Litchfield enquirer., 1866-09-13
Scattering the Constitution.

ls If there's anything in this world that Presi-
 dent Johnson is throwing his whole inlellec-
 tual hef7 on, it is a proper distribution of the Constitution and the Union.' to the people ! who turn out to look. at him. He began it at Newark, where he says, In parting wllh you shall leave the Constitution and Union iu your hands, ,-..-
 la New York city he left 1t in two places. | At Albany he says. I shall place the cousti- l tutiDn in your hands, and leave the Union with you
 At Schenectady he remarked, with striking
 originality, I leave the Constitution and Un- l ion of these States ID your han Is. You must
 take care of them, and so good bye
 At Fonda he remarked, in closing speech | ofa dozen lines. I turn the Constitution and Unlou oyer to you, the people, ia whose hands
 l believe they will be safe At Herkimer he turned them over again. -i At Utica he gets excited, not to say rhetor-
 ical. He embeIlishes tine Constitution with l some of his pet adjectives, thus In parting | with you leave the Constitution-,he blood stained Constitution-and the glorions Union
 of these States in your hands, where know | they will be preserved and protected.
 At Rome he goes out on the platform of the l rear ear. and leaves them again.
 At Syracuse he tells the people how much
 he has done to preserve the Constitution and
 the Union of the States, and adds In your hands leave them, satisfied. as have repeat edly said on this journey that they will be safe.' At Auburn he turns them over in a sort of
 mixed metaphor, which reminds one of the
 man. who, when the ship went down, clung Go ] the sheet anchor as the emblem of hope. He
 requests them to cling to the Constitution and
 adds with great earnestness, Yes cling to it, and hold to the Union of these States. Yes,
 cling to the sheet anchor of freedom. Cling
 to the Constitution of your fathers. as the
 mariner clings to the last plank when night l and tempest close around him, and all will be ; saved' . . a,.- |. Al LOckpOrt, the party were received by the city authorities, and, to the surprise of every body, the President was induced to overcome
 nis usual modesty, and indulge in few re-
 marks. In the course thereof he stated that
 be thought he knew himself to a certain ex- tent ana expressed the opinion that when the people of Lockport go to the polls they will
 go without recognizing this man, or that man
 but with their eyes steadily fixed upon the flag upon the Union. and upon the Constitution | If this is the programe for the next election | in Lockport, and voters are expected tn go up with their eyes sot,' and without ec0g3lzlng
 anybody, it strikes us the procession will be
 slightly melancholy. But he closes with a
 new thought, clothed in the following beauti.
 tul language aza -. ..s- -- ',.''.- | Then let me say good bye. I consign the
 flag to your keeping the Constitution
 that has been violated, and that has been en-
 croached upon. 1 leave it's vlndica,ion with
 you, and in leaving you in charge of your coun. Etry and it's highest interest, invoke the best
 gift. the best blessing, that can emanate from on high to rest upon this people. We pre-. 1 sume he will continue to leave the Constitu
 tion along the road. in installments. till he l reaches Chicago. Ii is to be hoped that he
 has prepared two speec1es for thus trip, and
 that he will commence on the other when he
 starts to return. This one is getting little 1 monotonOus.-Noraoich Bulletin,