The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-04-07

claim, however just in itself that eli
may be. The sympathy of the pu
is naturally and generally on the
of labor in controversy between la
and capital, but far stronger and m
influential than any such sympathy
the peoples regard for law.-Conc
Monitor.
THE New York SIN criticises Sc
tors Edmunds and Evarts forneglect
their senatorial duties to make ar
ments in the supreme court in beh
of railroad corporations, and says
fee each receives for that service
probably equal a senator's yearly sala
AS Senator Edmunds is represented
some of his supporters as foe to G
porate power, the charging of big
may be one of his methods of break
it down.
SENATOR VANCE of North Carroll
got in his long-threatened blast again
the civil service law last week. He
nounced it as humbug and believ
in party government. Parties were
dispensable to liberty, and free cou
try could not be we'll governed witho
them. For want of political partid
Mr.. Vance said, Russia had nihilisI
for want of constitutional parties Fran
slept on communistic fires, and CD
many had to maintain an enormo
army.
THE Burlington Free Press is gettil
extremely reckless and silly in its stat
ments. 1t speaks of "the spectacle
the Montpelier Argus and WATCHMA
clasping hands" This is the worI
kind of bosh, and intelligent peopl
know better than to take any stock il
it. If the WATCHMAN was disposed d
be INSCRIPTIONS, like the Free Press,
might refer to the edifying spectacle d
the Free Press clasping hands with TIL
Richford Gazette and LondonderrI
Sitter, for they are all working for TIL
same cause.
GIVE have yet to hear of anything il
the way of commentator of the cours
taken by the Montpelier WATCHMA1
and Swanton Courier in their comment
on the Maloney attack. But this doe
not excuse the hanging in effigy of I
M. Tobin, editor of the Courier, and I
NJ Tierney of St. Adams at Richford
the other night, by Maloney's friends
Such actions always help the other feI
low. st. Johnsbury Cdledonion. Wi
the ColedOnidn tell its readers what Their
was in the course of the WATCHNIAN il
this matter that deserved condemnation
Hon. G. G. BENEDICT writes to tn
Tribune: Will you allow me to sa
that the Burlington Free Press is no
the organ of Mr.. Edmunds. 1t col
daily and freely supports him at pres
ent. 1t has as freely criticised him a
times in the past when it saw reason
for so doing. He has not dictated o
influenced the course of the Free Pres
in reference to himself by any word @
command, advice, entreaty or sugges
ton" 1t must be great relief to MI
Edmunds' friends to learn that he
not responsible for anything that az
pears in the Free Press
THE Free Press speaks of " tn
WATCHMAN or other state mugwum
organs" The idea of representing tn
WATCHMAN, under it's present man
agement, as mugwump paper is dc
cidedly rich. As the editor of tn
WATCHMAN did not " sulk in his tent
in 1884, but gave hearty and unqual
fed support to the republican nation;
ticket, while the course of the Fir,
Press in that campaign was anythin
be republican, it will be seen that tn
reflection on the WATCHMAN is yer
far-fetched. Perhaps the Free Pres
holds that allrepubliC4ns who voted fo
Blaine are mugwumps, while thos
who voted for Cleveland or st. job
are the only true republicans.
THE fact is that the boycott is foreig
to American principles. 1t strikes a
the foundations of personal liberty.
brings in system of tyranny which,
it were undertaken in the name of OF
ganized capital, would go far to pre-
woke revolution. 1t introduces spe
cies of dictation against which ever
instinct of independence and fair pa
revolts. Avowedly and ostentatiousl
it strikes at the unoffending in orde
that it may bring the offending to terms
and it does not scruple to paralyze tn
prosperity of entire communities to sci
tie the quarrel or satisfy the spite o
one man. We do not believe that eve
great emergencies would justify tn
use of the boycott before the common
sense of the American people. Sti
less can it be justified when it is USE
right and left on trivial occasions an
for petty reasons, and multiplied t
such an extent that those even who ar
disposed to execute it find it difiicuI
or impossible to remember its applics
tions.-BOStOn Journal.
THE attempt of some over-zealou
supporters of Mr.. Edmunds to shoy
that there is an alliance " of his re
publican opponents with the democrat
to defeat his reelection is having yer
little effect upon the republican masse
in Vermont. principally for the reaso
that the people are not fools and full
understand the motive which has in
spired the charge. There is no more rea
son for believing that any alliance eS
lists between the anti-Edmunds republi
cans and so-called Atkins democrat
than for assuming that Senator Ed
munds or his friends have formed a &C
| alitiOn with the anti Atkins democratic