The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-12-13
An Insolent (, oti,t.

The following editorial IN seems TO
hit the case We cor ron seaent issue OF
the N. Y Tribune.
zone OF the easiest and cheapest OF rue
torical tricks consists in the use Of reson
ant phrases which fall upon unr,h citing
minds with certain grave aud awesom
emphasis, and which often impress even
the author with a pleasing sense Of lis
own profundity. The conscientious man
who finds that the temptations OF ex;em
pore speech or fluent composition Liye be-
'rayed him into this weakness becomes bis
own severest critic and learns valuable
lesson for the future, while he whose favor
ite emotion is self complacency remains
entrsnced with bis performance. 1t is in
this mood, We may suppose, that President
Cleveland perseus the printed copy of his
latest message. He chances casually ut the
routine panegyric Of bis administration
with which the document concludes, but
he reads aud reads again with ever increas-
ing admiration the ponderous pbraseology
Of the Introduction. He had abundant
opportunity to prune away his shoddy ep
ithets and unwieldly vocsbles, but it never
entered his head to be ashamed of them;
and so they stand, an lrreyocable discredit
to his party aud himself
Ii sometimes happens that the only do
feet Of cheap phrases is their cbeapness-
truth. But Mr.. Cievslapd has repeatedly
taken the pains to hang his rhetorical gew
gaws upon framework Of lalsehood. IL
is not true and it was never further from
the truth than it i. today that "the citi
zen is struggling far 10 the rear, or is
trampied 10 death beneath an iron heel. "
Tue President has merely started u pro-
eesslon OF upmeanipg words nothing NOR,
Ii is net true that the great csptai IS of H.
iudry sni the vast hoiy oi employers
which ~ constantly recruited from the
ranks Of tie employed are the exponents
Of selfish greed aud eraspioe avarice.
fue ,iiroatsry Of the Executive Who gave
$40. 600 to reeisct himself aud $50 TO the
O larlesion sufferers becomes unbearablr
when he thus seeks 10 put stigma upon
mea who have redeemed the wilderness,
called Into existence thousands on thou
sands OF happy homes and poured their
millions into every channel OF charity aud
progress. While such splendid NOM
men,s to their enlightened liberality dot
the continent they can perhaps afford to
smile al the arrogant upstar. who tannts
them with "a sordid disregard OF nil but
personal interests but the country can
no. afford for hundred years to choose
another such slanderer for its Chief Mag
istrste.
Denuncisilons like these We largely the |
ola blustfiipg aud ignorant ego.
sism provoked TO bitterness by humiliat.
ing disappointment They did not ex
haust the Presidents peculiar resources
he vas not satisfied until he bad mpescb-
"a the loyalty Of those who presume to
,oudemn his economic doctrines, aud had
declared that ''all patriotic love Of coun-
nv" was siiiled IN their breasts. II what
. srotesqne could ever be sublime, Mr..
would have achieved the comb
nation 10 that sentence. II is scarcely too
n uch 70 expect tha, even the southern
Of Democracy viii stand aghast
4 the sniaciiy Of the n.an who sought the
'heapesi market when he went 10 hire the
substitute whom be lately left 10 die in the
,cor honse, who alter thai frugal invest
nen, is not knoxn TO have eIpendei 30
much as desire for The preservation Of
be Union. and vho nov denies the pat .
io,ism Of the party whose triumph leader
! The hero Of Resscs ADD Peach Tree i
'reek /.