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Iamnille County Awake

Lamoille County Awake
op..n REPUBLICAN Rally AT HTDEFAUR.---
SPEECHES By sESAToz EDESSDs, HON. C. W.
WILLARD. AND Hon. p. s TAFi--A s1iHA'Nu
MEETING.
The terrific thunder storms Ct Thursday Fore
noon could not d.mpen the enthusiasm Of Tie
Republicans Ct SO Spunky Lsmoille," CT prevent
the grand rElly On Thurtd:y afternoon from te-
inc success. OF oourse the weather greatly
Is,seped The attendance. With water falling in
.beet. from the clouds; with lightning iy ng
.roupd loote aud killing cattle il the cTeu fields;
with bridges swept away aud rosds greatly
washed aud-looking noie Ike cSnals than high
y.yy, general turn cut could not be expected
Of population dependent wholly On the high
WAYS for intercommunication. Bat in spiis Of
these drawbkcLs, there wss gathering at Hyde
park Of over thousand earnest republicans from
all part, oe the county. Tie Grsnt sad wilson
club Of Cambridge. fe7enleen miles STSy, cane
in vagoas, with banners and coiort, AMI With tie
Cambridge Bsrd in fcur-horle wagon having
in large letters on its aide the words " Grant snd
Peace" The Norri.town Grant and Wilson club
we're on h.nd in good resson. TIE Morris'iiie
delegation filed number Of wagons, hsalsl bJ
tie Worthwhile Band They bore he
American co!ort, and al inmeuso ride
Of leather, with the notice.; " Grant Las
ne,el Ieen beaten, and never vii lie, j. e.
Gud &" Vermont vii give tie Tanner se9sJ
m.iority." The Wolcou republicans came iu e
loag line Of vehicles, with the WOlcoit Band,
and number OF banners. with such inscriptions
a. "Woloottis for Grant .od WillsoU,'' 81 We
are coming father Uiyts1s, 100000 strong.
There was good delegation from Stove With The
fine band Of thA, place, in bsul-Escon drawn
by six hoTses, with crimson hcrseclothr isteii-
ed Grant and Wi.son " Il yellow letters.
johnson, Wate1yii,e, ElmcIo sud ether towns
we're represented by rome CT their beat eitizaEs
The sssemblage wac much TOO large for any bal
CT church in Hyiepsrk. Fortunately the rsin
ceased and the clouds began to bre.k lVay Be-
f,re the hour set for the meeting, 70 t1ct no a.
temp; to crowd the people into bulldog Nss
Necessary. The meeting wss he'd IN the open
square, in which the ueroribie Eyiep.rs
convention cf '66 wts he'd ! platform had
teen erected in front Of the Town Hall, frcu
which the speakers spoke. After InEsic by ore
Of tie four bands in attendance, the meeting
Was called to oller by Carroll s. Page, Esq, Of
the Republican State Committee, sud organized
with the following oficers Prrsidcai, Colonel
E. B. Sawyer, Hyiefark. Tice-Prls.lsais,
s S Pike, Johuton Il Atwood, Cambridge
L II. Shattuck, Waterville c. s. PEIker, Il
more B. L. Rand, MorriftoFn \. c. Say
ton, Siowe Amssa Stevens, Eden Thomas
Potter, Ba.y;lere; L. 5 Small, Hylepssk; Thsi-
deus Hubtell. Yoico.t Secrdni... C. c.
Norse, A. 0. Gates.
TIE president, with iev words Of greeting il
troduced ar the fri speaker, Hon r S. Taft, OF
Burlington.
M. TAFI's SPEECH
Mr.. Taft said he had for conc time past
ceased to feel any spprehensions about ihe
general retult OF the presidential election. But
hi, stfursace ofGrAnt's election had become Ger
txinty since learning, from their banner, the;
the town Of Woicott alone IVES going for Father
UlyEfes "fcur million strong He reviewed
thu political situation. Reccuntizg the various
ticSets for President and Vice President, in
nomination, ending with that Of Fred Douglass
ard Victors Woodruff, be ssid be thought i;
would have been well if they had been rear
ranged, so re 10 tring Greeley snd Mrs. Wood
hull en- the fsue ticket. lie thould rot care
which Of them hesded it, and if il VS. only the
regular democratic ticket the democrstE,it would
seem, would vote fer one for Pretdeut Gs soon
as for the ether TRo-ibirds Of the democracy
would probably vote for J6f Davis himset II be
had been their nominee instead Of Greeley. A
voice in the crowd, recognized 50 that Of vel
known democrat. here shouted, I'D rather
lave him-"l Mr. Taft went On in an elective
speech 10 reply to some Of the objections brought
,g.in,t President Grant, sud in an excellent
rpeech showed the cheering signs O. the times
ard urged united and hesrty action ct the polls.
Senator Edmund, was next introduced, srd
wss greeted with hearty srplsuIe.
MIR EDMUsDs SPEECH.
The Senator, in opening. tpoke Of the import
Sncf Nl lEulNlluAl AELAlu hll lLuAeu-E Ia , IT.
public, where every voter is part Of the govern
Inent Ard every voice for the wrong is s weight
upon the right side 1t was bis duty to Icpor;
TO then, irrespective Of party, concerning MAJ
ter. which they had made il his business to
know about. ard be should do so fairly ard
uuihfully. Having to elect President in rext
November, We are told that preEi3ent Grant,
after ten YEAR, Of life in the public eye; after
brilliant services 10 war and marked success in
civil sfsirs, had suddenly been discovered
10 be incompetent. But if be was Ounce,
there must be forty millions Of Ounces
who never Uncovered it. History does not re-
cord an instance where S great military COM
mander has not also, when placed under civil
responsibility, shown great capacity 81 stztes-
man Mr.. Edmunis proceeded TO chow At
length hog Gen Grant had justified a. l'res
dent, the expectations founded on bic ability as
a commander. As inttsnces Of his wise states
msnshp be instsneed his Indian policy, which
had probably saved TO Vermont Slone 1 taxation
Of hall million Of dolla-f, and 10 the wisdom
and success Of which leading Democratic Sen
ator, 4 member Of the committee On expenditures,
had borne uneQliyceal testimony HE settle
ment Of the Alabam. Claims bis policy toward
Spain, snd the calm ard steady resistance Of the
Administration, aided by our ogn Representa-
tive Mr.. willard and others in Congress, to the
schemes Of Gen Banks and ether advocates Of
the annexation OF CUBE, Tho if unreiitted would
before this have brought on a war with Spain
and made nec5stsry new calls on the country for
men snd money. In this, as in ether matters,
Gen. Grant had shown himself q min Of peace
Replying 10 Mr.. Summers charge that the
Presiden; had showd himself tyraBt toward
Hsyti, Mr.. Eimunds stated the plain facts Of
-. 4.
excite instructions in the adjoining republic Of
San Domingo. The Precedent stationed there
two OF three vessels Of war, as he had E right TO
do, and 81 Spain and ether n1tions are constant
ly doing in our waters, and CD one occssion, he
notified the Hsytian republic that while cur nc
gotiations with San Domingo were in progress.
looking toward treaty for the annexation Of
lhat country, it must keep from interference.
In this be had fall precedent in the seton Of
President Jefferson, who even marched an army
into louisiana, pending negotiations Tor its pur-
chase, and the people sustained and ApplIuiei
his conduct.
In reference to the receiving Of gifts, Gen.
Grant having gone into the war poor, and coming
cut poor, though having unbounded oppoTtuni-
ties to makes money if he had been the svxricious
and grAtping nan be 10 described to be,
grateful people expressed their gratitude in
giving to him what amounted simply to gener-
Gus pension. That was all, and this was the frat
time IN History that men were ever found base
to object to such expression, Of gratitude enough
for noble service
Mr.: Etmunds slso bore personal testimony to
President Grants high and untIceptionabe
character a. . man
Mr.. Greeley's case was next considered. BE
Vas the candidate Of the secessonis.s and the
copperhesds. Of Frank Blair and Of Jas. r.
p'o'itfis, who wa sccrsd 80 severely by the