Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-08-02

1t is trick of expert thieves and
shop-lifters after making raise, to min
gle with the crowd and join them in
the cry of "stop thief" astop thief,
that they may be suspected of hon.
esty and thus throw the guilt upon
innocent shoulders. Democrats after
having been in power and entailing un-
told miseries upon the country, which
a republican administration has set
tied now seek to shirk the RESPONSE
bility by misrepresentation and are
Justify crying "stop thief" adroitly
ringing it through all the changes, but
no reading man will be betrayed by it.
The people have learned of late years
to do their own thinking. As regards
the corruptions of the present admin
istration we cannot deny it. We
have no wish to. Andrew johnson
was elected as a true man to the
country. AS such he was opposed by
democrats an by secessionists.-
Shortly after his election he came out
a full fedged traitor, when the de-
mocracy and rebels adopted him as
their child, making him their heir-at
law and joint heir in shame-so natu-
raj is it for modern democrats to affil-
late with traitors g fellow feeling
makes one wondrous kind" The
d" offence" of the present admins
TRITON lis rank and smells to heaven.
Neither is congress exactly perfect,
though it is the only hope of the coun.
try.
a We would as freely expose the
deyiltry Of our own party as we would
e that of any other We should like
to see it purified, see rascaIly Selling
. officers and prying excisemen kicked
II out, and honest worth rewarded: but
$ we do not see how it is to be done
short of converting the world to the
! principles Of pure Christianity
which is quite step in advance OF
modern democracy. We have seer
y how democracy works. 1t has beer
;. tried and found wanting" Better
not change for the sake of changing
for thus we only swap men-drive of
!. one brood of cormorants to give plac,
to a more hungry one.
Nearly every town in the country has excise
p! men, living at and drawing large salari c
from the peoples earnings.
Too true. 1t is lamentable thing
shameful fact, and ought not to be
But how is it to be helped? TIL
y country is in debt through the negl
" gence-in very great measure-of
: democratic administration. To pa
" the debt taxes must be raised. L
y collect the taxes we must have officer;
: Those officers must be paid. W
. cannot expect they will work for tn
w. bare honor of the office. What woul
III YOU do, Mr.. Chase? Would you r,
u pudiate the national debt? Much G
~ this debt is due to the soldiers an
nc sailors who fought down the rebellion
l" is due to the widows and orphans Q
w. those thousands who sleep in many
~ nameless grave by the Potomac, c
~ the James, the Chickahominy, by MAI
- dark lagoon, and all over the Sout
" Would you refuse the bare pittano
. to these unfortunate Representative
- of the brave men who laid down the
d" lives that the country might live
e' God forbid. Rather sell every &C
vi of land and every pound of produ
=! than that this should be. We see
" possible way to remedy the evil CO.
ou planned of but to bear our burde
=" without murmuring, pay the tax
~ PROMPTLY, and thank God for t
w. privilege.
radical Congress plumbers from the treasr
ne, $4,000 extra pay for each member, making tn
wages S68 per day, while radical legislatures
IL low their example.
True as far as you have told t
zen story, but one important fact is ST
ing pressed. At the same time "a radi,
ste, congress plumbers from the treasur
the and raises $4,000 extra pay for
hi, members, it cuts down the mica
hy, so that the pay of the members fir
ice. the Atlantic and the Pacific Sta
ion should bear something like equal
nth The transaction costs 100000 a
sc. that is all. We think SIS ZOO is nc
IN i? too much for good congressman, q
ad. the poor ones should be kept at hon
ling thus following the example of the S
ary ond district of Vermont in the c
out gressional race last fall. We GU
EN- to send men of the first ability to C
on ? gress, and their pay should be c.
and mensurate with their abilities. W
ollie would be sufficient for a wooden
attic per would hardly do for a foreign n
lent lister. Three dollars a day may
ting for a member of our State legislatl
ious but is it not too meager a pittance
lght a member of our national legislatu
woes Some of them earn more than t