Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-03-11
ssTRUE DEMoCRACY.n

of "true Democracy" is from Repae6-
AicdW. friend, Virginia seven-footer
in his stocking feet. 1t will be seen
that he is Republican all the way
down, from the crown of his hat to
the very soles of his boots. Although
he is now resident of the sacred SOIL
he was born, brought up and educa-
ted among the evergreen hills of our
own state, and we presume many of
our subscribers in Glover, where he
used to live will recognize the initials.
When the clouds of '61 grew red with
war, and the bursting rocket signals
told that the country was in danger,
he jumped into the saddle and "away
to the cruel war he rode" TO use the
language of a Barton boy who was in
the same company with him, ale
fought like a devil" and like "Old
John Burns" he 'snever backed down"
He liked the sunny South so well that
when the war was over, he came home
only long enough to "tell her that he
loved her." then got upon the iron horse
and back he rode again. Strange as it
may seem to some, he took sides with
the Republicans, and has ever since
been swinging the blttle-ax of freedom
and taking out great chips from the
Democratic tree He has been in many
a tight place; been threatened with a
coat of tar, and had pistols pointed at
his head by hot-hcaded politicians of
the opposite side; therefore perhaps
we cannot blame him for being a lit
tie radical. Others may say what
they please of his politics, but we
know him well, and know him to be a
great, tall, patriotic, noble-hearted
fellow.
My DEAR FRIEND, Mr.. Ed
IToR When | saw the first
number of your paper | was
somewhat surprised; but l be-
lieve you have struck the right
spot at the right time, and that
all you have to do is to perse-
we're and you will succeed
The people of the southern part
of Orleans county should sup
port you well.
l see you publish a bit from
one of your Democratic friends
as follows:
''True Democracy is justice between
man and man between state and state
between nation and nation. 1t is moral
lty; it is giving every man his due; it
is doing unto others as we would have
them do unto us it advocates the ban
ishment of falsehood, fraud, and violence
from the affairs of men; it is the moral
code of Him who spake as never man
spake;' it is the perfection of reason and
the law of God"
| am a yankee boy, you know
and you know | have had some
experience in the political af
fairs of this state since | came
here; and so far as my obser-
walton goes, the above descrip-
ton does not fit the "Democra.
cy" | am acquainted with-anc
there is ''any quantity" of il
here, more than | wish there
was. | have no doubt but your
friend is an honest man anc
honestly believes in what he
says but | fear he does no
know what he is supporting
when he supports the Demo
cratic party. Grit may be tina
he has a specially pure article
manufactured for his own use
if so he must consume a larg,
share of it himself for the res
Of the world is but poorly sup
piled. We must take the arti
Gle as we find it, not as we woul'
have it.
''True Democracy is justic
between man and man." VIII
your friend look at the recor
Of the national Democratic pa1
ty for the last fifteen years an
tell us what he sees ? The RAJ
lying cry of the Democracy 70
years before the war, as pre-
claimed by all the great south
ern leaders and acquiesced /
by the party at large (for W
all know that in those days th
southern wing of the party COZ
trolled the parity was tn;
slavery was a Divine institutio
founded by God himself, thu
capital should own labor, tn;
slavery was the normal cond
ton of the laboring men, al
many other similar statement
equally unjust towards a vel
large portion of the people
this country. | have no don
but your friend. is a laborir
mamie ought to be if he
able to work. How would
like this particular specimen
Democratic justice applied