Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-10
C0ryeSb0ndemce.
WASHINGTON, May 1.
THE SPITE CONVENTION.

At last the grand elimination has been
reached, and the efforts of the assistant
Democrats have done their worst at play
ing into Democratic hands. The Cncin-
natl soreheads could not have done better
in aid of the enemies of their awowed prin-
ciples. 1t now remains to be seen whether
| the good sense of the American people will
insist upon speaking for itself or will be
overridden, and they be driven by mere
dissatisfied politicians to take up men
whom no considerable number of them
have called TO represent their sentiment
men who do not represent them-or wheth-
er the masses of the voters will insist upon
saying who shall be their standard bearers
in the approaching campaign. Greeley and
Brown have no possible chance of success
without gaining the free consent of the
party represented through its regular or-
ganization. Shall these nominees be die
tated by the Democracy which organized
the Gin innati movement? Such an idea
is an insult 10 the intelligence of Republi-
cans. If ever the system of partisan con-
vention, and the ignoring of the people at
| large has been carried to the extremes of
caricature and absurdily, it is by the Gin
cinnati Convention.
of the seventy-four United States sena-
tors, who are supposed to represent the sew
eral states, only two have taken part in the
Conventon-that notorious political ad-
venturer, Carl Schurz, and that pitiful c-
pher-Tipton-for even Fenton stole away
ashamed of the company. or the two ham
dred and forty members of the House of
| Representatives, who certainly represent
the latest expression of public opinion up
on political questions,-not a single man
has either been present or written a letter
of sympathy.
This assemblage Of oflice-seekers and
soreheads is utterly irresponsible, without
character or standing, and its chief leaders
are Scovell of New Jersey, Fowler of
Tenn, and Ross of Kansas, who commit
ted political suicide when they voted against
impeachment, d. d. Field, counsellor 10
Fisk and he infamous Erie ring, Mcclure
of Pennsylvania, Ward II. Lennon, the
former unpopular marshal of the District,
who has been manufactured into a West
| Virginia delegate, and GOV. Yarmouth of
| Louisiana, who of all political scoundres
| is the worst and most INSCRIPTIONS.
If the farce were not so disgusting, it
would be laughable, and a person could
well imagine that the inmates of the In
sane Asylum, cross the Eastern Branch,
were playing at Presidential nominating
| Conventions.
1t is now very generally conceded that
the Democratic party having encouraged
these sorcheads to make their separation
from the Republican party final, will in
July next place their own ticket in the
field as usual. Their only hope is that
these disorganizers in their blind hate to-
wards their former associates may draw oil
a sufficient number of votes TO enable the
Democrats to carry the states of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
In this expectation l believe they will be
disappointed-but whether or not, the dem
ocrats representing as they do, two mill
ions of voters, have not so utterly lost their
selfrespect that they will support any
ticket which may be nominated by this ir-
repressible Cincinnati gathering.
The friends of the administration are re-
ally surprised at the utter weakness and
imbecllity of the disOreanizers, and will
enter the contest with more than usual en-
ergv and n,ari,itv of son,,n,ert which
cannot fail ~ soc,rc sunco.s
"'' NJ MILL fN'o"'''A' ''''o"' 'D'
The committee on ways aud means yes
terday reported layorably in the House ON
the bill refunding the taxes hitherto col
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p,op'S S'''0' '"'' '"o
,t,',' 'n'I ''N ''',' 49, $50 tho
"oneu' A'er TWO soieh'h arsul''n'S' ''
JUICES oi the supreme oouiloi Tue u"''''
Suites were equally DIVIDED III oPih'oi a.
TO tue validity and the constIutohail'y OIL
the laws under which 1t was collected II
Is acknowledged to be special hardship on
the Industry of large portion Of the coun-
try which is just emerging from the terri
BILE devastaiions of war, whose prosperity
is quite rs important TO the country at
large as that of any other section.
This is not the only illegal tax collected,
which has been found unjust and Is being
refunded in consequence. one Of the first
cases under the ruling Of the Secretary oil
the Treasury and in accordance with de-
cision OF the supreme Court, S''oo WAS w.
iun"eu 10 tue heirs OF Aorah'',i i''"'"'"
Jew days since, being TAX 'oiiue'eu i''"'