Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-08-06
Communications.
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Vxa.,t.q Ammunition on small Game.
Mr.. Editor 1t has occurred to me dur
ing the past two weeks that we may be vast
ing too much ammunition on small game.
While admit that the Davcnports have been
pretty thoroughly shown up and efiectually
annihilated and justly so, and while admit
that they are representative men OF their par
ty. il occurs to me that there is larger game
In the field that require an occasional broad
side. It is all well enough to shoot chip
mucks for exercise and practice, but we must
not forget in the excitement Of local affairs
that there are issues of far more Importance.
NV attention has been called to this fact from
the reading of Englsh's letter Of acceptance,
and beg leave to comment very briefly up
ON few extracts. The letter, as whole, is
the most wordy, windy, wishy-wasby, incon-
sistent article that l ever read; and If MIR.
English had shown II to Jeh Davis, Boss
Kelly, Uncle Sammy, or any OF the other
leaders of his party, they would have tod
him better than to throw such document
upon the political market. Mr.. English
SAYS: 81 do not doubt the discriminating
justice of the people and their capacity Tor
intelligent selfgovernment, and therefore do
not doubt the success Of the Democratic tick
ct. Its success would bury beyond resurrec-
ton the sectional jealousies and hatreds
which have so long been the chief stock IN
trade of pestiferous demagogues, and in no
other way can this be so efTectually accom-
plished. II would restore harmony and good
feeling between the sections and make us in
fact, as well as in name, one people Again
he says: Besides, il should not be forgot
ten that the four Last u airs of power held by
that (the Republican, party was procured by
discreditable means and held in defiance OF
the wishes Of majority of the people 1t
WINS Rrieyous wrong to every voter, and to
our system of self. government, which should
never be forgotten or forgiven Here is
Democratic consistency for you with ven
ptance. They would dictate to us that for
the sake of peace, harmony, and good feel
ing we must bury the "bloody shirt, step
down and out, give place to them, open WIDE
cur arms and embrace the rebel horde who
for FIVE long bloody years tried their utmost
10 destroy the very government they now
profess 10 hold too sacred to trust longer IN
the hands Of the party who stood by II in It's
darkest hours Of trial and danger while for
themselves they reserve the right and privil
eye ever to remember and never to forget or
forgive the Republican party--for what P
for simply acquiescing in measure suggested
by the Democrats for deciding the presiden-
tial election in 1876. He farther says: En-
croachments upon the constitutional rights of
the general government, or interference with
the proper exercise of its powers, must be
carefully Avertod." Now this is very good
advice but is il not a lesson the Democratic
party learned 10 their sorrow during the re-
belion He now strikes the attitude Of
whipped spaniel, and says: The union Of
the States under the constitution must be
maintained; and it is well known that this
Las always been the position of both the can
didates on the Democratic presidential tick
ct" Now this may be true, but how about
the party that il backing themi Why don't
he refer to the position of his party, does
he take it for granted that we know that he
is associated with party that he is either
afraid or ashamed TO introduce? But farther
comment Is unnecessary.
Now, acting upon the advice Of the Demo
cratic candidate for Vice President TO his
party, never 10 forget or forgive, LET me very
briefly refer to few things that the Repub-
Leans ought not TO forget, at least during
this campaign. We ought not TO forget that
it was during the last Democratic admins
tration that the pipes were laid and plans
perfected for oyerthrowing this government
Let us not forget that the leaders of that ad-
ministration and many Of its officers became
the leaders Of the rebellion, that one Of them
was President of the rebel horde, and that
they are to-day among the leaders of the
DE mocratic party with purpose and principle
unchanged, hoping that by arraying them
selves in sleeps clothing, and placing I'm
ion soldier as a decoy, to gain by the ballot
what they failed to accomplish by the sword
Let us not forget that it was principle with
the Democratic leaders of the rebellion to
literally staIve our brothers TO death in their
prison-pens for the purpose Of reducing our
army, when they did not dare TO murder
them by other means. And lastly, let us not
forget that while we have been straining ev-
cry nerve for the last fifteen years to bring
order out Of chaos, TO pay the national debt
caused by the Democratic rebellion. and to
give the government an enyiable place among
the governmt nts of the earth, We have been
strongly opposed by the Democratic party,
step by step, all the way through. Let us
remember this, and stand by the party that
stands by the government READER.