Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-11-02

sitive man, what is more cxasperatiag
than cool contempt?
Meanwhile, the Tribune is chuckling
over the matter, and wishing success to
"Briclin in his new enterprise, on the
ground that he will do more than any
other man in New York to open peo-
pies eyes to the true character of Demo-
cracy as it is. OF course, Pomcroy is
left to appreciate the compliment just
according TO his own appreciation of its
terms. The Tribune certainly has sly
way of hitting very hard.
The outrages which are being pcrpe-
trated in some of the southern States on
White Unionists and freedmen by the
KuKluX assassins and other despera-
does are producing very deep impress
sion on the minds of all right thinking
men as to the indispensable G necessity
for the sake of great internal interests
now seriously imperilled by reckless
men that Grant should be elected Prcsi-
dent. With the ignorant and unthinll-
ing, the cry of "negro supremacy still
has certain sort of power, but recent
developments in the South are fast pro-
ducing the conviction, wherever there is
intelligence an honesty, that the negro
could not after the close of the war, have
been safely left without the protection
of the ballot or protection of some other
kind. These have materially contribu
ted to the recent action of the War
Democrats in coming out boldly az a
body for Grant and Colfax, and they
will doubtless have the effect of adding
greatly to the splendid majority--the
swelling popular tde-by which Grant
will be borne to the White House.
Sensible men of all shades of politics
here are now saying: "Such a state of
things must beput a stop to; society in
of terror with which it is threatened
and Grant is the man to do the work =
place him by all means where he will be
in a position to do it clfectually."
These assassinations and murders, re-
ports of which are daily brought to us
from the South, are producing the very
opposite effect to that intended or hoped
for by their dastardly perpetrators.
To pass from politics-one of the most
significant events of the week is the ac-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal Con-
vention now sitting in this city, Oh the
question of divorce. This question was
brought up in the Convention last Sat
urday, and led to very interesting dis
cussion, in which DR.. Clark, of Connec-
ticut, remarked that, in his State one
tenth of the marriages have been diver
ced, and in some places in Massachu-
sets and other States, he believed that
the case was even worse. DR.. Stubs, of
New Jersey, said that he would rather
su fer imprisonment or degrade lion
than marry divorced persons.
Eventually the following resolutions,
as reported from the committee Oh can
ons, was agreed to yesterday: THAT no
minister of this church shall solcmnize
matrimony in any case where previous
marriage of either Of the parties shall
have been dissolved for cause arising
subsequent thereto provided that moth
ing herein shall apply to the innocent
party in cases of divorce for adultery,
nor to any cause where the prior mar
riage relation shall have terminated by
the death of the husband or wife"
The discussion was largely attended
by ladies, who appeared to take the deep
est interest in the proceedings.
During the past week, the greatest ex-
element has prevailed in Wall Street,
and the stock market was in state bor-
dering on panic yesterday. Erie de-
clined to 3Sf, while other stocks showed
signs of the effect of the generalization.
The proXimate cause of this state of
things is a severe monetary stringency,
brought about by crafty spectators :; but
should the banks come to the rescue-as
it is hoped they will-the press ure will
soon be removed and affairs speedily re-
sumo their normal state Meanwhile
gold has fallen to l34i, and there is no
apprehension of decline in national Sc
curities while the prospects for " Grant
and Peace" continue as good as they are
at present.
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