Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-23
Democratic q Country. sarIng.o

NsWs Editors IL the question Of q country
or country lost has not made rapid strides aa'ed,
towards solution Of late, 70 surei, has not been
the fault Of the leaders Of the inNncb.e democ-
rcy Of Mortified iortwicc, during the lnst week,
were our citizens RECALLED with sneh rich and noun
i.hng Intellectual food rs true rcf1mers' only
can furnish
Twice, within the space oi fuuy-eisht lours.
were big guns from abroad mounted upon the
Tilden and Hendricks platform. and made. by
their inward love Of country, TO belch forth pa-
triotic thunder without limit-no Co mention the
display Of home talent
lawyer johnson. in getting ready o. Introduce
the speaker of Wednesday evening made some
what prolix not 20 say pro-y reference 20 what
the other party had dome by way OF fumismn.
speakers from abroad etc They had. DO told
the waiting audience, brought here Charles II
Heath from Montpelier then Henry S Slayton
all the way from Chicago. then Hon Henry
Ballard "al the way from Burlington and
finally, To surprise every body .iu more they had
brought Geneml Iohn l. swift. "an the way
from Boston"
Mr. johnson in Dis rIciatDry remarks INV it 10
play the critic-or attempted TO- upon The speech
Of the all the way from Boston gentleman Fart
Of his capital stock was this flat General swift
had pronounced woii wrong lie did not say
positively that the General had absolutely been
guilty Of this in fact he admitted the speaker
might have been correct. but this admission was
made in such WAY and manner ~ only To- add
emphasis to the charge Well, this b such an
important mattcr that we bad better stop and in
qure as to the facts ia the case Who is right
f. l tH.e
subject On Que side Is ranged General sRiits
critic aud GA The other one Noai Webster
Curiosity would, perhaps, ask the word Fui-
footic alias the tidal wave Of a.
All supplementary things wiz sooner or laior come
10 An end Brother Josuson's Introductory ad-
dress furnished 90 exception 20 this rule-it did
come to an end az last. aud De made the audience
acquainted with Col a. NJ D.eley, "ali tho way
from St 1ohnsbury.' The Colonel claimed TO De
considerably demorallzei, and, having been de-
MED the asked Tor boon Of being allowed 10 SPEAK
In han, begged 20 be permitted to speak With
Dis hat on. Colonel Dickey isquiie fair speaker
quite an interesting speaker
lie congratulated his hearers ON re-nnite1
democratic party, after sixteen years Of Rcpnhli.
can rule or misrulc. a. he chose to term &c. ne
did not tell his hearers where quite a large and
active part Of what now constitutes the deup-
cratic, alias the Tldcn and Hendricks party, was
during tho first four wears o. the sixteen he re-
feued %. But the thought must have occurred
TO many who were listening where they wer,
during those cyen,ful years. And tits not strange
that they are now. almost to a man. shouting ano
hnrrahlng themselves almost hoafse for rilder
and Hendricks. This, say, is not strange bu
there IL one strange thing In thisconncction, pass
ing strange which has always puzzled meto under
stand that those brave sons Of the North, who
when treason struck AZ the nations life, ar,
their country called, babe adieu To the loved one
and all the endeanents Of home, and began th'
tramp, tramp to the field Of danger and of death
should, when the war Is over come home au'
vote cid those they had bmycd every danger il
fighting against
The magic Of a name and the force 81 part,
ieaiity and party prejudice must furnish tine solu
ton Of this apparent anomaly Mr. Diekey en-
tertaned his audience with very elegant an'
very refined skunk story-the elimination q
which was that the Republican party did not sne
like reformers
Wen, Wednesday evening, and Colonel Dickey
speech ended, aud the hungry " fellow-ciuzens
l"nhtu lpIMAfu Win eager tNlfNAihtA i"I W.
advent Of Friday evening, and A. @. brewster
all the way from Boston. II came and b
came, and with them came numerous crowd
men, women and children-people on foot an
people in carriages democrats and Republican
mixed, it is hard telling in what proportion. NJ
Brewster said he was an out and out democR
and then proceeded 10 inform his hearers that a
the old party issues were gone by which,
course, left him high and dry on the polic'
beach, with only name nothing else
We own to some disappointment in Mr. Brew
ster as q public speaker. About his haransu
there was any amount of style and sound, b.
when substance and solid reasoning are locke
for, they seem To be conspicuous only by their a
sence lie had much 10 say about the blood
shirt '-forgiying and forgetting the past, ct
When those so lately traitors in arms will sho
works meet for repentance let them be 10
giyen-not before Go ask the widows and O
phans of Hamburg, 5. G., what may thin
about the bloody shirt" business. No, gent
men Mercy aud prudence would say the proc
gal on his return should be well fed and ear
for but that it would be the contamination
folly to give him deed of all we have.
Northfeld, August 10 d. T. 4.