Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-12

The Work to be Done in Vermont
We print below letter from Judge Po-
land, in which he very forcibly urges the
-,,sSssity for unusual exertions this State,
- r---'-- vote in Septem-
Der may be larger than ever before
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 81. 1861
ny Dear SIR: L received yours TONIGHT
l shall be most happy to accept YOUR Kind
invitation to speak to my Brattieboro friends
IL Is very doubtful, however, if am able to
am very glad to see you moving. OF
course we know Vermont is safe but that is
not all we ought to do, to give our votes for
the candidates of the party. Vermont - ~
hrst State to vote, and it is all important thai
we increase our vote. 1t is an Indication of
the popular sentiment that will have a GREAT
effect IN other States that are not SO certain
Dc fei.N""t In this way we can multiply
80. 'oHio,o' Vermont ought TO give
WotIsy Thousand majority If all our people
the slightest tr rJ5and vote there would not be
dent;.i peieve we should settle .r we W Ipesi
off in o,,r IN our section. A fallina
If our people could all 4 sel did
portance of this it would be done. Set the
hall rolling | intend to do what I can
when L get home. Have your papers urge
"i' VIC" upon our good Vermont people
In haste, yours truly,
l.. p. POLAND.
men Ten Grant was nominated, there
was very general feeling that his great per-
sonal popularity and the strength of the
principles he represents would make his
election quite in November. The Dem
ocratIc nominations and platform made at
New York were so shocking and repulsive
to all really loyal men, that the great conf
dence before felt by Republicans was doub- !
led, and it was hardly considered possible !
that such ticket Seymour and Blair
could carry state that was carried for Mr..
Lincoln in 1864 But there is danger in
this very conf dcnce of victory, and the is
sues which are presented for decision in this
presidential campaign touch so nearly the
very life Of the republic. that this possible j,
the duty of work in the coming campaign.
The Republicans of this State must work :.
'heerfully for the sake of the example. How
many have staid away from the polls in
years past because they knew the result was
entirely certain, it is impossible to ascertain,
but we believe the number will reach at
-0N~N
the State. This hitherto absent vote should i,
this year be brought out, and add its thou :,
sands to the former large Republican ma
Jority in Vermont. If it is, it will give us .
tens OF thousands of voters in the states
whose elections follow ours, and where par
ties are more evenly divided. Example
teaches more effectualIy than precept 1t is
contagious. \ gain in Vermont will be
gain everywhere. The grand triumph of the :.
hrst column that meets the common enemy.
Will give enthusiasm to the whole line from
Maine to California. 1t will confirm the =,
doubtful 1t will encourage the timid 1t
will dishearten the enemy. The whole line
Will advance with a stcadier and stronger :
step If victory were doubtful it would
make it sure.
But the newspapers cannot do this work
IN Vermont They can tell why it should be 7
done, and how it may be accomplished The o.
rest OF the labor is with the live Republicans | r
OF every town. There is scarcely a town in Il
the State in which there are not half-a-dozen :
Republicans who know nearly every voter. +
and his politics, IN their towns, and who can -
if they will make the effort, so organize -
TIctory in their localities as to get nine i
enths of these voters to the polls. This =,
will accomplish the result and nothing else q
will. Shall it be done?
The canvass entered upon by the State III
Committee will lead to nothing unless the
republicans of every town become wide ~
wake to the necessity of this work The II
can only recommend methods
nd the course they have recommended, if
ollowed- will accomplish what every Repub-
can desires to see The few DAYS that re-
lain before the election in September are
one too many for the completion of the CT
for that days work Commit Jul
res of working men should be at once APP COZ
ointed in every school district, whose bust 20
ess 1T must be to see that every voter in 90
Ich district is at the polls. Necessity has Lo
npclled the Republicans of New Hampshire liza
} do their work in this way for several wears ha
and In this way vote has been polled in WI
lat state nearly 10000 larger than the pa
rgest vote in Vermont for many years vet ma
Ir voting population must be nearly as large ce'
that of New Hampshire. Cannot we do, "a
II the sake of the cause in the Union, what an
ew Hampshire has done for local triumph? I'm
Let Vermont for once wake mn lot Re- sta
lbllcan fires be kindled every hill and COZ
ong every river of our State. IF the old tin
en- are weary of the battle, let the Young the
EN- kindle enthusiasm that shall run and by
Urn like prairie fire. In this work LET
cal jealousies and contentious be buried out
sight, and each Republican only seek to IN
ltstrip his neighbor in his zeal for the good inc
use. Thus a victory may be achieved that mo-
Iall place Vermont at the head of the Re- net
lblican column, and advance the standard Ike
republicanism everywhere tbro,abo,,t ~ staI
public. vict
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