Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-05-28
letter from white River Junction.

bettef foh WhNe "'Nes s""s''"'
EpIoR AGRI-Though gifted with
superlatlve powers Of craftsmanship,
the leaders Of tho great "God and NOR
alily" party have not bit ol dupllc'
Ily IN their make upl Oh, no! How
assuring aud beautiful have been their
promises 10 the past, In their appeals
TO the people, whose interests the,
ever have had 10 much At heart How
nobly have they ever ehampioned the
cause Of the poor aud oppressed
How sublmely have they ever set
forth their own peculiar "ylrlues," OF
boldly placed them In triumphant con
lrast with the "yieeS" Of their great
but "igaoble" political adversary
Yet those creatures OF their tender
sympa,hies and fostering care-the
Freedmen have little TO thank them
for, save their glowing promises OF
high sounding professions Of attach
menI, Those republican "saints'-
white-iaced, but Observation-Disclosures
done vastly more to impoverish, de-
grade aud ruin the negroes OF the
South than any body.
Behind the exodus of the freedmen
from their southern homes, we may
plainly descry the same tender "sollci-
,ude" OF those uuprincipled radicals
which ac,uaied them when they cre-
ated the Freedmans Bank, and at the
favorable moment-sorrow wfnlly OF
course-appropriated TIE hard earn
ings of the "beloyed' victims. But
second to the poor negro--,he ex'
slave of our country-thc poor me-
chanic and the farmer and general la-
borer have received, from time 10
time, the kind attentions Of the radi
cal lea1ers. II is not necessary that !
should rehearse their numerous acts OF
Godike generosity and disinterested
charity. Indeed. the masses of our
countrymen have to-day to thank
them Tor their present prosperous,
thrifty and "happy' condition.
Whenever they have built up credit
mobilier schemes; whenever they
have voted themselves extra salaries ;
whenever they have found 1t necessary
BY legislation or otherwise, the text OF
the bonds of government, stalking ad.
ditiondl millions from the oyerbur'
denej ,ax.ndden people, to enhance
the wealth of the few; whenever mo-
nopolies aud other systems OF public
plunder have been created, 1t has in.
variably been-as those eminent radl'
cal statesmen have SO ''clearly demon
strated" time and time again-with a
single eye to the promotion OF the
highest welfare and the best interests
of the people. For this, Hayes was
counted in,' after Tilden had been
elected. For this John Shermans
series of public shams-beg pardon,
his accomplished acts of Statesman
.hip"-have been performed. For
this the stalwarts have insisted that
federal bayone,s should control Stree
elections and have compelled Presi-
dent (defacto) Hayes to advertise
himself to the intelligence OF the
world as ridiculous fool, and to send
down through history farcial messages
containing arguments" as soft, shah.
by, and foolish as the idle whimper-
ings of an idiot, and throughout which
he successively refutes himself. In a
word, the whole plot TO 'count in
another fraud as successor TO him who
now occupies the White House, is
predicated on the supposition that the
people-the sovereigns of this repub
lic-are no longer capable of self.
government, and must hence be gov.
erned by the ''purse and sword"
But it is barely possible that the
Chambers and BIaines aud Conklings
and Edmunds and Hayses and Grants,
may yet live to learn the folly of their
dreams, and to see demonstrated the
fact that the virtue, the intelligence,
the yalor and the patriotism OF this
people, il not dead and do not mean
TO die. GoRHAM.
The lawyers in Pittsburg are strug-
Cling with the question, "Can a man
marry his wifes sister T. Well We