Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-28
EamOiIIe County.

LamOiIle County
The Republicans of Lamoille County are
wide awake Meetings were held last week IN
every town in the county but Belvldere' MT
Hendee, Mr. Powers, Mr.. GIeed of Morris
vile, and Mr. Small of Hydepark, addressed
meetings. and Mr. Edmunds, Mr.. Taft and
Mr.. Ballard of Burlington, and Mr. Willard
spent part Of the week in the county. Mr.
Edmunds and Mr.. Taft spoke at Hydepark
and Stowe, Mr. Ballard spoke at Eimore and
Wolcott. and Mr. Willard spoke at johnson
Waterville, Hydepark, Eden and NorrlsVllle'
The meetings were every where we'll attend
ed 4 Grant and Wilson lag was raised at
Morrisville Friday evening, and one at Hyde
park Saturday evening. The out door
meeting at Hydepark, on Thursday was
largely attended notwithstanding the heavy
rain that poured from the clouds until alter
noon. Four bands were in attendance, and
delegations were present from every town IN
the county Col. E. B. Sawyer, of hyde
park, presided assisted by several Wee PresI-
dents The speeches at this meeting are
thus reported IN the Burlington Free Press
and Times.
The president with few words of greet
inc introduced as the first speaker, Hon. r.
5. Taft. of Burlington
Mr.. TAFT's SPEECH.
Mr.. Taft said he had for some time past
ceased to feel any apprehensious about the
general result of the presidential election
B1t his assurance of Grants election had
become certainty since learning from their
banner. that the town Of Wolcott alone was
,oins Tor Father Ulysses - four million
strong lie reviewed the political sItua-
ton Recruiting the various tickets Tor
President and Wee President, Ia nomination,
ending with that Of Fred Douglass anu
Victoria Woodruff He said he thought It
would have been well # they had been re-
arranged. 50 as 20 bring Greeley anu MIS-.
Woodruff on the same ticket. lie should
not care which Of them headed 1t, and 1t Il
was only the regular democratic ticket the
Democrats it would seem, would vote Tor
one Tor President as soon a. for the other
Tw0-thirds OF the democracy would proc
ABLY vote Tor Jetf Davis himself II he had
been their nominee instead OF Greeley. A
voice in the crowd. recognized as that OF
we'll known Democrat. here shouted, " Id
rather have him.. Mr., Taft went On IN an
effective speech t. reply 70 some OF the OBJ
|
and in an excellent speech showed the cheer
ing signs If the times and urged united and
hearty action at the polls,
Senator Edmunds was next introduced,
ana was greeted with hearty applause.
ua. EuuCSDs' SPEECH.
The Senator. In opening. spoke OF the I'M
u5rtauce 1T individual action and influence
IN a republic. where every voter is part OF the
government and every voice against the wrong
d a weight upon the right side. Ii was ms
duty To report TO them. irrespective OF party.
concerning matters which they had made 1t
his business u know about. ami be should
do SO fairly and truthiullv- Having to elect
q President In next November, are told
that President Grant, after ten years OF lie
no the public eve. alter brilliant services IN
war ana marked success ia civil affairs, had
suddenly heen discovered 10 be Incompetent
But If he was Ounce, there musJ De forty
millions Of ounces who never discovered L.
History does not record an instance where
great military commander has not also, when
placed under civil possibility, shown great
capacity rs q statesman. Mr.. Edmunds
proceeded 10 show at length Gen. Grant had
Justified, as President. the expectations found
ed On ms ability as 4 lmmanIeT- Is InSt3n-
ces OF his wise statesmanshIp he lastauceJ
his Indian policy. which hal probably saved
Do ermlut alone taxation OF halt million
Ot dollars. and 20 tie wisdom and success oil
which a leading Democratic Senator. a mem
Der OF the committee On ext eudItare-, had
borne unequiyoclI testimony, ms settlement
OF rhe AAetma claims, his policy toward
Spain. ana the calm ana steady resistance "a
the Administration. aided bv our own Repre-
+ sentative, Mr.. Willard and others IN Con
--res- O. the schemes Ut zen. Banks and
Other advocates e5 she annexation ot Cuba,
WAC. it unre-letci. would before this have
brought on a war with oualn and made ne
glossary now calls aR tuC country Tor men anu
money. In tins, Us Do other matters, Gen.
Grant has shown himself man OF peace
Replying J5 Mr. Summers charge that the
! President bld shown hm,elt a tyrant toward
uaytI. Mr. q imunds stated tine plain facts ct
7 the ease HavJI was constantly endetvJrIn-
TO excite Instructions In the ADJOINING re
! public of san Domingo The President
I Stationed there TWO or three vessels IF war.
as he had right To do, and as Spain anu
o.hcr nations are constantly doing in our
waters. aud on one occasion, he notified the
7 the uayuan republic that while our ne-3tia
u9us with San Domingo were IN progress.
/ looking toward treaty Tor the annexation of
that country. 1t must 6eep from inter ference
I In this he hsj tull p ecedeuJ mn the action Ut
President JefcI son who even marched an
army iDJe Louisiana, pending negotiations
| lor us purchase, and the people sustained
and applauded his conduct.
/ Interference To the receiving OF gifts. ten.
Grant having gone INTO the war poor. anu
coming oui poor, having unbounded Oppor-
tuniJICs 70 make money 1T he had been the
avarIcious and gras ping man be Is described
to be- grateful people expressed their graf
Itude in giving to hIm what amounted sim
ply u a generous pension. That was all.
aud this was the first time in history that
men were ever found 10 object 70 such
expressions of gratitude for noble service.
Mr.. Eimunds also bore personal testimony
TO President Grants high and unexceYti0n-
able character as man
Mr. Greeley case was next considered
He was the candidate of the secession lsts aud
the copperheads, Of Frank Blair and Of Jas
K. Doolittle, who was scored so severely bv
the New York Tribune only little over a
year ago and whose reputation had been re-
Gently SO backcned by disclosures of his
cotton speculatiOns IN the war.
Coming 70 the great general issues of the
compaign, Mr.. Edmunds had al interesting
little dialogue with democrat IN the audience
who did not know what the kuKulx were and
did not believe in their existence. The Sen
ator explained TO him the character of the
organization He tpld him how two eminent
democratic lawyers, Reverdy johnson ana
Mr.. Stanbery, retained to defend a hundred
members OF the ku-kulx arrested in North
Carolina, avOwed themselves shocked at the
clear proof of the atrocities committed bv
the ruth ans upon innocent blacks and loval
whites, and threw up the case and went
home; how sixty OF the ku-Kulx made full
confession, and how Wade Hampton and ex-
[. ). Senator Butler of North Carolina
raised the money 70 defend the Ku-Klux