The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-09-28
A Westerner on one of Mr. LincOln's StO-
Tieg,

Mr. NJ. M. Pomeroy, editor of the La
crosse [Wisconsiul Democrat, and better
known throoghoui the West by The name OF
Brick Pomeroy, thus happily hits off in
his sPriehiiy paper Mr. Lucoln's oil told
story about swapping horses when cross
ing a stream:
The iustrous widow maker now en-
throneJ q, The White House in Washington
has made joke Into aphorism, aud for
the third time in his life calls up the story
of swapping horses when crossing
stream.
To Judge from the elongated monarch's
sly reference 10 the equine quadruPed, one
would infer that he was born in a stable,
which may account for his unstable char
acter He says ii is bad time to swap
horses when crossing stream, YET has ap-
piled his argument 10 others in iull reyers-
al. We are willing TO agree with Abe that,
ordinarily speaking, it is bad lime 10
swap horses while crossing. But when the
horse insisted that he could cross the
stream in three mouths-when The keeper
Que wouid be hurt while crossing wher
the three months has gone into ioor years
when instead OF cfossicg tbs stream di-
reclly he has been carried far eeiow he
starting point, and has lost sight OF the
landmarks he stack oui ior-wheu he has
changed his coufse, and instead OF ma
king across Inc stream, goes pungIng
wildly down it 10 the sea OF destruction !;
when a million OF groomsmen have been
lost by him, when the granary Of his keep
ers is exhausted, when every other Origi-
nal plan except "my plan" is lost sight OF,
we think il is time 10 swap. When cross
ing the stream it may be well enough 10
hold on, but when goi ng down the stream,
and epch day the stream is growing wider,
till lis banks are lost in the distance, it is
time TO swap.
But let US see if the national sexton has
lived 40 10 his ideas. When this war
broke on! he snapped the counsels of
Douglas for those of Seward. He swap
ped the yigor OF America for the emascu-
laIed weakness of Spain. He swapped
Mcdowell for Mcclellan crossing the Po-
,omac He swapped Mcclellan for Burn
side crossing the Rappahannock. He
swspped Burnside for Hooker crossing the
same stream. He snapped Hooker for
Meade crossing the Potomac. He swap.
ped Meade for Grant crossing the Rapidan.
He swapped Butler, The beast, for Banks
the blunderer, crossing the mouth of the
Mississippi He swaPped Banks for Can
by crossing the Red river. He swapped
Curtis for Schoef field crossing the upper
Mississippi He swepped Hunter for Gil
more crossing the bar a; Charleston. He
swapped Dupont for Dshlgren before Fort
Sumpler He snapped Fremont for Cur
It's in The river before st. Louis. He has
swapped the sword for an ouilandish proc
lamaiion when crossing the Haif-SPout.-
He swapped Hamlin for Johnson when
crossing the Rubicon. He swapped gold
for worthless currency. He has snapped
the Constitution OF our country ioF the Bed
iamiie mouthings of fanatics He has
swapped the Goddess o! Liberty, our na-
tionai figure head, for the pate and wool OF
a nigger He has swapped prosperity Tor
taxation-joy for Rournins, and national
greatness tor certain ruin. He has swap
ped all these as he once swapped jokes in
an old saloon in Illinois, yet he has the face
to say to the country in this hour of trial,
when jokes sicken in the heart, that ii is no
+;,-,e ,,, svyao ri ~, for apv otbar horse or
ass.