St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-31
A New Candidate.

The science of political morality is
receiving its biennial contribution. Its
curi"sitics reveal the true character of
its pr"fcsSrd friends.
For weeks there have been whisper
ings that -. c. bcnniSon. Esq. of Royal
ton, would he Il candidate for Congress
against Judge Poland. We discrcditrd
them and toI the best possible reason.
rs we supposed. Last week, however.
he Woodstock Stdni,t,d flung ont the
fla" of distress and announced that Nh
DrnniS"n was IN the field. 1t hrrnmrS
plain. therefore, that the slogan of the.
opposition is: .'.Inyfhjng 10 beat Pc
nnd.
The fifth declaration in the platform
of the National Grange adopted at ST.
Louis, VIZ: I'VE rspccIail\ and sincere
~ assert the "tt-rcpratcd truth taught
III our organic law that the grange. ma
tional. STATE OF >uh"rdinatc. is not a
political {" rarI organization NJ"
cus> political 81 religious questions. nor
call political conventions. mon nominate
camtiilItc> nor even discuss their merits
IN lis meetings. has made. the efforts OF
col. Mead and his friends a> unt> ailmn
rs an attempt /" di>prl - London t""
with Il fan.
a..
one man can lac trusted To defeat Judge
P"land AMI since the bolt in W iud>nr
county h - made ur"r~SaTN Il REIGN Of
rNprdirnt>. il seems T." Ice the policy of
the opposition I" organize independent
squads under different leaders. i"chIm-
pl"n rNcIl pN %mr.n grievance. +" dill
love: "u love me and | will IoN,
N"u. and on the I2rh of August Ito
unite their forces i"r the protection of
public veal AID private virtue in an
attempt t" Illuminate ANY body. ha., in"
Il sufficiently negative character t" he
offensive to uol,ndl.
Not such aid nor th,.s.. offenders
The times need
such Il c"ur~" must he confession of
weakness, at once. of men and prinri-
piles. cqualrd only 10y the attendant all
sur'litl of trying to create class issues
among Il people whose interests are one.
We will not say that it has the flavor
of odd Bailey :" We do say that it lacks
the SAVIOR of ON mountain air.
If Judge Poland ought not To hc re
elected, are the SOILS of Allen. of War
ncr and of E'hittcndcn 50 wanting in
courage. 50 destitute of manly elements
that they must depend. for his defeat.
upon Il system of tactics as weak a~ a
good resolution We believe not.
Whatever lis source. we are confident
that any appeal of such nature t" the
people of this district will he .S vain Us
an appeal To cold iron"
The real issue of the campaign: the
true interests, not of pclSnnS. but of the
mLtion, state and district. will not ad-
nit of any eleventh. hour coalition.
I'it lIltSt' INTERESTS IIllIb'llIl\tlN lt'-
mand the reelection of Judge Poland.
we firmly believe. If ANY gentleman
of the opposition shakes his head, 1--WE
wish. aS WAS once said in the HOUSE, of
Commons. that ''iIStcnd of shaking his
head. he would shake Il good argument
out of it, The chorus of rpithcts
rhantrd upon their organs reveals no
fact worthy To initiate against his con
tinnHnce III Congress il only shows.
on the part of its composers, Il singular
aptitude for the editing of IL history of
events which never happened. Indeed,
when we read the list we do not wonder
that they are moved to write against
libel laws, although every .'sprig of the
law" can see that the So-ralIcd Gag"
confcrS no new jurisdiction upon the
courts of the District of Columbia.
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