The Montana post., 1869-04-09
HOW THEY SUP SORROW.

With suicidal consistency, in these
later years, the Democratic party deems
it it's duty to espouse everything despic~
able. and the cause of every man who
has proven a traitor to his country.
Since it's leaders went over 10 rebellion
the poor leaderless rank and file OF the
Forth has worshiped them as devoutly,
as they blindly followed them before.
and sacrificed in their constancy To trait
ors their honor, power and life, Where
is the democratic paper that has ever a
word TO say against the disloyal Where
is one that has not surcharged its coll
umns with violent denunciation and
fierce invective of the leaders and masses
of Republicanism-a party that staid
with the banners when democracy aban-
doned them in GA. and has been for
years the only loyal political organization
in the United States? lt is suicidal, and
the result of the last Presidential elec-
tior, involving issues, that would have
thrown this country into the hands of
Lue ueiuoSIdCN IL ~ hou ho' DOOh cO
avowedly and notoriously disloyal,
proves it. The trouble is, it has no lead
ers, no live, loyal, uniting principles
a mere disorganized mass of factions, and
is run by every body, on tangents, TO
every other body's disgust. When the
Chicago Times, sagaciously advised
them TO go after the colored vote, that
paper was voted renegade. Had they
done it they would have been in power
fo-day, and power is all they want.
When the New York World argued a
platform of vitality, loyalty and honesty
that would have elected Chase, Brick
Pomeroy rushed his Democrat over to
Printing House Square and the World
was showed on back seat. When
leading men or leading papers now at
tempt to cut the party loose from such
dead weight renegade as johnson, they
find it impossible TO choke off a thou
sand and one little newspaper leeches
that hang to his treason swollen veins,
gorging themselves on the dainty feast.
and the result is half the party is virtu-
ally committed to him aud his crimes.
They love il and will have it, if il can be
had, and Johnson has as much of the
poison in him as any man unhung. The
Idaho World denounces johnson. the
Helena Gazette idolizes him. The Idaho
World says: I'VE can find no place in
which he hesitated TO violate the cou-
stitution when it could have served his
own aggrandizement:" The Gazette says
che, is the champion OF the people and
the democracy will rally around the old
chieftain.' The World charges him
with signing the death warrant of Mrs.
Surrat like a Nena Sabib or Dahomey
and refusing her daughter to- plead for
respite or pardon" The Gdzette pleads
that he dare not meet "the mad clamor
of the Radicals" The Gazette intimates
that Preston King refused Anna Surrat
admittance to johnson. Pray, when
was lie usher TO johnson: Did ''the
mad clamor of Radicals" prevent him
from pardoning scores of felons, Swing
ing the circle defeating reconstruction;
protecting whisky rings, appointing reb-
els, or any other of the "old chieftains"
antics. Did he not treacherously sell
out the democratic party shat made him?
Does he serve anybody but Andy johns
son? Is he not an migrate, an apostate
and a drunkard? Being all these is he
not the very beau ideal of democracy?
We are glad you like him; Love him,
serve him, deity him, and you will all
be united beyond the Styx. 1t is corn
in opr b,,alal