Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-11
"PARTISAN POLITICS"
NEWPORT. Sept. %. 1880.

the charge of radicalism. but not now.
When it met and was fortunate enough
with minority vote to whip the old
horny-partisan democracy of 1860. it
aOas radical party. But not now. Like
it predecessor, it has fallen into the
hands of an aristocracy, and now belongs
as much to the money kings and their
political "bosses" as the Buchananized |
democracy belonged to the slave-driving
aristocracy and their bosses. The true
radical party is now the democratic
greenback party which has just given
one of your millionaire bosses, Jim
Blaine by name. such a setback. Your
party has forfeited its standing with the
people by its alliance with the money
power. 1t is radical party no longer
the more's the pity.
Those extracts from the writings of
that backwoods editor from the state of
Davy Crockett were mighty interesting
reading. l was glad you printed it, /
even if by SO doing you were compelled
to omit Gen. Hancock's letter on rebel
claims. l seemed to see great resem-
blance between it and the writings of
our eminent friend Earle. If some of
our editorial brethren in Canada should
copy Earle on Grout. for instance, as
specimen of Yankee JOURNALISM, | sup
pose you would think it rather unfair,
wouldn't you? Now won't you, as
set off, and in consideration of my aquit-
ing you of the charge of radicalism,
print occasionally an extract from some
really representative Southern paper.
such as the following from the Nashville
(Tenn.,) american
The boy who was to become the man
who could whip five Yankees, ready with
the pistol and knife, Boosting of chiv-
airy which was generally manifested in
ways not orderly nor compatible with law,
is known no longer in our schools. The
same high spirit, noble and generous ma
ture, often then ill-directed, is here, but
it is turned into new and nobler channels.
These young men represent society
which is earnestly intent upon business,
preparing to promote new progress,
which might now astonish the people of
the North if they were not wholly incred-
ulous.
By so doing you will vindicate your i'm
partiality and oblige. among other non
republican readers, your friend.
T. H. H.
The above will be recognized as from
the pen of our old eighty-fve-cent-silver.
dollar friend, DR.. L. H. Hoskins. The
doctor is in his happiest mood, when
with pen over his ear and chip or
his shoulder, he strikes out to find some
body with whom he can have skirmisf
in newspaper. If we do not answer
the above, he will be unhappy, and 81
We will attempt to briefly answer som'
of the points made.
"Your party has forfeited its standing
with the people by its alliance with tn,
money-power." Is that so, doctor
Our party seems to stand pretty we'll il
Vermont; in round numbers, out of
vote of 10000 the republican party cast
$4,000, all others $4,000. If you Car
to consider the personnel of the party
it will not suffer by comparison wit
any other. If the party has recent
lost its standing, there are host Q
good and intelligent people who hav
not yet deserted it, In Massachusetts
where they have something of reputa
tion for sagacity, intelligence and virtue
the State is overwhelming y republica
outside the cities. In the State of Ne,
:, York, not including New York City an
:, Brooklyn, there is a republican majorit
- sufficient to balance the adverse majorit
in every Northern state and carry se'
eral states in the solid South. TIL
party that has forfeited Its standing
in majority all through the great Yves
except it may be in Indiana, whel
Kentucky colonization prevents it.
&c may be that the doctor does not call til
u mass of the party, "the people" "
. imagine the truth is. that the poop
with him are select few. the great mi
jority of whom are in the fruit and We,
etable business near Lake Memphrem
r cog. If so, it is easy to account for Il
'e dissatisfaction manifested with the gre;
D.. political parties. Does the doctor wis
ID to extol the acknowledgement par
ID of Maine? If so he can have the emit
te job. We hope he will not apply IL
1T name of radical to that kind of has
s. however.
D. The doctor quotes Tennessee pape
N and asks us to quote an occasional e
e. tract from a representative Southel
l. paper. We did just that. in quotil
t, the Arkansas paper, which is repr
10 sentative of Southern sentiment in tn
al section. We quote few others for t
al doctors pleasure. The Charleston,
ed c., Neaos and Courier, the leading pap
of that State, In its address to st
ms people" says:
re If you want porter, driver, waite
he tailor, plasterer, chopper, gardener, she
:, maker, Whitewater, servant, tink
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