The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-08-05
THE SIAMESE TWINS IN MAINE AND ELSE
WAERE

curiously linked brothers. by some industri-
Gus and faithful gatherer of facts for the
press
sChans belongs to the Good Templars and is Il
hard working and enthusiastic supporter of all
temperance reforms. But, to his bitter distress.
every now and then Eng gets drunk, and. Of
course, that makes Chang drunk too. This unfortu-
nate thing has been great sorrow to Chang. for it
almost destroys his usefulness in his favorte field
OF effort. As sure as he is to head great temper
ance procession Eng ranges UP alongside of him.
prompt to the minute and drunk as lord; but yet
no more dismally and hopclessly drunk than his
brother, who has not tasted drop. And 50 the
bricks at the Good Tempals, and of course they
break the procession. 1t would be manitestly
wrong to punish Chang for what Eng does. and
therefore the Good Iemplars accept the ard
| .ituation and suffer in silence and sorrow They
have officially and deliberately examined into the
matter and find Chang bamces>. They have
taken the two brothers and filled Chang full Of
warm water and sugar. and Eng full of Whiskev.
and in twenty-five minutes it not possible 10
tell which was the drunke>t."
II is curious to note how accurately this
describes the condition of the republican
party Of Maine. The IIichborn wing and
the Chamberlain wing have been nsepal:-
bly, connected by the strong loamcnt
of mutual interest for lo these many
years. With arms recprocallv over each
others ncrks, they have kept step together
beautifully when sober, and unitedlv stag
gered when The Chamberlainites GOT drunk
which wa, pretty often. The radical sur
@eons have always contcndcd that a S2para-
ton of the two, by scNrring the iramont,
would be fatal to both But the Stockton
Chang, resolved no longer to hc subjected to
infused or yicarious drunkenness, nor that evil
communication which corlupts good manners
and after vainly eXhorting his brother Eng
TO repentance and reformation. the operation
was performed, The knife in the skillu
hands of Brother Talman. ri Portland cut
the bond of llesh and left the brothers each
to 90 il alone. Eng, We are sorry to record
has been abusive to his temperate brother
Since the separation, has taken to drink
harder than eve, and Is apparently on 4
pretty steep grade Of the downward road
There isn't much hope of him.
/ The Prog. Ago is getting defiant towards
the temperance men, and reckless regarding
The future of the party. Il wants the s'rebelsn
punished, even if it feels the iniliction little
itself. Hear what it says
And while are about it. perhaps those who
hold the very consistent doctrine of hanging the
liquor seller by the neck till he is dead, but, at the
same time, are in favor of giving the murderer the
elderly OF the yard. had better also Join the move
mcnt Let Us sec if we cannot have the whole
question decided, and sec if in the deliberate irhg
mcnt OF the people, there is any crime dcserlin ING
punishment eNcept that of selling lager beer
The Age has always been shaky on the
temperance idea, and favorable to having
enough rum loritsef and special friends But
this is fairly knocking n}u the bung We I'M
,lrrStand that 1T the recent meeting Of Lodges
at Stockton, Mr.. Rcndell, representative from
that town, hauled the Age and its editor over
the Goals very lively, for his rccrcancy to the
prohibition principle
The kind Of the talk we have quoted from
the Age places that paper and the Chamber
lain men in dilemma. For they either ac
knowledge hat the prohibition resolution of
the Bangor Convention means nothing and
was intended 70 mean nothing, or else that
they mean to ignore it altogether How can
papers that honestly stand by prohibition, rili-
Guile the principle in this manner?
Hon. Isaac Toucey, Of Connecticut, died on
the 5oth. He was best known as the able
Secretary Of the Navy during Buch,nan's adj
miniStration. lie had previously been Repre-
sentative in Congress. United States Senator
Governor of Connecticut, and Attorney Gen
cral of the United States for short time. He
was Wing 4ntil the dissolution Of that party,
when he joined the democracy Although
Mr. Toucey was StudiouSly abused by his
political opponents during his life. the future
will do Justice to his memory rs Il sagaciou>
and conservative statesman and Il true patriot
The little difficulties in the the radical party
continue, not only in the heated atmosphere
of the Carolinas, hut in the temperate North.
The latesl manifestation is among the radical
newspapers Of New York, The Commercial
Advertiser having said that Greeley went lob
byng to Albany to make money, Horace de-
nounces the editor thereof as IAN habiual
| self proclaimed liar" The Commercial rallies
and sti@matizes the philosophrrof the Tribune
"a miserable prctonder and c;tnting hypo-
critic" How pleasant it is TO behold this
brothrrly love.
\ real estate auctIonccr in Boston keeps a
poet to describe lots offered for sale and throw
about them the witchery of sentiment and
fancy. He eNccIs. we think, in shore lois when,
like Byron he LAYS bis hand upon the oceans
name If nothing happens to sci him back
he will excel the author of Childr Harold
Here for instance, is sample
The view from the highest point is truly exciting
IT times, when the waves dash upon the rocks, and
the changing sea birds are dipping their ing~ in tho
ioamn@ billoW, rs they roll upon the
| ''MW p,freH Sturo:'
while through the stormy gaze is seen the bounding
Ship sweeping IiereIy onward with the gales.
| Terms Liberal.
The comfy OF States requires that Ohio Democrats
| ic papers should omit all reference to the ''boatcd
bondhol,crs" for fear of wolnling the feelings OF
the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pcnnsvl-
vana who is ''bloated' with several millions of dol
lars of that sort of property. Bangor Wing.
Then it is greatly to his credit that he is
willing TO be taxed on them and will labor
to have I'LL bonds taxed. II is Il kind Of fair
ness and honesty that radical bonlhollcrs do