Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-09-11
Gems from the Argus.

we " see H. ne twenty thoNe"H
majority over the cohorts Of satan, gail
ed for John Gregory Smith on electio
day is proof that the Argus tells th
truth, FOR wonder But the man VIII
can shout "glory halleluiah, - when on tn
high read to topLet, can dance JIG Of
lis mothers tombstone and feel jubi
liant.
I'VE have taken the first step toward
redeeming this gallant little state"
Yes, and if you keep on in the sam'
road you have been travelling since th'
war broke out, your last step will lane
yod with Lucifer and his apostate angels
for "the wicked shall be turned into bel
and all the nations that forget God
Satan's imps on earth thirst for higt
wines, and he for-Hyyum.
Estate from the hands, and control, o.
those domineering, insulting, law-disre-
garding, midnight on spring black
hearts, and niger heads, who have bro't
us SO near 10 bankruptcy, and ruin"
Dat las brick--who froa dat ?" must
have done the business for the editor Of
the Argus. 1t has made him luna-ttc,
though be is no man lac. He is mad,
evidently, though there is not much "me-
thod in his madness" He abonnds in
explosives. He goes at the dictionary
ike bull at a gate-pell nell. He is
at everything; at the government; at the
administration at the nggers; at his
foes-At.kins. "Dat las brick-whar
id it come from ?"
"The black leaguers had their votes
upon colored paper, and whoever brought
a vote not of the requisite color was set
upon, and covered with profane vulgar
ity, and billingsgate."
The above extract has reference to the
election in Montpelier, over which bro
Their Atkins feels womtle-cropped. We
should Judge that from the amount of
"profane yulgarity and bilingsgate" with
which every editorial in the Argus is in
terlarded, that its editor received his full
share and is now paying them back in
kind, with liberal interest. The editor
has labored hard for several months to
convert the good and loyal men of Mont
pelier to his secesh views, and has sue
ceeded to such an extent that the rebel
vote in Montpelier is less than half what
it was one year ago, Redfelds vote be-
ing but 67 this year against 140 when
SAKE run. Verify, Jordan am a hard
road TO trabeI." Wo to him who "Iistens
TO the song of the syren" Of secession,
or who tarries too long by the side of the
"babbling Brooks"
"The prospect is most encouraging to
law abiding men that we may have again
an administration in which men IN au-
thority, as well as out Of authority, shall
be held amenable TO the law. 1t is, in
deed, fit time for rejoicing, and hope
The people are awaking from their leth-
argy, and rising in their majesty, and
might"
A slap at the administration, and one
which we think it in part deserves, for if
the linen in authority" had done their
whole duty and melted out even and ex-
act justice TO all, to the rebels north as
well as to the rebels south, such bla-
tant traitors as Atkins and his compeers
would have been hung on a gallows as
high as Haman, long ago. But justice
has procrastinated. The people howev-
er all "hope" that their day of "rejoioing'
will arrive aud the slime" be not long
delayed. How "majestc' Atkins will
appear passing away as "great scroll"
There will be Patriot at the general
Judgment. 0, hell our sympathies are
with you.
"Troy has given democratic gain of
63 votes from last year, which is doing
remarkably well for one year. Another
such pull, and they are ours in that town."
The reason is obvious why they made
such gains in Troy. There are but few
copies of the Argus taken in that town, I
and hence their ideas of modern democ- t
racy are very limited. Where that pa .
per circu,ates most there the views Of the ,
and the rebels are best IN y
Jerstood, as that is their organ and the d
recognized exponent of their principles d
But many Of those who voted the rebel
ticket in Troy, did so under the mistaken
notion that it was old time democracy d
they we're voting for. They supposed r
that Gen. jackson was still running for
president, and that Stephen A. Douglas
was still stamping the state Of Illinois, I
They did not know that both these gen ST
ilemen were dead. When they learn this >
fact "they are ours in that town" for !,
they are honest but misguided over G,
there.
A PIcKLE.-Mr. David Webster of =,
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