The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-17

Afes NscGtb hkhlAtt ast t@ffesF e""'"f y ~
% sharply criticized ihe Pr,siasbt, fee
thai ~ bolaaer from the Eaitof 10 In order
wlilbo1i war the warrior grove siothfu
and bl, arms rusty. AID 10 this state ib
battle ha, teen % essy and Democracy
CRY of "woR~ % coniiHrous aud 10 inf
feeslve ths, nne more from "Civis" ma,
well fail 70 draw Achilles from bic tent.
Hope sprirgs eternal 10 the Democrats
breast. sne there 10 something admirable II
the way Democrat, In Vermont cone sasii
And agsis to the slaughter like sheep Il
the .heniag, Bright with tbs rainbow
Of hope and big with prophecy before cleo
lior. ,sllen snd ,ore and stiil rcsistlhs
when the returns are 10. And they are mol
really aeluded they expected the ssm.
old rcsuli ali tbe.tIme. They remind m'
Of the fellow who ,umbled head frat down
two alxbs Of stairs and rolled In hear
out on the sidewalk, 40 arm broken, a lss
burt, an eye IN mourning, q mouth twisted
. face bloody. The neishbors rushed t.
pics him up, brush Of bis clothes, salyt
his wounds and give him.sympa,hy, but b.
drer away from them hsughlily and said
scornfully. You shut your mouth, a.
ways come down stairs that way !"
do not propose TO reply to the gentle
mans personal charges. Mankind 10 &c
constituted that opinions will always differ
- TO motives ~ we'll ~ results. Two pairI
OF eys seeing the same event differ In i'm
por,snt particulars; two psirs Of ears hear
Ing the same words place different con
struetion on them and Two brains backed
up by essentially different training, obser
walton, reading, association and habits Of
thought must necessarily widely differ II
estimating human actions. This 10 whA'
gives US political parties, religious sects ant
the differentiation in human ambition, ain
and business pursuit. II all saw alike Ant
thought alike, progress would be destroy
ed. A the old fellow said At his golden
wedding, III all men felt like me they't
all s-santed my old woman" Yes, said
sneighbor, "an' II they oil felt like did
none on EN- I'D swanted her y And II
"Civisn gets any comfort out Of his little
fings at the most successful man OF the
decade, why deprive hims Little enough
the Democrats have had since 1895.
But desire 10 turn bis thoughts Into
the following new channel Democracy !.
dying ont
I, 10 barely Kept alive 10 the large citie'
Of the land by organized graft and Office.
holding Democracy has long been only
an organized appetite, but even the cohe'
sive power Of easy plumber 10 losing its A.
fractions. More and more former repre-
sentative Democrats are deserving the old
idois, voting tie Republican. ticket and act.
lively and prominently Identifying them.
selves with ito organization. They public
ly avow what they have long realized tha,
Democracy 10 moribund. Ito face 10 toward
the past. And nov that they begin TO look
facts iquArely In the face and honestly do.
clare their import, they do not hesitate to
say that the Democratic party WAS never
national 10 scope or policy. II WAS always
acresture Of the expediency Of the moment.
And during all ito long life II has never
originated one'single patriotic, progressive,
pralsewortby idea. Its policies were never
popular, They never received, even In the
few periods OF Ito success, the cordial as
sen, Of the nation at large. None Of them
have been engrAfted on our politely. They
never became epochsl.
Democracy has been largely q neg
alive party. lts doctrine WAS expediency
both In candidate and platform. And II
could always be trusted to blupder In the
face OF the enemy. IL never failed to des.
cend to ,rickery and rascality which prov
ed boomerang on the eve Of election.
Democracy throve on disaster and calamity
va, a godsend. Poor crops madel good
Democrats. and the low water mark 10 bus.
iness Was high tide In Democratic votes.
Look over Its platforms In the light Of the
knowledge and experience Of today, and
any fAirminded man will see that II vas op.
posed In principles o. In practices to the
progress Of thu nation. Ito politics was =
game. Offices were the stakes, reinforced
lately by contracts. contributions, strike
money and other modern forms Of plumber
The inscriptions, ignorant and hyprocri-
teal leaders were the PLAYERS. The people
was the prey. Bot like all good things
there WAS limit, An end. The people got
tired Of being buncoed. Like the fellow
who bought COW In partnership and got
the head bali while the partner got the
tail half, the people discovered they had
to furnish all the feed while the DemocrA.
tic politicians got all the milk. They kick-
ed Democracy out Of power, and have kept
at IL with Increasing vlgor. Hence these
tsars from "Civis"
Al 10 the Republican party and its Pres.
ideni, do.not deny niatakeI may have
becn made, but II does no, lie 10 .be mouth
OF Dsmecra, to erl,iei@. The pot has no
leave or license to call the kettle black.
But II 10 ortstancinRiy and everlsstingly
true that the Republican party Ia the party
Of progress. /, has not been = mere brake
OF The machine, Ike Democracy, which
however useful when going d0es hll, IL
purely sspsraac9 on the up road We have
lately trsveled. A motion to abolish Dem
ocrAey 10 therefore 10 order.
The Republican party has steadily kept
In view The "honot and prosperity Of the
whole rkticn and the preservation OF our
YedsrSl union." I. has always been the
party OF hoHss. moDey and preservation Of
The nsilosal credit. II vas bot strait ct
der our youthful rfeslde1t 10 ~
sumo The great re responsibilities growing
cut Of The spsEish War. when the ship Of
state plcoghed pew And unoerAin waters.
Ard who shall say ,hrv have ,hss far prov.
Cd uasliiiful OF unsuccessful nAvlgatorsi
n ~. .zs s.sk ~ fhDss - no sk,sk sbis rssiaa