Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-09
North Carolina Republican.


lic.n majority, AID al the others democratic
m.iorities. They cls.mei from forty TO seyenil
majority in the House. and It is matter Of doubt
if they have majority IN the Legislature Ih'
republicans have overcome democratic MAJOR
ty Of nearly FIVE thousand in the State, aai havN
,bown clearly that the Old North State may bI
set down sursly for Grant in November. IheI
the tind ones who have been frightened from
the poll. will take heart. The new L. 5. lET ap
pointing election inspectors viii then be in force
and will give additional safeguards 10 a free 81
honest election. Thousands will thus be adie-
to the republican msjority. sni the State viii
vet take it, place among the safe AMI strong re-
publican States The first gun from the South "a
: gun for Grant.
The proceedings Of the two Aay-thins -.0-beat-
Grant conventions, held in this city yesterday
occupy considerable space in cur columns to
day. OF oour,e the presence oftwo conventions,
With the s,compauiuienI Of professions, music,
indoor and open air speaking, made quite stir
in our city. But it is worth noting that the
State Convention Of the so-called LiterA. Repub-
lican., widely Ilyeriieei for weeks, 90 which
there has been extensive drumming Up Of al
tendAnts By the &" lbsra! " managers, mass
convention, held On one Of the fnest lays OF the
season. in the largest hsll Of city Of sixteen
thousand inhabitants, AMI =; which the presence
hal been uromfei Of tvs such noted sni attrsc-
tive speakers sc Judge Culver and Gen. kius-
trick-consistel, I'll told, spectators Enl reF5r-
tiers included, Of less than two hundred souls
Could any fact show more f1rcibly the Weakuets
Of the literal movement in this State, and the
E,tl, interest taken in it Is there another
city Of the size of this, IN which more than thSt
number Of sore-hesis, blatherskites and t5li.eTt
Of fortune could not be rallied to such conycu-
ton, from lite citizens alone The convention
was composed Of orderly and respectable mcn,
but 80 fsr as known they we're almost without
exception elected office holders OF disappointed
office seekers, to whom were added rome Whose
republication is Of very recent dste sni ''fshy
character.
The most noticeable taing shout the liberal
convention, war the speech Of its pretilent, Hon.
Daniel Roberts. This wW able, sdroit, seem-
ingly fair in tone. yet containing statements
which It would be insulting the speakers intel
ligenee to suppose be really believes. Who can
ruppofe. for instance. that Mr. Roberts really
believes thst the ravsges for which Giants al
ministr.tion is Responsible At the South "a sey-
en- years Of peace, exceed the dcvSsiLti0us cf
sherm,n's army in hi, march to the sea, sad Of
Sheridan's in the Shenandoah Or that be be
lieves that the great republican party has become
mere machine, devoted TO General Grants
personal Qualification, chained, az he sid aui
repeated, ito Grants chariot wheels 2" These
snd other assertions are the speciNl pleading q
the professional slSocite. Equally no
ticeSbe was the refreshing Innocence
with which he protested to accept
the democratic conversion to the republican
Faith, in their adoption Of the Cincinnati plat
form They sly-the speaker s.il. in effect
d. these Democrats, Tweed al Oakley Hall sa5
the pirate Semmes and Fc-t Pillow Forrest saIz
Toomhs and Saunders and COchrsne au1 a.,
that they are il favor Of reconciliation ss-t rs
form, Of equal rights for the negroes, Of lHic
and honesty in politics and goyernl1sgs-Cf
course they are Why ,hould We not rejoile Ehs
they thus c5me up upon our high platform p
Such ingenuousneSs is only equsilei by that Of
the youth who laid out largely in the purchste
Of an umbrella, recommended TO him 81 one
which ii WAS impossible to have stolen from hin
becsure it hsd printed on il, " thou shsltT o..
ptesl'' The Tsmm,ny politicians woub mt
ray anything they didn't mean, in order t get
control Of the I. 5. Treasury snd Office no,
they. Oh no
We would lot ay an uakinl THU 2 Of Mr.
Roberts, for We respect his many good ou.iities
and esteem him personally; la; We NAV say.
Cor he says it Of himself, that be ia = e. reyolu-
tonist'' 'Wh,;ever is, if i; be tn a. established
order OF things, is not right - is HI motto We
must aid that his revolutions Y procliyities
would uuQuestionably have been controlled. AMI
he no, found in his present posi- ion. if the FED
eral of5oes in Vermont had be en- distributed 30
suit hin. We are sorry that he should lend Lis
aAns and erekt sbility ia the ChsppaquAck
coalition, and if he lives Il will sorely regret it.
As for the ticket, the ls aiding name i, not
strong one. We know NJ r. Gardner well. He
has been more Of q Dc smo ,rAt thsn republican
for the pact three ye re- lie secured his
last election 81 state Senstor AGAINST the
regular Republic. N nom nee, by trade with
the Democrats, 'Shieh ga. sl,o 10 them IN out
and cut democ ratio Sena OF. Mr. Gardner IL not
{, republican. not demo 'crSt, not Grant man,
nor Gresiey msn,-h IL simply Gardner
man, fret, lAzt and all the while lie tecured
this soDinssiOn &gsins { the united opposition Of
the bennington COUNT men Of both parties, who
the ticket. The seeoi.d name on It would have
been stronger one TO head it. even with
republicans As for the electorr, the neat way
in which they are distributed is deserving Of a
P,tent. The mtn who hesls the coal ton electoral
ticket is from tie same town as the nominee for
Governor and the three district electors are all
residents OF one di,trio;
If the republicans Of Vermont. in their elec
tlral ticket when it ID compile ed, suocesd in
elu,liing this ChI7 p.qusck LIT in weight Of
character, as We nave faint hopes they may,
they cannot hope to equal itz ingenious sllo;-
mert Of the uOm nations We reserve comment
tome other noticeable features Of the days
performance, to smother day.