The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-29
GEN. DIX's LETTER.
Purposes of the Boys in Dluo-Tildon's Elec-
ton a Misfortune.

ton a Misfortune.
Comrades Il was my purpose to tic
present, as chairman of your national COM
mittee, at your convention on the goth
inst Causes unforeseen until the last mo-
mont prevent my attendance. 1t is
my sincere belief that the tranquility OF the
county, purchased by your hardships, your
perils, your endurance, and your valor, de-
ponds on the election of Gov. Hayes, the
gallant commander, who led many of you
to victory. independently of all party CON
slderations, believe it to be far better for
the south, better for the north, better for
every portion OF our vast republic, that the
executive power Of the government should
be confided TO him rather than to his oppo-
nent. Recent occurrences Indicate, i
regret to say, that there are at the south
individuals who are intent on disturbing the
established order. While all such purposes
are to be resisted and foiled, if need be by
the whole legitimate power of tho govern
mont, generous confidence and support
should DO extended to those who sustain in
its manifest duty 10 enforce the require
ments of the constitution and its laws.
Your organization was formed in no spirit
Of hostility to any portion Of your fellow
citizens. IL was formed to MAINTAIN by the
ballot in the political field the principles
which you upheld by the bayonet on the
field of battle. We will sustain our south
ern brethren in the enjoyment of every
| right and every privilege which we pos
sess. Their security is also ours. But we
| resist, ond will continue TO resist now and
| hereafter, the elevation Of any Northern
man to the highest Office in the gift of the
| people who was not openly and actively
engaged in upholding the government when
it was threatened with destruction.
believe that the election of Gov. Tilden
would be most unfortunate for the south.
| He would 90 into office distrusted by the
whole body of the patriotic citizens of the
north who sustained the government in Its
| great peril The overwhelming majorltes
10 Vermont aud Maine were called out by
| his nomination. The other republican states
are only waiting for the opportunity of
pronouncing the same emphatic judgment
| upon him. = The public tranquility
cannot be maintained by Mr.. Tilden. He
has no other prestige than that of a party
manager, and it is now understood in his
own state, and will be clearly shown
throughout the union, that his claim 10 be
a reformer is baseless aud fraudulent.
leave for discussion elsewherchis long con.
tinued association with the prohigate po
liticians by whom the city Of New York
was plundcred, and the recent develop
monts which have so seriously impaired
the public confidence in his personal integ-
ritY. 1t is enough for us that he IS presen
ted to the people rs the exponent OF the
principles and policy Of the democratic
party that he declared the war a failure
when you were bringing it to a triumphant
conclusion and that he refused to take
part in upholding the government when i
was menaced and imperiled--a government
which would not be in existence now if his
example and his counsels had prevailed
with his countrymen.
| Comrades, in seasons Cf danSr and tria
you have FASTENED TO the support of the re-
publican party with devotion and an en-
ergy which have always been crowned witt
success. 1t appeals to you again for aid il
a contest involving the public honor ant
prosperity and the continued tranquility o
the Union. No party in the hundred year.
of our national life has done so much fol
the good name and the welfare of the coun
try. BY its patriotism, its 1rmness, an(
its perseverance it upheld the governmen
and eayed the Union from dissolution.
abolished slavery, and obiterated toIeve
the only blot upon our national escutcheon
In II years, by prudent financial manage
ment, it has paid off S700,000,000 of tbs
debt contracted for the preservation of tn,
Union. | conjurc you by these triumph
ant achievements of the past 16 years, by
the remembrance of your heroic comrade
who are slumbering in honorable graves
and by the memory of the martyred Lin
coin, under whose guidance in saving tn,
Union and abolishing slavery you achieved
the greatest of all human victories; by al
these haliowea recollections coniure you t
stand by the party which was sus.a,.Sa ~.
ennobled by his example and the caus
which was consecrated by his blood. You
fellow citizen, comrade and friend.
JouN A. Dix.
Headquarters Union Veterans Nationa
Committee, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York city. Sept. IS, 1876.