The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-06-06

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asA will ST. Stewart. De ba 6lsI
,he oazga a. weIl as aay mao 10 Use
State could have done. ana we da nat
BOW remember single set q bis white
Governor, that u6 should wish o. eea-
sae, hat Be bs. bella tee eGIee as long
a. h.s predecessors have done fog many
years and bic reelection would csial.
lisa the raIe Of four years, which We
are totally opposed e.. uader tho ax-
sitting circumstances. From personal
considerations we wish it were Mr
Stewards 6fst term and ,ve would so
. f5f him heart and soul. bat the ques.
ton with Us is not Mr.. Stewart, bat
the establishment Of a rule Tor oul gov
ernmest IL years 70 come
Provided the people Of the State
take this view Of il by the established
rule the next Governor viii De selected
from the east side Of the mountains and
whatever candidate they may select, IL
Of the right stamp, we viii support
We quote the following article in re-
gard 20 this subject from the Bellows
Falls Timez
We are among those who favored
Mr.. Billings, not however until we
understood that Mr.. Conycrse's name
would not be presented, and very soon
thereafter Mr. Converse himself caused
il to be announced THAT be was not a
candidate. The question was therefore
in the best possible way Of settling IL
self, when--prosto! several Of the
press, earliest in the field on the sub
iect and in favor Of Mr Billings, veer
back aud announce Gov. Stewart as a
candidate for reelection What cle-
ments have been at work to produce
this change we know not. Certain
we are that no such change has come
over u.s.
The reasons given for the reelection
Of Mr.. Stewart seem TO US entirely SUI
periicial aud speeious. OF himself we
have Of course nothing to say. His
exeelences as a gentleman and qualif-
cations for whatever position the peo-
pie may il their time assign him, need
no discussion. Next October he will
have held the Office Of governor two
years, same as all our other governors
for more than thirty years. But right
here we are met with the specious
argument that our governors heretofore
have been reelected, and consequently
Gov Stewart should be reelected. Is
any one so jolly green as not to under
stand that biennial election simply
combines two elections in one
What extraordinary thing has Gov.
Stewart done to entitle him TO an extra
two years Nothing, absolutely moth.
ing. Why Z Not because he can dc
nothing extraordinary, but simply be-
cause there has been nothing extraor,
binary TO do. And is there anything
extraordinary about Gov. otcwau
himself that he should be governor
twice as long as his predecessors, who
include such men as Williams, Royce,
Hall and others? Again,
will some OF Gov. Stewards friends
bear in mind that two years ago they
went to Mr.. Converse and offered to
support has nomination for governor, il
he tMr. c. J would be content to serve
one gear, or what was called the re.
naming term of Gov Washburne {
Mr. Converse declined any such ar,
rangement, and we only refer to it now
to show how then Mr. Stewards
friends couldn't wait but one year any
way, that one year was long enough
for Mr.. Converse, while nor the present
governor must have it four years, and
the Lord only knows how much longer
! We believe, too, that it will be good
political policy to establish the ono
term for governor. There is Cincin.
natl movement One Of their main
planks is one term for president. That
movement will soon assume form in this
State Depend upon that no matter
how small it may appear, and let Il.
pursue that course best calculated e
unite the Republicans Of Vermont
and where is there a better platform
than that embodied in the speech o
Mr. Billings, at the late State Conven
tion--and thus preserve our time-hon
ored Republican strength for Esarts
Grant, Colfax or whoever shall be th,
Republican nominee for president a
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