The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-21
THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE MONDAY MORNING.
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they makc2 God save us from their re-
form
The idea of their getting control of the
government may be illustrated by an &C.
currence in the town of Newfane. There
lived in that town man, church men,
Der, who dsgTaced his profession as some
men do by pious cant and long prayers on
the street corners. One Sunday he went
to church and carried trap along to set in
his orchard for woodchuck. On his way
home he climbed over the wall to see if he
had caught anything. Sure enough, there
was a poor woodchuck caught. He hauled
| him out aud, instead of killing him, hung
| him up over slow fire and singed all the
| hair off his body. Then he cut off his tail
and his ears and mutilated him every way
he could without killing him. AT last he
threw the poor creature down, aud the
woodchuck, half -dead, looked up into his
face as if pleading to he knocked in the
head. "iere," said the man, ''don't you
beg of me you ought to thank God you've
fallen into the hands of christian p
Fancy Tlden, after a four years preGi-
dency, saying to an abused and bleeding
country: You ought to thank God you've
fallen into the hands of the democratic
party!"
The democratic party promise civil SER
vice reform. What is the matter with the
civil service The trouble all comes from
the doctrine "To the victors belong the
spoils.' This doctrine the democratic
party originated and saddled 80 firmly on
the country that the republicans have been
unable to get rid of it in sixteen years, al
though they have tried 1t is the system
of turning out officers, however capable
aud deserving, with each new ad-
ministratlon to make room for the
friends of the new administration.
How much the democrats would do tc
get rid of this pernicious system may
be seen from their management last win
ter. In December they took possession Of
the house Of representatives and what die
they do? Swept out every officer of thai
house from turret to foundation stone
Who were the men that went out? Fifty
seven of them were men some of whom
had lost legs, some arms, and some OF
whom had received wounds IN defense o
the country. They were competent t
open the door ard perform the other ligh
duties of the house, but under the new or
der they shouldered their clutches ant
. went tramp, tramp, tramp, limping out o
the capitol. And who were those whit
took their places? Oh, merely the mel
that shot the others. OF the fifty-seve
vacancies forty-seven of them were file,
, by confederate soldiers. And this ia Blu
the advance guard of the million of yul
, lures waiting to sweep down on the coun
, try.
Tildens record WAS then taken up. Hi
,, connection with Tweed, and not leavin
,, him till six weeks after the Times expo
sure; his war record, and record in 1864
:, and his states rights doctrines were the
explained. In answer to the democratl
! claim that the south would be peaceful III
der democratic rule, he quoted remar
I, he heard Louisiana judge make in repl
to that question: eyes," he said, 9Th
= = south would he entirely peaceful unde
! democratic rule; but not until every ma
= voted the democratic ticket"
y He then took up the position of the den
ocratic party on the tariff question. The
= have the control they will abolish the tart
= and ruin the marble business, and, throug
= that, the prosperity of Rutland. Their
!, with an eloquent appeal to the soldiers nj
i to go back on the country they fought
=, rave, and to all republican to vote in Sci
a TENDER, the address closed.
: After selection by the band, Mr.. Mes
y introduced Hon. d. i. Nicholson, wi
o spoke for an hour in his usual racy al
+ vigorous style, reviewing the political hi
is tory of the country since 1910, and sayiI
J. several things about the issues of the pre-
u ent campaign.
Il He was followed by N. p. Simons, wi
e spoke for moment only, urging on {
republicans the necessity of voting in Sc
= tcmber. The meeting then adjourned.