The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-14
PEOPLES PRESS.
Tuesday Morning, June ID, 1912
THE vERGENNEs VERNON TER.

THE VERGENNES VERNON TER.
The editorial department of this paper within
few weeks has passed under the guidance o.
Messrs. Grandey and Lawrence. the former
whig. and the latter Loco, and both gentlemen
whose characters, talents and requirements ART
favorably known in the county. But we ex
tremely regret that hereafter theVermonter de
clines advocating those distinctive wing prIncI
pIes' which it has hitherto so manfuly defend
ed 1t defines its position, by saying that 4
uiU not PROSTATE itself sith slavish fealty t.
the mental service of political party; tor,' say:
the vermonter, shat is the implied pledge q
every parti=an pape in the country Not tt
dwell upon the latter idea, so false and so de
grading to the conductors of the political press
there is something, doubtless, which seems very
specious and captivating to ardent imaginations
in thus breaking away from the banner of par
ty, and roaming unrestrained in empyr cal re-
gions of our own choice, regardless of those
practi cal operations of ordinary prudence,
which alone can secure success to human en-
terprises.
But among great majority ofthe intelligent
and patriotic wings of Addison County, who
fought shoulder to shoulder in the battle of
1910, and were seconded by the talented eff
orts of one of the present conductors of the
Vermonter, thus being impelled by opposite
winds, and dashed by waves from every quar-
ter, can find few admirers. Those who are
now unceremoniously styled fhe proper tools Of
designing politicians, because they see fit to
adhere to the distinctive principles and organ
ization of the wing party, are still unfilnchlng
They consider themselves the proud, the spirit
ed and the sole repositoriesof the national pros
perity. They believe that in the triumph OF
the glorious campaign of 1910, they had vindi-
Gated those eternal principles of national policy
which alone could secure permanent prosper
ity to the country against the assaults of band
of mercenerary politicians who had plunged us
TO an abyss of misery. The subsequent con-
duct of the loco party has confirmed their be-
lief in the correctness of the principles and
purposes, which Inspired their effort in that ard
uous..struggle; and as intelligent and independ-
ent freemen, they feel that they acted for them
selves.
but all that could be accomplished-to reinvig-
crate the dropping hopes of the country, under
that affective dispensation of Providence which
deprived them of their beloved chief. They
have not swerved in single instance from the
true line of policy which was originally mark
ed out. Full and ample protection to do
nestle industry, which was one of the primary
objects of their organization, is still sought with
an earnestness which nothing but the deadly
hostility of locofocoism can battle defeat.
Does Mr.. Grandy believe that wing policy is
less true, or that the real whg leaders are less
worthy of confidence and support, than in 1910;
or when he speaks of advocating true republi-
canism, does he believe that a purer fame OF
liberty burns in the bosoms of any portion OF
the American people, than is to be found in
the embodied wing party? Or does he believe
that it IS proper patriotic to break down our
political organization in the face of well dis
ciplned enemy, who are ever ready for the
breach, and to charge with united strength up
on our thus disjointed legions' We de no
question the right of the editors of the Yer
monter to take neutral grounds, and TO brandsl
two-edged sword. But as wings, and con
scienciously believing in the principles we adj
vocate, and the necessity of thorough polti
cal organization to ensure their success, we d.
lament that the distinctive, concentrated, anC
hearty support which the vergennes Vermonte
has hitherto yielded to the wing party, is here
after to be Withdrawn.
For ourselves, as long as the wings are true
to their professions, we shall never consider i
"menai service" to associate with others ir
conflicting for political party, entrenching
itself upon The only true grounds of principle
and policy which can uphold The prosperity
and free institutions ofthe country, against the
ravages of those modern Atiila's, who in their
eagerness for dominion, have devastated the
fairest prospects that ever dawned upon any
country, and whose return 10 power would be
as fatal to US. as the passage of tho Rubicon by
Cesar. was 10 Rome, against whose corrupting
influence, even the patriotic arm of Brutus
could not preserve the freedom and well being
of the common wealth.
COUNTY CONVENTION.