Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-09

/ orces into his prools--w,,h =.
II Inc believed the Wing lary 49,.
siblo for the opinions orthcsc men. ~.
draws his conclusion of tho ~.
Wing party and the Federal p,rr
eere'y regret that he did not 60 hr,..
and show hom evidence ms, NJ
tina, every Wing in the land wa,,I
scendsnt of the Kings of England !.
fore identical with the Royal Fama,
And TO prove the identity ofyaop.
/ and democracy as il was in tho IL.
ferson, he quotes first the declanpo.
pendence, and then two passages e..
sons published correspondence, no a
ludes to the subject of naturaliza,io, :,
on these premises rests his conc,o.
the present Van Buren, party Is i,.I
the same with the old democratic n,.. NJ
But the author has yet another ,.,. Il
which he draws the astounding eo,..
identity which we will give in his ma.
lest any of their force should be \
abridgoment. lie says-"Evcn 81.
Union which voted for Mr.. JetlcrSoo
and every State which sustained he n,,
of Mr.. Madison during the gloomy yea,
1913, and 1914, voted for General il,
and afterwards for Mr.. Van Buren,. M,
of itself goes far towards proving as
which am contending."
Are we not almost induced to beusu,
our own State Of Vermont voted w n
Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,, from thss
but stop-in 1913 and II the icjs5
had the ascendancy we are saved 6,,
disgrace, though our vote was eyeRs
Madison.
Again--the author alludes to tho sal
Hartford Convention with such an am,
shock TO his nervous system as almoslne
him into commissions. But why thi, ir
alluslon, simply as another proof pasa|
his position of identity.
But we are tired of his pettifopninp !,
argument deserves no better name.
1t is, and always must be true h,, =,
however splendid their talents and hovg
learned their researches, will encounter
Gus difficulties in attempting to reason araI
fact, or to convince their hearers of the n
of proposition against the evidence Of Il
own experience. This is precisely the d
Guilty with which the author of this speech
to contend he has assumed position as t
which has no foundation in fact; which
contrary to experience, contrary 10 me &C,
knowledge of all honest men Of both par
of sufficient age TO recollect few years $
sequent to the conclusion of the last war
We do not believe that any man Of conS
judgment, common sense and common hon,
would undertake to prove, that modern
mocracy-or more properly Van BurenIS
is identical with the democracy of the Ii
of Jefferson and Madison, or that the v
party of the present day is identical with
fedora lsm of the same period. The nre
probably, upon examination, would be 4
nearer the truth. We would inquire Of
author, what was the condition of parIe
long ago as he was Governor of the Su
Vermont, and for few years before that d
We should be glad if he would inform us
was then the dividing line between demt
cy and federalism. We should be exceed
ly glad, also, if he would inform U.s.
probably may not yet have forgotten--wi
he himself stood in relation to the NatI
Republican Party in October 1896. Here
readers will bear in mind what he say,
speaking of the identity of the Wing and
federal party and the affinity in which
places the National Rep, blican party.
would enquire little further, if he rem,
oers that at the senatorial election in lsa
was candidate for the Office of Senator
re pledged himself to support the primes
md measures of the administration under 4
Quincy Adams. We do not inquire wild
t was merely for the purpose Of obtsf
7otes, as we care nothing about the md
we are only inquiring for facts; will this y
'ion of unchanged democracy tell US
lie be good enough to tell us why he des'
he National Republican party, not yeT 1
liter that election, and joined himselip1
Jackson partyl Was it TO obtain the ms
0 the Court of Spain And what ~
hlnk you, would that Prince Of demoaI
Martin Van Buren,, beslow upon the auls|
ne could entwine the State of Vermont u q
oils Of his MASTER
1t is only necessary to recur to az Ss
% show rational men the utter hssSf"
his first position Of the author, and he %"
allacy of his reasoning. Ii iswel wv