Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-03-01
Political JOttlngs.

~ the democratic convention Of Indiana
will endorse the " Independent greenback "
nomination Of the inhationist, Landers, for
Governor -as it probably will-the Indian
apolis Journal guarantees his defeat by
/ twenty thousand.
II is said that all the democratic presi-
Dental aspirants are in favor Of abolishing
the two thirds rule and that the plan TO eff
feet it is to defeat the motion to adopt the
rules Of the previous convention, which can
be done 10y a majority vote.
Tnr New York Tribune says "The Adams
party is growing. In fact, it has been doub-
led. There are two men in it now. The
new recruit is the Boston Herald editor, but,
like his Springfield companion, he shows
disposition to compromise on Bristow."
Tnr Wisconsin Republicans elected their
delegates to the National Convention last
week aud, while expressing preference for
Mr.. Blaine, left the delegation free to act as
its judgment may dictate. It was thought
that the Washbun influence might make
some demonstration, bat il did not
The Concord On. H. Monitor challenges
thedemocratic candidates Daniel Marcey's)
friends to produce a single instance during
Marcy's two years in Congress, where he did
not vote against every proposition to pay the
soldier who was fighting for the Union, and
every appropriation to put down the rebellion.
SENATOR WHiGnr Of Iowa, may fairly
be counted as a man who "don't want Of
fee" lie has Just declined a denomination,
which was equivalent TO a reelection, to the
United States Senate, and has also refused
an appointment to the supreme bench Of the
state, prefering TO resume the practice of law.
LITTLE while ago the Independent +"
papers were sure Grant was intent upon a
third term, and that he would be master Of
the Republican convention. Now some Of
them say he won't have shadow of innu-
ence there at all. Well, anything to please
them, and especially TO relieve them Of the
third term scare.
Mn. MARCY, the democratic candidate for
Governor of New Hampshire, has been a
candidate for Office twenty-five times in
twenty years. lie has been three times asses
sor three times alderman Of Portsmouth,
and four times a representative in the legis-
lature. lie has been q candidate for the
state senate five times for Congress FIVE
times, and for Governor twice lie was
elected to Congress in 1868, over joel East
man, by plurality of eighty votes.
THE Springfield Republican, which cannot
be accused of undue Partially for the Re
publican party, has been casting the politi-
cal horoscope for 1876 and makes the fol-
lowing discoveries The success of the dem
ocratic party next fall is impossible, for the
simple reason that no gentleman, no Christian,
no phaaadlropia can roie for H. The leaders
all sneer at the darkey. The Southern men,
for the most part, desert him. and are not
willing to give him his rights. =
The seventy ex-rebelS in the House, one aud
all, despse the black man as citizen.
They accept his citizenship simply because
they can't help it, Now, no man in the
North who ever was Republican, or who
has a spark of manhood, can ever join such
party. What becomes of the black man
under its rule