The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-30
NAsBY.
The Point thnt srra rates the Presideut nj nd
the Democracy.
CoSTEDERr y ROADS, (wich isl
in the Stait NV Kentucky.)
Feb. :. 1866

CoSrrDEMr y ROADS, (wich isl
in the Stait NV Kentucky.)
Feb. 5, 1866.
hey had hopes Nv Androo Jonson. My
waitin sole hez bin centercd onto him for a
year hack. He wus tho Moses which spected
wood lead the Denocrisy out Nv the desolate
Egypt into wich they hev bin maxim bricks
without straw, for five long, weary and dreary
years. o how hev yearned for Jonson U
how hev waited day after day and week after
week, and month after month, for some mani
festation Nv Dimocrasy, wich Is satisfactory
suthing gble-suthing that l Good take
hold on.
Faith is the substance Of things hoped for,
the evidence OF things not seen, wicl Is all
right 80 far as religion is concerned, but Nv no
account in politix. A friend Nv mine who wus
q monomaniack or the subjec nv faith under.
took to live on II, under the insane belief that
II man he'd faith, pork wus necessary. Wus
the experiment success? Nota When he
commenct the trial he weighed 200, in week
he wus down to l25, and in II days he slept in
the valley.
hev bin liyin on faith for year or more.
and |, 9, am thin. Ny bones show. lite shines
throo mel am faint and sick o Tor suth.
ing can see and feel! 0 for suthing solid.
Our Dimocratic Noospapers are supportin
Androo Jonson. They CLAIM that his polisy IL
our polisy, and that he is ourn and we arc
him. They are singing hosanners to hin-a,
his every act they eX;luim halleoogy in korus
What is IL all about? In wat partickler he'
Androo Jonson shoed hisself to bca democrat
In the name NV the Democracy let me ask
"Wherc is the offices?" Who's got EN-? Wat
is the pOlitikle c0nvicshuns Nv the reich who
is post master ut the Corners, and who only
last mite refused in the most heartless manner
to trust me for postage stamps? Who Is the
Collectors, the Assessors ct settry? Are they
constitooshuanlly demokrats? Is Stanton
Seward and Wells histed out NV the cabinet
and Valandiggum, Brite and Wood appointed
in their places? Not onct. Every post mas
ter, every collector, every assessor, every Off
Ger, is an abolishunist, deyed deeply and in
fast colors.
Faith without works is a week institooshun
Its like wsky punch with the wisky omitted
wich is disgustin mixture Nv warm water and
sugar. What is it to me, (who hev bin ready
to accept any position Nv wich the salary wus
sufficient to maintain u indiyldoOa Nv my sim
pie habts,) who is bcheaded, SO as don't get
a place? Androo Jonson may cut of official
heads as dextrously and prOfusely rs he choo-
ses, but my sole refuses to thrill when know
that abolishinists, tho NV different stripe,
will be appinted. So long as demokrats are
kopt out, what caro- who hes the places? Paul
may plant and Apollus water, but Nv what ac-
count is tho plantin and waterin to me II don't
get the increase? take no delight in such
spectacles. Ell Androo Jonson proposes to be
q dem0krat, Of ho desires the honest hearty
support Of the party, let him seel his faith Will,
works.
| visited Washington for tho express purpose
Nv sccin the second Jaxson. ! ANA frank man
and | laid the matter aforc him without hrsiia
tinn. told him that tho Post master Mt the
Corners wus opposin his polsy and abusin hinl
continually; that it wus an outrage That men
holdn places under the Administration should
not sustain the Administration. In tho name
NV Right demanded change.
supposed that to wunst the position wood
bc offered to me and alter protcstin sufficient
time that did not wisl, t--and wood prefer
the appintment Of some moro worthy man, |
should accept IL, and 90 home provided for 3
years. Imagine my deep, my unuttcublo dis
gust, when he told Inc he wood investigate the
matter, and probably wood make u change,
"Provided he could lind in tho vicinity some
original Union man who would accept the
place.
Then the iron entered my soul. Then fclt
that IN him wo had no lot or part.
Our principles arc Nv very comprehensive
nature. We are willn to endorse AndroO
Jonson or any other man. We will endorse
his theories of reconstruction, or any other
W.a ala .ka Ini,, a..
ber Tho boy who set hen on hundred egs
acknowledged to his maternal parcn. that she
Good not kiver EN-, but he remarked he wanted
tew see tho old thing spred herself. We have
that spredln capacity. We kin accomodate
the prejudices Nv the people Nv all Nv the yar.
Gus localities. In Connecticut we are singing
John Brown. in a moderitly loud tone. and sup.
portin abishinst who voted for DOOM away
with slavery in the Deestrict OF Columby and
for the Constitutional Amendment. In Ken
lucky we are hanging men Of the John Brown
style and mobbin all Nv the persuasion Nv the
Connecticut nominee. Sich variety OF prin.
ciple-a party Nv sich adaptibility kin hcy but
ono great central idee on which there is no di
vcrsity of opinion. and to wich oil other ideas
is subordinate. That idco is "Post Office ~
and if Androo Jonson Good DO got rite on that
question, we'd care not wat else he required Nv
us.
We hcv our arms around AndrOo-we are
hugging him to our buzzms, hut he hcz left his
baggage to hum. That baggage is wat wo want
and we shel fling him oil shortly unless he chan
ccs his policy in this rcspcck. lie kin hcv u-
ON easy tcrns--but he must furnish the nmmu-
milton with wich to fight his battles. Will he
do il? That's the qucstiona hundred thousand
hungry soles, who anker even rs ] do arc ask
ing. PETROLEuM V. N,sBY.
Late Pastcr Nv the Church NV tho Noo Dis
pcnshun.