The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-10-23
COMMUNICATION.
which. what, aad Howl No. 4.

EDITOR OF LAMOILLE NEWS:
| desire through your columns, to
present a few articles for considera-
ton. NY aim will be to sustaln the
true and condemn the false, without
regard to pleasing any party, and ! in
fer from your remarks, a few weeks
since, that you will discuss the ques-
tions of the day upon that ground.
To the press we look principally for
light upon the questions of the day,
and there is Widespread feeling
among the people that our papers only
present those things which favor the
party to which they belong. Now 1t
must be evident to every investigating
mind that we are by far too ignorant
of the great questions which we are
continually called upon to settle by our
ballot. If this cry of needed reform
in the administration of our govern
ment, which is iterated and reiterated
on eve-y hand from the leading organs
of the dominant party down to the
smallest political production OF the
press, from the mastery speech of the
President down to the most ignorant
utterance of communism, if this cry
have any foundation in fact, then our
assertion must stand. For, if dlshOn-
est men hold the reins of government,
and by their laws and practice Cypress
the people, It is because they have
been able, through our political teach
ers upon the platform, through the
press, by money, sophistry, and po-
litical engineering, to blind our eyes to
our interests, and cause the sword OF
the ballot, designed by our fathers to
advance our rights and protect our
liberties. to wound the hand Of him
who has welded it.
That there is trouble, all parties adj
nit, and, like true descendants of Eve,
place the blame on each other. A cor,
rect diagnosis of a disease is indispen'
sable to a safe prescription If, from
exposure, perspiration has become OBJ
structed, the leading symptom may bC
headache but it nowise proves thai
disease of the brain is the cause to bt
removed to effect u cure. A physician
knows the cause to be in the obstruct
ed pores of the entire surface yet, t
make a good bill, he may assume TIT
former theory and treat accordingly
Now the Democratic physician tells III
that the trouble is in the official heat
of our political system, arising flon
too much Republican bloou, and the'
propose to bleed out enough to ALLOW
the Democratic blood to predominant
The Republican physician tells us thu
trouble is in the head, and arises from
| the poison of Democratic principles
and that the proper remedies are helm!
applied, but the disease is obstinate
: and recovery will be slow. The Ma
tional physician tells us the trouble i
I all in the head, and he proposes al
9 entire new set Of brains. They al
l agree as to the location of the disease
S All these quacks have an object to at
e tain, and if we wish to be safe tror
e imposition and robbery we must know
a something of the laws of our nationa
e being we must stop bIindIy following
party leaders. At present the mos
: vital subject is the question of finance
, If you have space in your next issue
| wish to give some cogitations of m
: own on the subject by way of discus
, sion. w. Il. COLBY.
GILMORE, Oct. 10th, 1878.