The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-03-17

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Any one who viii take the trouble to look
over the columns of leading Southern news
rapers, may readily satisfy himself as to how
much reliance should be placed upon the rose
oo.orea accounts we receive of the admirable
spn,' OF loyalty and submission prevailing
IN 'nat section. For The benefit of such as
may not have these organs or Southern sent;-
ment at hand, we make a few selections The
: Mobile Tribune, in an article headed a,rbe
Bump Congress" says: .. -
1t is becoming the custom IN call H., a..
above name the turbulent fanatics wSo G 'ot ~
present rule the nation from the hans Of tbe
Capltol. "Kump" IS good old Saxon word
anu may be defined as that part OF the animal
to which the tail is attached. The word H.
self is used in the very best society il Eno-
land, OF, was. For proof of which see 10
anna Baillie's "Ode to- a Kitten.n ~Swift,s
Riddles" "Hutlibras," "Tam O'Shanters y atc'
etc. The thing itself has been kicked in ev'
cry age OF the world, and Is still kicked i'm ey-
Y country under the sun; but for ali that
.nere .ne Is no more reason why we should kick
the word out OF our vocabulary than that Nc
should deck the Greek Slave with mar taI Is,tes 9
and waterfalls. y by strange contrad;ct;on
Ine nead OF the rump is the tail. Hence MI
ihad. stevens may claim tile proud dist;,,r.
ton OF being both the head and tail of the
present Rump Congress. - - 1'' '''0
Other aspirants, however, NAV disnute his
claim. To provide against such continoent ,t !
difncultles, we propose that the tail be labeilad
IKE yard stick. But we claim that Mr.. Thad
shail occupy the tip end, for in the Continual
wagglns OF that member, he certainly de-
SI,'psS Mr Ss,,,, sne great arc We place the Hon.
nj. sumner next. But there is the turning
Sown Io ~. ~ our cass and who Is head to-day may
Ihere was a certain Oliver CromweI once no
who, with enormous cavalry boote Nv, n t;o1'sj
a'certain trump" out of the halls Of ParI;..
meni. Does President johnson wear double
soled boots sg to !Astgo y. q"
b The Courier de Ia Tsche saws of the Re
publican members in Congress: -.
They remind one of herd of cowardly bv-
enas tearing the dead carcass of the hunter.
peUfe whom, when he was alive and had a
gun in hand, they have SO often fed. - :
This we suppose is the secessionist idea of
the language of conciliation. The same class
are never tired of eulogizing President john
son, whom they lard as "a true Southeruer.,
and the only hope Of the South.y But .nas
content with unlimited praise Of the Presi-
dent, and unlimited abuse of the whole loval
element In the North they demand something
more. They call upon the Executive to make
coup d. etdt. Says the Mobile Teseqraph,
The bailot-box is too slow a process as a
remedy Tor existing grievances. Let the Presi-
dent pat do'cn the rebellion in Congress. and
appeal to the ballot box to sustain that. We
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President should issue his proclamation de-.
claring the Union fully restored, and inviting
me southern members of Congress to enter
the Capitol and take their seats, If refused
admittance, regiment of United States troops
shouid be sent to put the Southern members
In view of these and similar bold utterances.
the New Orleans T,ioanu, loyal paper lifts
the voice Of weIl-timed warning. It says: !
Let Congress be on the look out. not for
southern regiment, but for the Southern mill.
ua, now armed and equipped with guns deliy-
cred by the United States. ~. = 80 lF1it,I ~