Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-29
Address og tqle Republican State
Committee.

TO the Republican Voters Of Vermont;
The Presidential election, 50 far as
Vermont is concerned, will be decided
on the first Tuesday of September The
most sanguine member Of the party does
not expect that the electoral vote Of this
State will be given to Horace Greeley,
in November What is hoped, however,
by the managers of that party, is that
the new movement, set on foot at Gin
cinnati and approved at Baltimore, will
so far capture Republican voters in Yer
mont as to reduce our old-fashiOned ma
iorities in September. If this hope
should be answered by the result Of the
election next Tuesday, it will be trum-
peted from one end of the country to the
other. as an indication of the strength
and popularity of this partnership be-
tween Democrats and those recently Re
publcans.
To prevent this is easy. a full vote
will certainly do it. Vermont has not
cast her full vote by at least $4,000 for
many years. Seventy thousand votes
ought to be cast this year. If the DEM
ocratic and Liberals together cast 10000
of these, they will do better than any
fair canvass promises them. This will
leave 81 900 to the Republicans, or 80,
600 majority. This is nearly 1000 more
than the majority for Governor Page
four years ago. If every voter goes to
the polls and votes, next Tuesday,
that majority will be reached,
If this is not reached, it will be
the fault of Republicans, who sup
port General Grant, and not of those
who support Horace Greeley.
Such is the simple statement OF what
Republicans of Vermont can do. To do
less is not only to come short Of our
duty it is to fail to answer the expecta-
ton of Republicans everywhere, who
are looking to this staunch Republican
State for the keynote to the grand mus
ic of Victory which will swell from
Maine to California in November. We
are in front of the line. We open the
battle. Every man should be in his
place and our victory then will be de-
cisive and inspiring.
And Republicans of Vermont never
had more reason to be proud of their
position or jealous of their fair fame.
They have always been in the van of the
army of freedom In its victories,
whether in war or in peace, their place
at the front has never been questioned.
No man doubted our loyalty; no man
questioned our devotion to the rights Of
man Mr.. Greeley has borne testimony
TO il hundred times. Let him be OBJ
liged reluctantly to be a witness 10 ii
once more.
The single and commanding issue OF
the campaign is simple one. II is not
reconciliation it is not reunion it is
not reform. These are only the glitter
ing generalities of the orators of the new
party. The Republican party Of recon
Cancellation, of reunion, of reform: q
reconciliation which establishes justice
and equal rights. and maintains them
and is at peace with all who obey tbs
laws; a reunion which has Kept every
State in the Union, as well as restored il
to its place in Congress; reform which
has disgusted corrupt Republicans and
Tammany Democrats alike, and united
them in opposition to General Grant.
The single issue is Shall the new Con.
stitution, the Constitution of freedom
and equal rights, be enforced by APP
propriate Congressional legislation, or
only by State and local laws? Shall
Democratic party, who opposed the
three great amendments, be entrusted
with their enforcement, or shall that
work still remain in the hands of the
Republican party, through whose per-
sistent efforts alone the amendments be-
came part of the Constitution