Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-10-04
The Presidents Party.

The kilograms from Washington are Of
ten sufficiently amusing. aid never more
SO than when they undertake to furnish ccr-
tain information of Mr.. Jol,nson's most UNI
certain movements. According to the Ia
test Intelligence, he intends to give the Re-
public a fresh, new. aud vigorous party
which will spring. all armedand resisllcss.
like young goddess from the brain OF the
White House Jupiter. 1t is the coolest
proceeding upon record. Tie good man
getting up in the morning. While shaving
and washing and putting ON his pantaloons,
aad criticsng their fit with professional
eye, concludes to have Il party. handy
thing to have-with an Interior intention,
we presume, of being elected to the next
presidency-a nice thing to he elected to.
He has hardly swallowed his first bottle OF
soda water before his plans are all finely
cut and charminely dried; an he is burst
ing with hapatience to communicate them
TO five thousand confidential friends and all
The newspapers. We can imagine him say
ing: MY dear friends and fellow citizens.
'-haying observed the situation. which, in
decd it seems that the Uniorbeing in
danger. and 80 we must fail back, my
"friends, upon the Constitution, and will
''vindicatc the flag Of our country, which |
''have always vindicated and mean to win
''dicate. even after lay sleeping in peace
sin my tomb. where shall not hear any
''more addresses, ond prayers, and hymns,
'sbcillg one OF the ihlstrIous dead. bit
''nHanpno to live in friendship and peace.
''anthas it We're" &c. &c. &c. After this
she party will be formed. and will march to
triumphant victory in all those States Ill
which it does not march to Il dissolution
pretty nearly congenial. Then it will
'.sleep silent in is grave-yes, it will sleep
lin silence and peace. after the earnest
''conflict has ceased--ycs, it will sleep ST.
''ient il, its tomb"
Theuew party, If we understand the mat
ter, iSto be an amal@am of rehabilitated
Rebels and of Northern Dcmocra sup
posed to be inyincible by themselves upon
the strength of u recent gam of about 1000
votes. Bat there is nothing specially nov
I'll about this. Put all the Rebels and all
the Democrats together and the "dcmni-
ton total is nothing more than the Old
Democratic party which for years has beel
almost 4 ponentity. If you take out all
the Northern Democrats WHO are dead, or
],ave become Republicans. and all the Reb-
els who are dead either physically or po-
liticaily, it seems to us that the prospects
of the JOhnsonian party do not become
any roster for the subtraction. The old
Democrats were beaten without much dlfii-
Guilty in the full flush OF a pretty extensive
vitality. Where is the evidence that they
cannot be beaten again. although they take
so their reyiving bosoms all the rebel vipers
all the recreant Republ cans. and al the
.Johnsoniaa nondescripts in the land? Per-
haps the Presidents recent neurological
studies have given him ideas somewhat ov-
er-lively of the chances Of calling the dead
to life: but we can assure him that though
there may be Il resurrection OF men. there
can be no resurrection OF parties. Ills
faith is charming, but he must not trust in
it too confidently. He shonld not be so
sure of the dead when he cannot even be
sure OF the living.
Ills Excellency has, no doubt. heard in
his day of squeezed oranges. He has seen
the dry and discarded fruit rotting in the
cutters, despised ofthe hungriest boys. and
rejected of the least f;tstidious beggars.
He may not know it, but very soon he too
will be u squeezed orange; the Democr It
ic valnryre, ere long, will have absorbed
all his juices, and he will be tossed into
Tennessee to grow old at his leisure. LII
docs not believe it now; he would not be
lieve it now, though the Angel Gabriel
should come down to impart TO him the
distasteful information; but his political lie
mise at an early day is just as sure as :hc
taxes. When he comes 10 make this mix
ture. he will find that one of his ingredients
is suddenly missing.
The Northern Democrats may be willing
enough to unite with the Rebels. but il
will not be under the leadership of Mr.
johnson. Would he like to know the rea
s>ls? Well, one Of them is that he doesn'
know enough; another is that he doeSh'
carry guns enough; third is that he ism
respectable enough. Still another is tina
he has professed to be 4 Republican,
Lastly, nobody would vote for him. The
Democratic leaders are too shrewd to com
init themselves to the support of n rene
gade Republican,; and the gentlemanly
Democratic magHates will like 10 have /;
candidate who is also gentleman. Mr.
johnson they will use; we expect them to
use him but Benz. +. Buffers chance Of
their nomination for the Presidency is a;
good as his. Some mournful day. IN his
retreat, when he has nothing better to do
he may read this prediction, aud, with tear,
in his eyes, confess that Tor once we were
right.
Meanwhile, we shall award the birth Of
the new party with considerable interest
and shall watch with anxiety for its christ
ening, should it live, poor thing, to bt
christencd at all. We have seen many
brats Of this sort in our time; various were
their names. and curious their constittA
tons; but they We're all as short-livtsl as
the flea. without exhibiting the hea's ener
gy. Numc er Three always comes to grief
and Number Three. Mr.. Johnsons party.
will certainly be; while Number One mnsi
take such excellent care of Number Tive
that its alliance shall hardly be worth ask
ing Cow. Politics promise to be Il little con-
fused; bat we rely upon Republicans to
keep matters mainly right Tribune.