Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-12-15

the propriety OF all this. He has lost his
life, perhaps wrongrully is it not worth a
Thought We repoat the oues,ion--whoi Is
rcsoonsibl, c,r tho dea,h Of I.e,yis Rnssoll5u
SECRET POLITICAL SoCIEriLs.-A re-
cent number of the Bunker Hill Aurora con-
tained n verv tinelv and sugqesslive article
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and the power oil secret societies. ne
Aurora, years ago, was the able advocate OF
the principles of the American party. The
.a,,.,o aa;,or &c .ha, ;onr,,.l ,yas o,o ,r
:,
the canu'ua'es OF '''e Na''Ve h"'e''ca" par
y. The principal editor now says:
w. have ra,or loo, s;ob, or ,ho,o nr;rc;-
nlos onI door, ,hon or yi,al ,,,ores, ~ Tho
~ ole, 70 of tho country Rn, ye c,nno, bc.
love !, necess,.rv thai ,bav should he unbeld
by any secret political society, whose power
NY AZ so'ue 'a,ola''V ,"one,t' We ,"'"eu
nIe nf Nassa,hnse,ts If The fos,ering Ger.
tainly to any further extent of time or inhu-
however honest, however pure, or however
patriotic It's individual members may be, Tor
the time.
1t is too dangerous an Gle nent for our
government II Is the adverse to our prncl-
pies and our institutions too easily misdl-
rected and too tyrannical To be tolerated by
ircemen. What has now been accomplish
ed IN Massachusetts--we have called it Il
triumph-what is it, we repeat, but rtuoiu-
ton! Boodless and peaceful, to be sure,
but nevertheless revolution, which. when
repeated, may neither be bloodless or pence
full, or patriotic We ask that these things
may be considered by all the people of this
ancient Commonwealth and we cannot but
repeat the expression OF our hope that the
secret character of the American Party will
be at once abandoned, not oniy by those eiec-
ted 10 Office, which Sc ems to be an impCrd-
tire duh. but by all who have Joined tho
Order from honest motives and upright In.
tentions.
a, :. e.,
we 'cgfe' ''a' our '''n''S WIN HOT permit
us TO copy the entire article. We must con-
tent ourselves therefore with the following
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hehsloh' 10 'hey ie"'i@' ""at ,i'g az"
and what they may become, III ,he hands OF
less honest men than themselves for leaders
and chiefs II there De any emphasis u
our pen, we desire to muse ITS iull strength
into these questions. Are you far now
most immaculate fellow citizens, IN pnnct
pie, from more than semoance to the In
quisltlon-oi which you rightiully have suci
molly horror
How do we, who are not OF your Order
know the sincerity OF your professions OF
how do you propose to make this manifest Il
us How do you intend to inform US, tn