Middletown transcript., 1872-04-20

object wsrsAy # legislative eossidsrssies.' ;,
The seatepee 10 have iisIicised above. il
Mr.. Deems. not ours; And we utterly re.
ject Il. Nor essianything wc have said
be tortured into authorizing such dcduc-
tion. We will not permit him to place "
in such false position, utterly nnwsr-
ranted, as Il is. BY anything We have
written. And as nearly all the remainder
Of hi, article is devoted to combating this
exceptional sentence Of his own and this
false position in which be has attempted
to place us. Va need not reply to wha. fol.
lows, because il Is not At oil pertinent to
to the issue. All his illusions to "rich
landh"lders. "landcd aristocracy." aud
the "rich taking care Of the poor" &c.
are his own. and are not to found in, or
deduced from, anything VIC have written
upon tho subject. His gratuitous defence
Of the laboring mau and Of the soldier is
us little pertinent to the issue ms the FORE
goiag. for these classes for not
been nssailcd they are both considered
in the basis Of representation but neither
the laborcr. the soldier. the farmer. the
mechanic, or any other class. or all classes
combined, are alone TO be considered in
fixing the basis cf representation. which is
the subject under discussion. Territory
has been considered. as well as popua-
tion, in fixing representation. aud terrific
ry is not held exclusively by 1.-THE landed
aristocracy." or "rich landhollcrs," rs
MIR. Dean has been pleased TO phrase il,
There is more Of this territory in the hands
Of small and medium farmers. thsn there
is tho possession Of the wealthy. Mr.. Deans
buncombe verbiage therefore, about "land-
cd aristocracy." is altogether cut Of place
and uncnlcd for, and will not avail him
in this discussion.
Mr.. Dean further says--"1 have no,
found, as yoH say. that the landholdcr i.
more intelligent than the citizens Of our
large cities. To make such an assertion
is an insul, TO the citizens Of our cities
We said no such thing, aud offered no
such insult to the people Of the cities. |,
is Mr.. Dean who says so, and not US. We
said the Floating, fugitive. uncultured,
population of our cities. Every candid
niuI will admit there is moro of this class
OF population in the cities than in the
country. while 10 cue pre,e.ds to asser,
that the inielligcn, classes in the cities are
no, equals Of those in the country.
why mar should be s,igmaiized ns
demagogue because be is willing to con
cede to others the same political rights
'ha, he asks for himself, | canno. under
stand. Gentlemen, generally. do no,
make use Of such inucndoes" This quo
,a,ion from Mr.. Deans article is p,edi.
Gated upon the following remarks in our
own-"Wc claim 10 be u Democrat, too,
but We have no sympathy with mere dem
agogucry." 1t will be observed that the
word. as used, is verb, not noun vet
Mr.. Dean has chosen to accept i, as such
and to apply it to himself. We have no
fu,hcr disclaimer to make, in this case,
lest it be misunderstood. |, cannot be
that Mr.. Dean was pcrsis,eutly perverted
our meaning. or knowingly attempted to
place US in false position. His errors,
we are willing to believe, have proceeded
from too cursory reading Of our article to
which the one published above is intended
as rcjonder.