Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-07-31

State elections this fall will disclose
u compact, vigorous and successful
Republican party. From every
quarter there comes the most cheer.
ing intelligence. Out of the shad.
Ow that came over us in the gener
al elections of last year, we see un.
mistakable evidence Of returning
light and of MONDAY effulgence.
The dark cloud of political insanity.
which since then has seemed to
hang OminOuIy over the nation, is
surely breaking away, aud the clear
light Of political reason is hasten.
ing its homeward flight. Not only
those who have all along been Re.
publicans, but truthful and honest
men everywhere, have become COLI
scious of the approach Of danger,
and that it must be averted. They
are fully alive to the tremendous
importance of the present campaign
III the pivotal States, and they have
both the courage and the ability to
command success, In Ohio aud in
Pennsylvania, in Ohio especially,
where the lercest battle must he
fought, our friends are marshaling
in solid phalanx, with an earnest.
ness and enthusiasm, that are aug.
u,ies of victory in every good cause.
The people, who, for various reasons,
were sluggish and tretful a year ago,
are now awake to the fact that they
have some things yet which they
hold dear, and which they are un'
willing to surrender. They we'll
know that the time has come when
they must renew in earnest the
struggle with their desperate and
INSCRIPTIONS foe; thatthe elections
in October and November next, are
something more than ordinary Skin
mishes-that they are battles for
position in the great conflict next
year for the possession of the ma
tional Government and they do
not propose to permit the occasion
to pass without administering TO
their enemy such a rebuke as their
audacity and hypocricy deserve. 1t
has not yet become quite clear to
their minds, that it will be safe to
trust well-knOwn and avowed enc
mics with all that is most sacred in
life; to drive from the grand old
ship the crew that have remained
steadfast in the performance Of their
trust, through storms and perils,
through sOrest trials and fiercest
assault, that pirates may plumber
and destroy her. Those who in all
seasons have stood firm as a rock
amid the sea, must not he supplant-
ed by those who trim to every pas.
sing breeze, steadtast in nothing,
but an eager desire to seize the
spoils.
That the present omens are aus
picious, need not be surprising. Last
year, for various reasons, which no
man could fOresee and no govern.
ment prevent, the people were sui.
len and supine, and showed their
discomfort by voting down their
friends and voting up their enemies,
who have either betrayed them, or
who will do so the first opportunity.
There was then no great national
peril; but that little experiment
has fully satisfied their prurient Gu
riosity. The friends of good gov
ernment, of the maxims and tenets
of the Republican party, are now,
as they have been since 1860, in the
majority; and it is absurd and il.
logical, to suppose, that in a crisis
they would surrender all the ground
they have fairly, yet so dearly, won.
Experimenting with and trusting
the Democratic party as now led.
and as it is now COMFORTING itself
everywhere, would be u folly of
which we trust the nation will new.
er be guilty. To believe that, in the
light of experience, and under the
sober teachings of history, this peo-
pie could so far forget their duty to
themselves and their country, as to
deliberately reverse all their glori.
JUS history and set the seal of idiOcy
Upon all their grandest achieve.
nents, by ushering into power q
of men whose inspira.
ion and hope are in the degrade
ion and betrayal of the nation,
would be unworthy an American
,itizen, and too absurd to find a lodg.
nent in any honest heart. 1t takes
Ong years of tyranny and oppres
ZION to reduce a great people to a
tate of indifference, and to cause
hem to look without concern and