The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-02
The OiaGmara.

r. oh'J d lew people in Maine have aver seen
a monthly periodical, published IN NJ Wi.
and edited by c. Chauncev. p,,r. IT,, a.
caiied the "old Guard" Mr.. Burr i ! d;s-
tngushed gentleman who is as School, n,u
OF science as Capt. Cutie himself and M.
the latter celebrity, is in the habit OF maxine
a.note Of. subjects upon which he has yerv
superficial and indistinct IDEAS. + acial an
giles and chronological studies generally are
his delight, and he is as enthusiastic in GET
ting information as to the mean length of a
negros heel as Professor Anthon was in dig
ging out. Greek roots, or Agassiz is IN inyesti-
eating the. phenomena of the glacial period.
Like many smattercrs in the ethnol0eic way,
Burr-ominous name throws all the
skulls, jaw bones,- heels, forearms and
elongated spiral columns, which he gathers
in his ghoulhke gropipgs among the various
abnormal specimens of human anatomy, into
the rebel Democratic scale He is Indeed an
ideal rebel, in comparison with whom the
President Of the late Confederasy, who
kindly consents to be mild Dominion lion
till such time as he shall be called ior to be
banged. is a loyal and patriotic, original Union
man. .,. ,44-.- 80
The Old Guard which he leads is composed
Of the old moustdches of the Democratic par
ty. Repulsed at the Moscow OF 1850, deci-
mated and compelled to disorganize at the
Leipsic Of, 1864, they approach the Inevitable
Waterloo of 1868 with kind Of maui hlin, pot
house heroism, which, with their insignif-
icance in numerical strength, they VI ainIy i'm
,agine entities them to claim compd dnionship
in history with the grand, Old Guard OF the
first Napoleon. Called Upon to s. shrrender,
they'returi ano more decorous reply than the
true one of Cambronne, which maybe found
veiled in the decent obscurity of , foreign
tongue in any unexpurgated edition Of Les
Miserable. An Old Guard indeed custodian
of ancient and unIovely things-defen of
secessio-i, slavery, intemperanee, repudiation
and every conceivable political folly and
abomination that has been devised Turing the
last decade. 1t richly deserves to 90 down to
eternal oblivion, and the world will not con-
tain single mourner when the last voliey
from the Union ranks sweeps it from exist
The people of Maine in one week from to-
day will be called upon to open fire upon the
feeble remnant of once formidable organiza-
tion and so far as this State Is concerned, to
incapacitate it for occasioning any trouble in
the campaign Of next year. If the Republi-
can pooioritu Ia rolofivoIv oe Iaroa ae In 1SRH
the old serpent that tried to stransle the par
ty, in the earlier days Of its existence, will
have hissed its last. Let every patriot in the
State devote one week to the work Of calling
out the full strength of the party. There is
no special need of proselyting from the mem
bers of the "Old Guard" They are Joined to
their idols, and they may as well be left to fill
the measure of their infamy. If man is af
fiicted with such chronic stupidity as to be-
lieve that goveI nment bonds can be taxed,
nothing but the restorative influence of time
can cure him. If he is induced to vote the
Democratic ticket because taxes are high and
the debt is large, when both these evils
result immediately from a Democratic re-
bellion, not all the eloquence or expos
tulayion in the world can convert him.
If he is willing to subordinate the gr1at ques-
tions of universal suffrage and the principles
Of the Declaration of Indepence to local issues
IN reference to which there is difference o
opinion among members of both parties--i
he. persists in ignoring the cause of human
rights for the sake of taking what he suppose,
to be correct course upon the liquor ques
ton, he, above all men, should be LEFT to BIZ
own devices. II all true men go to the poll
next Monday, they will not need the assis
tance of such chat as this. Only a moderate
amount of work is necessary to carry the
State by such majority that Republican
newspapers all over the country can place al
the head of their telegraphic columns the reg,t
lar September announcement, "The gloriou,
neacs from, Maine" a.. r..lf