Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-04-24
Republicans and the Opposite, n.

The Republican party is not at this mo-
ment in the condition which its old friends
can take any great pleasure in surveying.
Its i1urnals arc much divded-in our own
State, in all tho New England States, in
Pennsylvania, and everywhere else,
there is much dissatisfaction expressed
But the free criticisms which are made in
such papers as Harper's Weekly, the Troy
Times, the Boston Advertiser, the Utica
Herald, aud many others like them, do not
weaken party; they only prove to the
public that the party as whole, is not OBJ
stinate, or blind, or demoralized. 1t has
still the capacity for reforming ITSELF and
keeping pace with the demands and re-
quiremcnis of the nation. No fair o5serv-
or can doubt that the history of the Repub-
lcan party during the last five months has
been checkered by many mistakes. Ii was
a mistake TO have postponed the settlement
of the financial question 50 lOng-it was a
still greater mistake ON the part Of theSsu-
ate to come to the "sc.tlemen" it did on
Monday last. Affairs in the Treasury have
been managed in way which does mo-:
give satisfaction TO the people, although we
believe that Mr.. Richardson Is both an
honest and hard-working man. Bat the
81 nborn contracts and other things have
produced very d impression, deny it
who may. On the other hand the Repub-
licaus have done some good work they have
not led the country int extravagIut cx-
pcudiures, and they began the session Ivy
submitting TO The public judgment in re-
pealing the back-pay.
When ii all comes 20 be
si!ted down, the question arises, Are we
prepared to see the Democrats placed in
power? Assuredly the Republican press
will not labor to accomplish tina; re .ut. If
our finances are unsettled now, they will
be ten times more unsettled whenever the
Democrats regain office. Our present diff
tlcultic5 arise from sectional differences.
The Western and Southern Democrats
want imitation, and much would have to be
given up TO them by the Democratic party
No confidence would be felt even in the
stability of our securities. The Pendleton
doctrine is not extinct, and, with the DEM
ocrats in possession OF the government, it
would not lie long before we heard of it
dSdlHs AhG lCluAh VI bAt bSulOtlhlS 10 Ol-
flee would undoubtedly be the opening of
a new era, and II might not be an era which
would increase the happiness or welfare of
the country.
II is the duty of Republicans everywhere
10 secure true and thorough reform within
the party ITSELF working by the machine
ry of the party, and striving to go before
the county with purified organization.
The process Of "wceding out" is necessary,
and will inevitably be put into force, be-
cause there are too many able men con-
cerned in the future prosperity OF the par
ty TO allow il to go 10 pieces. The cries of
those who onght TO he weeded out, and or
the few and obscure journals which repre-
sent them, will not be needed. At this mo-
ment, tive-sixths Of the Republican papers
in the country are in favor OF reform. This
does not mean disloyalty TO the party on
the contrary it means the truest 10y atty to
it. The 'Hisloyal" persons are those who
would drag the party 10 ruin to accomplish
their own selfish ends. 1t does not need
Jew movement 10 accomplish the reform
we ask for. There was new move ent
at Cincinnati in 1872, and the fate of 1t was
not such as 10 encourage anybody to un
dertake similar enterprise. We do not
believe that the people want new party
which is thing not made in an hour-or
the return Of the Democrats to power; but
they do want few new ideas, and perhaps
few new men, in the Republican party,
and that much they will get sooner or later,
and the sooner the better.-N. y. Times,
Oh inst.