Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-07
me New party Movement

long heralded, which Is 70 ABSORB the up
perheads and Conservatives into q con-
glomerete Of Johnsonians, took place q
day or two since, in the organization ola
sNstional johnson Club" which, select
ing the NATIONAL L~nteLIieeneer as its sp-
propriate organ, to q listening
world is officers and its aims. The list
shows that Is q political movement the
thing is of great significance. Its mani
fest object is to abolish the present Demo
cratic party and upon its ruins found
another, which shall be reinforced by We
nal and conservative Republicans It is
hoped by this curious alliance to carry the
next Congress in favor Of JohnsOn's poll
cy, and thus get the South back before the
next Presidential election. Should this
first step in the programme be carried out,
HI. johnson, with the unanimous support
of the reconstructed rebels, would become
q very prominent candidate for the Presi-
aency, and would hope, with the united
electoral vote of the South, and the sup
port Of the anew party" in the North, to
be elected to the position which he now
holds Is the result of the assassination Of
President Lincoln. This is theprogramme.
Whether it viii be successful or not is
smother question.
The list Of officers Of this new national
organization is 8 curious piece of mosaic.
The majority Of those enumerated in it are
Coppsrheads or ex-rebels, with a slight
sprinkling Of conservative Union men,
But here it is:
NATIONAL JOHNSON CLUB.
Tho bon. MoxTsoMEET BLAIR, Of Maryland.
vIcE-PREsIDESTs.
Nafns-Ths Hon. Bion Bradbury.
New Hanpahirs-Lewis W. Clarke, Esq.
Vsrmont-A- J. willard, ESQ.
Observation-Disclosures b. Whitney, Eco.
Rhods IslA nd-W. Beach Lawrence, Esq.
/. Ooanscticat This Hon. William D. Bishop.
EeE York-DsGn Richmond, Egg.
New Jersey-Ths Hon. John P Stockton.
Pennsyivania-TEe Hon. ASS Parker.
DelaWare-The Hon. W. Salisbury.
MaryIand-0. J. NJ Gwinn, Esq.
Vffgfnis-The Hon. Alex. h n. Smart.
West virginia-The hon. P. G. Van W;hkls.
North Oarolina-The Hon. W. A. Graham.
South Caroiina-The Hon. James L. Orr.
0eOrElH-lne MN. james JOulsou-
E-f Tennessoe-The Hon. William B. Campbell.
Alabama-The Hon. George S. Houston
metaphysics hon. James L Alcorn.
Loulsiana-The Hon. Randall Hunt.
Indiana-J.E Mcdonald, ESQ.
uinois-The Hon. s. s. Marshall.
Ohio-Ex-GoF. David Tod.
Ksntusky-rhs Hon James Guthrie.
Nisconsin-o. K sholes, Esq
Iowa-rhe Hon. Augustus Caesar Dodge.
AInnssOta-rhe Hon. Daaiel S: Norton.
Eissoun-Charlss N. EIaiard, Egg.
.K~AnsAs-MarcusJ Parrot, EGG.
Gevada-- Puett, Esq.
CAlifornia-rhe Hon. james W. Denver.
2 Oregon-The Hon. James W. 6ssmith.
Michigan-The Hon. Robert AeClelland.
-TIorida-Judgs William Marvin.
District Of Oelunbia-Phinip r. Fend&ll, Esq.
RECORDING SEcREIARIEs.
Col. James B. 0'Beirne, T.. McNerhAney, Esq.
Kingman T. Page, Esq.
ooRREsPoEDISs sEcRErART
s The Hon. Charles Mason, Iowa.
TREASURER.
Fitzhugh ooyls, Esq. President National Bank
EXECUTIVE coHMITTBE.
Hon. jas. Hughes, Ind. ]. D. Hoover, Esq.
Charles Knapp. Esq. John T.. Coyls. Esq. -
james G. Berrett, ksq. John Ferguson, Esq.
%. W 4 s0i ksmo a'Y k.o. john T. hq 7. Eu aiG' ESQ.
Georre Il. Plant, ESQ. VIM. Z. Spalding, Esq.
WI. Msgruder. Esq. A. L Perry, Esq.
@. Wendell, Esq.
IkOf the nfty-SeVen men named ABOVE, We
know but five who supported Mr. Lincoln
in lseO-Montgomery Blair, Senator
Norton, II. ]. PArrott, Charles KNAPP, and
Ward Il. Lamon. Two or three others,
like Governor Tod and Governor Marvin,
have since been identified with the Re
publican party. One or two Of these gen.
tlsmen have however disavowed any con-
nsction with the movement, and we hope
that the rest will have the decency to do
50. The remainder Of the list is mainly
made up Of v~irulent Northern Copper
heads Of the stripe of J.. E. Mcdonald,
the Son Of Liberty candidate for Govern
or Of Indiana in 1854, whom the patriotic
people Of that State repudiated by q ma
iOrity Of over 10000; Augustus Cesar
Dodge, Democratic Senator from Iowa
from ls4s to 1865, but since then buried
with his party under loyal majorities SO
deep that he had never been heard from
till now; John F. Ooyle, the editor of the
Washington National Intelligence; Dean
0tCunOuOs huC man WIZ ANA6 bAO 0OAAO-
cratic machine in New York state; John
P. Stockton, who recently tried in vain to
smuggle himself into the United States
Senate as e representative of New Jersey
and Willsrd Salisbury, the tipsy Senator
from Delaware, who boasts of having
been the last STAKEHOLDER in the Union.
To these may be added the names of re-
constructed rebels like A. h d. Stuart of
Virginia; w. A. Graham, Confederate
Senator from North Carolina; james L.
Orr, Confederate Senator from South Car
olinai Houston, Boteler and Magruder.
The composition, as a whole, reminds Us
OF the hsll-brOth of the witches, in Mac
beth:
"FiHa 90 JeHHF ssake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
kys Of newt, and toe OF frog,
Wool OF bat and tongue OF dog, /