St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-01-21
Public Opinion.

''bcllOW away. You are Il nNtId. HiN
is one of the best that Mr.. Cox ever
crowed. II his papa and mamma had
taken him to mena%crlc when Inc was
little. OF if in later life he had attended
Il few state fairs he might have learned
better than to talk of Il believing by
ena. IIyena> don't below. they laugh
and 81 does Mr.. Cox. HdrtJord Con-
rant.
! The democrats in Congress and the
cN-comtedcr;ite are Il aloritN of the
democrats in the House have made the
! possible elevation of jeff Davis to the
! presidency IL party question and Il par
/ ty iSSuc. They have rejected the old
policy of restoring political rights to
! whoever would ask ion them, and now
insist that Davis. who Is exceptionally
obnoxious to the American people. is
no exception. and without requiring him
| to ask fol restoration. propose To grant
to him, as to Il national brmefictOr. the
privileges which he UNANIMOUSLY forfeit
ed. and which he holds in too great
contempt to ask to have restored. -
ChicaGO TribHHe.
Mr.. Blaimc'S speeches seem worse
the more they are examined: they were
smart. audacioII>. brilliant in parts. and
bullying others: but they were hard
i'm TOM. u,rrnv in cou,,,,finu uuiu>t
and ,,lu,st mean in snu,, ,f tI,,.i,. n,.,-
SounI cucouut,IS. and altu"rtl,.r nm
,tatcsmou-liLe lIiII'Sw,s strnnu in S,,n..
of its argnmrntntivr parts. and grand
~ good in its national sentiments: but
I'LL its value in these particulars was de
-trnlcd h> the old. bitter. pro slavery.
through it. H. well a> hy Nh. BIaimce
crushing exhibition of his confederate
record. SPrtHTh7" Hp"bito"H.
Onr beneficial effect of Nh. Blainr'>
amendment and speech i to hlin" To-
the surface thai luliu" portion of ,lu.
Democracy rumuIi>rd in the l,pIc>..u-
rativc> of the cX Confederate. =. cement
There j. no better ,r,ri,,fru of tI,.s,. IN
CONGRESS than Zen Hill. ~ L, i uSr.,l-
il called. the ic;f,l,r of mi. u,,rt, in
Georgia. and evidently am able. ont
spoken man. liz. WIS under bond, tn
his lu\iuuS \n,fL,,, br.,Lr,u v-L..,,
he r"~, /" speak on Tuesday. +" he Us
discreet and n"d.latr IL lie could hc.
and he doubtless ma,lr the effort hut
with what Wrrtchcd result 1t MIS- the
flourish and crack of the same old
pIAh'H'l"i NilI' :" familiar I" the Con
"f'>> "i hilrrh N"'iI> ago. and II lWak-
tn"h Iht ''l"r> al tlI'i pi"->laNclN CIV
iliI'ii"h Which 1t Wi> supposed had
i"'c" away lfl"Ncr f"$f"H 'J""rHdi.
Nh Blaine has made, Il >ld if moi :;
fatal mistake The tendency of his
conduct will Ice To imIurr himself. To IN
jur, his party and tn iuitIl,. tL.cuIu
- l.lr Is he i concerned. ~, fear tb,r,
l. II" rrralatl"n t" he hoped Ton Dos
To" "i""'
We feel called ON tn rrut,.st ,o.,;,,.,
the mistake mad,. lay Mr.. Blaine in r>-
rrpting jeff Davis >inull and l., name.
If We are going to indulge in r,.ut,uui
al sentiments. and wipe nut the n,>r
and all hat >uIt at thing. We cannot do
better tlI1u begin with Jeff He would
cut Il vrIN sorry figure all hv himself,
hut the people h" would leave him in
~" isolation al "utiIWIl would eat Il
>tI'l >"lIIcrt lGuIc. st. LDHj< GIobt- Dam
"ct"t.
Blaine i a c.lpitaI I-,I} man III,
only mistake lie IN play in" thai role, ~
the centennial year of l-7G. CapitaI
acting. but not capitol politics Nrr
"h " "fid.
We aI,. midway h,1v,.u IN. ami
yrI>arir> of tvo treat hisro,i,. ,.,,.,,t.
The music of one of then, i sin ,inu.
inu in uuI ems. Tn, ut,.,,,,-,ti,.,. 49,,
he next and The greater nu,. .r,. ~.
ready far advanced There. !, M, r,,n,,,
now for these, inrIudiuu uI,,rrnu,, t,,,,,,
he dead pa>f. with rhtii i,,,r,,,, and
li>r"Id send them back To- rh,ir n,n
place. Hn>tnu 3Ir,,tj>,,
Nh. Hill i Ir.rr,.>,.rt,ri,.I .u,,,.,.,,
rh, democrats of tI,. lI,p>. ,,,,L IT,.
limd him. though some. of them had ~ il
.mnugh To SIC than ~ =, r,.,rt,.rn IF nnIi,.,' ,
ne AMI they were putin" lh. marry in
IN iudrt,u>ihlr atritudr. Hut il, .,rI-
pathic> and rruu,r oI,. t,, ,r,nr., t,,r
+ Judgment. \criur ON il r,.I t..J.
ne. it stands before. tlr,. country maxine
, li"hr for len Davis It;c,, Jy.-,JJ
ri,f and ,,,,.. J.,',, , '"' Il ','I ~. nor
lchItr. Tn, hi>t,,, ,,f H., ,,,.,.
nu>r bean di>ru>,inu. t;rn, h.,> I,rnn,,L,
li> party To such =, mass tI,.,t mann Ill
ill of l;c,r,,i, an. r,,niu., =, H.. fanny,
= ia. ,,I,.r.,, - H.. I1I m "' ''""'
rand r,.>,II, ut rI,,. L,,ii,,,, i',,.Ii~.;,
,.',,,,,i',-, t'''N' -
md p,,>nu;,li,, nuI If hi, L',,'' '',',,'
he civil service. iud,rrr,., and ,,,I,i;'.
rh,t im,,nr.,;.i' J;l i,"'" /
rJ ,Ii>nu,t ,I,,. ,.,,i',, "'>SI ace Il
,r Insist upnn If that all th,... tI,;,,,r, "
hall hc discussed. II rh, >,,,,L.,n,.,,I, =,
.d,ra,v i totik,. nu>>,...i,,, ,I,,,,,,..I. -
Irr democratic partl of the u,tinu w.. a.
.aut to discuss the contrd,iary C;u-I /
;nHaH ComncrcjuJ
Tn. r,..,I ,u,..,,,,, -, H. =. u
he. vLnI,. L'I,.,,., ,''' ''''i' "l Il