The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-08-20

BosToN, Aug. 5, 1872.

BosroN, Aug. 5, 1872.
Hon. Gorge W. Grandcy:
DEAR SIK,-The receipt of your kind
letter has given me special qualification,
because it was Bennington COM
menced my laho' for the extirpation Of
chatteI slavery the American soil
That was in D. ~ty-four years ago.
My rcmlni &c place are still
with ne, Of the inhabitants
bear me n not. To see il;
once NOR recall the thrilling
associati DE-, past, would alone be
a sufficient aducement to comply with
the invitation extended to me to visit
Bennington on the 10th inst, if had
not other engagements.
You state that, on that day, the an.
niversary Of the Battle of Bennington is
to be celebrated by mass meeting Of
the Republicans Of the county; aud
in their behalf you invite me to speak on
the political aspects Of the times. That
[ should be able to do in no partisan
spirit, if | were present; but, for reasons
it is quite unnecessary to specify, | must
decline all overtures to address political
gatherings-using my pen, instad of my
voice, to bear testimony as best | can
for the iurtherance Of popular liberty
and the general welfare.
From an Independent position, looking
down into the political arena, | see two
parties struggling for the mastery in re-
gard to the management Of our national
affairs. One of these is the Republican
party, cmbodyng an immense proportion
of the intelligence, education, culture, pa
triotism and piety Of the nation; tho other
is the Democratic party, assisted by a
comparatively small number of the So
called Liberal Republicans, under the ban
ner of which are rallying nearly all those
who, through rebellion and civil war,
sought to dismember the republic in the
interest off negro slavery-all those at the
North who were in sympathy with them
all the dangerous classes universally. The
contrast is striking. needing no special
enlightenment on which side every loyal.
liberty Glowing voter should be found to
stand. The record of the Republican par
ty is incomparably better than that OF
any other political organization since the
foundation oe the government. Its lead.
ing measures have been in accordance
with the claims justice. humanity and
equal rights, and will make it famous in
history. The record of the Democratic
party, up to its metamorphosis at Balti.
more last month, is one of unrelentinp
opposition to all those measures, particu.
lar with reference to cur colored popu.
lation. Desparing of again controlling
the nation by the election of one of It's
stripe, on account of the odium into which
1t has fallen, it has put in nomination for
the Presidency one whose recreancy to
the Republican cause is, in view of hi,
sayings and acts, astounding as it is de-
plorahle and 1t f,cts to regard its tri
umph by this rn,- IS certain, acting as il
does under ial-. o., 'enses. trust the
Intelligent T. 90 t'. Vermont will mol
be decei ed DO, a', IT is devices. Thi.
is what VI - said Of the Demo,
cratic par -y year. and since tber
it has ch a. 4 IA nothing but tactics
AZ Is reb. a- the core to-day, hardlS
able to reconcile the defeats of Lee j ohm
son, Bragg, Hood and Price, and the con
sequent downfall of its beloved confeder
acy, with its traditional faith in Divln,
Providence. 1t would hail the election
of Democratic President in 1872 as {
virtual reversal ef the Appomatox sur
render. 1t would come into power will
the hate, the chagrn, the wrath, tn,
wrath Of ten bitter years to impel anc
guide its steps. 1t would devote itse
to taking off or reducing tax after tax
until the Treasury was deprived Of thr
means Of paying interest on the nationa
debt, and would hail the tidings of ma
tional bankruptcy with unalloyed glad
ness and unconcealed exultation. What
ever chastisement may be deserved b,
our national sins, we must hope that thii
disgrace and humiliation will be spared
u.s." Referring to President Grant he
said that she had made some mistakes il
appointments. 1t would be strange in
deed if one so inexperienced in the con,
duaf af pnlttioal oNa;.a ri .-L.u-