Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-10
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III Vermont when the Republican
Wind blows, it blows gale. In Wash
| inSton, the capital cityol n free country,
the Republican brce2cs circulate in cd
dies, with little propelling power. The
party offrccdom here has only Il majority
OF about ~ votes in the city, including
ali the colorcd votcrs--or had only this
| majority at the last elcc ION but the
/ nope IS that letter record will lie shown
ut the next election. On all the princi-
pal and some o. The by-streets, political
banners ar, hung upon the "outcr wall, ~
and seymour ana Dlaii' flags, with
quotations of great wisdom from the
speeches of he late Andrew johnson !;
such quoted wisdom, vie for numerical
super or,ty. On the Classic y street,
which commences at the City Hall and
Ell IL at the Arsenal, one solitary Scy-
mour flaG, dccoratcs the scene ; but Il lit
tie to the east, and provokingly near
upon another street, III region which
savors of African, a fine Giant and Col
lax banner spreads itself TO the breeze,
aud on the top OF the supporting staff a
weather-cocK shows (which way the
wilma blows" Is it not singular that
tllc dark;cs avoid the party OF their kind
orner masters 80 pcrsistcntIy? Bat
hey are very ignorant, you know, and
without natural affection masters.
Hence these tears
Tie Rev. PAineas Diusmor Gurley
ID. ID, pastor of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, of this city, who
was buried last week, came from your
part OF the world, it may interest you to
know being II native OF Parishvilie, st.
Lawrence County, n. Y, where many
Of his family name now reside. lie was
eminent as a divine, and the pr. moteI
of many good works and an objcc. OF
aifectionate reverence among his con-
gregation and people here. AT the
time of his death he was President ofthe
Board of Visitors of the Governm ent
Hospital for the Insane. The funera!
discourse over his remains was preached
by Rev. Jonathan Edwards, ID. ID.
President of Jefferson College, Washing.
on, Pa.
There are two public functionaries in
this city at this time, who must, from
the nature of things, be in II dilemma
each for himself, the diemmas bearing
some resemblance to each other. | re.
iCi to the President, who is not often re-
ierred to now, and Senior Don Fa.
cando Conf, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister PleniDotentiary to this
country from Spain. The former gen
5lcman has fallen between two parties
and is helped and helps neither, with
any Willingness. The Republicans quote
his loyal sayings, of former years, and
the Democrats his disloyal ones, of .
later date and it is probable that neither
: please him. He knows he has become
Useless, and waits in grim silence, OF
with an occasional s. torbid,' the
com ing and certain hour of his otficia
demise. Since the Revolulionists hav,
driven . the last of the Bourbons,
Queen Isabella, from Spain, and hav,
AIKEN the Government OF the country
into their own hands. the Spanish min
ister here must feel that 4 singular diem
M presents Itself to him, one horn O
which he must grasp. he Queen ap
pOintel him, but where is the Queen
VIII she ever remOunt the throne, ant
.eward him for loyalty to her? Is it no
better TO take all the risk, and be loya
O liberty and popular rights? Seno
Conf must ask himself these question
: about this tine, and answer them. Ii,
cannot have the poor security which A
j., once an Alderman, now enjoys, il h,
play fast and loose" with one revol
utiOn, RS Johnson las done with an
o her. The world moves, Ga ileo, ant
the man who would block the wheels
must look out Tor his fingers.
, And, apropos to the above, it is I'll
mored tat the late Queen of Spain, lisa
bella, has purchased through her agcn
the water works which supply the cit.
of Philadelphia with water. If the ru
NOR proves true, and it receives some
credit here Though isupposed the works
t belonged to the ciCy,) we may suppose
} that the Queen iores,id the end Of lie
, rule, and prepared 10 water her Bour
boa healthlly. VIII she come and liv,
with US? Napoleon wanted to com,
here when his days of empire We're endet
ior INN. We attract all the failures o
monarchy who require re.t-only Jefier
son DAVIS. The monarch Who think
himself prosecuted turns to our shores
= rs naturally rs the peasant. Ii Ii the
, absolute rulers could once come undo.
the yoke, they would learn II valuable
lesson. Freedom should be the inheli,-
: nnco OF mnn. and not alone of mas .ers