Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-09

Zeke peters to kill mi chickens an do my
butcherin and our parson ses baint gut
enufi Of the kill in me to make a good
Kristchun. Why ses he most all the leri-
gons sense the days of Mowses have up.
held KILN their enemies when IL was thot
tie good of the cause demanded It,
Sum publikuns up north, heard, sed
tha shood jest as soon think the old evil
wun himself wood reform as the dimerkrat
party. Now / say that aint ginerus when
we've bin reformin an progressin more'n
so years. Jest look at the change from
jackson to Buckannon. Jackson was
smart for them days but he had fit under
the ole flag and was kinder set in old fash
I'm noshuns so he didn't no no better than
TO show fife and rip and tare like house
atire coz calhoun an South Carolina
woodent hole still an have there pocldts
pixt by custum house ossifers. Ruther
then stan that the union mite slide. Now
yer no Jackson woodent let the union
slide but BukannOn let ii slide all he Good
In 1861 he sed governments hadn't gut no
rite to defend theresef. Our great origin,
Jeems Bukannon wos the rurst one TO
tel the world this CRATE truth for The furst
time an we as a party elaine the credit
of it. Then we elaine the credit of es-
tablishin the doctrin that niggers haint
gut no rites a white man Is bound to re-
spect but no the strong men of our party
in Nu Yawk city didn't quite understan 1t
for tina took 1t that niggers had no rite to be
niggers and so went hangin Of EN- up TO
lamp posts in 1868 when the very kreeme
of our party in Nu Yawk city wUs tryin to
keep back linkon solgers from fiiin US.
Guverner Seemore new how il wos; he new
anybody had a rite 10 be a niger that
wanted TO and SO he called the mistaken
ones his frens and dun all he Good TO not
have EN- hang emmy more niggers. Our
minister SEE he carnt quite so popery, but
when he hurd that popery an igronence in
Nm Yawk city is all that saved that crate
state goin for Hayes, he must swaller 1t
and welcome 1t with open arms. i've heerd
eln tell thares a tao ks on ignorunce and
there will alters be enufl TO collect the tacks.
Tha say twill raze more mummy than tacks
on real estate, an if our leadin men don't
improve their nolledge of that fact its coz
tina don't no themselves, so agin commun
scools for believe igrOnunce is better for
our party then the best kind of manure is
for korn, but we must have sum eddicated
wuns to run the masheen jest as our best
trends the Katholicks do to run there ma
sheen.
There's anuther matter where we hev re-
formed, we used to be down on paper mum
ney when we killed the ole Bank in 1885
hnI n IN " xNa a M IA rnnpin ila enG mi
masheen. But mister phoenix wood tire
out your patience If bring to your mind
all the kases where we hev reformed but
we shell keep on reformin publick SEN
timent Ill every buddy vii no that the only
party that ever did hev emmy lite 10 live in
this free kuntry is The dimerkratick party.
l spose kun to think Of ii, Bukaunou
didn't meen exactly as sum ihot he ment
when lie sed governments hadn't gut a rite
10 defend themselves. Yer 10 he didn't say
so i'll after linkon wos elected then OF
kourse the government want wuth defen-
den.
hope your mind will be open 10 lake in
nu truth and er you don't fully zee the rite
fulness Of my persishun and want any fur
ther lite about our dmerkrattck reform
party, rite on to me, for / am konsidered the
best orhorily in these parts ever sence
inlytend Eli about the begnnin Of this
government Yours truly
ELIFELET IL. TUSDRIDGE.
p. S.-Seuse rtein this lettur heer that
the electrical komishon is goin TO let hays
be presidunt by strickly party vote. no
that sum on your own papers wont erprove
of sich a violatin of the cOnstilushun.
Thares the Srngfold publikan tho ths
want hays toS be the preserdent they wont
erprove Of his cummin in that way for tina
no we alone have a rite TO do emmy sich
thing. if it will be tibet we must fife hope
the northern wing Of our party viii remem-
bur we done the fitein afore TO perteck the
koustitushun an now ii is their turn. we
don't wanter tite emmy more unles we kan
have more help from our northern wing.
if they was all OH EN- as trew 10 us as sum
Of the feeders Of our party in your place
was in 1868 no we shood konkerd lastin
peece an have more mummy in our pockits
then we've gut now. L. H.T.