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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31
Our North Troy Poet.
TOur ancient bard at North, Troy
writes US thusly ED.

Our ancient bard at North, Troy
writes US thusl ED.
Mr.. Editor-Sixty five years ago
paper printed at Windsor, was bro't
on to Norwich Plain by post boy on
horseback, with tin horn to blow on
its arrival it was then read by the
old folks and hung up for fear the chill
dren would soil it. Now your paper
has come to me for the last year, and
l consider it as good for my children
as one days schooling every week
| thank you for publishing that poetry
last week because | had a few friends
Ct have no enemies) who wished to see
1t in print. | noticed a mistake OF
two. One was in my name-Moore
instead of Morse-the 9th er was
boys" instead of logs" in the I'd
verse, although it is true that my boys
have piled up more than | expected
when | married that old school teach
err. | have no desire to Guido Johr
Rogers, but it puzzles me to tell whe
Their he had nine or ten children. Car
you ?* Go ahead, | cannot spare
your paper. assn.
| The Printers own devil has mind that is cute
/ In setting of type when the subject will suit,
He plays off a joke with the least of his noise,
| In turning OF logs into piling up boys. gs
| But week or two since in my ode upon Spring
| Which meant to have made most beautifu
| thing,
When talked of the dew drops from freshl
| blown roses,
The nasty thing made it from freshly blow
4 WILLIAM H. MORSE.
North Troy, VT.
i \ Yes, we can tell. He had "hin
| A \ 4 II 4
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31

BUTTER.-In the St. Adams butter
market on Tuesday, the best lots
brought forty cents per h., while all
inferior article sold for from rs to 38
cents. aaDliA9 z9a 1hH W9aa
There are 1854 churches in Rome,
with daily religious service.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31

\ Yes, we can tell. He had "hine
small children and one at the breast"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31
meetings
The. following is the temperate
platform adopted for this year


BILE ground on which the friends of temperance
can stand, the following platform
! l. Total abstinence from all intoxicating IL
quors as a beverage. -.l i-t t@'- v.l = it
| 2. No license in any form, or under any cir
cumstances, for the sale of fquor to be used az a
| beverage. " fl5 +}titt ,a.. f5 }t
| 8. The absolute pronibition of the manufac-
tture and sale of Intoxicating liquors for such pur
poses-prollbition by the will of the people, ex-
pressed IN due form of law, with the penalties
deserved for crime of such enormity.
4. The creation of healthy public opinion
upon the subject, by the active dissemination of
truth. in all the modes known 70 an enlightened
philanthropy.
S. The election of good, honest men to admin
lister the laws.
6. Persistence in efforts to save individuals
Eand communities from SO direful q scourge, ae-
ainst all forms of opposition and difficulty, until
our success is complete and UNIVERSAL
RESOLVED, That we pledge ourselves anew to
the maintenance of this platform by principle
and by practice, and to constant efforts to secure
the full triumph of the doctrines therein announ.
. ced. t+.t --,
Resolued, That the continual agitation of the
subject Of temperance, in the pulpit by the press
ana on the platform. is essentialtO the establish.
ment and maintenance of correct public sent.
lment, and that we earnestly invoke the aid O
such as occupy those positions of influence.
RESOLVED, That we will give our hearty supper
to the candidate nominated to-day, and will us,
all honest and honorable means to secure his cleo
p, tion.
DONATION VISIT AT GLovER.-Rev
and Mrs. s. K. B. Perkins received
a pleasant visit from their friend,
last Thurday afternoon and evening
In behalf Of several gentlemen Of
East and West Glover, Hon. e. B
! Simonds, after a happy address, pre-
s. sented Mr.. Perkins with handsom,
y Lyndon Sleigh and a new harness t
!. match. The ladies made a useful ad
q dition to the silver ware of Mrs. Pei
p kins. The value Of these and othe
presents amounted to $40.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-31

LARGE CoLTs.-Warren Simpson
of Sheffield has a yearling colt, which
weighs IT'S, and Haines Daniels of
the same town has one weighing $50.
Coop CATTLE.-Col. Cyrus Eaton
of this town lately sold to Mathewson
& Nelson a pair of five years old cat
tie, the home weight of which was
1900 lbs, ,for 1915. E. G. Mathew
sou also sold a pair whose home weight
was 5000 lbs, for 1925. J. N. Per,
LEY also sold pair Of four year olds
for $500. 4ae sas5 "
| AUCTIONS. 81. Garfield of Shelf
| field, has sold his farm and is going
west in the spring. He sells his hay
grain, stock, farming tools, household
furniture, &C., at auction Thursday
Feb. 6, at 10 o'clock. His propert,
is worth buying. S. F. Wheeler, auc
!, tioneer. ,a eas-<.,a
The Ladies' Sewing Society Of
Barton Landing will give social en-
! tertainment at that place, on Thurs
i day eye., Feb. 6, as will be seen b
; their advertisement in another column
Their entertainment promises to be
!, success, and we hope they may rea
a large reward for their labor.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
TIE DEB T..

The country is daily running in debt
The hundreds of millions now owed by the
government are rapidly growing into
thousands of millions and the public
debt which was but trihe over $1,000
OO0, 5000 when the war closed, under rad
icll legislation bids fair to soon grow into
double that sum, while at the same time
the people are paying an annual tax of
nearly $500. .000,0 900. The funding bill,
which congress stands ready TO pass over
the presidents veto increases the debt
$500, ,000, 600, 600, and provides for inter
est to the amount of double the entire
debt it stands at present
With the success sud continuance of
radicalism in power, the people are certain
to be sadd ed with debt exceeding that
ct any nation under ther sun.
The poor taxpayer will be ground into
the earth, and sink below the seris of
Russia in their worst days; and the rich
viii rival oriental splendor in their opu-
lcnce
The one item Of sSl1,0O0.000 which
the radicals propose to levy upon the peo-
pie for the benefit Of the bondholiers will
increase the wealth Of the bondholder
thirty per cent. and add a corresponding
burden upon the taxpayers.
1t will be "a dangerous experiment to
give the radicals four years more of pow
er, and the poor man who votes to do so
will bitterly regret it if he succeeds in
his suicidal purpose.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
ITTOLERABLE NE4NVESS.

Because & radical expressed himself a
coup'e of weeks ago as opposed to making
groHudless charges against officers, merely
for political effect. and in favor of honest
and honorable dealing as well in political
as private affairs, an illiterate ignoramus
ling from Tyner feels called upon to
formally read the person so offending out
of tie radical party.
We presume Mr.. Fife will feel terribly
to b, cut off from all future association
with the Man About Town." but we as
sure him that he will suffer nothing in
reputation thereby If a man cannot be
permitted to treat political opponent
fairly, and maintain his standing in the
radical party, we opine he will lose little
by getting out of said party.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
DEMOCRATS Of MAR SHALL
COUNTY!

On next Tuesday the most impor-
tant election ever held in Indiana
will take place. On its result in this
STATE in a great degree hang the destinies
of this nation for long years to come. The
election throughout the state Will doubtless
be close and hotly contested. One cOun-
ty, one township, even one vote may turn
the scale of victory either way and de'erm-
Iue the fate of the day! Great things are
expected from the gallant democracy of
Marshall. Democrats throughout the
state are looking to US, and confidently
believe we will roll up majority that will
not only elect our candidate for congress
In this district, our common pleas udge,
and prosecutor, aud joint representative
but also secure the success OF the entire
state ticket. The campaign is now nearly
at its close. The questions on which 50
much depends have been fairly presented
by the democratic press and speakers. la
driven to the wall, and only rely upon de-
ceptiou and predjudice to save them from
defeat. The day which must decide the
contes. is right before us. Are you ready
for the conflict? Have you made COM
pete list of the voters in your township !?
Have you made arrangements to bring
out every democratic voter in the town
ship? Have you made such arrangements
as will prevent the polling of any Illegal
votes! Have you got your plan so arrang
ed as 10 know when your democratic votes
are all in? Have you made arrangements
to keep a sufficient number fsonnd work
Ing democrats on the ground throughout
the day, from the opening to the close Of
the polls Have you made arrangements /
send messenger to Plymouth with the I!
result as soon As it is made known by the |
board on the night Of the election? If
so. then indeed you are ready, and glo-
rious victory will reward you for tle work
you have performed, But if you have
not got those arrangements made, then /
you are not ready. In that case, we as
sure you not a moment should be lost. |
Io to work at once and see that everything
IS done that may be necessary to bring ont +
every dem m,crat in your township. From
now until the polls close on Tuesday night |
let your mottoe be . action, not words .
on you the responsibility rests Then
work work work -,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
fR Il I'd iND HRIBEI, y

IIe radicals Of this county have mouey
IL their hands from the radical state cen
;rrl committee. and from assessments uDop
the bondholders aud ar>t0crats of this
county, with which they propose TO buy
votes Whether they will spend the
money or steal it we cannot say. This we
by know, at least, that they are attempt
lag to spend part of it, and now have on
hand money which they profusely offer
Tor support aud influence
We know of a ease where money was
offered democrat for his support aud in
fiuence, and the base Iiypocrite who Offer
Q it il answerab!e to the law for his
crime
We warn all honest men and ali decent
men that the attempt is beirg made to de-
ftaud ard cheat them ont OF the fair ex-
preston of their sentiments by fraud and
crime. Crime under the statutes of the
ntnte Of Indiana.
Let the honest freemen of this county
administer such a rebuke to these corrupt
Ionist on Tuesday that the application of
the criminal law to them Will be unneces-
sary. The rights aud liberties of the peg
H'e by the radical programme are to be
bartered and sold Tor the bondhollcrs'
money. We imagine that the will Of The
people cannot be this defeated, and that
the people viii arse in their might and
administer to these bloated arstocra's the
rcbuke they so richly deserve
The contest is between the people and
'he capitalists. Who shall win?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Poor NJ rs. Nancy johnson having re-
ceived the radical nomination for ioin,
representative has become 81 liobthaod.d
by the sudden hight of her elevation
her friends cear she may lose what little
strength nature bestowed upon her.
From her childhood up she has been af-
tected with delicate weakness of the brain.
aud now the symptoms arouse fears that
her head Is becoming soft Some of those
symptoms are quite prominent and are
considered grave grounds for apprehen-
Sion as to her sanity. She has conceived
the Flea that the terrible democrats are
all traitors, and thinks all traitors ought
to be hung. But worse than all for the
poor lady, she thinks all those horrible
creatures who wear pathes on their clothes
arc democrats. Poor Mrs. Nancy. At
"mes she imagines herself leader in the
party OF great moral ideas" But she is
perfectly harmless. Her malady is of the
idiotlc type. 1t has become epidemic
among the youthful squirts Of the radical
party. But let us hope the cool air of
October, and the frosts of the Salt river
country will at least partially restore Mrs
Nancy johnson and the other patients,
down with the same complaint. Until
a
then their friends must watch over
them.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Allen C. Beach, the democratic can
didate for lieutenant governor of New
York, in a speech to the democracy of
Albany, presented this fact for the con-
sideration of the people:
This is the peoples fight They are
looking at the past, and they find that
eight years ago the national debt amount
ed to only S20,0O0,0OO. ana the national
bonds bore premium cf l6a per cent IN
gold. They now frd debt Of $1,000
600 600 and the national securities worth
only seventy cents on dollar
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
.SECEN.NION

The southern states are declared by the
radical congress to be out of the union.
Radical politicians say that when a state
sees fit to Withdraw from the union it NAV
do 50, subject always to the risk of becoru.
Ing conquered province, aud of being
governed thereafter by military despot-
isr'. The radical theory is that the union
no longer exists, and the southern states
(formerly so known are now mere instru-
neufs to be used in promoting the inter-
es;s of radicalism Such of these relics
OF states rs promise to vote for the main
tenancc Of radicalism are gracouslv per-
mittel SO to do. provided they will also
promise to ever maintain the great first
principles OF negro equality.
In the hands Of armed rebels the doc
trine of secession was failure, but these
congressional rebels are establishing it on
sure g,unda;on
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
ISSUES.
Negro suffrage is an issue.

Negro suffrage is an issue.
Reconstruction embracing unio n
peace AID harmony as advocated by the
democracy, and disunion, discord and an.
archy, as advocated by the radicals is
also an Issue.
The increase Of the public debt $780,
100000 10y one act of congress, known as
the funding bill, is also an issue.
The exemption of the rich from taxa
ton is an issue.
What side do you take of these issues,
kind reader?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
ES5S-FSeS
Have you heard from Vermont?
oh, yes, indeed we have.
Have YOU heard from Maine9

Have you heard from Vermont?
oh, yes, indeed we have
Have you heard from Maine?
Most asSuredly. They both voted for Ere
mont ny large maiorites. in 1856 that being
the first time Maine ever voted for an oppo-
siton candidate for President; and vet Ere
mont wasn't elected, but James Buchanan.
the democratic candidate, was. As in 1886
So it will be now. Vermont and Maine have
voted for Grant, but he won't he elected
As in 1855, so in 1863, Indiana and Penn,yl-
vania Will vote "tornenst' Vermont and
Maine; and as in 1856, so in 1868, the vote of
Indiana and PENNSYLVANIA will be cast for the
democratic candidate for president, and will
decide the result of his triumphant election
Put the democrats in power and they will
reduce the expenses of government one
hundred millions year below what it has
been each year for the last three years, and
apply S50,0OO,000 or $i5,009,000 n year to.
warl the reduction oi the national debt.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
NUMBER 6.
we are Coming.

~ { are Coming.
We are coming, Grant and Colfaz, from
the valley hill and plain,
We are coming like the whirwind when it
sweeps across the main;
Not with bayonets. but with ballots-we
are freemen born, and white,
And know for whom We ca our votes,
for we can read and write;
We are marshaling our forces, we aresure
to win the race,
For our motto is, " An honest man to fill
an honest place"
We are coming, Grant and Colfaz, from
the anvil, loom and piow--
We will rally with our rifles, we are just
as ready now
From IRE mines of Colorado, from The prai-
res of the west
From the gorges OF the mountain whers
the eagle builds its nest,
We are coming, and confident that we
shall win the race,
For our mottoe is, " An honest man to I'll
an honest place"
Republicans. we've waited both patiently
and long,
And prayed for justice at your hands, for
right in place of wrong,
Still our taxes are Increasing, We are bur-
thened more and more,
While the Golfers of our rulers are with
plenty running o'er;
But we're coming with our ballots, and we
shall win the race,
For our mottoe is, &" An honest man to fill
an honest place"
We are ready, Grant and COlfax, wheneer
cur country calls,
But we will brook no negro in our leglsa-
tive halls,
We sympath.zed with all his wrongs, and
bravely fought and freed him,
But after al! we tnd that we are ldAeu "
clothc aud feed him.
You tell us this is justice, you tell US this
is right,
We gaze upon our toiled stained hands and
murmur that we're white.
If the negro is our equal let him earn
his daily bread,
Let him pay US back in some way for our
thousands MANNED and dead;
Let him wait as we have waited for the
thrift that.folows toll,
And win the right to stand with US on
freedoms sacred soil.
Did our comrades fight for liberty, and
leave their bleaching bones
Upon an bonored field to feed host of
lazy dronas?
We are coming, Grant and Colfax, with
Seymour and with Blair;
We are sure to win the battle, for We feel
1t III the ar
We feel it ir our need Of that for which
we've Waited long,
For right at last must conquer might and
triumph over wrong
So stand aside, and LEI US pass, were sure
to win the race,
For cur NOTICE is, s. An honest man to MI
an honest place"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08


All democrats are traitors. and all
traitors ought to b. hung"
So says that verdant srrig Of law, Am
ASA Johnson, self concei'cd squirt, whom
the radicals are running on their ticket
! for joint representative Of St Joseph and
Marshall counties We ask this "loil"
two penny attorney what lie neius by the
term traitor. Does he pretend to say that
every man who does not bow TIE knee to
his ebony idol, worship the niger and
serve the tondholdcr is a traitor? Does
he dare say that George g. Mcclellan. the
beloved commander of the brave Potomac
army is traitor? Does he dare say that
General McCicrnarl, the real hero of Fort
Done!son, is traitor Yet General Nc
ClcrHard supports Seymour and Blair
Does he presume to call Major General
Franklin, the brave old army veteran,
traitor? lac supports Seymour and Blair.
Does he call General RoSecrans. the hero
of Stone River, traitor? he supports
Seymour and Blair. DOES he dare call
that gallant Datchman, General Seigel a
traitor? yet he supports Seymour and
Blair. Does he dare call General Stead
man traitcr? yet he supports Seymour
and Blair. Does he dare call Gen. Buel.
or hcCook, or Smith, or Hancock traitors?
yet they support Seymour and Blair.
Does he pretend to call the brave Colonel
Norman Eddy, who led the gallant 18th
regiment, traitor? yet he supports Sey-
nic.r and Blair, as well as hosts Of other
brave officers and soldiers who fought for
the union.
III Is braln'ess squirt insults the brave
men who stand now as they did on the
battle field, fighting for the constitution
and the rights Of white men. Ifhe should
succeed in getting elected, he will doubt
less the first thing introduce a bill into the
Legislature to hang democrats and all men
wearing patched clothes. He reminds us
very much of the Irishman's description
OF Colonel Slaughter. BE jabers," says
Pat, " Colonel Slaughter and | knows
everything" Z" How is that" we inouir-
ed. " V y" replied Pat, Colonel
Slaughter knows everything except that
be is ID fool, aud | know that. and
that IS all of it,"
1t i'll becomes this upstart of an attor
ney whose knowledge Of law is worse. if
possible, than his grammar, to prate about
loyalty. Why, to-day he gets his living,
principally, by what he can cxtor: from
the orphans and widows of our brave SOL
diers while collecting their pensions from
the government. The broadcloth he wears
is part of the price paid for the blood OF
the boys in blue whose bones lie beneath
the turf of southerr battle fields. IF men
who till the soil or perform the duty of
mechanics, and occasionally W Ear clothes
that are patched, like the style of this
"loil " attorney johnson, then vote for
him. "You pays you money and you
takes your choice.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

The attitude of the democratic party on
the question Of taxation is SO plain and OBJ
vious to ;he most limited understanding
| that the attorneys Of the bondhoiders find
it impossible to obscure the truth even by
false representations. The democracy de-
mand that taxation shall be equal upon
property Of all kinds, according to its val
Tie. No proposition could be palmer.
Suppose two persons to arrive in Illinois,
direct from the moon each with a hund-
red thousand dollars in his pocket. One
Of them proceeds to invest his capital in a
piece of land; the other invests it III a gov
ernment bond. The property of the form
er is taxed to the amount of $4,000 a
year. The property OF the latter is not
taxed at all. This is not equal taxation
on property Of all kinds.
The two men are also taxed on their in
come from their respective properties, and
in this respect only are their taxes equal.
If their income be the same, their taxes on
that income are the same. Why should
not their property be also taxed equally,
in proportion to its value? Why should
the man who has invested his wealth in
way that it will increase the general
wealth of the state be taxed thereon to the
extent of two thousand dollars a year,
while the man whose wealth is invested in
that which is a burden to the state is ex-
cmpt from taxation? !?
The democracy say there is no equity
or justice in this discrimination against
the producer of wealth and in favor of
him who enjoys the wealth produced by
others. The radicals occupy the opposite
ground. Which is the true party Of the
people?
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

A radical telegraphist SENDS word
froIn the south that A" nineteen republi-
cans have been assassiuated in our county
withir ten days" He neglec,s to add
that three of them were shot for an out
rage upon q. white woman. two for resist
ance to officers, others hung for mule
stealing, and several killed with chickens
over their shoulders ard watermclons un-
der their arms.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

Facts. Here they are with referen

Facts. Here they are with reference
to the manner in which the radicals are
increasing the debt From June to July
it increased at the rate of SIS, GOO, 900
per month. Over Sl3,000,00O a week.
Over sl,750,0O0 a day. Over $4,000
an hour. Over 81 200 minute. Over
$50 second. How long will the resour-
ccs of the nation bear this strain
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08
ECONOMY.
kind reader

The radicals of this vicinity are Just
now preaching economy, and oppose all
kinds of public improvements that cannot
be made without the expenditure of
money.
We wonder if they are as much in IA
vor of economy in national affairs We
commend to their attention comparison
of the expenses Of the house of represent
atives for the years 1864 and 1868:
Expenses for the ending Jnnq, 90 1854 $3.50 $50
= 1868. S2j. 800
Showing an increase for the year 1868 over
1864 of Sl1l ,925. This is radical econ
omy. One item more Of radical economy
consists in the charge of s., 1920 for pen
Ln,res for the use Of congress And
$3.50 10 for the funeral expenses of a
deceased member.
We dare not give more items at one
time, for fear our economical radical
friends Of this vicinity may faint
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-08

"A large number Of prominent repub-
licans iu Westmoreland County have de-
clared their intention to vote the demo-
cratic ticket this fall. They have become
tired of radical misrule and corruption,
and therefore look to the democracy for
delivery from impending ruin.