The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-18
BRANDON, Thursday March IS, 1917

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me thr Aennedy) reiterated the charges wit
10 great boldness, pronouncing us the "Ol
les' Federal Party elongated" And then sir,
our snow himself more courageous than all VIII
OF preceded him, the gentleman from the north
OF west district of Ohio, (NIr Sawyer,) come
-he down upon with his sledge hammer, talkin,
about tories" "same oil federal party,
al same Old coons," &C., &c. Sir shall pa,
,Pt my respect to that gentleman, and canvas;
no MS Democracy and his votes before | am
m done. Then, again, Mr. Chairman, the learn.
ne ca gentleman from the Chilcothe district.
n (Mr Thurman,) you will recoIect, at the last
o. session attempted the entire demo ition of the
! Wing party by his Old Federal" epitbets,
lie He tlnceI he had annihaed his three ," co
81 leagues (Giddings, Deano and Tiden) for
Of their anti-Mexican war avowals notify over.
d turning their positions, gainsaying their facts,
G or answering their arguments, but by large
e quotations from old Federal papers," and
h Federal pulpits. 1t was thought certainly
that such a speech, and such arguments would
av''il that it would redeem Ohio, save New
ork, and blow up the Wing party. 1t was
the :" big BuncOmbe Speech" calculated for
circulation, was sent largely into Ohio liber-
ally su5scr bed for by my Democratic col !
leagues, and sent into the river counties, of
New York. But strange to tell, sir, Ohio
needed not the " Democratic" meanings she
sends eleven Wings and half in place of n
eight to the next Congress, and even the Chill
lcothe district is to be represented by Fed Is
cral Whlg;' and the river counties, of New !
fork, God be praised) will present in the
Uillfteth Congress an almost unbroken Whir {
phalanX. SO We would say to the Chcothe !
gentleman, ga few more such, if you please" f
But MIR Chairman, one incident connected h
tbnSn a Y t.fS lr
tive. They are nearly all of them from the in
T." old Federal papers of two States, Pcnnsyl Id
wanna and Massachusetts, from which we were c,
lett to !nter, that the gentleman from the {"
Chillcothe district had been clustered with IL
two "od tederallsts," now or lately in Mr. B
Folks cabinet, Mr. BUCHANAN and Mr. Ban. 81
croft These gentleman from their early pre- of
objections had probably provided themselves sa
with copious flies of" Federal papers, But
sir, it is to be regretted that Mr. buchanan -
omitted by mistake, hopc] to furnish the hr
gentleman with one more extract; that is ~
rom certain Federal Grafton, delivered W. vi
n Lancaster Pennsylvania, soon after the war ";r
~ one James buchanan; in which the war, :
lanes Madison, and the Democratic party are
cry roughly handled. Bat will allude to A
his quotation when | come to canvass " De- IN
1ocracy" by States. I should mention, also hal
passing, that among Others my Democrat der
colleague from the Delaware district, New my
ork, (hr Gordon) has joined in this cry lea
harSlng that, as in 1872 so there is now Il toe
arty lighting against the country upt
Here, then we are confronted by a great wal
id powerful party, united by no lirnnent but his
e cohesive power of plumber; no common old
but the threadbare name of :. De- nor
oeracy"-a party conducting its entire op- Do,
atoms on system Of demdgoeueiSm, appeal iet!t
2 to Old issues, old names draw the eve off list,
ON the tue points, branding their adverse. grcs
IS as Z" old FedcraliSts," and pluming them L.
Ives on ti'"lr" Democracy" Challenge one rent
them to sand up and defend his Subtrcas- Viii
y, Oh You are an old Fclerast |" Call men
hlni to vndirate his tariff, :" Oh, you are rcra
Old blue light" Press him to stand ,p Van
Il defend the usurpations of his President the
)h.you are the old ani.war party' Your infa
her W ore tie black cochaGe' 1--WE are erS {
Z disciples Of Jefferson, the true " Democ- roar
ry " You, the old Federalists- old Fed vale
,iists !" horn,
These are the changes rung by these croak- the
OF modern democracy, till their chatter Old
has Shahed the maggie, and thrown the pate
sh upon the parrot. 1t is amusing, Mir my c
'rman' to see with what accuracy the tune J I
been pitched for these democratic must Old
As" Ola FEDERAL" cold Federalism" persc
ne light" Federal party" Federal Sena
IS, !" " Federal leaders," And then. "the demo
nocracy," " Democratic party" "Demo- reno
lie measures" Democratic administra- erals
T." These are the notes now being PLAYED float
n the highest keyed buge in Washington Peter
n, down to the lowest pumpkin vine. that and I
5 in an Ohio cornfeld. Sena
cs, Mr. Chairman, such are the very DO as sta
weapons with which we are assailed, and cratic
Polk justified. In speaking of" Old Fed Jerse
ism," / wish to be understood as casting IamI
'eproach on those who were Fedcralists; mocrs
e whatever. In those days, there were lightly
est difference of opinion--honorable men What
n both sides. In 1901, jefferson said rotary
e are all Republicans; we are all FEEDER STA?
s. Iii November, 1916, General Jack other
wrote to Mr. Monroe .adyisinp the annoint- Mr. V
of" O!d Fcderaists" to office, and thus moder
'stro2y the munster ofpdr'y," For this have
&c, General Jackson was denounced by OF the
Albany Argus, in 1924, and abused by he was
mas Richie The issues and landmarks a man
then distinguished parties have lono since rudle
ohliteratcd the FeCeralists and the eye, c
ocrats Of those DAYS have since. more or this is
commngled with all parties: and no Of Mr.
but an arrant demagogue, or one de- State,
ng bad cause, seeking to cast d;ist in So late
III and hiding the true issue of the day, of his
tttempt to drag up these exploded dis a drop
ons, and brand his antagonist with these would I
etc epithets. But so it is,sir, gentlemen claims
r this mode of warfare, and / chose to Demo
them with their own weapons. I said his old
low, meant to adopt the Silyer' rule ings l
I'd Federalism" were sin, who is most before
minated with it? IF having " Old Fed shortly
Is" in ones party faint it with political read it
", where is purity of modern "Democ- here de
/" You arc infected from your head to rungin
.oes. Answer me II few questions on becility,
c re. Who and where are the "Old when in
alists' that have come to your camp ty for IL