Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-05
Mighty Amusin'.'


Prom the hennebec Jourhal-
General Roberts should be restrained by
his friends. His military genius is running
away with him. He seems to be trying TO
l,ake up in flourishes and fandangoes In
time of Peace that two yeats and a half OF
active war in which he declined to fight at
the crisis of the uation's fate. He can't
open his mouth or seize his pen but he dis
courses OF writes. of ''orders" and minute
men," and "signal guns" ard watch
fires and Routes" aud "Reginents.
and 'Brigades." and army corps" He
cannot even sllude to the supporters OF
Gen Connor by their baptismal name of
Republicans, but he describes them as the
.enemy's forces" Really nothing quite SO
funny has occurred since my Uncle To-
by was compelled to leave the army In
Flanders. and insisted while living on half
pay in England on fighting all the battles
of the great Dukes army and conducting
the siege of Dendermond in his back yard.
with Corporal Trim for consulting engi-
neer and military adviser. But my uncle
wound-iherein differing from Gen. Rob
erts-and his wise aud witty companion
| had some points about him that we do not
recognize in Corporal Emery.
! Hear Gen. Roberts in his letter OF ac-
ceptance. How he raves aud rants his
/ great military soul humping out against
/ the restraints OF the civilians waistcoat
which he was so anxious to put on before
! the war was half over. Hear him:
THE decentralization Of our opponents in the
coming election is certain; their route not im-
/ possible.
Let the minute men" be warned, the
watch fires speedily kinded upon the hill tops.
and every true patriot, and sincere lover Of In
dividual Liberty, be up and doing, prepared ut
1 the first signal gun TO promptly respond 10 the
. summons
And then he and his Corporal Emery
have undertaken to organize tne Denoc-
racy of Maine after the most approved
pattern of the Revised Army Regulations.
They are publishing a series Of ''ORD-
Frs" They issue them jointly and call
them OUR ORDERS" and Roberts signs
them as GENERAL" but Emery, we
think. omt> the Corporal and signs plain
Marcellus. Listen 10 one OF these Orders
We quote it literally. II is number two:
1t our orders are faithfully and promptly
executed. the middle OF August will mud every
democrat in the State enrolled in Companies
Regiments. Brigade. Divisions and Corps. ~
the school districts. towns. Representative
classes. Countie, and Congressional District,
That date will also find our whole army. fol
q IA, in in hattie
from the New Hampshire boundary 10 The
Province borders. and from the Canadian from
tiers to the Ocean. We shall al-o know the
exact strength snd disposition of the enemy
forces"
This order is signed by Roberts as Gen
, eral." Can anything 10 Tristram Shand,
equal that for side-splitting fun.
observe too. that this military zeal i
J contagious. 1t is inoculating the entir,
4. democracy of Maine. that great party tina
; is for war in time of peace and for peace il
: time of war, The war fits on them yer.
r heavily just now. Even the committee Il
. advise Gen. Roberts OF his nomination
could not discharge their pacific and harm
r less task without going Of sky rocketing
a Roberts. they assure him TO his face, Is Il
j lead the van" and bear aloft the stand
: ard (wonder if they meant Pillsbury'
l Standard while the rest Of them are 60
r ing TO follow in ''serried columns" Thi
T is the way our distinguished fellow either
: Colonel George Washington Stanley, talks
Think of our venerable friend with hi
- ----~- 49, s--a ..s.-rr
$ side by Lorenzo De Medici Sweat an,
n James Chrysotom Madigan. Why tn
: name of the one and the unctuous face O
: the other would start the Precipitation i
: much cooler weather than We now enjoy
But Roberts leading the van and En-
, cry along issuing ''our orders" with Stan
ley and Sweat and Madigan "serryin
in columns and the whole democracy o
Maine forming in the rear (they are use,
TO the rear both in peace and in war; Il
: Companies and Regiments and Brigade
and Divisions and Army Corps, and al
getting INTO Battle Array"-Great Jemi.
ma, What a sight. Falstafis ragged Regi
e ment wasn't a touch TO il, What Janus
in cusses" these Maine democrats are,