Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-06-30
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1854.


Remarkable Forallols
Since the Baltimore Convention, the
modern democrats have discovered
The genuinely democratic. fact that Lin
coin and johnson are both men OF hum
BILE origin. Or rather-as they must
have known it before-the fact has APP
peared to them suddenly with new sig
niicance. Now we all know it is the
glory of truly democratic
that it.does away with all
people depressing and people-degrading
Missionaries, and opens to every man
-.---- ~ o1voncarnnut. That ]
AuKe the avenues w ,.-..e~..~.-s, 1900
h makes individual merit and not family
the criterion of prefermen'.
or course then, that party which assumes
70 be pre-eminently democratic" mans
this nomination of two men IRON the
people for the two highest national OIL
ices as another signal proof Of the prac-
tically democratic working of our theo-
retically democratic governments. And
The humber their origin, the stronger,
Of course, the proof, and the greater, too,
the need Of praise which shonld De
awarded to the two nominees VINO oy
their ability and merit, have unaided
worked their way up to such high ana
honorable positions. That certainly is
sne true democratic view, and being
such is the peoples view. Now consider
what the modern so-called democrats
say of the Baltimore nominees, in this
particular alone, flor they are not ex-
pected to like them in any other) and
we get very strong conviction regard
ing the genuineness Of their democracy.
The New York World is edited by man
of poor and humble origin, and is the
ablest and most prominent organ of the
new democratic party. This is its ele-
waited way of talking
"The age of statesmen is gone; the
age of rail-splitters and tailors, OF buf-
foons, Doors and fanatics, has succeeded.
The only merit we can discover in this
Baltimore ticket is the merit of co'siste''-
~; it is all of piece; the tail does not
shame the head nor the head shame the
tall. A rail-splitting buhoon and the
boorish tailor, both from the backwoods
both growing up in uncouth ignorance
The country is asked to consider the
claims of two ignorant, boorish, third
rate, backwoods lawyers, for the highest
stations in the government
Thus it appears that the democratic
origin of Lincoln and johnson has ap-
peared in new and strange light, and
L. the especial object of latter day. demo-
cratic billingsgate. There you have the
New Democracy.
~ It is true this democratic country has
before seen notable examples Of men au
daciously rising from the humblest orr
gin. Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jack
son, Henry Clay Daniel Webster, arr
instanced, and many Others might be
but that was before the days of the New
Democracy.
Now what is the source Of this new
revelation to this New Democracy I Reb-
eldom. The Southern slaveocrats hate
democracy. They rebel against it and
are fighting for an aristocracy and the
worst kind of one at that. 1t is not sur
prising, therefore that they rail at the
3 "rail-splitter." In fact they talk nearly
as badly as the Metropolitan organ Of
the New Northern Democracy. For in.
stance the Richmond Examiner says:
"The Convention of Black Republicans
in Baltimore have renominated for Pres
ident of their country Abraham Lincoln
the Illinois rail-splitter, and for Vice
President Andrew Johnson, known il
the west as the Tennessee tailor, one o.
the meanest of that craft whether they
shall ever be elected or not, depends
upon the Confederate army altogether,
The people Of the enemy's country
have now two Black Republican "tick
ets'' before them and the Democrat.
are to come yet. All these several move
ments we are obliged to watch, and, i
possible, understanding reason of theil
possible effects upon the war; otherwise
we have no earthly interest in the mat
) ter; and If we were now ut peace with
that nation it would be altogether indif
ferent to US what ape, or hyena, or jack
ass, they set up to govern them"
All which is very pert and naturally
to be expected, from an out andout arts
tocratic, people-despising, slave-drivine
concern; but how does the same Ian
guage sound from a professedly demo
cratic source2 1t sounds as If there is q
i remarkable parallel between the south
ern slave-driving aristocracy and thu
northern latter-day democracy" And
- there is. a y naa
GoID.-The "Gold BILL" which went
into operation on Monday, makes it un
lawful to sell gold or exchange without
the seller is in actual possession OF 1t
and shall receive the pay for 1t down
and more than all this, the transaction