The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-29

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 I do not know if Aunt Jane hal discovered the hoax perpetratet upon hersby my young cousin Jin which caused this hegira. I hopt not! The only news l have hat from her was contained in a short and snappy letter which inform. cd me. with pithy comments. that the republicans of Vermont, like true Green Mountain boys, were secretly drilling at night in SC. eluded glens with tho purpose oi upholding tho Constitution of these United states upon that fateful day when tho present administru. ton In Washington should throw off It's mask and reveal Itself, In its true colors, as a communistic dic- tatorship. 1 wrote back and asked for more of tho sames to holp pass n flow happy moments In this vale of tears.
 Tho next day, however, l mot an old frlond of mino, ono Bill Sartor, who told mo things which checked my hilarltX to some ektent. Bill Is tho salt of the earth personally, but politically he Is tho most rec aetionary of tories and for thls reason we seldom discuss politics. Blll lives In Now Hampshire and had not soen him for over q year. He said that he belonged to an organixa ton called "'rhe Minute Men" of "Frionds of Lib. orty" or some such name which actually was drilling secretly at night In small groups of Ave.
 asked "What arc tho other four forY TO hold tho ChinamanY' and began to hum the refrain of "Tho Midnight Fusiliers" whose words go We're the heroes of tho night, etc, etc"
 Bili checked me with great earn- estness and told mo this was no laughing matter. why" ho sald, haven't you read about those fol- lows up In Lexington, Mass, who call themselves "rhe Minute Men of 1884" and who presented Il DO. tition to Congress asking for tho return of their individual rights and libortiesY 1 toll you this Is Il serious matter and we fellows are not going to stand for much more of the way things arc being run In Washington"
 nearly broke down in the street and wopt. History certainly does repeat itself. l wonder how many of these valiant defenders of the rights of property roalixo how absurdly similar their actions nro to thoso of the New England Fed. erallsts who met at tho Hartford Convention In 1914, This conven- ton was ono of the chief causes for the death Of tho Fodernlist Party and what happened there was thlH. Tho War of 1872 wus being waged against Great Britain under the leadership of President James Madison and under the aus. pieos of the Democratic Party. This war was nOst unpopular among the bankers and merchants who composed the larger part Of the Federalist Party In New England because their shipping had sui. ferod heavy losses and because they feared and distrusted the ris- Ing tide of western influence In Washington. They had attacked tho administration in words which were practically the same as those used by their republican descend- ants Of the same class to-day. Finally in December, iS14, they held n convention behind clpsId doors at Hartford with tho pur. pose Ito devise means of Bnfo- guarding the privileges of the sep. urate states against the encronch. ments of tie Federal governmont." " tWhon did you hear that last } Thero were many rumblingB Of plans for secret drililngs of bodies of men and oven talk of secession from tho Union.
 Unfortunately for the Federalists the war was over before tho con. vontion and the American victory at New orlenns so increased the popularity Of the adminlatratio Ion ! that the word, 'Federalist" be.