Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-08-07

tiyeS Is submitted
Resohei, That n the ud-ment e. tai house tn
policy ui grant. NJ subs dies u puhlc land To rail
road and other corporations ought 10 be discon
tinucd and that every cnu-.'iera-on Of publi
policy and equal justice o. the whole people require
that the public lands OF the United states shOul'
Ice held for the exclusive purpose Of securing home
sicads 10 actual settlers under the homestead anc
prescription laws, subject L. reasonable appropri a
tons 81 such lands Tor educational purposes.
THE UNION PRESERVED.
Fellow citizens. when you committed the
| nion To the keeping OF the Republican
party. it seemed on the verge Of dissolution
Many hoped and some feared 1t had receiy
el an iucuraole wound. We present tn,
Union u yoa to-day every whit whole
The republic is mt peace throughout all her
borders, she l. NJ peace it'll all the world
Her righttul authority = disputed nowhere
her opinions are respected cfcrywhere
She stands in the vanguard of sovereign
states We challenge history to produc,
another instance OF a country raised from
[ such humiliation ~ such grandeur in ID
short q time. And this Transformation ha,
. been wrought NOT merely without the all
of the Democratic party, hut IN spite Of 1t,
utmost hostility.
THE OPPOSITION REVIEWED.
You have seen the --5rtca ming, OF tia;
party IL administration. L. faults 10 OPP
position have been still more -lariue. Per-
/ hap- they can be- forgiven for allowing the
ship of state % driit - near the rocks.
/ But how can they Dee forgiven thcir ~srur-
/ slc~ 81 prevent her from bang ~naicheI
/ from that peril That charity which de-
lights 10 think no evil may excuse their
/ omission to lit the country. upon the Plea
/ OF lnc competency but not charity itself
can see anything but ma.i-uarcv IN their
/ persistent Efforts Il prevent tAe country
| from being lifted. The w1rlt does NOT re-
[ sent. hnt rather uitie~. tine hclple~s crew
under whose -clman~hip .ie-1- sailed Tor the
country %. the GadIrenc- Isis y.sin that
they could not still the winds which threat
cned % sink tie ship. Er- % tl.v had
attempted t. throw Iae Saw .ar overheard
when be appeared q retukc those impiluS
wind-. the world w'al! ha.. known no
pits for the crew. AMI taa- .- tie great
Democratic offence which still -me.l~ to
heaven not that thew Gid nothing Tor the
country, bat thar they ter~ey opposed
everything that was done .ar tHc country.
Ii would NOT Doe quite ts1e o. -lv that the
Democratic party opposed the national ef-
tort 10 supprc~- the rel e.uIl that would
have been high treason. o. va-.i hcqulte
a. lar rom tl' il-N Cd ~.+ 'a.-t tlcF lru-
NOTED that effort. Tie 5cl...lln could not
have lasted two years bad the Democratic
party continued in that patriotic purpose
which Douglas for season inspired. But
Douglas died and - aid that purpose.
With a ea.acity, steld'a-tnc,-. and
c.earne,- Of vision. which. If employed in
a good cause, would be d iac-timl Die val
ue. the Democratic parry iaInl shat coy
ert. narrow, and devious way which lay
between loyalty ami treason. and they pur-
sued that way from tac middle # the year
lst3 to the end 1t the wa. always avoiding
the rebukc of their country laws. anlal~o
the reproach of their country foe.
Bat even for this s-iutel lurs- .rc 0l loyal
~ there may have been some excuse 1t
may have sprung from .ars OF faith and
no; from want Of love. They pr,ies~ed to
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