The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-05-04
HOW 1T Is MANAGED.

nOW IL 10 mhNhuhDs
That spicy Journal, the New Jersey Sentinel,
edited by Z, W. Jay, has a capital "reminiscences
Of the times Of John Tyler. all of which will
be the more appreciated since it was once sup.
posed that nature could not produce his coun-
terpart:
The present peculiar position Of the President
Of the United States recalls to our mind some in
cilents of personal experience many years now
gone by. when that political rinderpest, the 'ry-
Ter grip proved 30 fatal to many Of the politi'
clans Of that day. For the benefit Of the rising
generation, aud rs warning 10 men In Office, We
propose hasty resume of our recollections OF
that interesting period.
Four weeks aner the inauguration Of General
Harrison, the Southern secessionists compassed
his death by poison, (as they aiterward did that
of General Taylor by the same means, and Of
Abraham Lincoln by assassnaton,) and John
Tyler became President by virtue ola constitu-
tional provision. His first official act Of national
import was the veto fan act OF Congress for the
establishment Of a United States Bank. This deed
placed him in general opposition to the party
that had elected him, and whose principles and
objects were we'll understood when he accepted
the nomination for Vice President Mt their hands.
IIereupvn the shrewd Democratic managers COM
mencel their game ordivile and conquer. They
called meetings all over the country to endorse
the course OF ''hOnest JOhu Tyler Just tnty
now 10 that o! "honest Andy Johnson" and with
precisely the same object.
Through the efforts of Commodore Stockton
and James \. Green the old Trenton Emporium
(now the True .fnsricda) was purchased and
run by Jim Zabriskie and Captain 10. Yard Us
the Tyler machine for New Jersey Tyler State
convention was then called, letters Of special inyi
taton were sent out to few Democratic Office
hungry individuals in the different counties to re-
port as delegates We ut that time were young
man not entitled to n vote, AMI had just returned
home from three years wandering in the West.
The letter appointing US q delegate simply in
formed US that the convention was intended to
"inaugurate measures Of vital Importance to the
welfare ut the Democratic party" This august
conyOcation assembled al night, at the courthouse
in this city. Dr.. John McKelway, then POST
master vt Trenton, presided. and James 5. Green
of Princeton, was the principal speaker. Jim liar-
denburg, u young lawyer Of New Brunswick, and
afterward Mayor Of San Francisco, and Ourself
were among the secretaries. AS soon as we saw
the Democratic cat under the Tyler meal we pro-
tested to llarlenburg, in whisper. against the
movement Jim whispered back Don't say q
ID rord, There isn't Que OF as here pOuii
roie for Tyler for dog phipper, bat ice might as
,rsH hare The offices aWay from The bloody
Wigs"
(Let Andy johnson make note Of this little
"Reminiscences. All the Johnson Democrats now
want is the offices away from the bloody radi-
Gals.
Well, few days after this, a meeting was call
ed at the Cross Keys, about four miles from this
city, to which every body who was i'm favor Of
sustaining the policy Of John Tyler" were invit-
ed. We were announced as the only speaker.
Proud pre- eminence! But we were only u boy
then. and believed that anything that would al.
vance the success Of the Democratic patty must
be morally and politically right.
When the night for the meeting arrived and the
hour with il, the "sturdy yeomanry of the town
han IN he m mlpru f fire
The agricultural Democracy OF that day were
honest, aud would lend themselves 10 no swindle.
In short time two wagon loads Of office. holders
in expectancy arrived trum Trenton. Desperate
efforts were made to get one vi the Democrats TO
preside, but all thus approached spurned the pro.
possl with scorn. They even strongly protested
against the meeting being held at all and threaten
ei To expose the whole affair in the Trenton pa
pers il the experiment was not abandoned. And
abandoned il was. No meeting was organized.
But the subscriber and the two wagon loads vi
"'ryler Democrats" from Trenton sneakei into q
back room, and We addressed them in our usual
happy manner
We started for home, about four miles of. on
foot, feeling very much like young thief with
his first stolen chicken under his arm. while the
two wagon loads Of "sustainers VI the Presidents
policy" Of financial reconstruction turned their
faces toward Trenton, sadler ami madden men.
On their way back one Of the members Of the for
lorn hope happened to remember that the resolu.
tons had been forgotten. A halt was called. A
tsllow candle was borrowed from the alarmed in:
mates Of q wayside cottage, the resolutions read
in the road,
"By the lantern dimly burning
and passed "without dissenting voice amid loud
and prolonged cheering"
The next week large package Of the .Nddiso-
nian. the Washington organ OF John Tyler, (as
Tom florence's Union now IL Of Andy johnson
arrived In Trenton. On opening one Of the copi.
es the following blinling announcement astound-
ell our vision:
TREMENDOUS OUTPOURING OF THE
PEOPLE!
TWENTY THOUSAND JERsEYNrS IN COUNCIL.
THE POLICY or THE PRESIDENT
SUSTAINED!
Great Speech of Gen. Charles W. jay, OF Ohio, .
USBoUNDED ENTHUSIASM ~
Then followed an account Of the meeting. rcso-
lutions, SC.
Dear reader. this is no burlesquc Of ours, but
sober recital Of the facts as they actually occurr
ell. All that we have here related We were boy.
ish actor in. This Is the way the Democrats Ty-
lerized honest John Tyler Let honest Andy
johnson be warned in time. Tyler turned oil his
real friends out OF Office and gave their places to
his enemies. These enemies made the President
believe that the Democratic party would nominate
him for reelection at the national convention Of
lSii pause again, Andy johnson. and see how
history repeats itself) "llonest John" was kick.
ell out OF that convention a la posicrior, and has
been the scorn and dersion Of all men Of all par
ties ever since. (Another point for sober reiiec-
ton, "Honest Andy.w
We forgot To mention one Of the most import
ant results of the meeting az the Croa Keys,
short time after the flaming account OF that glo-
rious affair appeared in the columns of the Nddi-
sOaidn, Col. Sam. Kay, now Of the old U. s. lIo-
tel, Major 10. Cunningham, Of the fremont
House. Jim. Glover, Henry Boswell. and one or
two others, whose names do not now occur to US,
were snugly anchored in the New York Custom
House on three dollars day and roast beef. All
these lucky individuals belonged to the two wag
ons that went from Trenton to the meeting. We
believe that Major Cunningham held the candle
by the roadside cottage while the resolutions were
being read. The subscriber, as usual, got moth
Ing for his valuable services.
We intend to send copy Of this on to Andy
johnson, in the hope that he will become rer-
m,nent subscriber to the Sentinel. Terms, two
dollars IN advance. We say in adrdnee. for at.
Ter tue veto OF the Civil Rights bill We don't feel
IKE trusting even the President Of the United
SENATOR IRrhnrLL on Executive POWER