Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-16
NAsBY's LAST wORps 10 THE DEM
0CWACY

OCRACY.
In his new volume Mr.. Na.by gives few "Last
Word. " from which we quote: bid
nav readers farewell u o period NV gloom rarely
exalted and never surpa-t, for the Demo"rsy.-
/ Never iu my recollckshun WIZ the party in sch a
/ state NV abiect cusstool The northern States
hey Stint from our grasp one by one, ontil none
remains which we kin fondy call ourn. The Bor-
1 der States are losin their Dim0crisy and rallyin
/ under the black banner NV Ablshinism; and the
/ ten States which we kin control unfortunately
| amt got mo- voice in the Government. From the
mmntiu tops NV Maine, aud the level pararies nv
/ HIinov. Che remnants NV the Dmocrisy holler TO
I MS NV the South Be firm. well stand by yoo ~
/ and from the rich cotton fields the South the
! Dmocri.y holler 20 them uv the North, Keep mp
your spcrits we are troo 90 YOU ell NV which rs
very cheerin, when them uv the North is in sich a
hopelis minority ez TO be unable TO elect town
ship constable, and them in the Sodth haint got
uo vote az all
appeal however, with the rest nv the leaders,
20 the Dimocrsy 20 remain firm. Suthin will come
10 tme-wbat ] can't, with any degree NV certinty,
now state; but sutmu viii come. The Abhshnists
clunot alluz rool. The cuss uv the old Wing par
ty wuz that the respective indvidooal members
thereof Good read aud write, and he'd knack uy
dom thcir own thinSn and therefore il Good not
Dee hrot into that state discipline so necessary to
success ez % party. That same cuss is a hangin ON
TO the Ablishnists. They hung together from 1856
To 1860 COZ there wuz wat they called prinspple
at stake; and on that prnsipple they elected
Linkin They would hey fallen TO pieces then,
but our southern brethren decided 10 commence
operasheus for thc new government it he'd so long
desired and the oyerwhelmln pressur NV the wal
smothered all minor ishoos and all ndividooM
feeliu aud they hung together to see that throo.
Now still ior the puusipple wlch welded en- door
ing the war. they are holdin together yit, and
probably viii ontil they think this question wicl
thev are disposn of is disposed Of.
Then they win split up and our opening is made.
! We hev a solid phalanX, wch they can't win over
or dctarh from us. We hey them Old veterans
who voted for Jaxon. and who are still voun for
him. We hev them sturdy old yeomanry who VIII
swear that Bloc Lite Federalism ought 10 be put
down. and can't be tolerated m a kepnbhkn
Government and who bless their old souls don't
know no more what Bloc Lite Federalism WI,
than an unborn baby does NV Guy Fawkes. W.
hcy that solid army uv voters whose knees yawr
hidiusy and whose coats 10 out at the elbows, and
whose children 90 barefoot in winter, while their
dads is drnkin cheap whiskey and DAMN the
| (uvermsnt for imposin a income tax We hey
! tine patriotic citizens whose noses blossom like
the lobster and who live in mortal fear Of niger
ckality; and we hev john Mlrrlssey's constitoo-
/ ents
These classes argument won't move, and rea-
sonin won't laze They like 10 ahouza the guvar-
ment for levin taxes, hopin to deceive somebody
"a
hard onto them. ami tbey opposs nirper ekalt,
bero, r. .ootb.. them Ike Iulnum. 10 think tbai
there IS somebody in the country lower down than
themselves. The Dimocrisy alluz he'd these, and
allnz viii
h. remarked the Ablisbnists when relieved
NV the pressure now bearin onto en-. will grow
fractions aud split, an these classes will hey nc
tr,rbla to ,,t inf, a fnliority and then our tim,
comes
The discouraged dmocrat may say that preech,
err. and noo,,nlner,. and Snndv szools. and sich
are underminin tbeir marty In time they will
Int not vet. There Is still whisky in the
land and the nigper +, not vet extinct Nv
what danger is preachers to these mon, wher
vos coodent cit one NV them within gun-shot Il,
one? ? and what harm is noosepapers to them ygher
they can't readY Besides. we are not at the enc
NV our resources vet When the wust comes C
wust. there is the nigrer len US. When he is n,
LONGER nv use 20 ms ez he is now-yhen th,
preioedis is so far removed ez To invest him witl
,Vr,,t Ias1 him nm ont nv Fpvnt and we'll max
lin vote with ma The dimokri,v never vet faile,