Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-10-28
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA,
WHO SHALL BE PRESIDENT ?

nave dHoWOlCu oAfso i"OH'oion, e'h1 ohOiO 1
is no doubt now that Gen. Grant will be
reelected. This is very cheering to Re-
publicans living in the South. You of
Vermont cannot conceive of the anxiety
with which we watch the political h ri
zon this fall We felt somewhat reas-
sured when the truth was known about
the result in North Carolina. We all
felt that the election in your state would
be the most favorable test of Greeley's
strength among Republicans which we
should have before next November, be- /
cause of the large subscription list which
the Tribune has had. The result was
far more favorable than we anticipated.
| was in Richmond day or two after:
the news was received. It would have
rejoiced every lover of freedom in the
state if they could have witnessed the joy
manifested by the; Republicans of that
city. A meeting was held and cheer af-
ter cheer shook the walls of the building
at every mention of Vermont, We were
prepared by that for the news from
Maine. But the October elections were
held in states possessing greater weight
in the electoral college. Indiana was
doubtful. In Pennsylvania many who
were heretofore prominent in our party
were opposed to the nominee for COVER
nor, and the boasting of the Democrats
made the most sanguine somewhat un-
certain. The result has been crushing,
and the most sensible admit that the
November election will be triumph for
the Republican party. Already that
class known as 1.-THE floating vote have
set their sails for the strongest party,
and in November you may look for a
smaller Democratic vote than Virginia
has given since the war.
So far as the Democracy are concern
ed the campaign has been carried on
very much after the old manner. Their
speakers and writers indulge in very lit.
tie argument, but large amount Of
abuse. The facts which they do present
are generally more or less distorted, and
on these they build a superstructure Of
vituperation which can only be appreci
ated by those who have heard it. The
sr sfadded a. Re s Ct th gaf IS now
it always has been, for a recovery of The
ground lost by the war, and this is the
greatest and most effective appeal which
is made None of them pretend other
wise than that Greeley is a nauseou
Dose" ''bitter pill ''hard to take,
ETC., but they conclude to take it for thu
future good which will result to then
from his election. 1t is folly to talk t.
the Democracy about Greeley's past
The Greeley of the old abolition and pro
slavery days is not the Greeley whom
they are to vote for. They intend to US
him. They are full of confidence tina
they can use him after he is elected
They make no secret of the fact that the,
are now using him to climb into power
for the sake of what they can do hereaf
ter. The nomination of Greeley is onl
a cheat. His triumph will be the tri
umph of the pro-slavery, secession, anti
reconstruction Democracy of the South
1t would take frmer man than eithe
of the candidates to prevent this. Blu
Greeley has already promised to sun
round himself with his supporters in thi
contest. The misfortune is that thes
men are either of the Tammany or tn
rebel stripe, and utterly unreliable ex
cept as opposed to official integrity Q
national supremacy. Perhaps the wors
| aspect Of the whole case, and one whic
typifes the whole. is the secession pre-
clivities of Horace Greeley in 1860 an
1861, when he was crying out throug
the Tribune, ''Let them go if they desir
: it, which he repeated at Pittsburg
few weeks ago. His utter abandonment
of principle is illustrated by his desel
tion Of the protective tariff cause, an
his humility when he begged pardon {
Kentuckians for ever having oppose
slavery. The Georgia election bushes
is a sample of what will be the cond
ton everywhere that the Democrats ye
control Fraud and violence carried tn
state for the Democracy by an immens
majority. By the registered vote neitt
er the whites nor the blacks have the al
tendency in the state, and the black
never vote the Democratic ticket in an
considerable numbers. The charge {
fraud is more than sustained by sue
facts.
Vermont owes it to herself and til
nation-she owes it to her soldiers an
her sacrifices in the war of the rebellio
that she give her largest possible me-
jority against the man who in the darl
t est days Of the republic was an advocat
E of peaceable secession. G.
.Staauton, Ia, Oct. 10, 1872.
f Many suffer rather than take nauseot
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