Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-22
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

We speak elsewhere of the general
prospects of the party of liberty and
equal rights under the Constitution
that is, the Republican party-but the
result in New Hampshire deserves a
special word. Party platforms are prom
ises which are by no means always re-
deemed, but the care with which they
are prepared shows that they are at least
very convenient. and they are pretty
sure to express the prevailing sentiment
of the party. 1t is worth while, there
fore, to see what profession the Repub
lican party in New Hampshire made at
the beginning of the campaign. and which
have been ratified by the people.
They pronounced then, IN the first
place, for equal rights and an honest
ballot for all citizens under the Consti-
tuition and the laws.
They condemned the use of the mill.
tary power of the nation for any pur-
pose not clearly defined in the Constitu.
ton, and denounced armed organizations
in some of the Southern States as the
chief source of trouble.
They declared "unalterable opposi-
ton to :he election of any man to the
Presidency of the United States for a
third term"
They thanked the Republican. who in
the autumn elections secured the defeat
of salary grabbers and corrlptionists.
They denounced public subsidies to
private or corporate schemes.
They favored free banking and the
earliest possible resumption of specie
payments, heartily agreeing with the
President in his annual Message and the
Secretary of the Treasury in his report.
They earnestly desired the same pro-
lection, peace, and prosperity for the
people of the South that they themselves
enjoy condemned all rapacity and NAL
administration on the part of any Repub-
lican officer, white or black, and all in.
timidation and lawlessness on the part
of White Leagues and white employers
and they called upon Congress to give
peace and republican form of govern.
ment to Louisiana without delay.
They proclaimed uncompromising hos.
tility to every form of official venality
and corruption.
They favored home enterprise, indus.
try, temperance, and free education.
These were the declarations upor
which the New Hampshire Republican:
contested the State. They nominated
candidates of the best character. who
were true representatives of the princi.
pies. and upon greatly increased vote
they have achieved a decided success
4" hoe signo. They have shown how
the good work is to be done. They
brayely announced a platform on which
every man who has supported the Re.
publican party, and who believes in the
principle of the amendments, can stand
and they prove their sincerity by cen,
surfing many tendencies that have an
peared IN Republican councils, by franz
rejection of the third term chimera. anc
by irreproachable nominations. Had
they been silent upon the third term
had they applauded everything that baC
been done in Louisiana, and had the,
demanded Force Bill, New Hampshir,
would have been hopelessly lost, and :
fatal encouragement would have fallel
upon patriotic men every where. Tn,
New Hampshire Republicans were wis
enough to be brave, and they and tn
country have the reward of courage
Republicans elsewhere have only to d
likewise.-Hdrper's Weekly.