Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-03-30

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Honor TO VI. Soldiers. Gen. Stannard for
Congress.
1t is a natural and honorable feeling which
has led the people of almost every loyal
State to reward with civil honors the men
who fought through the war, and won for
us the victory which assured to the people
their civil rights, that Of choosing their re-
personalities and rulers included.
From such generous impulse the men of
Rhode Island with one accord, have nomi-
mated for Governor the gallant Burnside, and
the Union men of Pennsylvania have placed
at the head of their ticket, the name of a
brave soldier and good general, Gen. Geary.
The same induced the Republicans of Massa-
chuvetts 10 send Gen. Banks to Congress
of New Hampshire to choose Marston those
vi WV iti " tlNIA balAJN anu
dale >; and ON through list which might
be made 10 include every State but one.
Everywhere but in VERMONT, the successful
soldiers have been the most successful candi-
dates Tor political positions. Vermont alone
has had no civil honors, to speak of, tor her
heroes. Half dozen elected town represea-
tatives, mot as many however, as would be
the proper numerical share Of a class constl-
tuting so large a part of our populationj,
with paltry reportership, make up the sum
of all Vermont has done as yet, in this way,
for her soldiers. Why is this? Her sol
diers nave added fresh lustre to the fame of
our Green Mountain State. Do our people
not knOU this? They have made the name
OF Vermont synonym for trustworthiness
and bravery, in an army representing the
flower of the Country. Are our citizens not
aro0re of this7 They made sacrifices and en-
dured tolls and suffering and braved death,
as cheerfully as they did successfully have
we forgotten i, all? Are our people indlf-
ferent and ungrateiul? We do not believe
it. Why then, again, We ask, is it that
Vermont alone has had no civil rewards and
honors to give to her soldiers? IL it that
there are none of them fit for the responsible
ties and labors of civil Office No one will as
sert that.
We can find but one explanation. The
wire pullers who commonly allOt our Offices
and run our nominating Conventions, and
who staid at home to look after such neces-
sary matters while the soldiers went to the
War, began early to fear that their occupa-
tiOn might be gone, if they allowed honor
able distinction in the Army to become
passport to distinction at home. Long be-
fore the war closed they laid their heads
together and decided that if they could pre-
ven: it, none of " these officers" should have
any Office in the gift of the people. They
should have lair words and nothing else.
This we believe to have been a deliberate
plan, and it has been successfully carried out
thus far. Do not the people think this
state of things has lasted long enough?
The people of this Congressional district
will shortly have TO select new candidate
for their representative in Congress. Mr..
BAXTER, having had three elections, cannot
expect fourth, and if We are correctly in
formed does not desire one. We have in the
district gallant soldier, who may be consid-
cred ifany one can, the representative SOL
der of Vermont,-a man of the people,
owing his distinction to his own merits
one who has filed with high honor every
position in which he has been placed, and
be has been in some of great responsibility
a true Vermonter, brave to a fault, frank,
modest, whole souled MANNED and SCARED
with honorable Wounds man of great ex-
ecutive ability; of sound and strong polite
al principles, of sturdy and incorruptible
honesty. Our readers know already that we
can allude to none other than the hero of
Gettysburgh and Coal Harbor and Fort Har-
risOn-Brigadier and Brevet Major General
GEo. j. SrANNARD. In our humble opinion,
and in that of many prominent citizens Of the
State, the people of this district can do honor
to themselves and the State in no better way
than by placing him in nomination ana send
ing him to represent US in the National Legis-
lature. Why should it not be done BY un-
animous consent? What say our citizens
of the Third District and our brethren of the
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