Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-04-19
For the Delaware Republican.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. III.

s;nerv gentleman imbibed little too much OF -
the aydsut on the day that Abraham Lincoln y. ~,
wos.ia.nRuraied the second time, aud made ~,
foeI,sf himsef before the representa- VS. Of T.,
nearly every nation gu the EARTH noar'y every -,
friend of the government was willing II over 3
look his weakness, hoping that such n thing ,r
would never occur again. But not 81 WITH the :,
Copperheads; they had no mercy on iHe Wee -
President of the strong stomach AID weak brain,
There was nothing too bad for them to say :.
about him many OF their ablest journals called
on him 10 resign aud not disgrace the
sscond Office in the gift of the people. The
Uoion papers attempt "a to make excuses for
him; they printed palliating circumstances
Win extraordinary iuginuitY they ttueied that
he had been driven 10 the whisAey bottle by
the course pursued by the rebels of Tennessee
that he had hattled So long with the enemy
thar his mind had become diseased AVID he had
recour9e to the botils TO drive away dull care.
But alas no ore knew how lar the bottle had
weakened the Vcs Presi ents brain The man
who lad fought JET. D,v.s and hii saVe | tes in |
the United States Senate Chamber AID the |
rebels generally in Tennessee, found King AL
cohul TOO much flr him in Washington. A
great many wiser men have found or, by eS-
periepce the same thing. Here the question
arises has andrew Johnson has past That point
where mans brain becomes 80 damaged oy
constant tipping that recovery has become
unprecedented l hope not bat We must
consider that he has sold gu. to n pirty that
will never let MIN become sober long enough
10 realza his situation. There is more de-
rpoUrscy in gallon Of whiskey than there is
in hundred dollar greenoa,k is atruism that
lew people will doubt. When Ben or Fernando
Wood Ni,hes 10 carry out one of their partcu
lar scaem@s, their right bower ID tht whi.kty
bottl4 - is the Old m4n Of the sea 10 accom-
plish .neir object. There 10 III, gic il il; tbfre
iaa hsllucinaIiOn ae0nl il that fiuG IS II COZ
quers whether it does OR not. THere IS no
doubt but Andrew johnson determiLei when
he was sober to carey oct the policy OF Abra-
ham Lincon, but when whlskey, ID the shape
OF democracy, got IN his brala, he tel 90 TAR
and So deep that the parallel of the lali oi La
offer would make but IL tame comparison.
Great God imagine the poor tailor boy-with
brains enough to know then he was hungry
aspiring TO tue presidency OF these States.
do not want 1t understood that have the
least objection 10 men bora in humble circum
stances occupying high positions, bnt do GER
tAtOly mean that the beggar horseback Is
the worst enemy 10 himself. Reader did you
ever see "A monkey climb po'e7 There is QUE
little thing tnSt oud like 10 draw yonr at
teplion il CO, .ecton with that feat. ltyou
observed the ,.ttlon of the monkey tlosely, you
have found out that the higher he climbed tht
more he exposed his poserior. This Seems II
be the case oi Andrew the last
Rag Ter, follow me TOR a moment. We vii
enter the " hite House at Washington. 1t i
tue lnoCcst rrllrng uomicli OF Val'or, IL
the sane building Al which once reslued the
unA-sumlng inui5idual Abraham Llncoin, An
which had just been reiurUishtd At An expeu.
Of forty -eiknt Thousand dollars the anti
OF ''r.y policy is seated quietly \. a very cor
tortuae CHAIR. TIE great man is all alou
He is wrap in deep meditation. Ohlivious
surrounding objects ne violently seizes a VI
ume Of holy writ and reads cloud the Ii
chapter oi the Book Of Luke.
And it came 10 pass that the Lord CT T,
n5ssee ueceune exceedingly angry at the y
pie because they were worshpping false go
yea, even gods with wool on the tors OF tn
heads, and he smote, with the sword Of
destroying angel, the mighty Lincoln from
face OF the earth. And yet, while the blood
King Lincoln was warm, one mighty man
tailor by protession-was chosen 10 rule
people OF all the United States and its dep
denotes, regardless OF the adage OF the b
gar. And lol aud behold, the tailor took VI
himself, he WAS installed in off
TO dictate terms aud measures ID the world
the rest Of mankind and verify, he deci
the question OF vino killed Cock Robin to
satisfaction OF both friends aud foes; show
10 the country at large that man Is a q
man ii the davil goes blind.
Aud it came to pass that Andrew the immo
ssut forth pSrdons TO the world; aud he
his par6ons to the innocent az we'll to
guilty; he proclaimed to all nations of the ei
that Il lnAn with wool the top OF his
as good hs niger il he aept his nose Gle
Aud it came to pass that the evil spirit entf
the body OF the great tailor and, 10 and
hold; lie ran into great extremes Verify
c0urted the favor of the mighty JEFF a ruler
the land of Beeizebub who had taken up a
against his native country aud WAS captui
And it came to pass, in these reheilions til
that tbs great tailor forgot that the sold
That protected him when he ran away {
Tennessee, and lett his tsmily in the hand
the Philstines, were slnrved ard murdt
in the rebel prisons, and that ALL the barb
ties OF cannihai manners aud customs
melted out to the pteservers Of the Union
his great mlgnanimity he Tor got that Sem
The pirate was an outlaw, william and II SCI
drel and set him free and sent hu on bis
rejoicing. In those days it became prob
that Gypses might be imported from the III
purgatory or kingdom come aDd he issued
edi;tto abrige aud control he privilege
the A:licans OF this niOn TO meet the cor
gency. And the great nan gifded up has
and swote by the hollow of bis thigh that
devil il the shspe Of radicalism, should
chained for taillipn years anl that the go
rrn rebels should periodically manage thu
lars 0t the government until the bred :
decision became the law of tho land. .
Jostrpa like, the mighty Tailor ordered tn
10 70 hnck the Union dial until Jetfe
Davis, Alexander H. Stevens ana other sc
ern patriots had time to reconstruct the [
on the King cotton Platform And 10 au
hold, the people marvelei, at the course
sued By the great man, and their heart
came exceedingly sore and shaK within
many rv1u Nvut shroaa in the temples
market places and humbled themselves IN
cloth and ashes that bis wrath might b
pessed and that he might nat scourge tn
WITH the uunoly. But the God of Gem
was aroused aud be determined 10 he av
Or the people for the many abuses OF It's
doIa ami the sins OF the nation. And il
10 pass that his heart yearred towards G
Moseby, OF the rebel gusrrlllhs ami he wa
doned OF his many Sins and the evil spr
east out OF him and he became 81 Lew n
While sc. toe Great Tailot was IN ami
poured forth the visls OF tbs wrath upo
poor ignorant officers OF The governmen
he made M example of all those VINO hat
mtled the objectionable sin OF uphold
nation in the time OF rebellion He tht
seat cut Il decree that all those who d
Low their kuees TO the IDOL Of Tennessee
be ctucihGd, and II therefore came to pa.
crosses wCre erected in the land thickey
they evef stood in Jerusalem and Their
weeping and wSiling throughout this
and the breadth Of the country But the
Tailor was inexorab.e he celld rot retr
seoG; he had gone too Tar 10 rotrogradt
Ne determined that hs policy should l.
lsined it the heavens re
De ther tore call 4 aropHd him the
warriors OF the nation and they consulle
the best plan 10 RUE the turbulent pc
Aud it came to pass thai Ben Wood
New York News and James Gordon
OF the Herald were selected to manage
amman and Ieech the secret service n