St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-15
The Political Suicide of the Century

We nave seen IL strange ANA llDtHblt
sight. this week. 1t i not every wear
or every century Il great political patty.
in its anxiety not To ,Ii~nhligr. carries
complaisancc Ia the point of cutting it,
own throat. That is "A stretch of polite
ness and good nature not often Wit
messed i'll this selfish world.
We have witnessed it. this week.
The republican, party has done that
very thing dome it deliberately and
and ctfectuall>. sooner than rItflr the
SuSccptihilitieS of an administration
which objects to advice and rc-cut>
criticism. the party elects to die. We
may SAY of this choice. p.iIIplIH>iug the
remark of the by ISLANDER al lialaklINa.
that it is well bred hut not politics.
The American people are not going To
sanction or tolerate these Louisiana
prorcedinrS of the administration that
i one of the liked facts" The unr
chance of the rrpuhlicam patty lay in
urountly diSayovin.e all r,Spon>ihiltl
for Them. coud,muinu them. rrpudiat-
inc them. leaving Grant to "ct ont of
his srrIp, rs ne best could. Instead,
the party hN its representative men
aruniescrs and apolngizr~ anI >u>tuiu,
becomes an accessory after the fact to
one of the most au,lacinlIS and iudcfru-
sihI, poIitic;,l crimes ever pcrurtT;ltcd
in = free couu,r,. In d,iur this. it
siam. avn L,.,th warrant and th,
uroul, Will see to if that the sentence
of the law iscx,cutrd. since. last Mon
d,, the. ..suurhcru uur>finu'' has he
rnru, tL, uu,Stiou of American polItic>.
Jv.,tiur and thr1Isriu,r aside lIl others.
Fn, if i uu LONGER the southern uIIr>-
tinn ,I,u, il i IN, northern question
~ we'll il !. , uurStIni, which concerns
,II S,ctiouS ,t th, ,nurtr, .uuoll if
!. question maintaining, constitutional
I,i,,,, and r,huLinr l,vI,s> u>urnu-
lion Uutil tl,i. uu..tior i settled all
,,L, uurstiup. cam v,ir - th,, will
u,,.tt, certainly HAY, +, want The
nnliry which Grant has instituted. and
v,hlrh TN, r,rul.lic;,n n1rt\ has now
virtually endorsed in falling L. con
dennis = yrritahl- Sr;IudlI. in the
u, i,uitiI, S.us,. nt the word = SION, of
committeeman and e, r,,I, uf ntt, nee.
. N'L,>n,y,r shall fan n,.. that >rnI,. shall
/ IL. hr,L,,, lint ~, vLnr,sn,.,c, if shall
fan if will grind him tn pnvdcr
T., j. siu,,I, in,.,u,,iy,bI, th,t th,
,nnr, iu,rlIirrut r,uuI,Iir,u leader, are
-, IJind +, tL,. .i,,r. ,f th, Times :,
L..,ft, rim. n,,tt,.rinr> ,t rim. ,.n,uiur
t.u,u,..t - their ,.ruIs,. ,,ruld seem f.,
;uLi'.,tc pr,I,,hIy tI,r,. .,r,.u nt mon,
,L, tLr.a man in tia, ,.,Iiu.t Mil
i,u,. H,lkn,r and Rnl,suu who Il,
,,,t i, tbai, sn,rrt thnuwI,,. ,.,.,rd thi,
,,, ,,,,.,, .,,i.;.,,,., :, ,.,.,,...n,,Iiti,.,l
IL,uJ,.r certainly th,Ir ,r,. dozen,
t..,,,,IIi..,r. j., ,;,nr,.... WIN, ,..,.,,,,,i
Nv, ,nv nnssihiIiry lie .u,no.rd Ia nu-
rr,va of !, AIii,. * n,trinti,. citizens
and rs Saraciou> nnIiritian>. they can
moi he iusrusihlc to its trnr cIarIrt, L,
nor vet to lis inevitable consequences
Ou, vnrId HAY, suppn>rI that they
vnuId hr found io>tlinr each other in
th.ir ,auerucss to ret the floor and dis
,I.,;n, far themselves and thr marty M
r,..mnn.il,iIit, f,, the uI,.i,I ruI., ne.
tom. The instinct of sclf-rrc,rrvaiio,
,,l.,,,. ,y,uId I,>,. s,.,.u,rd ,.u..u,,h tn in