Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-14
The State and County Tickets.

The vote in September what may De
called the regular Republican vote-wIll be
this year Of much more than the usual sig
nifcance At ordinary elections in tn is
State the result being settled in advance by
an expected decisive majority, a light vote
il as often as otherwise polled, not more than
tyo-tbirds or three fourths of the voters
coming out to the election. As rule, also,
these stay-at-homes are Republicans. IL
consequently happens that a large vote in
Vermont is always a more decisive Republi-
can victory than ligh; vote. This was
signally so four years ago, when, after can
vass unusually stirring for this State, large
vote was got out, and, the Republican
majority increased about 1000 from what it
was the year before. This result was then
considered, and was of great value, in
dicating that Republicanism had lost none
of its hold upon the people; and it helped
the Republican vote decidedly in other States.
Examples are contagious, and on striking
Republican victory makes the next easier
not only in our State but in other States
Every one looks upon the moral effect of
the North Carolina election as an aid to a
Republican triumph in November there and
elsewhere, and yet change Of a thousand
votes there would have turned the victory
into defeat and given the moral or immoral
influence of the result to the coalition.
The election in this State in September
will be the first of the fall elections to give
any real indication of the change in parties
- fho IF Mr
Greeley the election in West Virginia on
the 22d inst, being much mixed up with
local questions and vote on proposed con-
stitutional amendments. 1t is, therefore, OF
the utmost consequence that the coalition
get no more comfort out of it than the facts
really warrant in other words, it is of i'm
portance that every Republican vote the
regular Republican tickets for the State and
county officers, so that the Republican record
NAV be as clean and conspicuous and cheer
ing as possible to Republicans all over the
Union. Vermont is elsewhere looked upon
as one Of the most steadfast States in its
settled and pronounced Republicanism, and
any serious diminution of the Republican
maiorities here would be heralded elsewhere
as an indication that the GREELEY move
ment was making decided progress among
the people.
1t is evident that there are some. Republi-
cans in this State who will vote for Mr..
Greeley. The correspondent of the Spring
field Republican, who has been through many
parts Of the State, estimates their number at
at 5OOO Whether this estimate is OF is not
too large, the fact that there are Gny Greeley
Republicans, makes it important that eUerJ
Republican who is not for Greeley should
indicate that preference by a vote for the
regular Republican State and County nOmi-
nations in September for we may be sure
that every scattering or boiling voter will
then be counted as an opponent of Grants
re election. The coalition proposing to
and will elsewhere no doubt take advantage
of every kind of local disafection and skill
fully make up their tickets to catch votes
They have done this in other counties already
and we hear rumors of their disposition tC
do similar thing in Washington County
Mr.. Horrobin, a Democrat Noteworthy o.
the nomination of the coalition for governor
was set aside to make place for Mr.. Gardner
formerly Republican, IN the belief, of course
that Mr.. Gardner would get more Republican
votes, especially in view of the contest''in th,
Republican Convention at the time Mr.
Converse was nominated and the same
tactics will be resorted to, undo ubtedly, in
this county. We trust the vot rs in this
county, as well as in other counties, will
bear in mind, that every vote against the
regular Republican nominees will be heralded
as evidence of detection from the Republican
party. Those who expect to vote for Mr.
Greeley in Noyember will be satisfied with
such result, of course, but every Republi.
can who wishes to do what he can to eIect
Gen. Grant will find his surest road to tha
result in solid Republican vot5 in Vermont
at the Stats election for the regular Republi-
can nominations