The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-19

much happier hit by quoting from one OF
our Vermont contemporaries, with the
change of single word, that ''it would do
credit to the most bitter partisan democrat
ic sheet In the country" But the Senator
was not posted, and, therefore, used his
own language instead of the more scathing
words last quoted Either, however, will
do, and one is about as near the truth as the
other But George f. Edmunds goes In
good company The Senator from Illinois
had, only day or two before, sent Judge
Christlancy flying into the democratic
camp, issuing his pronunciamento with
stage whisper, in these words THAT man
''has gone over to the democrats. So Ed
munds found Judge Chrlstioncy there, and
Chief Justice Mcmillan, the new senator
from Minnesota, went "over' the same day.
The two found Judge Poland and Mr.. Will
lard there, and with them were James q.
Blaine, Henry l.. Dawes, Joseph r. Haw-
ley, Henry l.. Pierce, William Walter
Phelps, Ellis II. Roberts, Charles Foster,
| jr., and host of other men good and true.
And what was George +. Edmunds' un-.
pardonable sin Like Judge Poland, he
believed In being honest and true. He
couldn't see any great amount of political
honesty in believing one way, and voting,
speaking and acting the other way. He
did not believe that the returning board"
constituted the whole people, or majority
of the people of Louisiana. He was labor
ing under the delusion that afiidavits could
not take the place of legal votes in electing
governors, state officers, members of con-
gress or members of state legislatures. He
didn't believe in Kellogg, nor swear by
Pinchback. He had the unparalleled au-
dacity, to again use the language of the
Indiana senator, of making a speech in
which she made no reference at all to the
crimes and murders which had been
committed in Louisiana" And, as If
this was not enough, he even said {; " lie
knew no policy but that which, looking
"to the past, seeks the truth, it was the
"policy of strict adherence to the law.
That was the guide which in the heat of
conflict, in the tempest of passion, In
the tumult of politics, was the sole star
"to guide our ship of state to safe haven.
"To turn away from that, and speak OF
"party wishes, or party sympathies, oil
"races, all would be lost in that sea oil
"tumult that has ruined SO many republics
| L.. ofo ;p,ao No for
would stand by the law" And for this
he is said to have 'gone over to the demo
Gratis" and to have made democratic ant
one-sided speech. Yes, it must be 30, un
less, indeed, Boutwell, should in this in
stance too, decide that she had gone ovel
before" But thank God for such democ
racy! 1t is that kind of democracy fol
which we have all along contended. W.
care not whether you call it democracy Of
republicanism, or by any other name. /
is as unlike the democracy of Eaton, O
Fernando Wood, of Cockrell, of Johl
Young Brown, as it is unlike the rcpubli
canism of Ben. Butler, of Zach Chandler
of Kellogg, of Plat or of the South Caro-
lima Moses or the District OF Columbi'
{ Shepherd. 1t is, in fact, the old fashioned
, politics of Lincoln, Seward, Solomon Foot
| Jacob Collamer, Hamilton Fish and Henri,
f Wilson. 1t is the politics which must ant
will rule and save the country. 1t is tn
D politics which will strike the death blow o
: Capitalization, of corruption, of dishonesty
< 1t is politics which will never place ex
t pediency before right, party before conn
h. try, policy before constitutional oblga
). tons, party success before obedience to an
h respect for law.