Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-17
Swapping Horses-A Little
Story.

Story.
The illustrious wild ow maker nov en-
throned at the White House ia Washing
ton has made a joke into an aphorism and
for the third time in life calls up the story
of swapping horses when crossing stream.
To judge from the elongated monarcb's
sly reference to the equine quadruped ,ons
would infer that he was born 10 3 stable,
which may account for his unstable char
acter. He says it is bad time to swap
horses when crossing a stream, yet has
applied his argument to others ia iull re-
versal. We are willing to agree with Abe
that ordinarily speaking it is bad to swap
horses while crossing. Bu: when the
horse insisted that be could cross in three
months-when the keeper of the horse
assured the country that no one would bo
hurt by crossiug-whon the three months
had gone into louc years-when instead Of
crossing the stream directly he has been
carried TAR Dei1" .hr starting pol.t, and
lost sight OF the landmark. be struck ou,
| Eor-when he has changed his course, and
instead OF making acros. ag stream goes
plunging wildly down into the sea Of de-
Struction-when million OF bis grooms-
men have been lost by him when the
granary OF his keepers is exhausted-when
every original plan except "my plan" is
lost sight Of, we think it time 10 swap
When crossing the stream it may be well
enough to hold on-but when going down
the stream, and each day tue is growing
wider, till its banks are lost in the distance,
it is time to swap.
But let US see if the national sexton has
lived up to his tripleted ideas. When this
war broke out he snapped the counsels Of
Dong as for those of Seward. He swapped
the vigor of America for tho emasculated
weakness of Spain. He swapped Nc
Dowell for Mcclellan crossing the Poto-
mac. He swapped Mcclellan for Burn
side when crossing the Rappahanuock.-
lie swapped Burnside for Hooker crossing
the same stream. He swapped Hooker
for Meade crossing the Potomac. He
swapped Meade for Grant crossing the
Rapidan. He swapped Butler the beast
for Banks the bIundsrer eros sing the mouth
of the Mississippi. He snapped Banks
for Candy crossing the Red river He
swapped Curtis for Scofold crossing the
upper Mississippi, He swapped Hunter
for Gilmore crossing the bar at Cha rles-
ton. He swapped Dupont for Dablgrsn
befort Fort Sumpter. lie swapped Fre-
mont for Curtis in the river before St.
Louis. He swapped The sword for an
outlandish proclamation when crossing
the Hellespont. He has snapped Ham.
lin for johnson when Or ossiug the Rubi-
, con. He has swapped gold for worthless
! paper currency when crossing the river of
. prosperity and plunging into the cult of
national bankruptcy and national ruin
He has swapped the Constitution IF our
, country for the bedlamite mouthings OF
fanatics. He has swapped the Goddess
Of Liberty-our national figure head-ior
, the pate and wool of a niger. He has
swapped land of peace for desert of
graves. He has swapped pros rty for
taxation-joy for mourning, aud uational
greatness for certain ruin. He has swap.
ped all these as he once swapped Jokes in
an oId saloon in Illinois, set has the face
: to say to the country in this hour of trial,
when jokes sicken the heart, that 1t is no
time to swap him for any other horse-or
ass LQcrOSS Democrat.
D4G- The New York I%l5une dspises
Lincoln and will not utter a word in his
favor. 1t however, electioneers for him
by abusn. M,ue,..a Isis willing tc 10
anythio. uo5 -.g 5o .manc. ted
The ulag Ia .Be polac., platform of the
irIbuue.
sSS- The Constiuaou ~ .e United
States says, the "rig o., the people to
bear arms shall not be luIrtnged.' Lin
coin eonstrues that to mean that the Dem