Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-01
KinrIy Crown.

that though we have had, since the
foundation of the Republic, q great NUM-
ber of secret political societies, from the
Cincinnati down to the ST. G. /. o."
yet none of them haze had the slightest
influence upon either the policy or the
form of the Government. The Ameri-
can " party, held together by system of
lodges, promised wonders, but in the end
did nothing, in spite of its numbers. The
four mysterious initials ebove cited are
said to represent new copglomeration
of dull and disaffected citizens-accord-
ing to their newspaper organ, a secret
political and social order" They aim at
9 a strong central Government" and in
order to secure it, by and by, whan the
right hour strikes, lone strong
minded, intelligent man is to declare
himself the Government, and the
IT. G. i. o. will owe no other allie
glance than that demanded by the
Crown" OF course, "the Strong Minded
Man" when be gets the crown, will make
it hereditary. We shall have also o Queen,
"strong minded or otherwise, as the
gods may determine. We shall have q
Prince Royal, or Dauphin. We shall
have Dukes Of the blood. 1t followsthat
we shall also have the Duke of Massa-
chusetts. the MAJ quis Of New York, the
Earl of Pennsylvania, the Baron of Vir-
ginia, hundreds of Baronets, thousands
of Knights, tens of thousands of Right
Honorables, with Squirearchy not to be
numbered. All these noblemen and gen.
| tlemen will be selected from the ranks of
Al " nd b<xx oil, IN
come in for something lofty and profit
able had better enroll themselves without
delay. We do not believe that the
Three Tailors of Tooley street" ever
dreamed of so magnificent project.
When "the One Strong-Minded" has
placed the proper part of his person upon
the royal stool, and the diadem upon his
anointed brows-when he has grasped
the sceptre and put on the regal robe and
begun to sign himself Jonathan
R."-when that millennial day arrives,
gentlemen who have not Joined the T.. @.
/. o. will wish that they had. They will
probably organize another society for the
assassination or deposition of "Jona-
than the First" and for raising to the
throne the dynasty Of Samuel Slick,
Imperator." But we hereby give notice
that the Tribune, taking for its lotto the
dying words Of" Mercutio," "a plague o
both your houses" will resolutely adye-
cate assassination of the regning mon
arch, and thetransportation of all his no
bility to the territory Of the Grand Duke
of Pumpernickel, or to the island once
ruled over by Sancho Panza, if the topo-
graphers can find it. We enter our pro-
testin advance. We put it upon record,
much as we like strong minded y char
acter, since it is possible to have them
little too strong, that we shall not come
into the arrangement. We have con.
genital dislike of kings, and but small
passion for emperors. When the L. U. 1.
0. carry out their sublime scheme,
we shall feel that the Lord has de-
livered the land to the dominion Of jack
asses, and we shall advocate with all our
might the cropping Of their ears, If not
the cutting off of their melodious heads
The at. G. /. o." may rest assured that
we do not want them to rule over us;
that we will not stand the game if they
attempt it; and our advice to them is to
turn their clubs into Temperance Socie-
ties, or Societies of Red Men, Of Ancient
Foresters, of Good Samsritans, or some
thing of that sort They can then wear
horse collars and little aprons without
endangering the foundations of the uni
verse.
These ardent conspirators, no doubt,
have already "a strong-minded, intelli-
gent man in view" for whom the diadem
is reserved. If Mr.. Andrew johnson has
not been determined upon, we beg leave
TO recommend him. After careful
study of his character, we think we
fnd in il many Of the qualities BY
which a number of monarchs have been
distinguished. He is convivisl, and so
was Alexander the Great; be is fond OF
having his own way, and 90 was Julius
Cesar; be is decidedly obstinate, and so
was George the Third; be is somewhat
egotistical, and so was Napoleon the
First; he has oil those peculisrities
which are considered to be virtues in
kings and vices in their subjects. he
has royal presence, and when he stands
upou the throne, with the crown on his
head. with the mantle Of royalty falling
about him IN graceful folds, with the
globe in one hand, the scepter in the
other, and the Order Of the Thistle gleam-
ing upon his manly chest, he will present
an appearance which should really be
perpetuated in wax-work, to be carried
about the country in van, with hand
organ playing the most triumphant
music, and man at the door crying out
continually: "0nly Ten Cents.
liza King We must have, and Mr.. john
son should die before the time comes for
making him ANDREW Rex" We beg
leave to put in a good word for our old
friend Train. George and Francis
are both well known royal names.
We take it for granted that our
George Francis has joined the 1T.
c. 1. o." already, because We never
knew any man 10 have such tremen-
dous genius ss he has for joining any
thing which might come along. De has
powers of assimilation little short Of
miraculous. He is the most cosmopoli-
tan Of all living creatures His Protesn
mind, now absorbed in the planning Of