The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-01-25
PRESS,
Middlebury, JAN 25, 1913.
GrThe Supreme Court commenced it
session for Addison County, yesterday.
WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE Z?

In the following article from the Plough.
man the editor undoubtedly echoes the feel
ings of the federal loco party through the
State, who. as near as we can learn, have
painful misgivings at laying aside Messrs.
Smile and Barber, and substituting men
who in many respects are the very anti.
podes of these beau ideals of the radical de-
mocracy ofthe State. The followers ofthis
party have been brought up TO entertain an
instructive dread of the "aristocracy of
trealth." and especially Of those who par er-
cellence have been denominated rag 6arons
from their unfortunate connections with
some monied institutions. What then must
be their utter amazement when they find on
their ticket two Of the most veritable speci-
mems of all that they have hitherto regarded
with unmitigated jealousy and distrust, one
large stakeholder in Bank over which he
has but recently presided, and the other a
genteel and wealthy lawyer, and both of
whom it is believed would be as likely to
, sieze upon their sweet scented, white linen
handkerchiefs at the approach of common
folks as any men in the State. Charles
Paine is no way match for them in this
important particular since his connections
have ever been with the working classes
Surely the editor of the Plougbman is right
in suspecIing that in this nomination "lceahh
and aristocracy haze put themselves in The
ascendant under the cloak of democracy"
and as there is little doubt that it is truly so,
we hope he will fulfill his promise of " lead
ing on the forlorn hope ofthe hard handed
labor interest Of the country against the am
bilious projects Of these sons of mammon."
In such war his instructive hatred 10 the
rich would not fail TO lead him TO certain
victory. The mass of the party will want
some satisfactory explanation whv plain
farmer, whose claims have hitherto been
rested on his rural pursuits, and hatred of
banks, and an unassuming young lawyer
whom the Patriot declares is ''the favorite
Of the radical democracy" alias locofoco.
ism, OF the State, and who has not made G.
ven the show of declining the canvass.should
be shuffled off to make room for the veriest
sprigs of bank nobility in the State. The
party can't go the load placed upon them by
their wire workers. They must and will
see that it is ruffle shirt business got up
altogether OUT of season by the choice ones
who were sent to Montpelier upon other bu-
siness. They will enquire why at time
so unreasonable and impolitic, and before
the f1ickers had died upon the embers of the
last election, a convention should be called,
unless it was to foist the high officials of the
constitutional convention before The people
by the sanction of a body, in which the
councils of the popular branch of the party
were not expected TO be heard. These |
movements so ominous OF treachery to the
radical locofocoism of the State, have not
escaped the sagacity of the Ploughman, and |
in the end, we trust, will meet with severe
rabuke from the honest PARTON Of the party.