Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-08
political.

Is ~ safe 10 trust our htanuAru 10 tne uhnlH OIL
Grantg Has he ever failed us2 is he anti-slave-
ry? Was he not among the first Of our military
leaders TO pronounce that slavery must be put out
oi the way before our national difficulties could be
properly settled and safely adjustedP Is he in ia
vor Of equal rghtsy Has he not approved OF both
the constitutional amendment passed by the thirty
ninth Congress aud the reconstruction policy Of the
legislative department Of the government under
which all Of the rebel states will march to their ap
propriate places in the Uniony Why don't he
talk? l. talk Of more value than action and has
he not been acting firmly vigorously in the right
direction ever since the issue was made up between
the President and Congressf and did he not uuk
plain enough to johnson i1 bis letter on the cases
OF Stanton and Sheridan Has he not talked
plain enough in all his correspondence with the
commanders OF the f,a niilitary districts in the
rebel staiesy ! do ~ fear Grant on any Of the
great issues TO which the Republican party is com
mtted II did. IL would be furthest from my pur-
pose 60 favor hi, nomination, and | would urge
every Republican TO oppose it; for we can better
stand defeat than q repetition Of Johnsonian treach-
cry. 10 is nay firm conviction that The loyal people
IA term Grant says means those who supported
The government during the great rebellion n-can
safely ntrust the standard OF liberty, law aud equa
rights, 10 the hands of the who so triumphant
iy led the armies of the Union Ia addition 10 the
foregoing considerations, ! may say need a
man az the head OF the executive department Of
the government who will execute the law as it is
framed by the legislative department, who will be
in the true meaning Of the term an executive, and
who will also take care that the nations treasure
is not wasted We need a man for that place Of
l,es,;o, Grant,. iii, t, 49,. o,,oI;,;.s O,L.
men dopl,tl.ss can IN. f,rI coral IN bi, in those
..,,r al r,.,,.ts 3D., ,t ti,i L,s NJ ,,,r,o1 20
them with that unauimity which so apparent m
his ease and that is consideration not 10 be lost
( sight OF IN these perilohs times
| We have riyen MANY \ i1ke ON the purchase Of
,lt, i.t.rd f - -r,.. t ,., ho,, ,,,,e.s o.
"'"7 'si'" "'' " i''- gnu "''t'''' i's''u-
ing SIMPLY u'e use ol 'He ls4anu as haNai 'tauoh'
II this point an interesting article from the Lon
don Morning Star In ,his connection we remark
tnt SIR. Seward ba. stolen a long march on Great
p~,,.;, 10, ,,rt.i,,, ,i,.l, ,tiot ,iy.s ma , mar
90
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British Columbia aud tho Pacific ocean. il John
Bull asleep, or does he mean 10 Jet US have C0um-
bia
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mos, &. or tia boito,p of the busines. tn applv IN
Ds,,,r,rk ,,bar, be has he,r more sucee.sini -
/ M tyv, islands rurcbosed ar, by no means tbe
best of tho Danish po.se.siop.-tbe islsutorSanfa
o.. +;i Lft y, D,,,,,rt b.;,,,, ,,r,, much l,r,cr
ond moro f.ytiIe tbap tler of he two ltle i,-ts
] ,gii,b b,y.besr css,d Tbe obirct of tb,. limited
Sfa,os y clo,rl, ,ot IN oLto;n t.rritorv of vbicl
/ II bos epo,,b ami I'm snare We are therefore
/ ,l,,,.l e. 7b;i- h,t 49,, II ~, r,,,norsd or..y
bv Spsin. of Cuba and Porto Rico. were true. The
/ o,,rrr,s,,, ,voplI moi hi tep,nted to buv excant
,,r,r ,,,,, ,5,,ntao,o,,s terms The obi.' of tbe
,t,,.,t p,'rcb,se il ver,. frankly poiutcd ONT by
prssi5,,t Jonu.on i'm bis mes.ags He remind.
his co,,p+r,,nep tb,t I'm the war of indensndenee
,y ,,-. ,ble tn call the .trpsgipg colonist. from
o,r Nest india sfatious. tbaf tbe same result han
peued i'm 1872; and that iu the late civil war the
| iNrst indies formed the randezvous of blockade
,o,ors ,yl,;l, tLe I-,,itad Stsfas stest, yossals
which were watching them. could only coal M in
tbeir own distant barbors. with the possessior
of a rood and convenient mort and barbor in III,
Nest I,di.. p ar,pes MIR Jobnson "peitber we
,,r ,,ter t,rer;c,- r,,tion need Iong.r annre
Lend ;,ipr, or offence from, any Transatlantic ,ne
INV n
THE object of the ITnite,i States. therefore ha,
been IN aSonirs war ports as A protection AGAINST
Fnronaan ,namies and IN ST Thomas and 81
TLonas and - .Jobn they have certainly succeed.
cd In gainin,, What they desired This move or
tho napt of Americans has unuuestionablv altered
an the relations between the countries in the event
oc a var aud i Of ifrv tunes more importance "a
Enrl,nI than ali tb,i uanolvres which have t,ker
I tb, event of Great convulsion in our own conn
trv accustomed bv the persistent macbipation,
of tho American Fenians 81. Thomas and St
Iobn MAJ, become convenient shelters from which
,o ar,oy tho commerce of ENGLAND Carta;plv IN
,v,r with the United States sbould tba, calanit,
cvcr ocr,r the possessiop of these two island,
yonld entirel,, alter the balance of nowers which
has Hitherto snbsisted between This country anf
America We do NOT point out these results in
any spirit al hostility 20 tbe United States. bu
rather 10 show the blindness and stuniditv of tb,
ltradit;onaI noIic,, Of tbe Fofeiqn O0,ce We ar,
In The art of snsuding millions under some delu
sio, Thar in doing "a we are keen;nn mn our nres
tion In ,b, East lndias while. without n nrotest
without a mnrmpr without an exchange Of notes
az f,r o. W.. are ar nresont ;nformed onr creates
naval rival ACQUIRES two Islands in the West Indies
ayowedly as war-ports against possible transatlan
tic enemies
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Inc presence OF thc Americans IN Vlese lautuue
in peace as well as IN war Span especially MAJ