Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-09-15


was that or death. Instead of graphing
vigorously with the wants and necessities
of the people, and leading them on in the
difficult path Of prosperity, inspiring them
with hope, courage, and high destiny, it
gave them a dead issue resurrected and
called "new departure" Instead ofincor-
poratipg into their creed and purposes the
will, DESIRES hopes, and ambition of the pro-
gressive element of American thought, IL
contented itself by clinging to fossiliferous
issues, and party routine.
What are the wants of the people to-day2
What do they demand in the party which
they would have lead them onward for the
next decade? What are the duties of this
people in this eventiul epoch ofprogressive
American history? The watchwords of go
and "a have lost their charm in the fulfill
ment of events. The old Democratic rally
Ing cries have ceased to have any meaning,
and departures which end with the present
are of no avail. The vehement vitupera-
tons of rival parties, and the teapot fury of
rival candidates, have become stale and lost
their force, and the insane scramble for the
spoils of Office have become matters of
commonplace. These subterfuges, this
inability to cope with events, this simula-
ton of efficiency, fails to awaken the hearty
enthusiasm and call forth the latent ener-
gies of a brave people, in pushing forward
the great work of Democratic government,
utilizing the products of a continent and
making them subserve their highest posi-
bic happiness and prosperity.
Ia, Il, W. coll
the world. No outside questions disturb
the equanimity of the people. The quos-
tions of the hour are confined within our
own borders-are emphatcally domestic,
and uattcr-of-i fact. No buncomb and
| Fourth of July clap-trap will avail in the
| present encounter. The wants and wishes
of our, people cannot be satisfied with high
flown rhetoric and meaningless and dis
! gushing party jargon.
After the tumut and excitement of a
civil war, when personal and sectional in
terests were forgotten in the gigantic eff
forts to preserve our imperiled govern
ment, the people begin to look to them
selves and inquire chow is it with me?'
Burdened with an enormous debt, and
called upon to pay an amount of tax un-
known before, with unlimited corruption
in all departments of the ruling powers Of
the nation, the people may well ask this
question.
The Irregularities and abuses incident to
great war demand attention, and are be-
ing arraigned before the only proper tri-
bunal of the nation-the people. So OPP
pressivc is the load the war placed upon
thei shoulders, that thinking men every
where arc examining carefully into the
matter, to see il there are not wrongs to he
righted and abuses to correct. The masses
are looking for relief from their burdens
and demand of the rulers of the nation all
possible amelioration consistent with their
honor and their patriotism. The solidity,
permanence, and perpetuity of our form of
government being fully proved and estab-
lished in the distracting fury of war, the
people now turn their attention to them
selves and their personal interests.
In this survey of the past and analysisof
the present, the main question which ar
rests attention is not the Constitution,
which is safe; not the reconstruction of the
South not the perpetuation of the Demo-
cratic or Republican parties; not protec-
'lo'' Ut 'ariii NOT ne" departures nor oiu
departures not 'his nor 'ha'' put pocket
liuiNiuuai preau anu put'er' ms may
not smack much Of glory and Bunker Hill,
but it is nevertheless the hardpan of poll
ties today Whatever may be denied or
affirmed by political wiseacres, however
nucn 'no rum may pe s'oSseu' eoNereu
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anu - ioie"' '"o si'"' iueS'''" 'oioio "'
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| !" "l's ''Pi'"'' in'H "c'h""o prosperity
comfort Justice. iheE demand that lheir
h"ru earnings Sn".' moi DE taken from 'heih
10 p!oat inc e'p''a' OIL h"'Iohal oahks' rail-
ROAD corporations pohuhoioerS' ana 10
Keep l"ll Tue po'NetS "i tlleN'hg oilc'als
ana unnecessary ic'uerS III inc pup'ic crlp'
ihey uell'"i'u 'e'Ien''''''eIi', honesty, ecoh-
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