Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-07-21
Home Rule.

w hen an expression OF 4 lINT;t>c IS
growing into Il pIriy c:ltchwOrd. ii is well
Ia fix Is nerrlv rs possible. lis 81 ~niiiC nee.
alt ,ough this is. gener lily. just what those
who u-e it do t care to have done.
Sub phrase serves lis purpose hest when
il is susceptible of 4; great variety of in
trrprrt,ti"n 1t ke> its shape from tn"
observers point of view; it gets it, color
from his eye 1t /, all thing to AL men.
1t i, of this kind of expressions that p"lit-
i,ll platforms are mostly made. mere
clnu l. who's" outlines take any shape the
b-hoder's i'm rginlton gives them. A
Iudicipu- tariff :, revenue tariff, Il rev
enue tariff dis.rinin Itin5 in favor Of
American inlIstrv.' are examples of
these elastic expressions a return to
specie payment 4, soon As Practicable.
is another convenient phrase, meaning
ANYTHING or nothing to suit the reader. Il
sounds well. but its bearing lies wholly in
it. application.
Tie Democracy are now endcavOring to
mike - Home Rule Il purity walchword.
an Mr. 5 ). Cox Of New York, one of
their brigh est speakers, discussed at
great leng h rpon he topic to the Tamma-
ny braves, on the 9TH of July. Much of
his ingenious address WAS ftnciful. uu t..
too much so, if not for his audience. 1T
least for the great minority Of his parry in
that city. Mr.. CuX'> learning and Wit fire.
qurntly get the better of his loyir, AMI no
one knows better than he the value of fire
work, when h. has really nothing to say
He i, always entertaining but he is not al
WAS lrgumentttive. and he fell into TIN,
error. W.. think, when he foun Is Demo-
cratic principles and home rule upon .th,.
et'1ntl plrn.' " The voice of this rule
b. says, = is the voice Of The higher law
l. Ii 'rm"ny is that Of The universe the
least and the greatest alike the ubirc;s of
i care. It's home i, in the bosom Of God
This IS the voice Of The people. not
l.revercntly called the voice of Gnd." To us
TIN, Is Il q lite new authority for home rue.
ii there l. any Capitalization of power in
lieve. 1t i, an Intelligence thai extends t..
IN controls the motions and the destiny of
tine rrInptest stars and worlds. tn It order,
even the mInutrst even ;, notes the fall of
Spurious. and numbers the very h hrs of
our heads. There Is 40 corner of the uni
verse til Il is operated upon thi, home rule.
plan, that takes Gaze of itself. and ha>
an n'lrprn lent order Of nature-all in IL
own way. Even if We consider only o.
soLtr sys.cm, and take Tyn Iii lis view that
til sun contains : the promise and 10 en-
cy # all The lif,. there is on our Diane
one can h,rGily imagine Il hrher x,mul,
OF Capitalization than is here founI. s..
II, Is Mr. Cox atli M. the voice. of the.
people Is the Vice of God, either There.
NUT be III ny gOls. or The one voice. would
bring III ag 'ln tIrrt cary uniforn1It,
and that ot>Iru in of The. inlini. e yari,i,
OF " home rIle." which :.d Ircs,..s itself :,
eonvlnringy to Mr.. Coxs love of tn,
beautiful
y TT all, however.wc suspect the or.,to1
WIS only ind tlg.ng with more fancy th,,
J 1T 5mrnt his love of Analogue. and WI,
hunting for Il pretty ending for hi>
or.n1on: and he gu hit. like any Four hot
Juy speaker. to I'VE mtnv excuses mud.
for him, and to be allowed con, ider,hI,
LICENSE of rIctoric,l fli.hs Let us l,v,
hm and his Grafton, aud consider the
Democratic dem md for Home Rule'
With the Democracy of to-day. Hon,
Rule is only lnother ntne for state
rights. 1t answers for 4 party crv. and.
since the rebellion. is Il less obnoxIou, ok
preston. II is only ano,h way of insist
lng on being let alone The inIiyi,ll,I
OBJECTS to the control of his neighbors.
the ncIghOrhood resent~ the interference,
OF the town. the town asks the county To-
let Its III tlrS alone, and 50 on tlrou rual
the SUBDIVISIONS of Society and govern
ment-up to the national union. In thi,
statement OF it it has lis vtluc. bu. if M,
also its limitations. 1t is obvious cnourh
that the freedom of individuals and com
muntles should not ne interfereI with e>
cept 5" lar as their relations to larger bod
les "f men, or agIrcg ,tIon, of social IN
political bodies, my Render necessary
Bat wien that necessity my arise, an
who shall be the il lg.. either Of its tlm.
OF lis extent. must ever rcintin ,l.bl.;,b}
questions. Gencr ,lly the III ii rity assert
the necessity, the minority deny it. When
the Democracy hld control Of the uation.,l
government, the Republicans insisted on
state rights, and Mr. Sumner WAS tbci
hrneot champion. When the Repubhcan
came to power, Mr. Sumner WIS ready
10 push feirral power to any extent To-
re 'ch whit be desired in Il lnini,. ration.
An I'll IN 'crtcy became the chi.nDiOn
of state rights. In NV Yo.k civ
" Home Rule y IN ans the rule of the De.
III 'crscy. an thy cl.tmor for it; but ifthe,
We're in \ mn rity III re, AMI in,m,lr-
lty ut Albany. i, any on. So sin IL. as +,
''pP"Sr that they would spend their breath
III dem IN ling loo Il sclf-5ovcrnmrnt3
1t Is rl.sin To any one who L,s give,
tile ~ Jrrt attention, tlltt what is meant
by any Intelligent an honest use Of
" Home Rule is quite necessary in an,
country ~ wide in extent Il, the Inire
Suites What only interest, an inIvid
n'I' "a immunity. town, Il county. o.
state Is generally most wisely left To
those Immediately concerncI Whit in
ter'St> the whole shoulI be Diet, rhine
10y The Whole. ton~ti uti, rs should al
ways respect the rights of all kinds q,
ml""rltieS, lncIud ing the individual. t.
manage their own atf:tirs in their OWL
WY This, and only this. i genuine
III eriy. But the whole is SO insrIarab
from is pats. and the parts from III,
Whole That Gle arlv marked dividing lines |
are noI easily found: and in the search to,
ti' III Illustrate n> and anal, gcs are ~
often ae Otherwise confusing and mislead-
ing A. a principle parties are not likel,