Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-03
Grant and COIfaX.

Grant and COlfaX.
Tho hearty unanimity which has charac
terized the greeting everywhere given 70 tho
nominations Of the National Republican
Convention at Chicago, renders it unnecessary
to say a word in eulogy of the ticket. GRANT
and CoLFA1 need no introduction t. the peo-
pie of thi. country. Their record is known
and read Of all men. We are confident the
convention could have made no stronger nom
nations and We are by 10 means zure that
there arc in these United States men more
worthy the confidence which has been re-
posed in them. When Grants name wa.
frat mentioned a candidate there was some
distrust Of him. as his uniform reticence had
left him in some measure uncOmmitted Oh
the questions which now divide parties.
But hrs controversy with the President III
respect 70 the reinstatement Of Secretary
Stanton dispcIlei al doubts as to The lund-
ness Of his Republican principles. AMI made
his nomination at Chicago forsgonc con
cluslon- The convention in it's action pre-
scented the remarkable spectacle Of ,,,nPletc
and enthusiastic harmony in its choice Of
standard bearer and in this agreement Of
opinion it fully represented the great Kepub-
Iican party Of the country.
While the nomination of Mr.. CoLFAx was
not the result Of such a general agreement
of opinion among the delegates or tho peo-
pie, it was received in the convention. and
has since been welcomed by the people, with
enthusiasm. at least equal to that which
GRANTS name calls forth No man who has
been so long in public life, and who has been
50 steadfast 70 principle in all his career, has
50 few enemies as SCHUYLER COLFA1 IF he
had been an eastern man he would have been
nominated by reclamation. The fact that he
WAS from Indiana, while Grant was from
Illinois, gave eastern men courage to enter
the field against him, and inclined western
delegates to forego their first choice, and give
the east one place on the ticket The failure
of impeachment also brought Senator Wade
more prominently before the convention than
he otherwise would have been, many persons
desiring to put him on the ticket a fitting
rebuks to the Republicans in the Senate who
voted against the conviction of the President
The great delegation from New York worked.
too, as Now Workers only can work in a DO
Htical convention. for Gov Fenton, and
urged his nomination the only certain way
to secure that state for the ticket But. in
spite of all these obstacles, it was apparent
that Mr. CoLFAx was really the first choice |
of great majority of the convention, and |
the wild acclaim which greeted the states |
that changed their votes on the fifth ballot to |
MIR. COLFAx. gave abundant evidence of the |
profound love of the people for the statesman
and the man IL was felt that both GRANT
and COLFAx belonged rather to the United !
States than to any state, and that no ques-
tween the people and their choice and in
this the convention acted wisely Sound
principles and sound and popular men over
rode at Chicago. as they should override IN
all conventions. all question. Of east or west.
north or south.
The fierce attacks which the Democrats
are already making on the ticket, are good
evidence of their fear of lite success. They
GRANTS nomination. and have
been preparing for il by attacking him in
every conceivable way; but they did not ex-
pect that CoLFAx's popularity was also to be
put into the fight against them They are
surprised and di. concerted and more e.-
pecially in disorder as they are by means
united either upon the candidates or the |
platform to be opposed to those agreed upon |
at Chicago They had hoped to see the Re |
publicans at war among themselves and !
especially had they hoped for this, after the I
first vote against Impeachment and the wise
action Of the convention in declining to
carry impeachment, party measure.
forward into the presidential canvass, either
on Its ticket or its PLATFORM has quite demor-
allied the modern Democracy
With GRANT and CoLFAx for standard
bearers in the coming presidential campaign.
victory becomes a certainty if the RepubIi-
cans only do their duty The names of our
leaders tower of strength to US They
represent the principles which must govern
this country in all the future, in order to
preserve our heritage Of free government
and they have been identified the first in the
field, and the second in the halls of legisla-
ton. with the struggle which has hardly yet
closed between slavery and freedom, and in
which freedom has thus far signally tri-
umphed. 1t only remains for the people by
their sufrages next November to complete
the work SO auspiciously begun at Chicago,
and ratify the action of the convention by
popular approval at the ballot box so over
whelming as to establish the government for
all future time on the solid foundations of |
liberty, equal rights, and justice for all