The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-08-15
The Blair Family,

The Rochester Democrat says: " Il manner
in which the male portion Of the Br family
las wormed itself into public notoriewarrants
the conclusion that its native modes will not
be greatly shocked by the appearance brief
history of the trio that compose it First in
order comes the patcrtamiiiaS, +. P3ar, ST..
When a young man he emigrated toVashing-
ington. ID. c. from Tennessee, rs aftache of
Andrew Jackson, who sat him up in bincss by
procuring for him the position of pishcr of
The CONGRESSIONAL Globe. Out of ii, iu few
years, he made q " fat thing" and IT, by sell
ing out his interest in the concerto made
another fat thing" which enabledim to re-
tire from the business and devote lrnire at
tention to political intrigue. From Is time he
has been the chief cook and bottltasher in
the kitchen cabinets of every adhisration
since the days Of Jackson, and exeri more or
less influence for good ortvil-rrilbally evil.
Lincoln was not long in discoverinils vora-
cious appetite for apples OF poltiI discord,
and by removing his son Montgony (whom
the old gentleman completely contleD from
his Cabinet, he assured him that National
pudding could be stirred and the lms prop
erly interspersed without the aid OF his ambi-
tons finger" When g His Accidty sue
cceded to tho Presidency, Blair rlncd the
prestige he had lost under Lincolnad busted
himself by goading Andrew OIL to anfict with
Stanton, and creating differences Lrcen Con-
gress and the Executive. Upon be, compel-
ed to surrender the portfolio of tlsosal De.
partment, disappointment and relge caused
Montgomery to execute a little pdcal lofty
tumbling,,' and sell himself ont at ow figure
to the Comprehend faction, whosdIseyuous
dancing; jack he has ever since becleady upon
the slightest pull of the string to sd ON his
head or his heels, or hang suspenddn mid-nir,
awaiting his appointed time for thesriormance
of a i" breakdown" f. Z. 81, jr, the
youngest of the tribe, served in thfnion army
without enough distinction to hurtn much.
At the close OF the war yielding tos inherited
love for change and novelty, andesirous of
doing something to gain notoriety. abandon
ed the principles established by tloverthrow
of the Rebellion, and was imri lately ele-
waited to the position of second dang, jack to
Montgomery. He danced so wehld found
himself such an agile Terpsichort, that he
threw his heels over Montgomery's N, and to
ded fair and square on the usurpatiopank of
the Copperhead platform, as it's caAatc for
the Vice Presidency. He is about al to pre-.
side over the Senate as he is to condthe per-
formances of lodge Of Good Templali Should
he ever become President, of which knately,
there is not the slightest chance, his fentrici-
ties would astonish the world and hder re-
spectacle the memories of Tyler, he, and
Johnson Taking them all in all, lily safe
ly be affirmed that the three Blairs i made
as much show on the smallest captas any
three men in our history. And the is not
yet. 1t is impossible to tell what tlltio will
undertake next. The father is so olhat his
race is probably nearly run--but hk and
Montgomery arc yet young and yigds, aud
may before they die fasten on and pie half
a-dozen different parties and twieS many |
administrations,