The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-24

treasOnaOle sentiments; Tor forcing WOunu-
ed Union soldiers TO the rear that
their places may be supplied with unre-
pentant rebels for the advocacy of infla-
ton and Reputation for partisan mis-
management and stupendous laundering in
the work of investigations and, in word,
of being incompetent, unworthy, recreant
" and incapable " of correctly administer
ing the government.
1t ia because we see all of this unworth-
ness, recreancy and iucapacity in the
democracy, and recognize the absolute
necessity of again entrusting the repubi-
can party with power, and the almost
absolute certainty that 1t will be 30 entrust-
ed with power, that we deprecate the
further action of the convention. Think
of honest, intelligent, thoughtful, patriotic
glen declaring themselves in favor of 're-
trenchment and reform" and of "the
/" elevation OF the public service and pure
" efficient government" and then going on
and doing it by the suppression of free
discussion nominating Roscoe Conk-
ling for president of The United States !
Declaring him to be "a statesman and a
patriot of the highest ability and charac-
"ter, whose long and distinguished public
(" career is without reproach !" and who
possesses the experience, capacity, cour-
"age and frmnoss which qualify him to
" give strength and honor to the govern
Z" ment y
The idea of naming Roscoe Conkiing in
connection with demand for retrench-
ment and reform and the elevation of the
"public service" is as absurd as 1t would
be to declare for ''clean departure from
"Grantism, and then nominating Ulysses
S. Grant of nominating Benjamin f. But
Ter on platform denouncing "Butlerlsm"
of declaring for "honest money and the1
supporting Oliver p. Morton; of pronounc
ing for purity Of elections and then making
George L. Spencer the candidate. Why
even the New York 1imes, the ablest ant
most widely circulated of republican news
papers YVES, not long ago, compelled t.
| ASK AIC VIZ w uliuOlbtduti tilit AVA
"sConkling is prepared to support any an
"every nomination made by the president
"whsiher it is good, bad or indifferent
" Has he ceased to represent New Yor
state, and is he henceiorth to represen
" ouly the white house Certainly
:" seems desirable that he should commun
g. cate 10 his very patient constituents hi
" state of mind ON this not unimportar
subiect."
And what answer did Roscoe Conklin
make lie continued to vote for ever
nomination or measure of the presder
, good, bad and Indifferent aud Ito rel
! "resent only the white house" save only
= when at the beck of some Benjamin
o Butler, he presumed TO lebuke the pres
/. dent for encroaching on the rights of sue
= men to control all appointments to publ
}. Office from his state-as in the case of col
n senting to the appointment of Richard l
n Dana, ir., as minister to England. Ho
s good an exemplar of "retrenchment ar
l. reform" he would make, he made man
e fest by recording his vote twice in favor
l. the increase Of salary and back pay, dra'
1t ing it and, as appears by certificate
h the secretary of the senate dated Janua
3. 1874, still retaining it.
The republicans of Vermont and OF u
IL country want no such man as Rose
y Conkling for president They want,
SB | E,aIor;nIr ,y,t.
G. " name alone will be promise and
IN "pledge OF honest civil service, hont
" money, and a clean departure fro
III " Grantism.' This man We believe tn
90 will have--who he my be, it is, Of court
III impossible to say. The better part of I
e republicans are firm and united in this {
1t mand, and this action Of professional p
u " iticians" in New York, while it max
1t the work al the harder and gives empf
ai sis for the demand for political 'revo
T. 8" ton" if we cannot have reformation
III vii! only serve TO arouse the more thougl
"a full, patriotic members of the party to me
y earnest, hearty action that the party IN
be wholly reformed and saved for the SO
of the country. 1t will not d. howev
to cry ''peace, peace when there is
- "peace." We must be up and doir
promptly expose and correct mistak
= throw aside personal predictions a
=, mere partisan prejudicee, and labor, 1
u only for "honest civil service and hon
g. money, but, also, for "a clean departr
~ - from Grantism," and all will be well.