Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-04-01

DEMOCRATIC CONSISTENCY.

~lo declare Their iuteniion ~ hold IN to
their siius,ion wuh an iron ersip.-no, Tor
their owu t~neh, ~ fnr an, selfish ro,pose,
bu, mere!, lor the good of,te I'd |coplc
To wo,s tina, this 10 uuly NE time TOT ,~s,-
ING tie plish,lry OF he principles Of the ',l
Lover, II the Democratic Party, lnced only
sdducra few Of The many changes they have
uadci~en, in the pas, ,~c years. and po,n,
10 ther dcclafalions on one AIDE OF numtf.
ous qu~siiuns, and their votes on Vie other
III am uol m.,akrr. ~ r.lk te,!aicj to
Congios>. ~ his message % December. tst3.
,h., 10y The annexation Of Trxss We had pto.
cured great amount OF Territory without
war and without b.oodshcd. And a. tins
was echoed ,hrou2 bout The land, cur party,
AMID loud hut1as Tor the wisdom OF the I'M,
iaior Of Old Hickory their chief IDOL. boldly
asserted that this was true aud tina, no 9th.
~ man could have accomplished H. Bu,
alas iur the foresight ol Young Hickory (,
We moss fad ourselves engaged IN WI
which has aifcad, cost thousands of lives
aud wasted millions Of dollars. Still our
pariy continue their hux2as and alr no less
nois, in ,h,ir COMMUNICATIONS Of his talents.
What would be though, Of the nan Who
! IN the absence Of the nghtiui owner Of farm,
! should hn,cf thereon and send letters TO his
friends saving, II ask your congratulations
Tor my good FORTUNE, I've obtained a sp.en.
did situation. a piece Of land worth thou
sands, withou, COS, and without doing vlo.
I lence 10 any one. no blood split, no eon'cn-
ton to ob,sia ~" Would you not Say TO
such. You would show moro wisdom ~
waiting at least I'LL the uehi'ul owner could
act, befte you boosted .! your good luck }"
Bu, th,. 10 small instance, aud | will pass
10 others
! have heard cIea, deal ofiak from our
party respecting the Liberty OF The press, and
a, the same ,lme commend the expulsion OF
Reporters from The halls Of Com ress ior be.
ing instrumental IN having ,hc conduc, Of
members, while on The floors OF Congress,
brought, before the people And the same
party who, " show their adherence, when
John Ada ms. will puckcr their months to a
{ peri, e, q, IN saying the Old, which they
invaria ably perliX TO John Adams, would be
willing to decapits,c Gen Taylor for impl-
edly oensurine the President. and vote Faith
or Rtchie UNIV orhy a seat inside the walls
( OF ,he Sen,,o hall, for telling .hc truth in re-
gard to the political character of some of,hc
Senators OF his own party.
A question here suggests itself To me,
which may have some bearing rs TO the CON
sis,ency Of 'our paray.' VIVA, party has sl.
ways been the mos, forward TO shake hands
with and treat the honest, hard hs,ed and
warm hearted ll,hman when an election
was near q, hand Was /, not tie Demo
crave party Echo answers the Demo
cratic party" Who are ever the mos, wide.
mouihcd N Their pro,es,a,ions Of love for Old
1rcl,ni sna 10 ofpros,ed ieople And
WHO ale the greatest brAwiers nj Repe al
meetings, aboui their readiness to help when.
ever an opportunity offered A thousand
voices, hinged with the liish brogue, answer,
".hc Democratic Party" An opportunity
has been offered. and what was their counsel
These professions Of love were carried ou,
by the almos, united folce of the Democrat
c party in Congress, ~ defeating the bll 80
send r,liei To the starving population OF Ire
/ land Plenty OF sympathy, but no money
], not this CONSISTENCY What excuse can
L -. A 4
TO aid their suffering relatives. viii they
tell them tina, they are only for Repeal. moi,
for Relief Some Of the Congressman Say,
il the bill had passed Polk would have vetoed
1t. l,u, would he have dared 40 10 do, when
no well knew that 1t was by tie votes Of
Iri.hneh that he obtained seat IN the PfeA
deniial chart Heretofore they have sue.
,eeded IN Jla,ney'pg the liIsh can they do
IT a9ain'
Again. Nru can hardly meet n Democrats
without his boflng vru with recital oi lis
appreciation Of the N,Aican war, assertion,
oi has PATRIOTISM, aud The Ioiyisn of The
wings. II he is an old man, la II say, with
flashing EYE and upright form, IL ! was
only young eaough IL go" la young man,
I'D 90 ifn were not ior my noi,,y." II
middle eyed, lie ha, urgent business, some
boSiy dssoi ths, would prevent the recruit.
lny oliI,ers taking hiui, OF some Other plsu-
hLle plea, and 90 on With oil ages and con
dIloL. Eaoh one has an excuse, and not
a democrat can he found who wi enlist as
so.d,ei. to hsui lae bsll,es o. b.. country.
(frr suri. the parry call. the present var
Il company -halia "a. to be- 'a.sej "a lhls
Sale. how l.t.h wDylI lie nc abuse heap.
cd 90 tie boats oflhe Nhiss
Iuadefs,aud HAT on4 tscsoli hss enlisted
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