Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-06-11

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and boastful towards our Republicans.
He complimented the Democrats by
saying, I'VE have done what the Re
publican party never could do. We
have conquered the Democratic party,
and placed it where it dare not stand
up TO be counted, and we are going 20
swallow il up so that no more reneH-
branee may be had of it," We sup
pose he referred TO the nomination of
their candidate for Governor ip Maine
and the subsequent nomination OF the
same man 10y the Democrats. We pit
led the Democrats who heard him.
How Illuminating it must be to the
Democratic party OF Maine after hav-
ing endorsed the candidate of these
gentlemen, in violation of their own
conviction, to be thus spit upon, to
have the wide mouth of the great
greenback apostle open clear down to
his middle like an alligator's, and he
pin back the ears of the Democratic
party which had come to him in such
kindness to help his candidate, then
grease and swallow it body and soul.
Amid all the grief of the friends of
the great party smile was inevitable
at such sudden and ludicrous disap-
pearance of our Democratic friends.
Goodbye great party! In your stead
we welcome the apostles of honesty.
integrity aud American craftsmanship,
with whom you lie down, as the lion
With the lamb, the lamb being inside
the lion After having swallowed the
Democratic party the speaker proceed
ed to say that all the ills our country
had could be cured by increasing the
volume of our currency so as to in
crease the price oflabor. which amounts
to this; that if Equals be added to
equals they will still be equal thus
leaving the laborer just where he
found him.
The speaking proceeded, interspersed
with the vilest epithets. Those men
who were then anXtously celebrating
at Chicago, being the most distinguish
ed men in the country, were called
thieves, robbers, conspirators and vii
lains, and the affrontery and impu-
dence with which these things were
said, rendered the scene so ludierous
that not even sentiment Of resentment
or opposition was evoked by the PRO-
ceeqings. OF course we have no ad-
vice to give these gentlemen, but if
they had any purpose to convince any
body but themselves that they were
right, it is not to be accomplished by
billingsgate, but, in order to be effect
ual, they should lower the tone to
that of reason. Bawling rough and
unseemly words in the air is not 1ea-
soning, and convinces no-one. Even
the most ignorant that listen to such
harangues will reflect, 'if they are
statesmen they will assume the atti-
tude of statesmen if they are honest
in their convictions they will be earn
est, sincere and candid. If it is the
evil they really want to eradicate they
will attack it, but if it is the offices they
want, they will attack the men who
hold Them"
But we suppose the object of this de-
monstration was to make It's uutlIurs
hAlinvA they were numerous, and that
they had some adherents here for
when they were assembled, one of their
speakers addressed the delegates as
citizens of Island Pond, and as de-
scendants of the illustrious Ethan AL
Ian praised their mountains, lauded
their scenery, touched their pride by
complimentary reference to the enter
prise of our State with which we ought
to be we'll pleased. We ought to be
fiattered by such a soliloquy, and if
they want to talk to themselves, they
ought to be permitted to. Perhaps
they think they have the same reason
that he did, who when talking to him
self was asked why he did it when he
was alone and who replied, first, be-
cause | like to hear q sensible man
talk, and second, like that he have a
sensible man to talk to, And thus
they talked to themselves and had an
enjoyable time, and passed ON their
way rejoicing. AS citizens of our COM
| mon country we wish them we'll. As
co-workers in solving the great prob
lem OF our government, we accord them
that same honesty in their convictions
which we believe is common to the
citizens of our whole country. And,
believing them to be wrong in their
theories, we hope and trust that no
man in any party, will be so wanting
in the common courtesies of life, as to
ever call them by such vile epithets as
are invented by the hoodlums of Cali
! fornia.
TIE NOMINATION OF EpMUNDS.