St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-04-07
LETTER FROM SENATOR MORRILL,.
WA>HINGToN. ID. C.. Mar. ~. it.
Hon. Gcorgc NichoIs. NorhfeId VI:

Hon. Gcorgc Nichols. NorHfeId VI:
Dear Sr:-Y"ur favor OF the llth instant has
brenr ecrved, assuring me ot the pleasure II would
give the Republicans "f Vermont Ia meet a the
onventi"n Ia be held at Burlington on the 29th
instant, and while gratefully ackn"w lodging your
courteous invitation feel confident that my duties
Ia the State have the honor i'll part t" represent
will be better discharged here than i'll the
Gently redeemed city of Burlington. | have also
full faith that the convention OF Vermont Eepuhli-
cans which Is Ia assemble on the 18th ut March for
the purpose of selecting delegates 10 the National
convention Ia he held al Cincinnati, will perform
that important duty with fidelity. and that the del
-Gat-s will bc such cannot fIll tu confer honor
'si.nu the state both by their sterling character
ncn, and wisdom ~ Republicans. 1" me II aJ'-
pears tn be- evident that the election of Hrpuhl-
President Centennial year il quite pos
~iblr and possible only because hr will deserve Ia
he elected Our candidate must b- the embodiment
"f the mon sentiment of the country, neither ready
I" apologize tor the preservation OF the mon. t"I
the emancipation e" race and true not only I" the
fundamental principles which have given vitality
/ Ia the R"puhllcan party, preserved til" National
credit protected the great industrial interests nt
| the country. and opened the way for "a return I"
specie payment, hut our candidate must ais" fur
ulsh in hl~ owl behalf a name and character as a
of affairs with robust convictions of duty that
shall l." 4 sufficient guaranty I" secure ability.
purity and strict economy III all branches al tn"
| executive departments The coming national CON
[ test Is likely To he conducted with eaTnrstncSs.
ptIhaIS h\ resort L. all the rlnIucucr
and extra vaCnt abuse " hich extreme parti~an-hip
l. apt t" esteem among its most potent weapons
of p"tical warfare but this ystrn of tactics has
]
/" have been the most effective. and may well
feel uuI courage reinforced hy the lat" overthrow
/ of tn, New Hampshire Democracy Whose hatred of
I;epuhlicanism suffers NO dImnutinn from any dis
/ advantage of II Northern latitude.
y sad mistake. a. II turns ont. WAS made IN tn"
srlectInu of General Bclknap for Secretary "t War
IA mistake now happily corrected 10y the selection
uf a stIcCrssur of fitness well at
| unurIr STONED Hrpuhiirnnsm. Yet even thos, " ho
NAV have had most cause to dislike the secretary
| never suspected his personal integrity until h"
dropped nr ever from his high position. In fact II
il the truth nt history I" say that military officers
/ have almost universally escaped such imputaii"ns
| and deception being :" rare as t" provoke world
! wid, commentary. But even military men. had
| they been placed i'll the garden "t Eden: might not
! have done much better than he who SAID The WI"
man gave and did eat. The flaming sword i
| already drawn I" execute Justice. No tru" R"puh-
Leans desire that any guilty man shall escape and
| they have pursued and Will pursue and punish ras
calls swiftly when found stran: i'll their own
party as when found in any other: hut they do not
c"nnive at the escape OF a Tweed nor dc they stop
th, pursuit any trail h"Caus" il leads I" their
! own camp. Tn" Republican party does not attempt
| t" crock all manki by one general indictment,
based upon thu, Offence, "f single indi vidua al
though it will he found t" P"ssrss sufficient health
and righteous wrath tu cut off all offending mem
| h,rs knowing that II will then still hold III its
patriotic ranks a large majority of the people" y
! House of REPRESENTATIVES where Northern Demo
Gratis are mainly excluded hy their Speaker from
the lead commuters. and where ext confederate
officers now h, Id the dominating influence, cannot
be expected To act with eXa ed ideas of patriotism
but solely inspired as il would seem with the pur
pose rule the Government they 50 lately sought
guisr "f reform, may be 50 gaunt and grtesque as
To raise "a painful doubt whether moi the real de
sign may not be To cripple the ordinary adInnstra
tion of the government. and to produce at length
mbecility by slow starvation, some better return
for amnesty might possibly have been exhibited
Ever since the close of the every Republican
Congress has resOlutely reduced by many millions
the annual expenditures of the Government. and in
no equal portion of our history for a half of cen
tury has the percentage of losses been small by
defalcation in the collection of customs and internal
revenue as in the terms of Lincoln and Grant. All
just and reasonable curtailments of expenditures
however, should be eagerly accepted whether com
, ing from unusual and reckless quarters or other
wise, but absolute public necessities shonld not h,
lett unprOvided for even though the Democratic
party never more needed to talk loudly of economy
credited it is everywhere with ~ little and I,
that little nowhere holding any valid title.
Vermont wears no man livery but by her thor
"ugh devotion tn principles W hich adorn free gov
ernments the work she can be relied upon to de
, may always be safely predicted
JUSTIN 5. MORRILL,.
ADDRESS BY HON. l.. p. POLAND.
} On invitation of the convention, Hon
, l.. p. Poland of st. Johnsbury. deliver
: ed an address.
r He did not expect to make a speech
, but trusted he would never he found
wanting to any call made on him by
Republicans. 1t is gratifying to me. he
sad, to see here So many representative
Republicans. 1t signifies to a greater
, extent than had anticipated the deep
seated feeling of the people in the com
ing Presidential election. TheIe is more
, Intense feeling than ever known. llith-
erto there has been but little feeling I'M
} til after the candidates were presented,
, hut throughout the North there is deep
feeling.
The recent Democratic victory was
: the most fatal ever won. They have Il
: majority in one branch of Congress
they are comparatively powerlesS to dc
evil: but are powerful enough to show
, their devilish intent. (Applause.) The
people are fOrewarned of what measures
, they would adopt if they had power
An alarm has gone forth through the
entire North. The feeling is that it will
= never do to let the Democratic party