Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-08-25

EDITORS TRANSCRIPT:
We had a caucus last night. We are
peculiarly situated in Georgia as we
most always are.
We have Republican town commit
tee but they are Dcmocrats-thati is to
say they are working night and day for
the success of the representative of ode
mocratic" ideas in this county.
They did not call a caucus to send del
egates to the Congressional District Con-
vention because democrats are not sup
posed to take any interest in that mat
ter but they called town caucus last
evening. | heard accidentally of the
call and that there were seventy-siX
candidates for representatives and Of
course | attended.
The democratic chairman of the re-
publican committee called the meeting
to order which was duly organized by
the addition of republican chairman
and democratic secretary after which
it was voted to proceed to ballot for Il
candidate for town representative. 1t
was evident that all the preliminary
pipe laying had been done in advance
for like deep waters, every thing moved
still. We have in town one man who
has acquired an unenVable reputation
| by always having and freely expressing
opinions of his own. He is Il republican
and is always ready to speak and vote
for republican principles; he is some
times willing to make compromises on
men but of principles never lie holds
in utter contempt many OF the cXpc-
dents resorted to for party purposes but
nevertheless generally votes Il straight
party ticket as the only available means
of sustaining the principles that he be-
lieves essential to the salvation and
prosperity of the country.
When it became evident to him that
no names were to be openly presented
for the consideration of the meeting, but
that all was cut and well dried before
coming to the place of meeting, he arose
and said that he had come to the caucus
to cast his vote, that he wanted to vote
UNDERSTANDINGS, that he had learned to
dstrust all that sham modesty that
votes by proxy, that if there are candi-
dates for nomination here who want the
votes of Republicans they must come
out and avow their determination to
support Republican principles by voting
for the Republican nominees of the Ma
tional, State, District, and County Con-
ventions.
1t affords me pleasure to record the
fact that two OF the candidates did per-
sonully announce themselves as sup
porters of the principles of the party as
cXpounded by the Conventions named
as represented by the nominees of these
Conventions. a third candidate was
properly avouched for By true Repub-
lican, but his name was withdrawn after
the second ballot by the Democratic
Chairman of the Town Committee. 1t
is to be regretted that an old adagc-' \
man is known by the company hc
keeps should sometimes operate to
The disadvantage of very worthy men,
but so ii is, and it is hard roofing out old
, prejudices, though founded on so slight
foundation as an old adage.
The final result indicates prevalence
, of q wonderful degree of unanimity for
Georgia and it is believed that the regu-
lar Republican ticket will receive the
hearty support of the Republican voters
of Georgia.
Joseph Purmont, Esq, was unani-
mously nominated as the Republican
Candidate for Representative. 1t is
; hardly necessary to say that Mr.. Pur-
mort supports regular Republican nomi-
nations, and expects and desires the
i. support of all regular Republicans.
= o. :. b.