The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
Thugs That are Not Strange VS.. Things
That are Strange.

Indt hre strange.
To the Editor Of the Banner:
| suppose the reason why things ap-
pear not strange Is that they have be-
come so common as to create no sur
prise, or, in other words, have become
chronic.
And the reason why things appear
strange is that they are so out of the or
diuary course that it is difficult and per
haps lmpossible-to account for their ex-
Istence; but that things do exist that
are not strange, and also things that are
strange, is evident and may properly be
placed under the above heading.
1t is not strange that Democrats
should say, The Republican party is a
war party" They said the same all
through the war of the rebe lion, and
hated and opposed the party because of
the truth OF their assertions.
1t is not strange that Democrats
should shudder at the mention of a
bloody shirt. What man ever has been
responsible for or instrumental in shed
ding innocent blood, and has been
known to look with a complacent eye
upon the crimson stain or lend willing
ear to the recital of his crime
holder should preserve list of his
slaves emancipated 10y Republican
President, and quietly wait to obtain in
demnity for them when the Democratic
party can carry both branches of Con-
gress and the White House; not as
strange as it was for the former slave
holder, aided by the leaders of the Dem
Ocratic party only few years ago, in
order to secure and perpetuate their
hold on human flesh and blood in what
they deemed to be their chattels, should
inaugurate a war to strange the life of
a nation that had protected them in all
their rights of citizenship
1t Is not strange that Democrats
should make the inquiry, as did the edi-
tor of the SO called Bennington Reformer
in his last issue: ,'What does Southern
delegation amount to in a. Republican
convention when the very acts of the
Democrats Of the South, upheld by the
Democrats of the North, have made 1t
impossible for a large majority Of the
Republican voters in the States from
which these Southern delegates are sent
to express their choice as to who shall
represent them, or to have any voice
whatever in the administration of ma
tional affairs
1t is not strange that if by the laws of
the State of New York the marriage
contract outlaws in five years in case of
desertion, that man living in that
State should prefer to plead the statute
of limitation rather than resort to the
somewhat uncertain legal process to
enable hi ~ to take second wife.
But ii is strange-or 1t seems so to one
at all conversant with New York law
that while there is but one cause men
toned in the code as an excuse for
granting a divorce, a statute should ex
Ist that would enable a man to take
second wife, and sanction the transac-
ton as legal, while the first wife is lv-
ing and presumably innocent of the
case, and only one crime upon which
the laws of that State grant legal di-
vorce.
And again, it is strange, if such law
exists upon the statute books or in the
code of the laws of New York, that Ed
itOr l. does not print copy of it, not
only for his own vindication, but to full
fill a promise he made to do 80 some
weeks ago in the columns of his so called
RefoTmer.
AND last, though not ieasl, u Is strange
that Republicans who are known aspi-
rants for political Preferment should
lend not only their personal influence
but substantial financial aid to keep
alive paper and bolster up the ques-
tionable reputation Of its editor fot the
little help they can expect to derive
from such a source; and strange that
such men should continue to do so IN
view Of recent developments, with the
belief that their tracks are so adroitly
covered as to be entirely obliterated.
The bush dragged behind sometimes
leaves a palmer trail than the tracks
themselves.
And it will be a still stranger phenom
enon If hereafter, when these men put
themselves in the fore front as political
leaders, and have secured such posi-
ton as would entitle them under ordi-
nary circumstances to the support of
the Republican party, and the people be.
come satisfied that the condition Of
things are due IN measure to the aid
Of an organ opposed to every principle
that is held by a Republican, and one
that has been kept from sinking 10 its
own slime by their financial aid, and It's