Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-03-16

eve have witnessed the devasta-
lions of lingering civil war. Stand
up, republicans, and let the democrat
ic press berate you for this {, If you
had not interfered and conquered re-
bellion, the country might have been
divided the confederacy, founded on
the eternal TRUTHS" (see below
might have extended its sway from
Pennsylvania to the Gulf, from the
state of Delaware to the Pacific, or
the dark curse of slavery might have
spread itself all over the boosted land
of liberty. ''Sovereign states depriv-
ed of their representatives in con-
gress." That was a dark record, re-
publicans, against you when you fore
ed jeff Davis and all that crew out
of congress, that they might go home
to lnstigate rebellion, and arm and
equip the forces that were marshall
ing for the capture Of Washington
and the destruction of the United
States. A dark spot IN the history,
when you kept those rebel brigadiers
out of congress the four years they
were fighting Grant, Sherman, Sher-
idan and the wicked republicans who
filled up the ranks of the loyal armies.
"Local elections of states have
been manipulated by federal SOL
diers." That is another mean thing.
republicans-in democratic estimate
you ought to have left the whole
thing to the Ku-Klux, the Red Shirts
and that sort. They would have
cleaned your party all out in a few
weeks, if congress, the press, and
public opinion had let them alone.
Democratic legislatures might have
convened everywhere, had it not been
for the unfortunate fact that in few
instances certain men chosen by re.
publican majorities modestly asked
for seats. where they were not want
ed by their political rivals. The
national treasury has been drawn up
on" 'sThe burden of taxation has
been most grievous." 1t is sad, sad
indeed 1t is easy to call to mind the
places and the times when these aw-
full things have occurred, but as the
Argus fails to particularize, we need
not. Think of the stupendous ''bur-
dens or taxation that have "weigh-
ed down the poor and ground their
faces to the dust 1t is painful to
contemplate how suffering and pau
perism have increased and wealth di-
minishes since the halcyon days of
Jimmy Buchanan. And for all this
you are responsible, republicans.
CATER one of the severest political
contests the country has ever witness
ed, the Democratic party, in the in
auguration Of Grover Cleveland as
President, takes again the reins of
government. The people have desir-
ed the change, and amid congratula-
tons and rejoicings it takes place.
The party under whose wise and eco
nomical administration the country
reached the acme of its prosperity
and glory, the party of the Constitu-
ton, the Union and the Laws, is now
restored to the proud position it oc-
cupied for so many years of the coun-
try's existence. Its fundamental
principles are the same now as when
it's last representative left the chair
of state twenty-four years ago. Men
change, but principles never. 1t was
the National Democratic party then,
it is the same now. From Jefferson
to Buchanan the line stretches out
grand and glorious, and the interven-
ing administrations of Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson, VanBuren, Polk and
Pierce were the exemplification OF
Democratic principles and measures
in the administrations of govern.
ments. We anticipate nothing new
or strange under President Cleveland
but the application of the same prin
ciples and policy, in substance the
same Democratic standards anC
methods, which characterized thei
administration. Democratic princi
piles are not the shifting shibboleths
of day, TO he taken up at random
and discarded at pleasure. They arr
the foundation stones of the repub
lie, on which the grand superstruc
ture Of the country's free institutions
and liberty are built. These princi
pies and measures and policy, th,
ark and covenant of constitutions
liberty and freedom, we anticipate
will be the guiding stars of Presiden
Cleveland in conducting the affairs o
the government now committed t.
his hands. His administration will
be democratic in all its departments
His advisors and coucillors will b
Democrats; not republicans. H
will not give his political opponent
the places of honor or truth. The PEG
pie expect a Democratic administra
ton, and we have no doubt they vii
have it. Republican rule Is now end
ed"
Yes; after ''the severest" politics
struggle, in which the republican ma
jority in, at least, three states, ha
been overawed, you have come int
power by the aid of 1873 electors
votes of one section of the country
and 1900 majority in the state c
New York. You have right, whe
you consider what you were entitle
to, to boast and congratulate. LIE
''the party. under whose wise an
economical administration the cour
try reached the acme of its prosper
ty and glory" do all the shouting, til
} other party cannot do it even f(
courtesy. Let US repeat that "acm
and glory" idea and turn up a leaf {
history. This must have occurre
along in Buchanan's day. Does L