Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-06
THE JOHNSON REPUBLICANS.

There is at times a strange fatality at
tending the political action Of politicians,
and no amount of experience, or judicious
advice, seems able to draw them from the
delusion which is leading them estray, This
appears to be very clearly the case at pres
ent with certain Johnson-republicans as
they call themselves, in this county. When
leaving the republican party several years
ago, they fondly hoped to draw enough of
the rank and file Of that party after them,
to give them, with the aid Of the demo-
Gratis, the ascendancy in the county but
this turned up sad delusion, since which
time, their numbers have grown beautiful
ly less, until there is hardly a corporaPs
guard left, although all the while beating
the bush in the hope of starting up some
thing that might create diversion in their
favor, still nothing turned up until the
great JohnsonDoolittle-copperhead- and-reb-
el convention which came off recently in
Philadelph ia This was to swing them all,
with one great swoop in the majority, into
power, and into Office, the end Of all their
Vaccinations and aspirations but here
too, signs of failure are becoming manifest,
even before the hurrahs Of the bread-and-
butter brigade over the convention, cease
vibrating through the land Perhaps no
political gathering was ever convened in
this country, from which so much was
promised, and so little of substantial profit
secured, as this one. For it is doubtful
whether it will draw fifty voters after it,
throughout the whole land, that were not
with it before, and not Interested in getting
ii up. So that the finely written address
Of Mr.. RAYMOND, with its plausible logic
attractive patriotism, and affected sincerity
and the crafty, oily, and graspless resolu
tions of Mr.. CowAN, which were to be the
Ueni ridt ciei of the of1ice-hunting legions
come to the ground together at the feet o
the people, to be laughed at for the thin
ness of the guise under which their gross
dcformity was hid All see plainly, except
the Johnson-republcans who is to be sold
and who is the buyer but the bought and
the sold don't see it; and this because they
wanted to go somewhere, they did no.
care much where. 1t is singular how des
picable men can become in principle, aftel
they have sacrificed noble faith on petty
and mercenary motives Some of these
Johnson-republican fought Justify for ;
national banking system from 1882 to 1910
and from thence to 1S46, with equal ardo
and sincerity for the tariff act of 1912 anC
when the annexation scheme was project
ed, boldly did they resist the encroach
ments of slavery. Yet now, when the 10y
| al, union republican party is standing
squarely, broadly, on these three great, ma
tion-saving, time-honorcd, nay, halIowed
doctrines, and which gave vitality to a.
great a party, as noble and patriotic, al
ever fought for right in any country, tn,
remnant of the Peoples party cannot Sc,
where right belongs, and where duty points
The high and virtuous impulses of younge
and purcr years, have been crowded out b,
the merconary promptings of DEGRADED
passion The nation seeks in vain among
these for yirtuous patriotism, lofty, self
sacrificing devotion to our country's goot
and glory. Yet there was time, and no
far back either, when the proudest aspira
tions Of these men, was to battle for right
for truth, for country, in a hopeless minori
ty and now, they seem only to be infu
enced in their political action, by the pros
Fpect of office. What change !
But the strangest part Of the delusiol
which is keeping up these johnson follow
ers, is the fact, that Johnson is absolutely
positively repeating over, step by step, tn,
egrecious folly Of JOHN Tyler. He, and hi
few followers, were lionized, patted on til,
back, coaxed and cajoled, by the demo
Gratis, just as is now done by that party by
JOHNSON. TYLER was promised the nomina
ton for the Presidency, the democrats
agreed to new name for a great nationa
party, and the accidental President, and his
followers, swallowed the whole bait, ant