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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10
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By MRS. JOHN II UlIL.


Sittas to-day III our dessoIitc room
Wa cnce nevcrnorc sunshine shdI' u"HlSh ths
gloom,
i'll y We listen to the huriying iect
=, school chId1eh, ringing on 7ho"'coFere'
street;
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va cucp Hclermo.c sunlight shall Danish tn
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over a po'"csI"-ite blossom OF mouth .
whence sunlight nor hf'"sh' ca" Danish tA'
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ll1i choke at Their sources the prayers we
WouIu pi"N'
tHd' 0dIhth oar vision iikc ShtuoWs OF uU"il'
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10
NATIONAL OPINION BRADFORD VERMONT FRIDAY MAY TO- 1872

! As for the ohce,, care not who ill ,hem II
right principles prevail and there is honest adj
minlstration, In saving that speak the seuti.
monts OF the republicans of Vermont, II is
u grief aud sorrow to them that personal am
billions aud personal differences have crept ill.,
To The party and threaten its unity, They
feel that many seed of discord has been
nccdlcssly sown and, ifthey could, they would
pluck up every one,
To this end trust they viii send to tie
Philadelphia Convention their wiscst men,
charged To say that Vermont stands To tho
cardinal principles of the Republican faith
stands, aud forever will stand, To the equal
rights Of all, the full payment of the national
deb, the reduction of taxation--stands to
honesty aud fidelity npublic office and the per
feet maintenance in every direction ol the pub
lie rights amt honor and charged still, further
to say that Vermont stands To the Repnhli.
can organization for the success of these prii
nciplcs, and only asks of the Convention to
be held in the city of Brothcrly Love, the
exercise of the wisdom which will make the
success secure.
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The Democratic National COnven-

The Democratic National COnven-
ton, it is now said, will be held on
Tue 18th of July at st. Louis.
A revolution in Spain under Don
carlos appears to be fairly inaugu.
lated. Amadeus is having a hard
lime of it, but declares he will not
cave Madrid except in an embalm-
"a state. "a Madrid dispatch of
tuesday evening says: A battle
haS been fought at Tudcla. in Navar-
ie,0etween the Government troops
Shd insurgents. The latter were
Ueleated with the loss of 800 killed
anu Wounded Disaffection among
Tue troops is reported.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10
Local Items.
About Tow n.

About Tow n.
Wm Twomhly will build u new
house on his farm this summer.
Ed. Peaslee of Newbury has
bought out the Livery Stable of IL.
b. Stevens.
win Z. johnson. horses took a no.
ton TO run while he was unhitching
them from his wagon the other day,
He very narrowly escaped a broken
head, aud Moody b. Johnson in at
temrting to catch them was some.
what bruised, The horses took Il
lively turn up and down the street,
but did no further damage.
G. II. Curtis has put out q new
sign which is very handsome and at
tractlve.
One of the piles Of logs at Pickett
< Cos mill yard, broke down the
posts which held them in place the
other day, and went crashing down
into the road. Several persons had
inst passed and others were just
about to pass as the logs came down.
One pile oflogs at that point is, and
has been for about two years. al
most wholly in the Highway; they
obstruct the ditch 50 thit the water
in heavy rain, runs in the mi'lle of
the road, aud the town or highway
district has been t. considerable eX'
pensc in fixing the hill at that place,
al On account Of those logs being
allowed to remain in the highway
How much longer will they lie there!
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10

The following speech was deliver
ed at the state convention at Bel
lows Falls, by Hon. Frederick Bill
lings of Woodstock, who preside
in tie convention:
The Republican party Of Vernon. i. not
a'tiictcd with the divisions which. in som,
States, give 10 conventions conflicting dele
gate, aud troublesome preliminary question,
and. SO compel the selection Of skillful pre-
/ orga, ikation Of convention here that when
in d'tion. the work to be done, as in the
present instance, ia simple, any member of the
convention can perfectly well preside over its
deliberations As | participate, however, il
/ the doings or political convention of my ma
tive State now for the first time for nearly a
quarter Of "a century, I cannot help treating
my call to the chair a token of kind remsm
brauce and beg leave to give you, as | do
give you, my thanks for the compliment you
pay me.
have said the work of the convention is
simple, and so it is. To be sure, this is the
Presidential ycar-a year Of conflicts and con
ventions of proposed new departures and ne W
organizations and, what with the pspicuous
names hcralded at tine. in connection with
new movements, to one shutting both eyes
and listening with only one ear, it may be a
serious question if the old foundations are not
all broken up. and. then. W hat are all to
dol This very day there assemble in the Gar
den City of the West two conventions, and
with one are associated honored names, high
up on the roll of the IA sfory of the Republican
party. There have been olhcr conve ntions.
There will he others still. But the Republi-
cans of Vermont, while keeping eyes on all
and praying that no evil may come from any,
look to the convention to I've held in Philadel-
mia. on the 9TH day of June, for the authorita-
tive expression Of the principles and policy of
the Republicans ofthe nation, and the selec-
tiop of their candidates for the Presidential
struggle.
And they do SO because they are honestly
and inteligently convinced that the highest
poltical welfare of the nation demands the
continued ascendency ofthe party that fought
the war for the salvation of the nation, carried
it successfully through, and then, graphing
with the inperious questions resulting from
the war. has borne on its shoulder, the work
of REIMBURSEMENT 20 the new life. They believe
that in no other course is there safety; that
vital questions not yet permanently settled
make it foolish, if not criminal, to try expert
ments.
No one can claim that the Republican party
ss such, il 10 live forever on the old issues
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10
Jermont Hci,n,i "a" state COmren-
TIN.

] lpElIsoNS u Aisl<H, IL Wal -
The Republican State Convention
for the election of State and Dis
trict delegates for the Nationa
Convention at Philadelphia wa,
held in this place today. 1t was ;
noble assembly Of Representative
Republicans, and included many o
the prominent names of the State
The veterans of the party, its strong
and tried men, rs well rs its young
and rising men were present.
The Convention was called to or
der at II by Hon. Il. Il. Bendict
Chairman of the State Republican
Committee, and its permanent or
ganizati0n effected by the election
of the following officers:
Presidcnt-lIon. Frederick Bill
ings of Woodstock.
Vice Presidents-HOn. John
Gregory of Mortified, Hon. b. ID
Harris of BrattleborO and Hon. Lu
Their Barnes of Newport.
Secretaries-A. n. Swain of Bel
lows Falls and d. NJ. Camp of New
port.
Committee on ResOlutions-Geo.
II. Bigelow, Hon. j. Poland, Hon,
b. II. Steele, Col. X. q. Burton,
Hon. Harry Clark, l.. ii. Knapp,
Esq, and Geo. Nichols.
Mr.. Billings on coming forward
was greeted with hearty cheers.
He addressed the Convention in a
brict but eloquent and earnest
speech full OF sound Republican
matter.
The Convention arrived at the
real business for which it was called
to meet, tine election of delegates TO
Philadelphia. and made short work
of it. and with the following result !:
Delegates at Largc-Ilon. John
Gregory Smith Of Il. Albaus, Hon.
Horace Fairbanks Of St. JohuSbury.
Hon. benjamin IL. Steele of Hart
Land, and uol. Geo. ". Grandy Of
NergcnncS.
Authenticated. W. &. VeaSey of
Rutlanl, Col. j. Is. Mead of Ran
doIph, Hon. A. l.. French of st.
JohnSbury and Hon. I. Ii. Garfield
of Arlington.
District dclcgates-ilon. George
Nichols of Northtield, J \. Tuttlc,
Esq, Of hutlaMd, Hon. James
llutchnS OF Randolph, William
llaucS, Jr., Of Niudham, Hon. Geo.
wilkins OF Stove and Lawrence
Barnes OF Rutland.
Altcrratcs-N. T. Spraguc, Jr..
Col. NJ. ). Colburn, Hon. {. II.
Chapman, Col. II. Il. Stoughton,
Hon. j. W. Iartshorn and Hon. Jed.
i. Clark.
Judge Steele reported a list of
spirited resolutions approving and
the present Adminlstra
ton as distinguished among the list
for ability. integrity, economy and
fidelity to principle deeply regret
ing the detection OF Republicans
from the regular organization, dc.
admitting the Democratic
party to power, as endargeiing the
Equal rights which have recently /
} zen engrattcd into our system. and /.
closing with a general rccogI itiou
If the permanent doctrines OF tie
)arty. The second resolution is as
ollowS; That the first preference of
he State is for the denomination OF
iraut and Colfax, and that we wish
'ur delegates to regard that prefer
nee SO tar as upon consultation
With the delegates from other States
hey shall find !, consistent with the
Iarmony OF the Republican organi
alton. the welfare of the common
auSe. ana the Successful and per
lament establishment of Republican
rinclplcS. TO these considerations
II others should Yield.
The Convention was harmonious
pom the subject of Gen. Grants re
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WASHINGTON, d. c., April II, 1872.
To the Editor efMs Ner National Era;
If the question which &C. W. NJ" endea-
vors to solve was in court, l should offer the
above as my plea. 1t was happy anticipa-
ton when in my last letter said should rest.
Beyond the defense ola personal friend having
good intentions, G. w. NJ. has said nothing.
Neither the law nor the merits of the case
have been touched in his last, but an attempt
has been in part successful to call our atten-
ton to an error palpably accidental. What
a weapon of defense! Lamentably weak !!
If the words " disgraceful!" insulting -
&C., actuated G. W. NJ. in his first letter,
why not make them the subject of discussion,
and cease to defend his weak case in point
of law? Does G. W. NJ. wish us to say
"anywise" instead of nowise, (Which we
will heartily do, without waiting to know
with whom the error lies, or shall we state
the contrary of the statement" and place
ourselves in like error! ID. A. 5.
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bismarck Versus Carl Schurz.

The Westliche Post, the new German Re-
publican paper of New Y ork city, contains an
article upon the French arms purchase, :"
which discloses the fact that Bismarck was
cognizant from the beginning of the nogoti-
atoms that were in progress by agents of
France to procure arms in the United States,
but that he never attached Importance to the
constant intelligence he was in the receipt of,
and never supposed the International treaty
laws were imperiled by any proceedings re-
ported upon to him by Baron Gerolt, the
Prussian representative at Washington. In
this late avowal that no cause for remon-
STRANGE was ever discovered, although the
Prussian Government was always thoroughly
posted upon the ma tiers involved, we find a
complete vindication of President Grants adj
ministration from the ISLANDERS brought against
it by Mr.. Carl Schurz, and find it, moreover,
in Carl's own newspaper organ. We recon-
mend to this gentleman that he read the state
ments made by Prince Bismarck's organ, der
NOrddeutschen Augemeinen Zeitung as preface
to the speeches that he is now making against
his adopted country.
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The EOyya "LiberaIs who Look
Toward Cincinnati.

Abiding to the call issued in Iowa by a
few discontinued men for Convention to
appoint delegates to the Cincinnati gather
ing, the Ottumna QOwa) Courier says:
I'VE notice among the names appended
that of Fitz Henry Warren, the Andy John
sonite and constitutional growler; also,
Jacob Butler and ID. c. Cloud, of Muscatine,
whose heads have been very sore for num-
Der of years; and further on we notice the
name of Fred. Tape, Of Muscatine also.
He, with his fellow-laborers in this enterprise,
complains bitterly of the corruption of the
Administration. 1t so happens that brother
of this man Tape, one Charles Tape by
name, was last week convicted before Judge
Love, at Keokuk, of a violation of the reve-
nue. laws as liquor dealer or manufacturer.
We suppose that Fred sees in this pursuit of
those who would swindle the Government out
of its revenues, evidence of corruption, and so
joins j. b. Grinnell, the dapper little man
who has so repeated y sworn off from accept
ing offce.'
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PERsoNAL.-We were pleased to receive a
call, during the past week, from DIR. Ayers
traveller, who was in our town devoting his
time and attention to the preparations Of the
great medicine man. This call has become a
pleasant annual to us from the able and re-
liable business character Of the accomplished
gentlemen whom this firm send out to trans
act their business. No house is better known
or valued by the press for its promptness in
settlement than the well established and pop
ular j. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass, whose
medicines have become household necessity,
and won the confidence and praise of ALL
Our own acquaintance with them has extended
over series of years, and we have invariably
found them, their travellers, and their medi-
cines, worthy of the concentrations they
everywhere receive. Jackson Tenn) Tribune.
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A Clear Grant Victory.

The Democrats of Connecticut are on a
platform which differs from that of their regu-
lar Republican brethren only in its lacking
the plank in which the latter assert of the
present Administration that it seems to them
wise, great, and good.-N. Y. Nation.
Thus spoke the ablest, most respectable
and most influential anti-Grant Republican
journal in the country the week before the
Connecticut election, with the obvious in
tention of inducing the Liberals f." of that
State to vote against the office-holders'
ticket"
Both candidates wese unexceptionable, and
no personal fight or issue was made for or
against either Ofthem. The whole weight of
the Liberal" movement was thrown against
Jewell, and the opposition was frantic in its
assertions that every ballot cast for him would
be a vote for the denomination and reelection
of Grant. Indeed, as the Nation itself re-
marks, that was the only difference, the only
issue of the fight. The Democracy abandoned
every one of its distinctive principles, and
stood literally upon the Gratz Brown and
Schurz "LiberaP platform. The Republicans
were asked to yield no single point, except to
change their allegiance from Grant, not to a
Democrat, but to some other Republican.
This they emphatically refused.-LiHle Rock
(Ark.) Republican.
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COlored Men of Pennsylvania
Represented in National
Convention.

We gladly point to the first resolution of
the State Convention affirming among the
principles of the Republican party, the
grand and fundamental idea of the equality
of all men in political rights"-and the con-
sistent appointment of leading and worthy
colored gentlemen--Prof. S. A. Neale, of
Allegheny City; Cassius NJ. Brown, ESQ.,,
publisher of Ou National Progress Harris
burg, and Robert Purvis, Esq, of Byberry,
Alternate Delegates to the National Conven-
ton.
While we are entitled to and would have
preferred a principal, we are proud that Penn
sylvania sends three Alternates-One of them,
Robert Purvis, Delegate at Large.
All honor to the Convention! All honor
to the Committee! All honor to Hon. Rus
sell Errett, its chairman.
This is all the more creditable, because
there was not one cOlored delegate in the
State Convention. And this was as much
the fault of the colored men as of any one
else - Washington (Pa.) Progress.
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stituencies, betrayed them. or lodged or
Bill.
a series of resolutions were also adopted.
Inc hrst coinmends the action of Vice
PRESIDENT Colfax for aiding and giving his
support to the Civil Rights Bill in the Senate.
Inc second declares difference between
civil rights and social rights, and recognizes
the TACT that social standing of men can only
De determined by personal merit and indi-
vidual achievement. - ...,s-.5.
The third expresses gratitude for the pray
ers OF the friends of freedom in this and other
lands.
The fourth refuses to support for Office all
who cannot rise above the prejudices of race
and color.
The fifth recommends system of common
scnooi education such as prevails in New
England.
The sixth asks that some patronage be ex-
tended to the colored Republicans of Ken
lucky and other States, where none has here
tOiore been given. ea a..a-
ihe seventh and eighth deny the state
ments made in certain papers that forced
school equality is one of the dominant ideas
OF the convention, and animadverts ON the
practices OF amalgamatiOn.
The convention took recess to O'Clock
Pm. %5t - = 49,
-'.5 EVENING SESSION.
Nothing of Importance was done tonight.
Fred. Douglass and others addressed an
assemblage at Mechanics Institute.
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The Profit OF Good w Ork.

A gentleman at summer retreat in New
Hampshire, some seasons since, CHANGED to
need slight repair of harness. 1t was so
neatly and promptly done that he was led to
investigate" the shop; and the consequence
was that he has already ordered, for self and
friends, fifteen harness from that establish
ment, over the borders of the Granite State.
The proprietor or his men probably did not
dream that the fastening of a single buckle
was so much of an investment and an invita-
ton to quite lot of new customers. But
skill and honesty proved in this case the best
policy, as they generally will; for the me-
chanic who conscientiously always does his
level best and takes care not to shirk even
trifing jobs, may be pretty sure that his en-
ployers will remember him and call again.
Moreover, here is an instance of the truth
that-without any pun-faithful sowing re.
suits in an unexpected harvest.-Boston
Transcript.
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Party Detection and its Effect upon
the Popular Current for Grant.

The open detection of Republicans only
served to strengthen the Administration vote
in New Hampshire, and the lukewarmness of
politicians and the rebellious hints of influ-
entail party journals only added to Governor
Jewell's chances of success in Connecticut.
The Cincinnati boiling Convention now prom
Uses to be worse than failure so far as the
interests of the soreheaded Republicans are
concerned; for the indications are unmis-
taxable that it will swell the popular current
in favor of Grant and do much towards giving
him the votes of all the States in the Union,
from Maine to California. In fact, it is now
clear that the American people are with
Grant in the coming fight, and that they will
stand by him, shoulder to shoulder, at the
ballot box, as they stood by him, shoulder to
shoulder, in many well-fought field from the
Mississippi to the Appomattox. 1t is on the
people, then, that Grant must now rely, and
not upon a party press or friendly politi-
cians-N Y Herald
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Presidential Prospects.

The New York Citizen Democratic) saws
of Presidential prospects as affected by the
recent elections:
That General Grant has been very much
strengthened by the returns from New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut no reasonable man
can deny. The combinations against him so
far have failed, and If anything were wanted
to ensure his nomination at Philadelphia the
result in those States would be sufficient.
There is no longer room for doubt-if there
was before-that he will be the candidate of
the Republican party, and those Democrats
who hug to their souls the fond delusion
that he will prove weak opponent, have
reason to question the wisdom of their con-
illusions. So far there seems little if any
diminutioh of his popularity, and if the Demo-
Gratis would win they must address themselves
10 hard battle.
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Advancing and Not Advancing.

The colored race are struggling on, through
abuse, cOntumely, and blood, to equal civil
rights. This week has produced some ex-
treme examples. A negro named David
Jones, charged with robbery and murder, was
taken from the Nashville Jail on Sunday
night by ian Infatuated mob' and hanged to
lamp-post in the city streets till he was
dead, the police looking calmly on. If he
had been white man he would have had
fair trial, and probably would have lived to a
green old age. Lieutenant Governor Pinch
back, OF Louisiana, as black as the ace of
spades, is gladly entertained as guest at the
Arlington Hotel in Washington, where he
pays $50 day for his room. This is a great
stride forward. Another advance was made
by the New York Assembly, when it invited
c1iored clergyman to open the proceedings
with prayer-probably for the first time in
the country. This looks as if negro were
to be permitted to live in our best hotels in
some other capacity than that of boot-black,
and to be admitted to equality at least in the
courts of heaven Chicago Post.
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Greeley Not Wanted at Cincinnati.

1t would be amusing if, after Mr.. Greeley's
toyings with the Cincinnati Conventionists,
they should refuse to accept him as an ally,
and yet such an event is not improbable. A
correspondent of the Erening Post, writing
from Cincinnati, says that the leaders Of the
new party will insist on demanding free trade |;
that as it is the first plank in their platform
they cannot concede nor dare they even offer
compromise. The new party would lose
with the people all their prestige if they were
to give up their most important declaration
ton. Already there have been some EN-
phatic protests among the leaders of the
convention in prospect of such political
regeneration. We know Ex-Governor Cox
is opposed to it, and Judge Hoadley has
said: "If you concede to Greeley, you may
count me out" No such compromises are
to be expected.
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The Mormons are trying very hard to
humbug the people and Congress of tho
United States with their farce of "the State
Of Deseret." The inchoate Commonwealth
is knocking at the door of the Union for ad-
mission with all the framework of State gov
ernment, and the crafty followers are even
appealing to the dominant party with q SOM
blance Of Republican strength in their polit-
ical sentiments. The trick is too transparent,
and we have no doubt that Congress will in
innate to the Latter-day Saints that they
must become good citizens before they can be
clothed with the dignity and Importance Of .
State, and until that time arrives they may
be safely permitted to remain Territory.