St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-05
What They Say.

selected as their standard bearers, II
they receive the election i'll September.
This is Il new departure to he sure.
but Il good one, in every sense.
In AN article on '.Protessions and
Practice" the last Freeman reviews
somewhat the two parties Republican
and Liberal land early III the discus
sion says 1T is not only idle to deny.
but no one who desires purity in ad-
mnistration and wisdom i'll government
ought to deny. that our administration
of public affairs is not what it should
he Gen. Grant, III his letter of accept
ance of the recent nominations. admitted
that he had made mistakes, and We
suspect few Republicans are sufficiently
blind admirers to contradict that state
mtnt. These errors of administration
not only ought to he admitted they
with severity that will render their
repetition impossible. We do not OBJ
iect, therefore, whem an adversary points
ont these errors. and we shall he as
much rcioiced as amy one, if they can
help us t" reach IL wiser and better ad-
ministration of public affairs. Wecon
Tess We see nothing Yet, however, III the
Liberal Republican movement to make
liz hopeful, If the administration We're
III to lt that sl,,IIl al
/ have any improvement" Further on.
in speaking of the reforms demanded
and hoped for. the same article SAYS a:
1.-The Democrats who now support MI.
Greeley and demoumcr military rule.
wrIe as ready t" Use haNonet> in sup
port of the fugitive slave law. as the
Republicans have been to Use them to
enforce the Ku-kluA law. Indeed, VT
do not know any man i'll public life
whose hitherto av"wed opinions and
practices are less in accord with the
vital propositions enumerated III the
Liberal Republican address. than the
editor of the TribHnr: and We do not
know amy party, since the foundation
of the government. more ready I" Use
extreme power than the Democracy that
NOW sets it~elfup Is the special guardian
OF the constitutional rights of the PEG
pie. What advantage can be...eXpecte,l
from reform movement conducted by
such retormcrs -
In speaking of the action of the late
State Convention, the last Udtchmdh
sums up the matter III the following
the result of the conventions. We con
tidcntlN look for harmony on the part
of the whole party at the polls. y,
other course of action could fail to prove
detrimental To the interests of the part
Throughout the country. No one cal
appreciate how much the rousing ma
, .iOlities of Vermont. given early us they
are in the Presidential canvass, hav,
strengthened the hands of our party il
other states. But We have no fear tina
ON the eve of our presidential election
the Republican party of Vermont vii
act otherwise than with the accustome,
spirit and unanimity."
The Montpelier .iryus has an article
on the Baltimore convention i'll which
, it comes out squarely for its old enemy
Horace Greeley. We simply unite ON
strong, compact organization with tina
of the Liberal Republicans for the sal
walton of ourselves and our helOye,
country. We sink uncOmpromisins
partis;ins i'll liberal hearted statesman
ship and patriotism, which prefers con
stitutional government to monarchy
fees, if need he, to save the country
from the control of despotism. For til,
accomplishment of such All end no sac
ritice except one of vital principles
should he considered too great for Dem
ocrats to make. Everything that i.
dear to American hearts. and held SACRED
10y those who love liberty and self,
government. is involved III the issue.
!, OF tins campaign. Every man, there
fore, who truly loves his country. shout,
diVest himself of all selfish or narrow
prejudices and sustain those men an,
those measures which give the flares
promise of success. The decision of tn,
Convention will decide the question q
candidates for every Democrat in tn,
country. If those candidates are Gree
ley and Brown, aS We think they vii
. Ice, they ought to receive every Demo
cratic vote.
In speaking of the result of the Stat,
2 Convention, III which its candidate, Mr.
/ Billings, was defeated. the Woodstock
= Stdhot0H thus refers to the speech q
. Mr.. b: ''lf there is such Il thing Il
} conquering defeat most assuredly he
/ has the credit of doing it on this occa
sion. Accepting the result with ex
/ ceeding grace he briefly appealed t
e the discoidant elements to close up an,
a push OH the column for victory ill thi
4 crisis of our national affairs that shall
e. he worthy of our state. The noblenes
of his sentiments. the heartiuess wit
: which they were uttered. the eleganc
| and force of every word and gesture
: carried the con> ention in ii whirlwin,
r. OF applause. 1t was seen
|. never To he forgotten and Mr.. Billing
\. left the convention and Montpelier re
+ ally the victor of the day. We seem t
ii hear still ringing in our ears the decla
II ration of Tin. pr.sid.,,t ,f IN. r,,x.,,