Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-21
WHO Elected Gen. Grant ?

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profitable than the question, which is
being raised by newspapers in different
sections of the country, WHO nominated
General Grant p" for what would n
nomination be wort hand who would
claim its patelnity-unless it was sup
plem ented by an ciection9 The Ameri-
can people, by popular majority of
three hundred thousand, and three
fourths of the electoral votes, elected
Grant. "True,' the journal says, "but
acloser inspection reveals the fact that
a change of but Mirty or forty thousand
votes would lave elected Horato Sey-
mour! Now what saved these votes to
Grant, and the seventy-five electoral
votes which they carried with them ="
We quote the remainder of the JoWndrs
article entire:
Every intelligent Republican, dou BIT
less, in reviewing the late campaign, is
surprised at our narrow escape from
disastrous defeat. Various causes -
which can now be more clearly dis
cerned, but which it would be useless to
numerate-combined to place the result
i'm great doubt; and nothing less than
the utmost wisdom and prudence, not
only in the selection of its candidates
and construction of it platform, but es-
pecially in the conduct of the campaign,
could have saved the party from dis
astrous result. Particularly in the great
Central and Western States, which
proved to be so nearly balanced, and
whose votes were to determine the con-
test, was this state of things in some
measure foreseen. The enemy had here
with great adroitness laid their plans
broad and deep, with determination
to win at all hazards. In this emer-
gency the eyes of our friends in those
holly contested fields were turned with
the intensest solicitude to those States
which were first to lead off in the popu-
lar verdict. We have it from these who
participated in the,canvass in Pensylva-
MIA that the judgment of those best in
formed with reference to the result in
that great State--the keystone of the
archNwas, that nothing short of ia
vorable verdict in the elections prelimi-
nary to the final struggle could save
them from being overwhelmed. Yer
mont was to lead the column. Her sol
diers had been the bravest among the
brave. Her flag had never been struck
to the enemy. Would she now be true
to her record, and vote as she fought
She had no doubtful contest to stimulate
her to exertion. No eloquent speakers
were sent to stir up her people, for they
were all needed elsewhere. With all
this responsibility attaching to the cleo
ton, she was left to her own cOmp,c-
hension Of the situation, and her own
management Of the campaign.
The day of trial came, and The result
fully demonstrated that the confidence
repOsed in the in; diligence and integri-
ty of our people was in no wise mis-
placed. From this overwhelming pop
ular condemnation of disloyalty and
reputation in all its forms, open or
covert, our friends everywhere took
heart again, and rallied for the final
victory. The enemy saw the hand
writing on the wall, and from that day
their doom was sealed.
Nothing seems palmer to our mind
than that among all the causes which
combined to produce the suspicious re-
suit which attended the late presiden-
tial election, no cause deserves more
prominence than the keynote which
was sounded by Vermont in her Sep
TENDER election and that, in filling
the position of honor and trust in the
new administration, her claims to hon.
Orable notice are deserving of favorable
consideration. That she has several
distinguished citizens whose qualifica-
tons for positions in the new cabinet
will not suffer in comparison with those
of any other section of the country, we
fully believe and we trust that, at the
proper time and in an appropriate man.
ner, the claims of the State for such
position may be presented.
UNCLE SANS FEMALE CLERKS,-A
Washington despatch says that Secre-
tary McCulloch has found it very diff