Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-23
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i There are degrees in meannoss. There are
gradatians in dishonor. There is rank among
towards. There is precedence among rufians.
And we think H. A. Edmundson, Representa-
tlyee3in Congress from the 10Th District in Vir-
g is entitled to rank first as q mean, dis
libNEable, cowardly rufian. L. NJ. Keitt
OF South Carolina stands next, These men are,
of course, both Democrats, good and true
They voted the regular Democratic ticket every
ballot for Speaker. They both regard Slavery
as Divine Institution. If they live long
enough, they will both vote Tor the Charleston
nominee, be he Hunter Wise, Pierce, Stephens,
Douglas, or, that other reliable Democrat that
John Cochrane said hd.sbould vote for as soon
as he was nomibated-tho Devil incarnatc.
They are tho sSsb rulRans that were with
Brooks when he mdae his murdcrous attack
upon Sumner, in the Sefhtc Chamber at Wash
ington, nearly four years agg They stood by
during that Infamous assadNss'd$hed, to shoot
down any one who should interfffkt6 stop the
murder. They were then content toEbqssegpnd
to that brutal murderer Brooks havihg.sfNe
gone to his own place, Edmundson takes hA
bludgeon and offers himself as candidate f0r~
the infamous distinction of the highest place
among towards and ruf1ians. Keitt seconds the
motion, and shoulder-htters, garrotters, pro-
fessors of smg shot, and midnight asassins
cheertully concedo to this fine Virginia gentle
man, the first place. Edmundson emincntly
deserves this hodor. Whatever doubt had be-
fore existed respecting his fitness, was dispelled
by his assault, the other day, upon Hickman, at
Washington. Hickman is a man of slight
frame, and in feeble health. He has, beyond
question, more intellect than muscle. He is
not Democrat after the modern fashion. lie
is not dirt eater. He will not go down on
his belly before the " Divine Institution" In
a speech at Washington, he stated recent his
torical truth, viz: that Virginia had been
frightened out of her wits by seventeen men
and COW. The fact was undeniabIe, and no
body thought of disputing it. H. A. Edmund
son, large, coarse brutal drunken fellow,
between the pleasures of the bottle and of the
whipping post, saw in this just the opportunity
he had been seeking. He took advice from his
sympathetic FRIEND L. M. Keitt. 1t was
thought, that since Virginans already had the
reputation of being EDWARDS, they might make
this an occasion to add to it that of bully
Edmundson and Kett started out on this chiv-
alrous business. They made their murderous
and brutal assault upon Hickman, but, through
the interference of others, fortunately with no
fatal result. We have as yet seen no mention
of any action of the officers at Washington
who are charged with the duty of keeping the
peace We, presume there will be none. Ed
mundson is good Democrat, and if not sooner
overtaken by the Judgment of God will, with.
ont doubt be honorably noticed, both by Presi-
dent Buchanan, and the Democratic Leglsla-
ture of Virginia, for this successful attempt to
damn himself to eternal infamy.
The assault upon sumner, the murder of
Broderick, the attack upon Hickman, prove
what is the ultimate reason of the present
Sham Democracy There is not Northern
Democratic paper that will dare or care to con.
denim this outrage. They cannot spare the
DULLES and assasSins from their ranks. They
are just the description of allies they want,
and will need when they attempt to resist by
force the Inauguration of Republican Nation
al Government in 1861. We wish them joy of
their associates and much pleasure in such par
ticularly select company.