The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-08-14
THE TRANSCRIPT.
81. ALBANs. VT;
Friday. August II, 1853.
Pciucip5cs not uen.

-, are temporary structures upon
s.oo IF the earth, with poor titles,
cen 10 their own existence, while prin-
- GRO immortal and endure for ever
princinles enter into the fabric OF gov
arnoent and are the sure foundations
-, which every Republican form OF
,,overnment is based. Men are valuable
Statesmen and officers of the govern
mont in proportion as they accept these
,rinciples and adopt them as the rules
oftheir political lives. 4 beautiful man,
aenooth tongued man, q rich or poor
man cannot fill his position i'm the con-
struction of the government TO the sat
isfaetion ofthe people whom he serves,
unless he acts in harmony with the
prineinles upon which the government
j. founded. and has the moral courage
under all circumstances to swerve not
particle from the right.
A Statesman is one thing a selfish pol
itician i lamentably another. While
the valuable Statesman endeavours to
learn the truth and know the right, and
80 to adopt the rules of right in their
bearings upon the people that all shall
Ice protected and made contented, sell
fish politician seeks only his own per-
sonal agrandizement at the expense OF
the rights of the people. \ politician
would only desire to know how he may
best tickle the fancy ofthe people where
he resides, for the time being, or toadopt
the prejudices of the powerful in oppo-
sition To right, that he may ride into
authority. Such q man Is Of about rs
much consequence in maintainingagOr-
ernment founded upon principle, or in
defending the principles upon which it
is constructed, a. a silly fop would be in
attempting to construct a locomotive to
work in harmony with the natural prin-
ciples of philosophy, or in operating it
after it should be constructed.
What the people want is, to support
men who dare TO be men men who are
not biased or controlled by prejudice,
but who will defend the right and cor
rect principles, and see that even the
poorest and humblest of men may be Sc
cured in the enjoyment Of their natural
privileges. Such men, so far as our per-
sonal acquaintance extends, have been
nominated upon the Republican ticket
for County Officers and We urge every
member of the republican party to sup
port them. II is all important TO avoid
discussions and unite upon the men in
the defence of these principle.
There are hundreds of other men in
Franklin County equally as good per-
haps as those whom 1oc have put in
nomination but we cannot support them
as against our ticket; these are good men
and the ticket is completed with their
names We cannot add to, nor take from,
the nominations and with the ticket
must stand orfall. In the view we now
take of this matter, and ii is the highest
which can be taken, we support the
ticket because it was nominated in a con-
vention which we in part Composed
ii was an expression of the will Of the
majority fairly obtained, or as fairly OBJ
tanned as we may ever expect to reach
in public assembly, and it sustains
principles which there is no other way
to defend than to yield to the ticket our
cordial support
We think we take the only correct
view of the matter, and would urge the
Importance Of unitedly supporting the
nominations, upon every member of the
Republican party, and also Of those of
whatever party, whe believe i'm the in
alienabie rights ofmaD.