Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-26
Letter from W. r. Junction.

LoVtoT TTOn W. ". JunCtIOUs
Mr.. EDITOR Once again we have
met the G. o. p,, and after hard
fought battle we have given them hail
Columbia and part of Yankee Doc
die. When the news came over the
wires of the election of Cleveland and
Hendricks, how quick the &. OIL
raised the cry of fraud by the wicked
Democrats. How about this fraud,
Mr.. Editor? The first time | remem-
Der of hearing about fraud was soon
after the close of the war, and at the
time the Republicans had flooded the
South with carpet-baggcrs, for the
purpose of sllpprcssing free suffrage in
those states. 1t was then the cry Of
fraud was heard throughout the land.
This most outrageous act they tried to
fasten upon the Democratic party;
failing to do this, they endeavored to
cover the matter up by telling the peo-
pie that it was necessary to send these
men South in order to keep the niggers
in subsection. This fraud committed
by the &. o. p. in the South was the
cause of the "soid South. Thus
they have committed fraud year after
year up to the present time. 1t was
the great fraud of seventy-six tibet
walked up the Democrats to a realizing
sense of the sacred duty they owed to
themselves and to their country. 1t
was then they took the oath that never
again should man set in the presi-
Dental chair who was not fairly elected
by the people.
Years ago, when | was not as old as
now am, l thought the principles of
the Republican party was heaven-born.
After my eye-teeth were cut, l care
fully surveyed the political field and
became convinced thut the principles
laid down by Thomas Jefferson was
the only safe principles for a Republic
can government to adopt. If the young
men of to-day would study carefully
the principles of the two great parties,
and throw prejudice to the winds, there
would be large addition to the DEM
ocratic party. will relate a little an
ecdote to show how much our young
men study the political history of the
two great parties. Some three months
since while in conversation with a
young Republican, we touched upon
the reduction of the tariff. Well, he
says, hope the Democrats will know
enough not to reduce the tariff, if they
come into power, for if they do reduce
it this country will be flooded with the
| pauper laborers of Europe, and our
laborers will be left out in the cold. If
this young man had studied the polltl-
cal history of his country he never
would have made such a statement.
l will close by relating one or two
more anecdotes. The evening Of the
fourth of November a goodly crowd
had assembled at our depot to hear the
dispatches from the different states in
regard to the election as they came
over the wires. Among the crowd
was two Republicans who had looked
up into a sour apple tree so long that
they were very dizzy. A Republican
present, thinking to have little fun at
the expense of the Democrats, called
the attention of the audience, and
pointing them out turns to the crowd
and says, "There is sample of your
Democratic voters" One of the vic
tins began to brace himself, and after
getting braccd and his eye cooked he
SAYS: st is ID lie, (hic) / never
voted the democratic ticket in my life
(urep). Some Of our Republicans
Mr.. Editor, 60 about the streets look
ing sad and gloomy, there are Others
that if you should say election to them
would knock you off from your pins
in minute-provided they could.
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