Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-11-14
LoCOFOCO REJOlNINDs>u, ,,c ~.
coon SKINNED--TREMtN DUE
Northumberland kALi,l
or THE RUTLAND COUNTY DE-
NDCRACl.

or THE RUTLAND GUN iE
MOCRACl.
Tho I.oeoGoco Pow.wow held IN 'h's
oi,cs on Monday lssi; IN honor Of the sue
r,.. IF the Polk and Dallas ticket, was en-
,;,clv characteristic ofihe party--and was
ccculinrly marked with all the Distinguish
;nr traits and beauties Of gcaaiae Locoioco
democracy. :,
!, IVA, intended that this should be full
..1 mir demonstration Of The democracy Of
FINLAND County, and therefore we are
bound 10 suppose ii was For several days
large and flaming hondbills had been pos
ed in all parts oflhe town ard sent to the
different sections of,hc County calling upon
all The true blue democrats Of all out doors
so meet with their Ellcw democrats the
democracy Of Rutland, for the purpose OF
general jubilee in view OF the election OF
/ Poll, and Dallas, AMI TO rejoice over the
downfall Of federal Coonery. The day
come-and altho' was so long Incoming,
many of the more arden, democrats thought
i, never would appear; yet II did come ana
was duly ushercd in by the roar OF artillery
and the asceudin. shouts of the or dem
ocrats who had arose thus carly TO do all
honor to this auspicious day. With the
day came the democrats, and with the dem
IN
ompanu and duly cheered as SUCH gcnn-
inc Hickory pole from the very top OF the
Green AIountains-It was soon, however,
discovered that this, like their own Young
Hickory of Tennessee--was only the sem.
bance OF genuine hicko ~; and ii was at
once decided upon with prompiness that
would have pleased even Carlyle that no
'scmblance,' either ofJcmocracy or Young
Hickores.' were to be on this glorious day
'aecreaited7' Ii has been said that when
the brains are out, an absurdity will die
But moi so in this case. No absurdity to
tie best of our knowledge and belief died
on the blessed day we chronicle 1t was
voted mem CON- that the real democracy Of
Rutland County shonld not upon this occa-
sion worship any other spurious Hickory
than the Young Hickory Of Tennessee and
it was therefore settled that genuine arti-
Gle should be procured and that this noble
pine--the pride and glory of every true
hearted Vermonler--and with the living
emblem of Vermont, the glorious Ever
green. still upon il, should be erected as a
'galowstree' upon which should be exccu'
ted for the especial amusement of the de-
mocracy upon this occasion congregated,
an inoffensive and unsuspecting Coon
which one ofthc most valiant democrats an
nounccd he had already secured for this &C.
cason.
This important arrangement! being agreed
upon, genuine 'Shag bark was procured
and planted the business Opera
lions ofihe day commenced; it being now
supposed that the Democracy of Rutland
County were all present. In point Of mum
bers. the rally was decidedly failure, and
would so have been regarded in the dark
est days the party ever saw in Vermont
But looked upon as men ever should be, In
point OF moral worth, high toned character.
talent and stability, they formed an Assem-.
blagc ofmcn of which any party might
well feel proud; they evidently felt proud of
each other, as we noticed that many of the
more modest of the party felt altogether un
worthy of taking part in the performances
which their brelhcrcn were engaged in.
The procession when formed numbered -
exclusively Of the Band who are mostly
Wings we believe--betwcen so and GO.
AS this number was so small it might per-
haps be regarded as invidious 10 notice the
particular appearance ofany one portion OF
the body and therefore we content ourselves
bysaying that they all appeared well. They
were the representatives of party who
condemn 'mummeres' and therefore they
enacted none themselves. They have al
ways condem'd banners and consequently
they only had eight or ten TO use upon thi:
occasion. They have aipays been DISCUS
ted with the noisy whigs-and according y
they were exceedingly still and quiet. They
have ever, al least since ls4O, cschcwet
have seen them, ihallhey, upon this occa
sion used any such article.
After parad'ng the streets for some tim
under the roar OF cannon, and a -. npInlec