Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
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cratic form of government which we have
sci up; sill, that it is fnal none can i'm
agine.
Misforunes at least. if not crimes it has,
as well as merits. Yes repubicansm is
not without a parallel to monarchy 10
that particular of being not wholly vir-
luous. Practically doubtless, democracy
representative, which differs lutte from
monarchy representative, Is much better
working ac0ine than monarchy absolute
But, few countries now lie in ths.degrad
led plight, if ever they did. for it is difficult
10 conceive OF the absolute rule of one
mind uninfnenced by an action from
without The real apprehension lies
lagainSt arislocracy. This is the monster
Iof longest life and most alarming nature.
He takes all shapes, and finds home ia
all places. When driven from one den
he flies 10 another No longer duke or
count or baron, he can become president,
merchant, banker. When castle or chat
eau no more Can enshrine him, back
| parlor or counting house will serve
/ When his patronage OF chivairy and art is
lexposed as the cover of self aggraGdise-
ment, straighlway he is transformed 10 a
patron Of science AMI manufacture, as the
5ar0nial hall crumb,es 10 dust, the huge
grim factory rises 10 a greater eight
And who shall say which, the weightier
curse2 The feudalism OF chivaIrv had
| lis glitter and show, animal freedom and
vaourous death; factory feudaIism boasts
lis glitter aud prcfi>, its intellectual en-
inence and national benefit. Both alike
succeed in sutjagaiins the people, who
in some degree always suffer, aud in the
best Of positions are yet in danger
/ Ii is interesting 10 say the least Of it. TO
trace the workings of the representative
system Of government in one particular,
namely, its success i'll doing those things
which absolute monarchy burst not ven
lure upon from fear OF offending the pco,
! pie. Those tamperings with the curren
cy, the loans aad the stock jobbing which
royal Louis and his ministers found too
/ hazardous venture. reformed paria-
ments have since done over and over
Eagain at thel. ease, and democratic iegis-
iltors are now beginning 70 d.. II is the
symptom of a wise people not 10 be deceiv
! ed by forms and names. Every one can
DOW see the disgrace, the baseness, the
folly Of spilIing his blood and that Of his
fellow creatures in u battle which may de-
eide whether this man shall marry that
i woman, a Ilttle more territory be added
TO that mau's role, or a few more people
be OF that mans religious opinions. Bul
we do not all vet recognise the wicked
ness the mhumInily, of sacrificing both
The ami nal and mental powers Of men and
women in the pursuit OF ends as forei On
TO true human destiny as the objects o.
f national war. The poor plebeiaG soldier
when he survived the genera! slaughter
and escaped with his MANNED body hac
lllt'e more than scars TO show for hi;
share Of The profits the advantage, if any
was ali secured by the monarchs or arts
tocrals who thus gambIed. with men a:
their cafds. So is it with our poor facto
ry operatives, they toll, they have lhei
limbs deformed or muiiu,ed mind AM
body, though by slower process, are De
: spoiled and degraded, and they have Iul,
e 10 produce for their share ofthe adyanta g
: es, which still belong TO the aristocra,s.-
e Aristocrats, moreover, of wealth, not O
family or tile and aristocrats of weaill
: are universally admitted 10 be The mos
tyrannous. A man who has worked hi
!, way up f ON poverty to riches against ;
= cnntending world, f4ncies il is in The pow
!. tr Of every one else 10 do the same no
a knowing that The processes which 10 hin
h were agreeable enough are utterly re7ug
:, nant to Conscientious sous. It is not
+" new idea 10 assert the di<qualifying powe
{ Of riches for superior state OF existence
e I his. then, is most fatal circumstanc
> operating against our present democrats
I institutions. We have succeeded in shut
: ting GU, tha, obvious, glaring delusion 9
= the worship of little family as The repre-