Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-24

Jackson himself had recommended 10 Mr..
Monroe, to allay party animosity by taking
he members OF his Cabinet from both po
'''caI parties. 1t was by this mean manou-
vre. in part, bu, we believe more by ur.
g'ng the Generals military exploit n, New
Orleans that the unprinclpled opponents Of
Mr.. Adams succeeded in his overthrow.
| say Unprincipled. because no HONORABLE
man conscious of being engaged in good
cause would descend 10 use such unfair
means, knowing as every we'll inform
ed man does how members Of both the
old fedora and democratic parties, are
promiscuously disposed among the present
Van Buren, and Wing parties But tho
he incessanl endeavors OF The present ad-
mlnstra,,on party, TO excite the prrjud'ces
of the old democrats against the Wings, as
federalisls. have had their influence in day
pas, to support The ruling party, s'lII they
have no, been able thereby 10 drive into their
ranks but 1.-The ofthose who were democrats
in 1914, no, nor TO keep in those they have
got, as the people have already come out
and left the administration in a minority.
II is not lying and that too in The face and
eyes of what honest men know to the con.
lrary. that will avail IN ddplng The minds OF
community altogether, or tor long time
One thing is notorious in party slang and
bl'hngsgale which the self styled democrat
Van Buren, loco fnco editors are IN the
habit Of dealing out to their readers, when
hey affect to charge the wings. with being
federaI,s's. and which It becomes each ma
to mark well. This is that while they are
assuming the credit of being Jcffersonian
democra's and laying the absolute sin OF
federalism a, the door Uf the Wings, they
are extremely careful no, to mention the
reproach Of havlng been a federals TO such
Of hose who opposed the war Of 1917 who
have joined hem neither will they give the
praise of democracy to those wings who
supported hat war. Such unfair. one sided
dealing on the part Of The Van Buren, lead
ers, is sufficien, of itscfto brand their cau.e
with shame and contempt. The like re.
mark will apply to their perpetual praing
about bank ar'stOcracy and corrUplOn.-
WHY will not our loco foco neighbors tell rs
what share helrparty have bad IN charterlng
8 or 900 banks in the union. and how many
of their candidates are officers or stock
holders in banks? viii they never bear
in mind The pointed saying that they who
live in glass houses themselves should no,
throw stones at others? Thus much for
the motives and honesty of the self STYLED
democratic party, IN having raked out the
embers of former party contentious, with
which 10 excite prejudice against those
who stand in their way. names about as
pertinent to the purpose as the application
of the Turkish titles of V,zler, Pacha, Imam
and Dervsh would BE- to cur American
civil officers. Bu, it becomes me ere
close this communication, to show further.
more what ! promised in the outset, VIZ:
that allowing Inc application of the term
Federal aud Democrat, to the present or.
ganlzatlon of parties as The Van Buren,
editors would have us understand them, it
will inevitably follow that according to
their own showing OF the origin Of these
terms, that they are The federalst and the
Wings the true Democrats of our country.
The term Federali-t, (say these would b.
wise heads was first applied 10 those who
upon the adoption of the Cou,ti'u,iOn, or
her when 1t was under consldera ion
were Tor giving the more power and lnfu
ence ~ the government to the Executive
while those who were for preserving o
more cqnable balance tor the people or
their representatives were called republl
cans, or democrats. Now, taking this tor
our standard, il will readily appear on
near view of The subj C, that as Andrew
Jackson and Matn Van Buren,, have as
sumed, or AIMED at assuming all the power
~ the government to themselves by arb,
trarlly setting up their own will against the
voice of congress and the people by ve,olng
bills passed by that body, and when we lake
INTO consideration the declaration of Pres. |
dent Van Buren, IN his message last winter
ha, 'ihe government must take care of its
own affairs and Jet the people take care of
theirs, they are anything but democratic
N practice, and as The administration party
advocate and support these monarchlal
measures, they certainly cannot be demo
Gratis. though they assume the name,--
The Wing party on the other hand mas
much as they have resisted these encroach
ments of the executive on the legislative
authorities created by the constitution, are
justly entitled to the name of democrats, |
recommend therefore 10 our Van Buren,
neighbors hat we exchange names, in their
vocabulary, the Wings being styled Demo.
Gratis. and they Federalsl Come gentle
men be honest, aud let's have fair trade.
for 1t is your evidence shows that you
claim what Is not your own. However i'll
you will not give up but that Wing and
Federalist, Van Buren, and Democrat are
synonymous, be it SO. | would rather a
thousand times IF must hear your nick
names repeatedly be dubbed Federalst than
posses your patent democracy even in this
case, though it sound as odd as the negro
boys spelling that have heard of, which
was Bed sheepskln,
A HATER OF LIES.
Huntington, August ~, 1888.