St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-15

rule originally urged by Senators Sum.
ncr. Schurz. Trumbull. etc, We're forci.
bic and wcll-grounded. Many of the
most respectable of the journals which
on either side of the Atlantic. vigorous
ly urged the president : reelection. now
insist that the abuses thus proclaimed
must Ice acknowledged and corrected
some of them demand. in addition +,
the reforms specifically promised at
Philadelphia. others still more radical
and thorough.
ii. But. where thousands admitted
that the criticisms aforesaid were lust
far fewer were ready to accept the only
alternative presented. They say they
would have supported Adams. or Davis
or Trumbull; but not Greeley. Hence
the vote Is quite light. even in states
and districts where the contest was
spirited.
Ill. The great mass of our people
feel no sympathy for those they still
regard as rebels. On the contrary. they
hold that these have been treated more
lenIently than they deserve. The ma :
lnrltN VIII tolerate, not approve, the
gilt OF office to IL LongStrect, an Aker-
man, Il Settle. who has been baptized
int" the republican church: but they
are not willing that any others shall
hold office where they can prevent it.
". Whichever party carries in Octo-
Der two of the three central states
Pennsylvania. Ohio, and Indiana Is
morally certain to choose the president
i'll November. There has been no cx-
ception to this rule. save III IS24. when
Jackson carried Pennsylvania and In
diana, and had ii plurality of the elect
or> chosen, but Adams was elected hv
the House.
'. These two states having gone for
Grant i'll October. not only WAS the
contest virtually given up in the North.
but thousands of the >o-callcd rebels
went over to Grant, believing this their
shortest way to perfect reconstruction
that Is. to secure for themselves II
practical equality of rights with other
citizens. Thus Gen. kcr>haw of South
Carolina at one time urged his fellow
rebels to run no ticket against Grant. aS
this would enable them I" appeal with
effect for federal sympathy us against
their rl>cally state rulers.
Y !. The republicans have won a
pcril"u> triumph. John Randolph said
that one WAS the best possible majority .
When the old republican party had
chosen Mr.. Monroe president with only
one clcctOr dissenting. it dissolved and
ran four candidates At the next election
VII. Though the democratic party
broke into fragments. not one of these
has distinctly proposed Il return to the
antl-ncgro policy of other days. On
the contrary. the hourhon>. who urged
all manner of objections To Greeley. said
nothing of his devotion to equal rights
regardless of color. We may fairly
conclude that there Nill he no further
formidable. systematic opposition to i'm
partial suffrage.
VIII. There is little or no complaint
from amy quarter of violence nr terror
ism at the polls. Blacks and whites
>WaImcd around Il thousand polls.
struggling zcll"u>ly. hut scarcely Il blow
WAS >tl,irk and II" serious lot occurred.
1t i thus settled that whites and blacks
HAY vote together without Il breach of
the peace ''rchel" and :'miggcI" treat
Ing each Other with t"lhcarancr and
consideration.