Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-07-11
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The Pennsylvania members of First
Assistant Postmaster General A. " Ran
dall's Bread aud Butter Army. had Il
unanimous, although not very numerous
time of it on the 3rd, of July, at San
som street Hall, Philadelphia. The cb
ject was to elect delegates to the l4th of
August Conveniion--a device by which
such shrewd old Democratic foxes as Sen
ator Guthrie and Senator Davis, of Ken
tucky, A. j. Giosshrenner S K Ancona.
Myers, Strouse and john L. Dawson, of
! fenns ylvauia, are to eat the roasted chest
nuts as they are picked on. of the dan
ge:ot,s fire by such Innocent Republican
grimakins as do not fear burning their
fingers. The visitors at this pleasant lit
tie tea party were not many, but they
We're very respectable. There can be 20
doubt about one thipg-;hey were either
very grateful for Offices they had got from
President johnson, or very ready to he
grateful Tor those be might give them -
Ii requires some courage to wear the
Presidential livery in these DAYS. but
once on man, he is ready for ANYTHING
else. Among the twenty or thirty dele.
gates were a number of place men, and
all the rest were looking for place. Sew.
eral bad been rejected by the Senate, and
the chairman, Mr.. Tracy, of Bradford,
had been rejected by his constituents in
an attempt to break up the Republican
party of his district The most dismal
part of the occasion was that, although
the town was iuil of strangers, the hall
In which the meeting was held was empty
VI the tens Of thousands Of soldiers in
the city, not one could be tempted to
take part in the play; and Of the less
than fifty delegates from the whole State.
but two appeared who could claim to baye
fought in the Union army. When we
consider the rich feast set forth by A. J..
our people must not be very hungry, or
else they must be very suspicious-prob-
ably the latter. The fate of those who
have embarked in this sad business has
been so iragical, in more respects thaq
one, that we Go not wonder IA wide berth |
was given to Sansnn.street Hall. on the
3rd OF July.
The fable OF the sick lion may no, be
out Of place as an illustrative meaning
Many of the lower animals called TO see
his majesty, but shrewd SIR Reynard |
fingered outside and carefully looked in.
Being asked why he did not euter aud |
pay his respects to the suffering majesty,
be limited in reply that he was waiting to
see his friends coming out. Tn, lion /
was not indisPosed--he was only ravenous
The sick lion at Washington wants helm. !
badly enough, but woe unto the Repub
lcan who gets within the contagion Of
his doctrines
The Delegates to the above Convention
from this county were Bill DAVIS. B.l. al !
lisnu. Stewart Lukens aud 6 " Strouse
They all wanted Office and each Of them
got a few crumbs on this occasion Al /
lison was one Of the jIIice Presidents, Da
Wis made motion. and Strouse vas made
A member Of the Central CUmmitree,
while iukens was made door keeper aud
accorded the privilege Of lacking in at
bis masters occasionally. These fellows
Ill left the Republican party because they
couldn't get to be Delegates to Conven
lions, Vice Presidents or Secretary Of Re
publican meetings, &c Well. ihey haze
Ill got Offices at last, and as they are the
,nly representatives Of the Bread and
Butter Army" in this county, they have
III the glory to themselves