Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-06-14

ment, now IN all time.
Why then, fellow citizens, have you
this night passed judgment in favor of
Ulysses S. Grant and against Horatio
Seymour? The first reason is from the
persons who put them in nomination be-
fore the people. and who are now urging
them forward as candidates for the Pres
idency of the United States. They met
in New York short time ago, and who
were they? They were red handed rebels
prisoners of war TO the United States,
they and their associates. These are the
men who put in nomination Horatio
Seymour. Who put in nomination Ulys-
ses S. Grant The great republican par
ty that bore this nation triumphantly
through the war, under the Divine bless
ing, amid the trials and dangers and all
the vicissitudes of the great war, that
we have passed through. He was nom
mated by the great Republican party
The first reason then, why they should
prefer Grant, on next Tuesday, to Sey-
mour, is to be found in the organization
and persons who placed them in nomina-
ton, and in those whom they represent.
Grant represents the loyal heart of Amer
lea Seymour is travelling agent Of
Wade Hampton and Forrest.
Another reason of your judgment is
TO be found in the merits of the persons
themselves. In Grant we behold the
leader of our armies in the path of vic
tory. In Grant we behold the great
General, who, under Divine Providence,
led our armies, supported as they were
by some of these who are here before
you tonight. The same gallant Gene
raj who, assisted by your present Cover
nor, John w. Geary and aided by your
late Governor, Andrew G. Curtin, here
at home, in the Executive council and
State Administration, led you onward
from the Mississippi to the Potomac
eastward, until no rebel flag poisoned
the gale on this continent.
These, then, are reasons which fully
justify the choice which you will make
next Tuesday; but these reasons are de-
MED by others, and chiefly by the agent,
the representative of Forrest and of
Hampton, who has recently been trav-
ersing this continent for one thousand
miles, giving reasons why Grant should
not be elected, and why the banner of
the Union, dishonored and inglorious
should be intrusted to his hands.
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The mistakes mentioned are, Seymour
says, the mistakes of the republican
party" What, then, has Gen. Grant
got to do with them? CHEERS for Grant
While congress may have made mistakes
if you please, without number day by
day made mistakes-Grant was before
the enemy's face fighting him; he was
taking no surrender, except that it was
Unconditional r No terms left his
| lips but Unconditional surrender of the
enemy of his country. y
Upon the 4th of July, 1868, notwith-
standing the conduct of Horatio Sey-
mour, the sun of our country's glory
burst forth in splendor through the dark
cloud of rebellion that had for some
years overshadowed it, and the baleful
exhalations Of treason were scattered
Do your duty next Tuesday, and the sun
of our political glory will shine as bright
ly and with as great lustre as it shone on
the day of the 4th of July at Vicksburg
and at Gettysburg. Vote against Grant
and the darkness and gloom that will
settle over this country like the pail OF
midnight will settle deeper and deeper
over the land, over its prosperity, over
all the elements Of national honor, over
all the elements of national strength,
and the greatest calamity that ever be-
fei people will happen. May Divine
Providence divert that catastrophe
STILL MORE TESTIMONY.
On the same night, Mr.. Stanton was
serenaded at the Union League, and
spoke as follows:
Felloao Citizens: General Grant new.
er looked upon an enemy OF his country
but to conquer it. He never sat down
before rebel stronghold to besiege it