Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-02-21


How TO BEAT GRANT. The indianapolis
Journal, which favors Grants re nomination
and has been called Mr.. Mortons' 8 home or
gan appears to have learned lesson lately
1t published a leading editorial article o.
much Significance III relation to the action o.
Senators Morton and Conkling in trying tC
prevent Investigations by the Senate Com
mittee. The article is headed " How to
Beat GIANT, and begins " The Democrats
can't do it and wouldn't have sense enough
to know how to go about it if they could
II Grant is beaten, it will be by republicans
rhh6fe will be no difficulty Whatever in bring.
ing about the result, if the professed friends
OF the President continue their efforts with
the zeal and ignorance that has characterized
some Of t. cir recent performances. 1t ever
man had occasion TO say &" Save me from my
friends" that man is Grant. While his
own wishes and views concerning pnollc al
fairs are only made known 10 the public IN
his official 1ttersncss, be is held response
bic TO greater or less degree tor everything
that Is said and done by every one of the
thousands Of men, in Congress and out, who
being in Office, regard themselves q ofIcio az
integral parts Of the administration, and
charged with the duty of speaking its mind
on all matters OF public and party policy
It is in the power Of these gentlemen to beat
Grant, and it is the purpose of this article to
point out 70 them the way IN which 1t can
be done. 50 that they may avoid It -
The -ieurRcI then shows the bad influence
of the sO-Called g administration Senators,
and how they misrepresent and weaken tie
President by pretending to speak tor HIM
- Shooting deSerters may be well enough,
but we doubt the wisdom Of the policy that
would hang some Of the best corps comm md
ers on the eve of battle. To persist IN the
course that has been pursued Ey some OF the
self-styled leaders Of the administration
toward leading Republicans will not only
beat Grant, hut It may insure the defeat
OF any Other NOMINEES Of the Republican Ma
/ tiOnal Convention. = The effort 70 bea
Grant viii be greatly aided in another way
Let the impression get abroad that he has
no friends OF supporters besides the ONCE
holders VI hen a local convention is called
let an ofiicehOlder preside, assisted by an
othceholding secretary, and aided by COM
mittee Or resolutions composed of oth cehold-
ers This can he brought about 10y a preLmln-
arr secret caucus. IN which the organization
can be cut and dried. A. soon Bs the
meeting Is called to order. let some enthusI-
gstIc fhcehOlder ofer- a resolution instructInE
the delegates TO be appointed u vote tor
the denomination OF Grant through thick and
thIn. Let this be done all over the country,
and when Grant IL nominated by such agen-
cIes, let him 70 through the canvass labeled
ofic-hOldcrs candidate aud ID with such
backing, be wins the race -c shall be most
agrceably disappointed
The snow blockade on ,he Pacific
Railroad has not We. been raisei bur contin-
ucs 10 foil force Trans from the East
hlocksIei at Laramie Plains, arrived at Og-
den on the l-sh inst. bat a dispatch from
salt Lake ds,ei ar miduisb, of the same
da,e says
Bad news r. ax>In receive from the snow
belt on the Pacific Railroad.
Gen. Ord has Just arrived here with ad-
vices tina; trains are again snow bound be
tween Medicine Bow ami R1wlins and Look
out
There Is NJ hope Of East bound trains get
ting through at present. Trains passing
through Eyau-tOwn ~ night, westward, just
escaped the new blockade
Another dispatch says
The experience 81 travellers differ bu,
mos, %. chem dcnouncc the management O.
enc -''- i-''o-t 9.ths' "a ~ t-'tt 'lci- wa
ne excuse Tor sueh long delay and 50 many
htr1Shlps, ana that with reasonable energy
and discrimination On the part OF official:
who understood their business, the blockade
would have been raised Of passed two weeks
ago Numbers threatened SUITE against The
CJmuany ioT damages
An interesting EXPLANATION ST the condition
1i thc snow blocked Trans ceotinental RaII-
road. and the causes which hrvc Iri - t1c
disaster Is given nv the officers of the Union
Pacific RaiIrsad The blockade is near III.
divide or hishes, point as rho continent.
- -, 49,, "a ~ '1'
becauss the drift4 came from a direction con-
trary e. that which an precedent Indicated
Inc lcn1es' 20 oe sure. are FOR the most Isst
movable. but are too heavy g bo carried