The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

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purposes. And now that party ON the
most important question OF the day
finds its leaders hating, silent, drlit
ing, not guiding, waiting for the
chanca breeze to move them onward,
and not ready To take the helm and
set their party ship upon a course.
Who doubts where Jefferson would
stand in Il contest with such party
over present issues?
He would find that the Democratic"
party, true to his teaching, was still
the broad, national peoples party.
That it knew no south or north or
east or west, but only the whole nation,
whose state it has protected IN their
rights, and whose people it has bound
! together in more perfect union;
that it has upheld freedom OF one and
personal liberty and has fought every
proscriptlve movement OF class, OF
race, or Of religion; that through IA
long agitation and a struggle within
its ranks, it has, asserted that taxa
tion is to be only for revenue and
public purposes. 1t firmly believes in
the separation of government and tax
alton from the control Of private in
tercst and selfish influences, and con
fidently expects that the history of 1916
and 1857 will be repeated and through
discussion and education we shall,
with the hearty approval of the country
return to the sound principles and
tariff policy of the days before the war.
Yes, and to the principle declared
by jefferson in his first message
agriculture manufactures, commerce
and navigation. the four pillars OF our
prosperity, are the most thriving when
left most free to individual enter
prise y
jefferson If with us would find also
to his satisfaction that his party, !
through the work OF a courageous and /
patriotic administration, had lifted the /
civil service above partisanship, had /
made it's officers servants OF the people, I
not political combatants, and 10y "A /
practical and wholesome reform hal .
placed it upon a broad and just basis, .
One further question remains for
whose solution we turn to Jefferson for
help aud guidance. We are in the .
midst Of earnest agitation over our
standard The agitation
crosses party lines and tends to geo
division. II involves The
welfare Of our country and demands
explicit and courageous treatment.
To jefferson il could never be an
issue between Colorado and Wall
street, or between debtor and
creditor class. His broad Democracy
geographical and class
division.
with true patriotism nc would ask,
whore lie the honor and credit Of our I
common country, where rest the in
tcrest of our whole peoplet
We are still ready, as we always have Z
been, to confer with other nations up
IN any sound system of international
have misunderstood
the teachings Of. Jefferson and the ira
1itions and principles Of our party
/ they do not support this yie@, and
sustain Democratic administration
N its resnlute enforcement OF II,
With Jefferson truth neyer lay in
Compromise Of priptiple nor success in 4
'yasion Of responsibility Nor will
hey with us. Let US leave compro. ,
Mise and cXpcdiency to the Re publican :
Iarty, which is ever ready to trim !,
md evade to harmonic lis warning
actions.
There ia inspiration for US in the
leadership of Jefferson and Cleveland,
I nerves US to stand fast to principles,
o put aside rypediency and compro-
Mise, and with courage and fidelity to
meet all pending issues. So shall We b
merit and win success. and hold the
OF the country as we have q
Il the past We need not fear defeat .
Fe met it in SO and then went forth
iuited aud strengthened TO triumph