Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-04

ministrations in the name Of one party
or the other. Jay Gould is said to have
declared, recently. in cross examina-
tion before a court, that in seeking leg
islation favorable to his railroad schemes
he was republican among republicans
and democrat among democrats, but
every time an Erie railroad man. SO
with these southern gentry, they were
wings or democrats as circumstances
might dictate, but every time prO-slav-
cry aristocrats.
In the north the aristocratic party,
which grew rapidly with the aecumula-
tion of wealth, was made up from the
commercial, manufacturing and banking
interests, reinforced by the professional
classes, whose chief pecuniary interests
and social affiliations converted them
with the money power. These partizans
were for a national bank and a prohibi-
tory, or, at least, high protective tar
iff. AS regards the latter. they were not
wholly agreed, and section of the mer-
camille and ship-building interest favor
able to free trade associated itself with
the democracy the rest being mostly
members of the whig party. But wheth-
er as democrats or wings, they were al
ways for Privilege, against Popular
Rights and always in open or secret al
lance with each other and with the ar
istocracy of the south against the people.
Having on their side the great bulk
of the academic and collegiate educat-
ed class, and the control of the most in
fuential newspapers, being able to infu-
ence by their money the mechanic and
citizen class dependent upon them for
employment, seducing many by the ap-
pearance of prosperity consequent upon
new enterprises and great speculations,
that finally served chiefly to the benefit
of capital and the money power, these
rich men gathered large following and
were temporarily more successful in at
tanning power than their Federalist pred
ecessors. There was no unity. of princi-
pie, other than selfish, however, among
them, and they were governed by expe-
diency in most of their proceedings. Ex-
pediency led them to nominate the JEFF
fersonian Tyler upon their ticket with
Harrison. and the death of Harrison,
followed by the vetoing of the bill for
the revival of that great money monopo-
ly, the United States Bank (tbe destruc-
tion of which was one of the few good
works of Andrew Jackson) was crush
ing blow. They attempted to rally, and
by an open alliance with the slave pow
er succeeded in placing Taylor and Fill
more in Washington. But they fought
against liberty. and lberty-loving God
brought all their plans again to naught.
Meanwhile and afterwards the Demo-
cratic politicians went on from bad to
worse, denying or compromising every
principle of Jefferson. and trading.away
the plain principles of right for an alli-
ance with the slave-owning aristocracy,
until at last they capped the climax of
shame by nominating that old federalist,
James Buchanan, and electing to the
presidency man who. had been an aris-
tocrat from his birth. and who had open
ly declared that IF he had drop OF
democratic blood in his veins he wanted
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In every scheme of wrong there is an
element of defeat that eventually brings
it to ruin, however successful it may ap-
pear for time. The disgust of those
whigs who, however aristOcratic in their
own way. had too much sectional jeal-
ousy (and in many cases too much prin-
ciple) to yield themselves slaves to the
southern slave-owners, led to the organ.
izatiOn, through successive stages, of the
republican party. This party rapidly
gathered strength by the accession to il
of earnest men of the people like Henry
Wilson, of philosophic Jefersonians like
Charles Sumner, and of the uncorrupteo
rank and file of the democratic party il
the north, too well instructed in the true
principles of their party to be delivered
bound hand and foot by their traitorouE
, leaders, into the hands of their worst foe
There was rebellion in both parties
against aristocratic control, and a tenn
porary organization against it, not em
bracing majority under their banner
but able, by the desertiOn in the rank
of both the old parties. to place Abra
> ham Lincoln in the chair Of state
! Then came the slave-holding aristO
!, Gratis rebellion; but by the union Of tn
Douglas free-soil democracy with the re
publieans as the great Union Party 0
: the War, one wing of the aristocrac,
! was efeetually crushed edespoIled By al
5 its ill-gOttoh wealth. and left 70 writh
! helpless in dust and ashes
Where was the other wing of that Ar
! istOcratic power. and wha. was il DOM
e during the war? Apparently very Joy
E al. and as many individuals in ever
: party are better than their principles.
5 do not doubt that vast number Of then
t truly espOused the cause Of the nation
/ Yet they BY no means neglected thei
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