiculous in what ke.says and what he
does, is growing more>-so every day. as
age advances upon him and his hbations
increase. Always mercenary and of low
instincts, he attaches himself TO power.
regardless of principle, and ''crcoks the
plant hinges of the knee ," where thrift Is
sure TO . follow f;lwning-" He has been
servant TO many men, a button-holer, a
Syeophant, beggar and a Dimp-he Is
now Mr.. Lincoln's dog, the hungriest
whelp in the kitchen, the loudest howler
in the Abolition pack. He has his re-
ward-he is fat, sleek and saucy-he is
satisfied-and, apparently, his owner and
his owners friends are satisfied with him.
To this, perhaps, we should take no cN-
ception. They own the dog and have
right TO do with him as they please, and
so long as he pleases 10 obey them, 1t Is a
matter between themselves, provided,
always, the cur does not annoy us with
his bowling and keeps his teeth at Il safe
distance from our legs We cannot fail
however TO notice, and at times even take
an interest in his antics as he gambols in
public and exhibits his peculiar points and
inclinations. The field in which he most
delights TO show himself off, and in which
he certainly appears to the best advan-
taee, gnawing his bones and shaking
copperheads alternately, is the Washing
ton Chronicle. one of Father Abli.hm's
pastures. Here the dog FoIney is allowed
the largest liberty, here he swells himself
TO immense proportions, here he lets out
his loudest barks, and bristles his shaggy
coat ut every pasSer-by who has the ban
of his master upon him. His genius, for
cur, is wonderiul-never at fault.
While the whole household of the new
made Dictator were at fault for some test
of loyalty. by which the friends of His
Excellcncy could be distinguished from
his foes, and the Kitchen as well as the
Cabinet might know who 10 trust and
who TO hang, the ingenuity of the dog
solved the problem and relieved the in
tense anxiety of the bewildered family.
His test Is Union oath, TO be admins
tered to every man, woman and child in
the country-an oath that every scoundrel
attached to the administration will take
at the risk of periuring his soul, which
every one of them holding office and
sworn to % support" or TO ''protect, de-
/ fend and preserve the Constitution has
already done. "Why," he asks, - shoald
not some pledge of fidelity to the Union
/ like this be taken by every loyal man and
/ woman in the land - Truly, why not
I The dog is ready, once foresworn, to fore
sware himself again--so Is his master
so are all the Abolition coadiutors OF the
rebels, all the plundererS of the Treasury,
every mothers son of them who can poke
his hands into the strong box of the na-
ton, or secure an office, civil or military,
with salary, pcrquisites and stealings at
tached Why not, indeed-why not all
men and women, when these honest iel-
lows are so willing? .What better way"
! Forney asks, - to open or conclude n
Sabbath sermon than by such an appeal
such n covenant between the living present
and the everything Omnipresent p He
wants every CLERGYMAN "to labor with
the same spirit in the cause Of the ad-
ministration- he calls the cause OF
- country'-ihat she feels for his God
for, by 50 doing, the preacher Is told
SHE will render service that viii
strengthen and consolidate civilization and
Christianity" Such appeals might be
made successfully, perhaps, to Beecher
and Cheever. and such ike protaners OF
the word of God, who are in their greatest
glory when revelling in in blasphemy and
shouting treaSon-but the true man o
, God, the follower in spirit and truth o
the meek and lowly Jesus, will turn witt
horror from the proposition, and shrinl
from contact with a party that, in the nam'
of God and the Saviour, makes war anc
8 bloodshed and desolation the means o
! 80 civilization" and hypocrisy and bias
. phemy and treason the pillars ans
!. strengtheners OF . Christianity"
f But we c;mnot, with patience, pursu
c this subject further at present We shaI
/ refel 10 it aasiiL 1hr oath propose