The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-13

get up hurrah and do something among the
yeomanry. But, as when a member Of our
Board OF Alderman is understood to be up to
his ears in job he is said to be con the
make, " so Barnum is con the make =" and n
free caravan wouldn't pay. Whether we con-
slider this political campaign of his as an adj
vertisng dodge, or a movement for another
book on humbugs, there is money in it for
Banum, elected or rejected. He objects to
making contributions to the party on the
score of patriotism; but the Republicans who
support him may make as many contribu-
tions as they like. 'Heads / win tails vol,
LOSE" Woolly horse or California iackass
just as you like. "lou pays your money and
you takes your choice.'
John Morrissey went into Congress with a
rush, because he came down like a princp-
sixty thousand dollars, they say. down ON the
nail. Whereat the Democracy reioiced. and
great was the slaughter of the Amalekites, the
wind from Morrissey's right hand clearing the
track also for Mr.. Brooks and Fernando the
first and last. But for lack of "der monish"
Barnum's chariot wheels drag heavily, and for
lack of speakers he is losing ground SO now,
IN this difficulty, as in every other, we turn to
Congress for relief The present session, we
guess, will be closed in season to give the
members returning homeward a chance for q
lift to Barnum in Connecticut, to tighten this
dead weight upon Hawley. To this end Gene
raj Ben Butler, with his famous trick of bot
ting himself up, would be the very thing for
Barnum. Ashley, too, in Connecticut, as the
roaring sea lion against Andy Johnson, would
astonish the Copperheads. Mr.. Raymond as
the ''What Is t?" would bother 'em; Long
John Wentworth as the Belgian giant would
scatter them; and in seeing 'old Thad Stevens"
they would see the white elephant of Congress
in all his glory. With some other members
Of hp hnap1n1
''fat man of Bombay" the living skeleton,
the OK with three horns, the beast with seven
heads and ten horns, and the niger turning
white, and with some repenting One-legged
Rebel to show off Santa Annals original
wooden leg, the Barnum plan of operations in
Connecticut would be complete, and it would
sweep the field. By the beard of the prophet!
we like the scheme.
We call upon the Republicans in Congress
to stand by their new leader and their new
platform in Connecticut. After the terrible
revolution and the stern moral reign in Eng
land of the Puritans came the jolly reaction
under the harum scarum 'merry monarch, :"
when religion and morality were ''whistled
down the wind, " and bear dances, bull bait
ings, shOwmen, free concerts, and the hang
man were the order of the day. We, too, have
passed through the ordeal of a great revolu-
ton, and great reaction is upon us. 1t opens
like that of England under Charles the Second,
and for this ''hail fellow well met" for funny
tricks, Charley, in his day, would have gone,
with all the beauties of his court to electioneer
for Barnum. Ia this direction the Republican
party is now drifting in Connecticut, and the
radicals of Congress, in going with the tide of
reform, such as it is, are called upon to give
lit to Barnum. If Barnum will not bleed for
his party, the party must bleed for Barnum.
We can't all be captains.