Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-10-30


tempts to make one exception in favor of
Gen. Buckner, but is SO stepped in repub-
hcanism that he makes a dismal failure, |
Now if it had been Guerrilla Mosebv or |
Gen. Longstreet he could have praised |
them to the limit. Why? Because they
embraced the republican faith and ac-
cording to NJ. F., were saved. But he
says Gen. Buckner is trying to do good
that is he is pulling the chestnuts out of
the fire in our behalf therefore we must
sanctity him. If that is not NJ. P.s in
tentions he is very much at variance
with the republican press and the party
managers. But he SAYS it is not neces-
sary to rail at Gen. Buckner at the pres
ent time. He is right. 1t wouldn't be
good politics, and the republican press
that he is defending knows it. Therefore
vanish Bloody Shirt for the present 1t
is well 70: the party that NJ. 7. is not on
the press as he would have given the
snap dead away long ago.
We think it was in 1892 that lanes G.
Blaine told the party managers that he
thought there was one more republican
president in the Bloody Shirt. So it was
tried, and it is unnecessary to quote
scripture to tell where they landed Per
haps NJ. p. can tell us whether it was in
Canaan or Egypt; we called it salt
River" He says Buckner stands with
the republican party for one hundred
cents on dollar therefore we can stom-
ach him. So did the democrats of the
east and west stand with the republican
party and did their share in putting down
the rebellion, and how much credit did
the republican party give them for it
furthermore how many democratic sol
| diers held a government position till
/ Cleveland was elected? What grateful
! party. That reminds me OF what one of
our democratic veterans, the late l.. +.
| Bigelow, once said in reply to. the ques.
ton why the democratic soldiers were
not receiving pension. He answered,
there were none lett, they were all killed
at the 'front.'"
NJ. P. says that when the republican
press begins to chase Gen. Buckner with
the Bloody Shirt he is trying to do some
harm. suppose he means that Buckner
would be differing with them politically,
as that is about the only time that the
Bloody Shirt is exhumed. He also says
Protection, Reciprocity and Sound
Money is the promised land for this PEG.
pie" Look here! NJ. p did you forget,
or did you purposely omit that word
high" before protection? We notice
that not only you, bat your party lead
ers and stnmpers are very shy of that
word, as shy of that as Mark Hanna
was at the word gold" at the St, Louis
convention. He then attacks the foreign
policy of the present administration.
!. Will he please go back with me to Presi-
will refer him to the attitude Harrison
took toward Chill. While party of our
sailors at CHILEAN port were out on a
spree and painting the town, the Gillian
police were obliged to use some force in
quelling them. Does he remember the
spread and buster Harrison made about
it? How he was going to wipe then,
from che face of the earth? And does NJ
P. know that it is well known fact
that while he was making all this fuss
that he then had in his possession all the
apologies and promises of good faitt
,. that any nation could make under the
circumstances, being at that time in q
state of insurrection-in about the same
condition that the United States were
when England demanded the release o
Mason and Slidell. Was that honorable
was that brilliant? Another OF his bril-
> liant acts was in allowing, sanctioning
and actually aiding with force OF tn,
navy that band of conspirators stealing
the Hawaiian government away from &
E woman; that was a brave act in per
: feet keeping with republican ideas! Al
he very well knows that they once stolt
the presidency he thought they had {
right to steal the earth. They ought tc
t have been met with kruger" but W,
} must give DR.. Jameson the credit of at
. lacking man. We will cite one more
brilliant ~ foreign policy act by The
e same administration. There were some
] especially Maine republicans, who wer,
} crying, Oh for one hour of James 6
} Blaine" Al that time Blaine's hour haC
e arrived, and of course he must do some
\ thing to satisfy his Maine cranks. HI
began by informing the premier OF Eng
e land, Salisbury, that he must stop poach
ing on our sealing waters, or grounds
whichever you like. What was the re
t suit? Blaine received a lesson in ntel
q national law and international treaties
D that placed him and the nation in The
! most ridiculous position; but pending
e the controversy Blaine had ordered thes'
t poachers, as he designated them, seized
: Some of them were, and today the demo
u cratic administration is paying damages
l. incurred by James G. Blaine. Compare
:, this with Cleveland's demand of Sails
q bury that as regards Venezuela the Mon
L.a.