Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-30

Nr + imunis. with ielioiiogs words, Iescrlae4
the surprsing progress and prosperity " car
country; the growth Of odJcstion snl institutions
Of religion; The rewards 0fla51r and ontsrp 7.se;
our proud position auong she nations, when
the greatest power Of the old world
makes humble apology TO ne, without menace oa
our. part. sad without argument on or pe-,
other than ;he proud silence Of great people,
bing its time, sud when thetWJ Oldest sni mos
popu.ous peoples OF the globe, outnumbesiug al
oisilizcl nations, csme 70 Us, Tith mA-uihceu,
embsssic'. 70 he taught the arts OF our civil---
ton aa1 TO study cur institutions. Is this, BE,
asked sil 2 mere chSnce We forget, as We
sweep swiftly and essily over valley ana stream.
that withou; conEtsnt fidelity, wa,chtuiuefs sad
skill in the engineer, every Iol Of our progress
might be initiate catastrophe. So peoples do
not prosper without good government, aat gov
ernments DO not run themselves.
We are &skcd now, for the rake al best G..
few sounding phrases, TO csst overheard c-r
skilful pilots, and take up We know not what
Yet We 90 know gone thing Of shat We mus; ex-
pect, if we transfer the control 10 cur orp1nents
They tell Us in their platform they are opposed TO
orening anything thst has been settled by the
constitutional amendments. Bat they do not
ray those amendments are rettlei. They say On
the contrary, that nothing Is settled by them;
that they we're never legally adopted, AMI that
the reconstruction based on them is null sad
void. They decsre in their platform the right
of self government. which means in their mouths
the right Of State sovereignty. JetfeTson Davis
only year ago, delivered sn address ii the
South, in which, doubtless with distinct refer
euce 70 pisns then under negotiation, and pIota-
bly, after direct collision with MIR. Greeley, De
said "Ogr cause Is not lost The time viii
come when the republicans will be divided, then,
when we elect president Of our choice, out Of
defeat We shall pluck victory Only three
months age, Frank Biair and Senator Ba-zri,
Of the Senate Committee CT tie ku-klux ted rs
plainly in their minority report, thst the c5nii-
ton Of atisirs based on the amendments would
last only as long IS the party which ffemed
them; thst the republican psrty would 20 dom,
and with il, Whist they called q" negro suprema-
( cy,' bat which is simply tie ezieuFion @. c4uE.
/ rights 10 the colorei men.
The motives q the cosiitionists in their c0r-
rurt bargain we're forciby set forth, and their
/ tlsnlers of the president efsotuAlly replied 10,
/ by the Senator, who said in az eloquent perora-
ton, thst we need not fear the result Of the plot
/ We msy take for our motto that Of the Pilgrims:
/ "Qai suSfllH susfiEet" The Providence which
brought US throu-h the storms CT war, viii still
/ sustain US Ia November, tie trsit1Tz ard their
[ northern allies will hide their heads in shame
| and 10 the four years Of Grant snl Peace to
/ come, our free northern institutions snl evil
/ zstion will spread like sunshine over the South,
and our nation stride onward to achieve its nlble
missicn.
The applause was long sBd loud $; may dae
p,,tages in Mr. Elmunas sp9ech.
Hon R. S. Taft then addressed the sudisncl
in an effective speech, reviewing the records Of
Grant and Greeley, snd illustrating the Issues ol
the contest with divers humorous stories, which
brought down the house.
The meeting then adjourned. The Republican,
Of Stowe are awake, and mean TO poll : vote
next week Tuesday, which will be something tC
boast Of.