Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-03

s distinguished antiquarian. feeling ID
necessary 90 follow the lead of his poltica
Z mentor. the Springfield Republican. IN speak
lnE CisparagIngiv of the speech of Senator
Edmuud~ OF The ermOnt State Convention
makes the wonderful discovery that there
wa nothing IN DO that the auditOr- of the
Senator did not know before. and had not
/ heard from the stump a dozen times and
declares that II was simply the same kind OF
q speech that was made from a thousand
stumps a thousand time over in the cam
paign of lS72. 1t Is admitted that every
word of the speech was true, but that II wa
not the time, or place or the audience t.
be addressed by il. Ii Is strange idea in
this age, If the truth Is out of place in a
Republican state Convention IN the State Of
Vermont. We respectfully dissent from any
such view of the case. and submit that the
truth enforced by senator Edmunds happy
and lOgleal style was lust the thing that the
majority OF the members OF that convention
wanted. The objection Is, however. taken.
that what was said was rather repetition OF
a history lesson instead OF a presentation and
discussion Of vital, living questions This
criticism shows that Its author either did
not hear the speech, or was 50 much alb
sorbed IN something else that the plain and
N-AhANNl-4Ai hNAAN tAA4l AAANu- lt- VI bAA -lfli-
oTed Senator were not understood or re
membered, and that the criticism Of the
Republican was followed without any refer
enee TO what the Senator really said.
By referring TO TO the abstract Of Senator
Eimunds : speech. II viii be seen that be
referred 10 the history Of the Republican
party. by way OF Introduction. and as fur
nishlng reasons why tine people should now
put their trust ID that party, instead of
the other one whose history mad given
50 little reason for confidence He
then discussed the manner in which
the national obligations should be met and
the finances settled. This question OF finance
and currency, Is certainly 4 practical ques-
ton of considerable Importance this year.
The efforts of the landed aristocracy of the
South TO obtain unrighteous control of the
freedmen through their oranges Of the Pat
rOns of Husbandry, was not so old that even
the Giobc man can call 1t ancient. The con-
dition of the South, as observed by the Sen
a;or himself, during a thousand mile trip.
finished only few days ago. was not pro-
claimed from thousand stumps IN lS12.Ihe
present revenues exports, imports and taxes
of the government, and the way in which
they are expended are so fresh that our con-
temporary got much of it,for the first time,
in the abstract of this speech. The DIS
cussiOn of the newspaper cry of exrrav-
agance. that resounds from a hundred
presses, every day, Is certainly living
issue. and so Is the manifest effect and
lesson OF the panic. All these subjects
were discussed by MIR. Edmunds, and with
them many Others of vital Importance, and
the delegates received the speech with APP
plause and their manifest delight furnishes
proof positive that the soreheads represent
ed by the critic who has aired his objec
tions, that he knew all the Senator told
them before, were in so small a minority
that but very few people will ever hear them
peep on the subject.
The conclusions which the Senator drew
from his historic references, and a COMPARE
son Of the present position OF political par