New-York tribune., 1869-05-21
4 KINGLY CROWN.

II is rather q remarkable, as it i5 undOubt-
edly an encouraging circumstance, that though
we have had, since the foundation of the Re-
public q great number of secret political
societies, from the Cincinnati down to the
"T. G.. IOn vet none of them have had the
slightest influence upon either the policy or
the form of the Government. The American"
party, held together by a system of lodges,
promised wonders, but in the end did nothing,
in spite of its numbers. The four mysterious
initials above cited are said to represent new
conclomeration Of dull and disaiiected citizens
according to their newspaper organ, "a secret
political and social ordcr.' They aim at "a
"strong central Government" and in order TO
secure it, 10y and by, when the right hour
strikes, one strong-minded, intelligent man Is
"to declare himself tho Government and the
"'T. c. /. o. will owe no other allegiance
ethan that demanded by the Crown" Of
course, "tho strong-Minded Man." when he
gets the crown, will mako it hereditary We
shall have also Queen, "strong-minded" or
otherwise, as the gods may determine. We
shall have Prince Royal, or Dauphin. We
shall have Dukes of the Blood. 1t follows that
we shall also have the Duke of Massachusetts,,
the Marquis OF New-York, the Earl of Penn
sylvania, the Baron of Virginia, hundreds of
Baronets, thousands of knights, tens of thou
sands of Right Honorables, with Squirearchy
not TO be numbered. All these nOblemen and
gentlemen will be selected from the ranks of
tho at. c. /. o." and those who wish to come
in for something lofty and profitable had
better enroll themselves without delay. We do
not believe that " the Three Taors Of TOOley
ssfr oil pf AZ gui
ject. When "the One Strong Minded has
placed the proper part of his person upon the
royal STOOL and the diadom upon his anonted
brows-when he has grasped the scepter and
put on the regal robo and begun TO sign him.
self Jonathan R.n-whcn that mllennal day
arrives, gentlemen who have not joined the
II. c. !. o. will wish that they had. They will
probably organize another society for the as
sassinaton or deposition of " Jonathan the
First and for raising to the throne the dy-
nasty of Samuel Slick Imperator." But we
hereby give notice that THE TRIBUNE,
taking for its motto the dying words of Mer
Quito, "a plague O both your houses" will res
Olutcly advocate the assassination of the reign
ing monarch, and the transportation of all his
nobility to the territory of the Grand Duke of
Pumpernicllcl, or to the island once ruled over
by Sancho Panza, if the topographers can find
it. We enter our protest in advance. We put
il upon record, much as we like "strong-
minded" characters, 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 pas
sion for cmperors When the II. c. /. o. carry
out their sublime scheme we shall feel that
the Lord has delivered 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 of of their mclodious heads. The ST. &.
81. or 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
Societies, or Societies OF Red Men, of Ancient
FOresters of Good Samaritans, or something of
that sort. They can then wear horse-collars
and little aprons without endangerng the
foundations of the universe.
These ardent cOnspirators, no doubt, have
already "a strOng-mindcd, intelligent man in
"yiew" for whom the diadcm is reserved. If
Mr.. Andrew Johnson has not been determined
upon we beg leave to recommend him. After
Il careful study of his character we think we
find in it many of the qualities by which
number of monalchs have been distinguished.
lie is cOnvivial, and so was Alexander the
Great; ho is fond Of having his own way, and
so was Julius Caesar; he is decidedly obstinate,
and so was George the Third he is somewhat
cgotistical, and SO was Napoleon the First; ho
has all those peculiarities which are considered
to be virtues in kings and vices in their sub
jects. He has royal presence, and when he
stands upon the throne, with the crown on his !
head, with the mantle of royalty falling about |
him in graceful folds, with the gobo in one
hand, the sccptcr in tho other. and the Order |