Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-10
Election of County Commissioners.

I Election of County Commissioners.
There seems to have been but one candi
date for Liquor Commissioner in this
county, at the election held on Tuesday OF
last week. The vote is not large, but SC
far as it goes seems very nearly unanimous
for John NJ. Fisher. Esq, of Cabot, the
nominee of the Temperance Convention
held in February. As we have before
stated, Mr.. Fisher is a very worthy and
competent man for the place. and will dis
charge the duties of his office with rare
discrimination and good judgment.
In Lamoille County. Isaac l.. Pearl Of
johnson, 4 temperance man, and a most
estimable citizen, is also t%riumphantly re-
elected, and in Orange County. X. p.
Martin, Esq. of Williamstown, another
good and true man, is elected to succeed
Hon. A. f. Kinney, the former Commits
sioner. who has removed from that county,
and become 4 valued resident of Plainfield
IN our country.
ctliuC \ NtStou IL iOSt II " ltiS
County. In Windham County there is nc
doubt of the election of George Slate. Esq.
Caledonia County appears almost unani-
nous for f.. III. Stone of IIardwick
Orleans County elects J. + Skinner. E.
sex County is more divided, with the
chances in favor Of r. L. Johnson ;
election, Chittenden County is nearly
unanimous for Dir. l.. c. Butler. Il demo-
crat. but Il temperance gentleman. Addi-
son County elects james E.. Crane of Brid-
port without opposition. In Franklin
County, and no,iceably in St, Adams. the
liberal element came to the front and
voted for S. p. Eastman. Esq, in opposi-
ton TO Rodney hittrmore. Esq, the nom
inee of the temperance people. We have
not seen sufficient returns to determine
the result. but the indications are that Mr..
Whittemore is reelected.
WHY Nor As JUST Now AS THEN?-
We have rea several speeches and many
articles against the Protection bill. We
have vet to read the first one which shows
that this measure is not rs iustitiable in
every respect as the ku-kluN act of 1871.
Not Il single opponent has 50 much rs at
tempted to show this. This bill has been
assaulted with every sort Of cpithet. 1t has
been condemned as unwi>e and inexpe-
dent. But nobody has shown why. No
body, 50 far rs we nave seen. has deliber-
attly taken up its provisions and made out
any case against them.
We are inclined to think that Judge Po-
land has presented the most effective of all
the arguments against it. And vet we
are bound to say. after carefully rea iino
his speech. that Judge Poland does not
does not. and did not. apply with equal
force to the ku-kluX act which Judge Pc
land not only supported but. as Il member
of the committee. actually assisted in pre-
pairing. If Judge Poland or any one who
agrees with linn can name any such point,
We >houll be clad to have linn. Or, if he
will say he is o convinced that he
made a mistake in supporting the Ku-
kluN act and that the act was bad in it>
operations. that will alter the case. ANY
man is justified in changing his course
when convinced of his error. But Judge
Poland does not say anything of the kind.
and We DO not believe he Will. None of
the Republicans who oppose this bill claim
that the ku-kluN act was bad or that il
was 4 mistake. Where. then. is their pres
ent argument?
1t i very easy TO say that privilege of
the hcbeas corpus should he kept sacred.
But wasn't that Just As true in 1871 A. in
$50? II i easy 70 say that the Genera
Government should not strcnch il arm
into the states. But why in Il more than
n -? 1t is Very easy to say that the
President should not be clothed with this
power except IN cases where the violent
disturbance amoun to rebellion. But
isn't tina. condition included in the present
measure precisely ~ it WAS in the act of
4? In short. will some opponent of this
bill. dropping mere empty dcnunciations.
give us a good Reason why. under similar
circumstances with the SAINT Object and
the S,mr provisions. a bill j. not Justified
nov which was entirely Justified in ls7l?l
-4bry JoqrDal.
The Washington correspond mt Of tie
Troy Tme> says: " The President. on The
whole. will b. satisfied. think. with what
Congress has done At this session. for il
has sustained his course n New Orleans.
~ la u nv fNN-l!Itlpil O. Ntl!b-E l. con-
cernel. and it gives him thirty millions
more of rrvrnnr. and gives explicit advice |
in the Alkan>l> ease. On the whole. con-
~~iIcring the ,l:ti ullie~. is not this dom"
very Well? And now. we sh Ill have :.
quiet summer. and ii the business Of thu.
country improves the elections. next fall
will be likely to show a partial Recovery
Of The ground lost last fall. The President
will not Interfere with the Solth unless
there is trouble. hut if there is any ou-
break lie VIII b" pretty sure t. Use The
army To enforce order. Tie vote in the
House On The force bill tends To uphold
him in this purpose. bat after the vote nd
vl>lnT him 10 non-intcrfrrcnce in Arkan-
>a>. and if the compromise in Louisiana
works we'll. there j. little chance of inter |
iei encc. No outbreaks are cNpecte out
side of states tanned in the force bill.
namely Y. Louisiana. Arkansas. Mi>>i>Sipui
and Alabama. and in the last named state
the Democrats have entire control. and
they will have no motive to engage in any
outrage. Indeed, one result of 50 much
talk here On this subject will be to show
the Southern democrats the necessity for
good behavior on their part if thew would
not alarm the North il to activity. The
: leaders here see This. and they are fiji
ing the South full of : good advice and
the result of Ill of it may be in re litv Il
much better State of things.
In New York. at IA concert the other
evening in that city. one of the pieces
sung WAS Il IN .dlcv "a stlnZa of some
~well-known song r%uHnin" without break
into a stanzt OF another. and thtt to 4
third and SO on. Th' songs composing it
were not indicated on the programme: and
after one or two. the familiar words of the
John Brown chorus rang out. 4 round
of applause from the audience broke in he
fore the second line was struck. The newt
verse was "DiNie.' and but Il single pair
OF hands vcnturtd to applaud; and then
came the Star Spangled Banner" and
another roar Of applause. 1t was an Incl
dent suggestive of the fact that, though i;
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