The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-15
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koCKLAND, July y, 1869.
Mr.. oE:-Two vigorous applications
of the toe TO the fundament Of the Good Temp
lar organization have at last elected a grunt
from tNimrod, who at The risk Of sacrifc-
ING his cabbages, has entered the arena of
literature and appeared in print in the col
nmns of the Free Press. He begins with the
staple slang about the traitorous character of
your paper, the contents of which seem to
disturb the serene composnre OF his mind;
follows up the attack with personal assault
upon yourself q wonder when YOU ever had
occasion to warm his Jacket for him) con
tinues the assault by finding fault with the
management of the Democratic campaign in
this county last fall, which resulted in glor-
Gus success purSueS the storm by accusing
the Democracy of being the rum party, in the
face of the drunken orgies of the Republican
State Convention, when according to the best
authority q Good Tcmplar delegate was put
to bed with two barrels Of whi>kcy in him
and finishes the charge by hurting the follow
ING brilliant specimen Of wit at the devoted
head Of your msuspectng correspondent
This writer reminds Us of the eat that made her
home in the middle Of a pine tree in whose top an
eagle had built her nest and at the roots lived sow
with a litter of pigs. The cat with true feline
ming visited each of her neghbors in turn, profess
ing the warmest friendship for the party present,
and the greatest detesaton and fear of the absent
one. assuring the eagle. that if she ventured from
her nest, the SOW would uproot the tree and dash
her eagetS TO the ground; and telling the SOW, if
she lost sight of her pigs the eagle would carry
them away. Thus appealing to the natural instincts
and fears of each, she hoped in that way to Starye
them all to death, 50 that she and her young might
taten on their clrcasSeS."
This humorous anccdote, y0l will perceive,
correctly locates the cat, by which it seems
10 be intended to pcr,onity the Democratic
party, in an intrenched position in the centre
of the Republican lines, with the Eaglc wing,
composed Of Tllson and the respectable por
ton of the party on the one hand, and the
Good Templar, or Som and litter wing, of
which "Nmrod" is evidently the runt, on
the other, and the trouble unprecedented from
this unexpected situation has unsettled the
nerves Of our porcine friend He has HIM
self made haste 10 rejuln the main body of the
forces, but to accomplish that feat was obig-
ed to turn traitor TO his temperance friends,
pocket his principles, blot ont the record of
his whole life, abicctly eat his humble pie
roll IN the dirt and swear 10 vote for Chamber
lain. Naturally fearful that few even of his
SwiniSh friends are 50 grovelling as himself,
he excites their fears and their cupidity by
presenting them the alternative either TO
abandon their natural instincts and principles
and 90 with him ''where thrift doth follow
tawning," or to be annihilated by the victorious
Democracy. While we congratulate the De
mocracy upon the advantage they have gain
ed we cannot suppress a smile al the lndl-
crolSnesS of the idea that the enemy lately 50
brilliantly routed by the gallant TillSon and
his followers, prove by their own confession
to be nothing but a herd of swine
Our advice to ''Nmrod," now that he has
cot back into line at iii" expense OF ms lnteg-
rity and honor, is, TO act continually and Wig
orously upon the motto of his race, for il is
indeed necessary for him that AZ should
= Root hog on die. \