The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-15
BABYLON IS HEARD FROM

self Nmrod, and calls us very hard names
indeed. Curious to know by what similarity,
real or fancied, the writer should adopt that
particular cognomen, we investigated the
antecedents of Nimrod of old, by aid of the
learned Drs. kitto and Smith. He is called
Il ''mi ghty hunter'' in the book of Genesis
evidently a mistake of the translator or
printer, for ''mitey," or one fond of lively
cheese The Rockland namesake who is
gnawing away at the county cheese, has a
natural fancy for the term. Again. Nimrod
was descended from Ham, and most Bible
scholars agree that Ham and his tribe were
negroes. He is credited with undertaking
the tower Of Babel which the Lord regarded
as an impious work, and s,mmarily vetoed
a veto that the radicals of that day could not
overrue by two-thir(ls vote. He introduced
idoatrysand founded Baby Won d place that
for wickclness probably exceeded the city of
Washington under radical rule-although
this is doubted. His habitation is frequently
Babylon" 1.-THE mother of harlots,'' and by
other equally complimentary terms. The
appropriateness and felicity by which the cor
respondent of the Free Press is led to select
his signature is admirable. His prototype
was a n@gcr, a Scof1er. q heather, and sole
proprietor Of the 'mother Of harlot>', What
a happy combination.-wha singular APP
preparedness! Only one fact remains 10 be
paralleled. Nimrod Of old founded 4 dynasty
but unless his disciple at Rockland makes
a more liberal use Of soap and water than
hitherto, he will die as nasty rs il is possible
for any one person to become
The extraordinary genius who names HIM
self with such scrupulous regard for the fiji
the Registry of Deeds in Knox County, and
runs it awfully, too. \ credible gentleman
informs Us that he has a certified copy Of
document emanating from this Babylonish
official in which he has made no less than
sixty errors violating all the known rules Of
grammar and photography, as we'll a. most
of the ten commandments.
A. a matter Of curiosity. we give the prin-
cipal gems Of this lovely officials attack ON
lis
The city Of Belfast is disgraccd with Billings
gate sheet that during the days of rebellion went
down among the dead mems bones.
''DiSeraccd with" is bad grammar If we
should say that the County Of Knox is dis
graced by such numskul in office, it would
be both grammatical and truthful
Since Robert f. Lee surrendered under the his
toric apple tree. and JEFF Davis left the sacred soil
of old Virginia fugitive. Semmes. ToomhS,
Breckenridge and Nalandgham have risen to the
surface, and more this mcndacio,l, sheet has
been re>tlScitatcu.
Now let not this descendant of Ham run
away with the idea that it hurts our feelings
to be reminded that the journal was discon-
tinucd during the war. Ii is 4 fact Of which
we feel proud, a we do OF our whole record
in that connection. We would not object to
keeping it standing at the head Of the paper
in big type In those days nothing hourished
save destruction, death, and the klayes who
controlled the radical party. Two millions
of men went to needless graves. Twenty
five hundred millions Of debt was hung about
the neclls Of the telling masses OF the nation,
and their blood coined to pay the lmtaNel
bond-holders. The shipping OF the nation
the principal source of Names wealth, de
cined one half. This radical angel of death
had one foot on the land and one on the sea
And while honest men and honest callings
were dying, our paper died. We are glad il
did. We continually thank God that we
made no money out of the country's woes.
No banl1note, stained BY soldiers blood or
orphans tear ever found It's way to our purse.
The only curses ever launched at us We're
those of the Scoundrel> who t:t1cncd on the
plumber Of the country. Since that time some
of the most blatant of these have come to us
and begged with tears in their eyes that we
would not publicly expose their knavery that
had come to our knowledge.
When the reign Of terror and villainy was
over, we revived the journal. The people
Scrbers poured in by thousands. We
have been obliged to replace our old presses
and engines with new and improved machin-
cry to meet the increased demand. The pres
ent prosperity of the paper is the justification
of our course and of the poets words
Truth. crushed to earth will rise again.
The eternal wears of God are hers"
We rememberthat when we discontinued ur
publication, the Progressive Age of this city
published a long account of the funeral, with
list of the mourmcrs Last week we found
in examining the tax list of this city, that the
three Black Republican assessors of Belfast,
acting under the solemnity of their oathS, had
entered the Journal Office As more valuable
than that of the paper which four Years ago
published an account Of Our funeral, Such
are the revcnges which time affords to the
patient walters, of whom we are one Blessed
with sound constitution, and belonging TO
a long-lived race, we expect in the tullnes~
of time, to see the whole vindictive crew of
Nimrod's kidney under our feet.
Again says this learned official
| But it is a mystery how such \ vile publication
can live IN decent community.
The other side Of the Free Press, from
which the above is clipped, contains a two
column article, copied from this paper. And
we reply that this '.vile publication lives and