Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-06-10
THE
"HARMONIOUs DEMOCRACY"


Quite likely tho people of this place arc
not fully awake to the immensely interesting
affair which is I, take place here next week
We have barely alluded to it once or twice,
and perhaps we have been rcmiss in making
no moro Of an ado about it. IF so, we will do
the best we can, now, to make amends for
our neglect Be it known then. that the
Grand Paniandrum of the Harmonious De-
mocrncy" Of the State Of Vermont is to hold
a session here on the 10th inst: and if there
is any faith to be had in omens. it is to be
about the greatest aff,ir of the sort ever seen
north Of Tammnny Hall. or east of n n. Y.
State battle Of IIards and Softs. For many
weeks the hum of preparation and the tread
of marshalling hosts have been heard in ev-
cry quarter. As the day approaches signal
rockets shoot through the heavens. and blue
lights burn on the hills: all portending n
contest. to which anything which can be
reasonably expected from the war in Italy
will be no more than the explosion of pa
per cracker is to that Of q thirteen inch bomb,
or discharge fro n tow-wad pop-guns to
that of field battery Of nine Founders.
We do not wish, however. to have the feel
ings Of our community disturbed unduly by
this statement. and we therefore nd that
no dangerous invasion OF the peaceful
homes of our fellow citizens is to be feared
The fight is to b, confined to the Democracy
itself. or rather to its officers and
chief managers in this State. There will be
a great deal of private calling over of muster
rolls on both sides, and of manmuvcring to
out-general each other. Many volleys of
oaths will be fred of, and frightfuly long
faces will he made on both sides; but no
blood is likely to be split, unless, perchance,
some one gets his nose pulled for his impu-
dent speaking. Doubtless there will be
strong smell Of bad powder after the action
is over, hut no great demand for hospital
service, we presume.
The chief leaders of the opposing forces 1--WE
do not mean the cabinet councillors. who
plan and direct the campaign, but those
whp stand forth and display their banners
to the worldly, seem to be Eastman of the
Mon pelier Patriot and Atkins of the Bel
lows Falls Argus. At any rate they tower
hcaG md shoulders above all the Others land
th"t is saying good deal), in the use of
vituperative language and low personalities,
with how much truth on either or both sides,
we do not need to inquire. For weeks their
papers have been filled with coarse abuse of
each other, and lashngs-out at their
associates, respectively. A sample or two
must suffice to show how they conduct the
war. Here is one from the Patriot of May Is.
"Pohtical Scoundreis."-The Bellows Falls Ar.
gus accuses the Patriot Of having said that the
Administration in Vermont dis controlled by q lot
Of political scoundrels."
There is Hiram Atkins fellow who sympa-
thized with A. q. Burke, when he printed the
Standard" at Bellows Falls and whose paper
with the difference between an old hat cooked, and
an ole cooked hat, is the same uneasy selfish med
dlesome, unreliable concern; a fellow who pla ed
pussn-the corner with the Know Moth ngs; who
denounced the Administration Of General Pierce,
and who spends his time in abusing prominent old
democrats in the State, carrying budgets OF lies to
Washington, and making as much fuss and discord
In the party as his brains can manufacture. There
is T. p ked6ed who deserted the democratic
party in ls+s, and has never returned, as anybldy
knows Of; satisfied with nothing; finding fault
with every thing; abusing Gen. Pierce and his
Naturalization, an keeping shy during the fight
OF So refusing to aid by personal effort or a
single sent, in that election or any other There
is 5. b. Colby, ditto to Redfeld (except 4s),
with more tail and less head. There is Sam. Wells,
ditto to Colby, with neither head or tail. There
is Ira Davis who just isn't in States Prison, by
virtue Of the statute of limitations There is L. S.
Partridge, ditto to Colby, especially the tall who
has twice sent federal member from Norwich,
against the regularly nominated candidate and has
been the tool Of the enemy in his town, his county
and his district, whenever his services we're needed
and who now VIGOROUSLY holds the office of Mar
shall of the State, and receives the avails Of the
Post Office at Norwich There is about two in
Rutland. and hali-a dozen scattered about the
State, who bolted Polk in "A, Cas- in AS and
Pierce in "a, and kept dark in So and lust id not
60 for Fremont by the skin of their teeth-a set o.
political guerrillas, fighting any where for pay;
low stngy, mean, underground, false, treacher-
Gus, dishonest; without the least Apr, citation Of
the common courtesies Of civilze society; lead to
the most ordinary rules Of professional honor; de.
scending to any baseness, hesitating at no mean.
ness, Cow Boys politically, snakes socially, trail
tors profe ssionally, aud puppies personally -
this is the set that Lain to control Mr.. Buchanan
in Vermont, and if they are not " lot Of polit-
cal sc,undreis," in heavens name where are they
~ be found
OF course the Argus would not be beaten
by the Patriot in either the quality or guam
tity of its drt-throwing, if it could help it.
We have sample of its ability in the Argus
Of June 2. We can give only extracts:
We have borne for long time the slang and
slime Of this hoatsd specimen of humanity. and
have been gatherin, up few scraps OF his history
The last Patriot calls imperativey for the exhibi.
ton of some Of the prominent acts and qualities of
its simon-pure Democratic Editor.
The aiding impulses of his mind seem ALWAYS
to have been Office pelf. He may have taken
hint from the old adage take care Of the pence |
the pounds will take care of themselves" and ap. |
ped the maxim to the utter d,srsgard NJ prncipis,
giving all his attention to self intei est We be-
leve his motto has ever been all is fair in politics
To this he has adhered with the utmost tenacty,
and for mont bs has been engaged in pouring out |
the walls OF his wrath upon those who refuse to
subscribe TO TINS motto and insist upon political
He has "gone his entire length feet lO-for
every radical Democratic measure" and a little
more than feet for the Vermont fugitive slave |
law nullihcation Of 1850 and other abolition move.
msnts. lie claims to have ''lost SIS, by the party,
where he ever received one from it," Here is a
matter OF curiosity. II he has lost Ave times as
much by the party as their patronage was worth
how did be dill he get the money to lose? Did
it come from the patr mage of the opposition, If
so does not speak we'll for his political orthodoxy
Or from furnishing stationery for the Legisaturer
We know that in that transaction, for his conn, C.
tion with which the Sergeant alarms lost his off,
cial head, Eastman made a very pretty little
plum but hardly enough 10 cover what he claims
to have lost by the party. Or it by collecting
hostages aud boxrents 10 advance when be su rren-
qered ms omces at Woodstock and Montpelier?
PROBABLY NAL ktmbali and Mr. Redfeld can
throw light upon this question
But this modest Patriot man takes an ,rt,a dram.
spews again, and up comes lot of precious 'scoun,
drels." What a filthy stomach Any deiiriu,n
tremens about it, Major 7. p Redfeld, he saws,
deserted the democratic party in 1883, and has