The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-27

Letters from the People.

Editor Londonderry SITTER: Sup
pose that we consider few things
fairly and with moderation. 1t is be-
coming plainly apparent that, politi-
cally speaking, mems minds are rap
idly and surely drifting away from
their old moorings. There are a
great number of deep thinking men,
for example, who, since the result of
the late national election is working
out its logical conclusions-in the
distribution of the offices, forinstance,
fail to see that maintaining high
taxes on all that we have to buy, is a
perfect panacea for the difficulties
that afllict the farmer and the work
ing man generally. The farmers of
Vermont, at any rate, cannot see as
yet any immediate prospect of relief
from the 'hard times" that have so
long been prevalent here, and it is
becoming a serious question with all
concerned. Whether or not the tariff
is one Of the main causes of the wide
spread dissatisfaction among the pro-
ducers of New England, is perhaps
problem to be demonstrated bye
and bye; but it is certainly an unsol-
we'd problem, that men are pondering
over seriously. Then, it is becoming
more and more apparent, that on
questions other than the tariff, mems
minds are not unanimously anchored
to the platform on which the new Re-
publican party, as represented by
"the powers that be" to-day, stands.
Perhaps these doubling Thomases "
are not. Democrats. Nor are they
Prohibitionists. Nor have they po-
litical name. But they are certainly
not enthusiastic Republicans as things
are. And as "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet" perhaps
it does not matter what name we use
in speaking of these men. The main
fact is unavoidable. We know that
large number of those who have al
ways voted the Republican ticket
since the dark days of 1861, are now
wavering, drifting-whither? Some
perhaps to the Democratic party.
Yet, that party is not above reproach
by any means. For even those " true
blue Democrats" who voted for Gen
eral Jackson, and have since voted
for all the "good men, weighing 25C
lbs," who have been Democratic
standard bearers, even those men fine
fault with Hiram Atkins and his
methods. So that it is impossible as
vet to tell what the outcome will be-
But is it not a moral certainty thai
some new departure is at hand! Ii
short, are the present parties, in Yer
mont, at least, to endure just as they
are, and will the great majority o1
, voters vote just as they have for year:
with the old parties just as they are
1t is not credible. Indeed, there
seems to be no great issue worthy O
the name between the two great office
distributing parties in Vermont
except the distribution of the offices
to whomsoever Hiram Atkins anC
George Hooker and that organ max
ing nimcompoop, Leviathan Fulle
in Brattleboro, may approve Of.
Meantime, the people may kicl
| their heels together out in the cold
and the farmers and their interests ar
utterly ignored. So, then, we ma.
confidently expect to see a genera
upheavel in politics among the Greer
Mountains before long. And ma,
not the earthquake as well start il
, Londonderry, which is full of fre
and independent men, as elsewhere
And will not the "bosses of botl
parties quake in their shoes when the.
hear the rumbling sound of it, start
, ing amid these hills? Then ther
will be general Sitting of the chat
from the wheat Of both parties, ant
SITTER JOHN will be the Moses t.
) show us the promised land of a ney
, era in Vermont prosperity, not inpol
itics alone, but in every good thing
2 More power to your old elbow, JOHN
AN OLD REPUBLICAN OBSERVER.
A Public Menace.