Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09

The historian of Rutland has heret

in the State of Vermont, met at Rut-
land for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the convention to be held at
Cincinnati, May LIST. We are thus par
ticular in endorsing the correctness of
the historian, because we regard it as
an event in the political history of the
State, which will stand when even his
torians of so important an event may
be forgotten.
At the convention so held, delegates
were elected to the Cincinnati conyen-
ton. Those whose engagements would
permit, attended that convention. 1t is
sufficient to say that it was the largest
and most enthusiastic national nominal
ing convention ever held in the United
States, and was made up of men most
distinguished in military, and in civil
life--men distinguished as patriots, ora
tors, statesmen, judges and journalists,
and whose names are familiar to the
people. These men came by thousands
to give cOuntenance and encouragement
to broad and national uprising of the
people, which has assumed such proper
tions as to become irresistible. The de-
mands of the people for higher, and
purer, and nobler, political life-fOr an
administration that shall not affiliate in
loving devotion, with such men as Tom
Murphy and Leet s. Stocking, and shall
make it absolutely impossible that their
deeds shall receive, through our chief
magistrate, the nations endorsement of
their corruption, have been fully met
and endorsed in the platform and can
didates with which the Cincinnati con-
vention have appealed to the people.
1t is a noticeable feature of the con-
vention that its action and its candidates
receive the hearty support OF such men
as Gen. Fitzpatrick of New Jersey, Gen.
Barnum of New York, Gen. Bartlett
of observation-disclosures we believe, hold
ing the highest positions in the Grand
Army of the Republic, in their several
States To these may be added the
names of Gen. Palmerof Illinois, Gen.
Cochrane of New York, Gen. SChurz,
and scores of others who were cOmpan-
ions in arms with Gen. Grant. These
men having offered themselves once on
the "bloody field" have again most pat
riOtically offered themselves as CO-WOrk-
ers with those who would lift the nation
from the corruption into which an insa-
table horde of office holders and office
seekers have already plunged it.
1t is not necessary to say that the Gin
Cinnati convention has indicated at once
its integrity of purpose and its political
wisdom, by choosing as its standard
bearers, Horace Greeley of New York,
and Gov. Brown of MissOuri-mcn who
are identified with all that is pure and
desirable in politics, and whose very
names are a guarantee that under their
administration, the great Interests Of the
country, in every department of its in
dustrcs, will be secure. and the affairs
of the government so conducted as to
command the confidence and approval
Of our PEG, l. and the whole civilized
world HpncefOrth we shall have no
more official pIatitudes
"That keep the word of promise to our car
And break it to our hope
In Our convention of April 9th. it
was said, IF we are forced to the al
tentative we shall have an electoral tick
ct in the field-Our candidates for State
and county officers, Senators and Rep
rpspntatives and Members of Congress,
and by the help Of God and the people,
we will try to eject them The alter
native is now presented whether we
vote for men who think rs we do, or
for men who are opposed to us, We
mean to make the answer short. sharp
and decisive Nothing now remains
but an organization as broad as orr
State, and this we must have. We pro
pose to 90 to the polls with candidates
for every office, who are publicly com
mittcd to Greeley and Brown, and We i'll
tend to fight it out on this line.
As soon as arrangements can be made,
we shall have a meeting in Rutland TO
ratify the Cincinnati nominations. We
shalt hope to have speakers from
abroad who will rouse in Vermont
crs something of the enthusiasm which
pprvades the ranks of Liberal Reformers
i'm other States, and we shall hear from
our own delegation, who participated IN
the convention.
At an carly day we propose to invite
an organization of Rutland for the
campaign. through the formation OF a
Greeley campaign club, and to take such
steps as shall give to those who support
them for President and NiCe-Prosidcnt,
a newspaper which shall be independent
and fearless in the advocacy of the adj
yanced principles and measures of Re
publican reform. We do not say this iii
derOgation of the Press of Rutland,
but because we fully understand the diff
ficulty involved when we invite an ed
itor TO ride two horses making rapid
strides in opposite directions.
1t seems to rs that the disintcgratiOn
of the Democratic party is beyond
question. 1t stands to-day in the atti-
tude of the Wing party when the Re
publican party was formed. The Wing
ORGANIZATION died of its own g0lti0n.
Of its distinguished leaders and support
ers. some went to the Democratic party,
and others to the Republican party.
Many became leaders in the former, and
MANY distinguished champions in the
latter The Republican party was
made the better for the earnest and true
men it absorbed from both organizations.
So with the present Liberal Reform
movement. The best element of the
Democratic party will destroy its idols,
and will bring with it into the Liberal
Reform camp the purity and virtue
which has escaped the contamination OF
party life. That no insignificant num-
Der of Democrats will go over to the
support of Grant cannot be questioned.
Gen. Grant was himself a Democrat
when he was nominated for President,
and was only nominated by the Republi,-
cans because it was known that he stood
ready to take a nomination from either
| party. But the Democratic element
which will go to the support of Grant,
will be such as is in sympathy with Tom
Murphy, Leet, Tweed, Sweeney q Co..
and willie it will add something in nu-
merical strength, will give a moral pow
er to those who are banded together for
a good and pure cause of national re-
form. which shall make it irresistible be
fore the people.
Citizens of Rutland, we have thus on
ly briefly stated to you the situation,
and what in enlightenment that situation
demands. We confidently look to the