St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-08-16

HihS" Piih'llht ntlu 10y NOiI ANA lIIIn II
common. not even this much laudc,
"nr-t"Im principle. In dcmucIati,
times. when we had II good man. ",
kept hlm. We elected jefferson twice
Monroe twice. and old Hickory jack
son. Loud cheers. And when we
came to the imhrcilcS. and donoth hing,
the old bachelors. and Worn-out poll
tlcIan> like Buchanan. we let them Sid,
after one term. and dominated some ON,
| else. | SAY then. that in every princi-
! pie Nou have adVocatcd before tin,
! American people in every principle
/ that has been ,mbl;IZomed ON lour ban
mer your aNnWcd and ii.-lomg crcml
has been Horace GircrlrN. Looking at
the question III his light. where is the.
man who darc> ask Democrats to vote
for Horace Greeley a> the representa-
tive of their ideas and principles
Let us look Il little further. He has
NOT only been our antagonist upon eve
~ question of principle, but he has
gone further; he has gone beyond the
bounds of ordinary, legitimate and gen
tlrmanlN conduct III his hatred of It's.
Not only has he denounced and spit up
ON every principle that We have heidi
but he has gone further: he has said of
lis. in the mass. hc has said of our cuun-
try ill Illinois. III particular, that the
people used five gallons of whi>kcN t."
one spelling h""k; lr said that We
We're born III houses of i'll fame. and
raised on uhi>krN: that We were
thieves, gamblers and traitors: and he
hoped il might hr said of him " hen h,
died that he owed nothing but hatred
t,, l,.. H., I
CandidlN. a> IL Democrat that has
been prescribed. socially. financially
and professionally a> one VIII" has
been Il MARTYR to Democratic prlnri-
plies: a> ON, who has ALWAYS ad Nuratrd
those, principles. hrlirN ing them to he
right. | >IN t" him that with that zee
ord. with thn~,. surroundings. Mr. Gree
ley can die ere will consent to owe
HIM nNthmg OF pay allegiance To him.
(Appiau>r.)
The Democratic paItN. like all great
PARTIES. has rendered great >,.r> ices to
the state. It has also committed great
faults. Huu it is The party in which
WAS born the party of my father and
of my grandfather the party which my
family has loved and cherished and act
"d Nith since the foundation OF this
government. and. with all it, faults.
win all It's shortcomings. love it still.
W hen some political gamblers. dick
"I"r> and traitors men VIII" SAY that
the heart OF the people I> utterly de
hauchcd, based upon the propositions
that the people are Iih, 81 many cattle.
I" Ice bought and sold get together
and SAY ''hcIr. We viii laN down the
principles "t "ur lifetime. hImi>Ir all the
Traditions of our fathers. hlui>h h"mc
itself, and take Il man whose whole life
up t" >INtN -"mr Nc;tI> of age. has been
spent II, dcn"umcing. maIigning and
II ' in" t" destroy ri>' >aN ~ a demo.
cIat that If. like ''thc last r"-t. of sum
mcr. lctt hl""nrin" alone" stand ~"li
tlrl toy my self. | will not % Horace
Greeley under the circumstances
The question i neat presented.
Nv hat shall We do! We have got t"
Grant and Greeley, for the old party j.
dead. l"u have read >hak ~pcalr'>
great tragedy of "Machrth. uu
'l"ullc>> rcImcnhcl the witches scene:
how one witch after another curses and
throws into the cauldrnn the eve of
newt and toe OF frog. tooth of serpent
or adder : sting. and 10y and hl one
comes along and throw in the liver of
i hla>pIrmim" jew. | suppose, that i
August belmont. u.augIItrr.J If hc
can deal in notes and bonds he will 1t"
50: if not in those hc will try clothing.
and if he cannot deal in new cluthin" he
will wander around with Il battered hat
on his head. and u dirty la" on hi>
back singing. "Old clio. old cIn'.'
In the scene | have called +" Nour
mind, the witches. a>iny just finished
the mixture of their hell broth. and
sung their drvili>h chant of
Hubble, bubble. toll and trouble
'aHldr"u boil and tr"uhl, double,
are alarmed 10y some sounds from the
outside. and say.
-I;y TIN, prchiu. "i my thumbs
N"mcthin. wicked tins w.tl ""u,.~
feel that way to-day. | feel! h,
the prickng of my thumbs. that some
thing wicked this WAY comes: and |
know that that something wicked is in
the shape of the thappaqua phiI">o-
phrr.
Ordinarily. when the Democratic con
Nrntiom assembled. they assembled for
the purpose of fixing platform. Now.
what did they do at Baltimore ! They
would not even fin upon Il platform.
| he gentlemen 1T Cincinnati said that
the Democrats should NOT have ANY
thing To dn with it. They cooked up Il
lot of resolutions. and made II platform
and placed ll"rac" Greeley upon il i~
its figure head. After doing that they
come to Nou, Democrats. and >lN to
You. ''llerc is Sour platform You did
not make il or have any thing to do
with ii here are some candidates that
never belonged to YOU III the world. but
YOU have To take them and swallow
them all down: Nou three millions of
Democrats have nothin" to d" with it
made at Cincinnati. U.aughtcr.)
Now the Democratic party in nation
al convention assembled. have Il right
I" nominate Democratic candidate
and run him; hut whenever they
choose to select Il Republican a> the
bearer of the Democratic par
tN. that is something beyond their ju-
riSdiction. They say We have to vote
for Horace Greeley. SAY he is. of all
Republicans. the most obnoxious tu Il
true Democrat. of any man on this con
timcnt. | never WAS Il Sccc>>iuni>t my
self; but look at the record of Horace,
Greeley. Away back III November.
I-6l. right after the election of Lincoln.
Horace GrcclrN. as editor of the New
! uIk ITIbHHe. came ont and declared
that if the South wanted t" get ont of
this union, they might 90. John &. !
Calhoun never expressed or advocated
secession clearer. stronger or less Idul !
teratrd than Horace Greeley did then. |
l"n may say that il Was an tphtmtral
production ufthc hour: hut seven Years
afterwards he takes that same para
.l3Inh from lis mtMsnHntL .lticl... and |