Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-08-25

ST 25, 1870.
trusted to reform the civil service than lank
and hungry vol to guard sheep fold. 1here -
grotesqueiy absurd in the aPpesianeeod,
the pS r5s %as
the political school Of TaDmsny u ny " ~.
tons md practices Of that party forbid oele' ,no
a1% yS 81 'i it ns now vsnss
tho Republican party out OF power, anu
itsel: in. The Democratic cry tor reform "oa's a
be sienced by its party leader the moment 1t 'A"'
Not so with the Republican party II mss
proclaimed itself in favor OF reform WIZ
Is yet u power and does not propose 10 sp re
followers adherents in carrying out us P.onis,
1t has chosen for its leaders men who are lulS YIN
mitted to thorough and radical reform, anu 49,
lives and pubic career give unqualified assurance
that they will faithfully fulfill what they anu .nen
party have promised the country snail oe u,ne'
The republican party have achieved srea' sSs i,s
1t has wiped out the blot Of slavery and maue Us
restoration forever improbable IL mas lalu oieA.S
and deeper the the foundation upon which .ne
fathers buidsd this great kepuene;h Isnd dec
larati0n that all men are created equali ~ t ma
met and crushed the monster scorpion Whlcn nAu
and the integrity OF the Union since the adoption Of
the Virginia and kentucky resolutions OF lI9,7ss
it has secured an undesirable Uaion. IL hAs uono
many thing wisely and well, and as parry VI
ganization IL has not absolutely failed OF the
achievement Of anything undertaken ~ II. IL Wa
born OF the peoples aspirations Tor ireeuon, aLu
has shown himself coura geous in striking down op.
preston and wrong, and in setting up liberty anu
right in their place. Ii is party o. ids as anu oo
victions, and has ever been ready anu Wilt .,
learn wisdom by experience, 1t now attacks
vicious system of civil service and has CHOSEN ior
its leader a man cons pcuous in his own o.Ste LOT
his we'll mstured views in favor o. me mo
and elev alton OF that service. such party may
safely be trusted to carry out all neeulul
The only hope for present reform, thorough rad
ical and complete" Is in the success o. the hepuo
lioan party. iLong appiausel
Mr.. Bristow has full voice and hue de-
livery, and his speech was marked by the
eioquence of genuine earnestness ana con-
yictiop. lie held his audience thoroughly
for over an hour. and greatly impressed all
his hearers, by his strong and broad views ;
his temperate set terrible arrangement OF
the Democratic party and its candidates,
and his eloquent tribute to the Republican
party and its standard bearers. Ii was a
eonrincinq speech, and none but the most
hide-hound could deny its business and
force. Gen Bristow was frequently ap-
plauded to the echo. and closed amid storm
of applause.
Three rousing cheers. proposed by MI.
Roberts, were then given for Gen. Bristow,
followed by music by the Sherman Band.
Hon. l.. P. Poland was mex, introduced
and had hearty greeting.
JUDGE PoLASD's SPEECH.
He said it was a great era tihcation to him
10 be here and TO address such an audience.
If any were still DISPOSED TO ind fault with
the action of the Vermont delegation at
Cincinnati. a some had been, he submitted
that the speech they had just listened to
was a pretty good indication OF their
choice. The question Is what party shall
rule for four wears to come? The tree l.
known BY its fruit. II reform is desired,
what greater reform was ever wrought than
that executed by the Republican party, in
the raising of four million human beings
from property INTO citizens. Every body
knows that il the Democratic party had re-
tanned control, the slaves would now num-
Der six millions, in a much enlarged area OF
| slave territory We spent four years IN
| bloody war, and thousands of millions OF
dollars.-what for , Because the South
said I'VE will rule part OF the country.
We said mo" to that. Now the SIuth
comes with the modest proposition to rule
the whole country Suppose they had sent
an embassy to u with that proposal during
the war, saving: You may withdraw your
armies and have pegce-on condition that
we take control OF the government. You
would have tarred and ieathered the man
who suggested the acceptance OF such
proposal. Now that We have fought
through the war, and conquered the re-
belliOn, does any one suppose that we Will
accept It?
Reform, " cry the Democrats We know
what kind Of reform they give the people
in New York city. where the Democratic
party held unbroken sway. They stole the
very paving stones in the streets. The party
proved TO be full of thieves from top TO
bottom, and Mr. Tllden, now claiming TO
be the prince OF reiormers. was one Of the
chiefs Of the New York Democracy, cheek
by jowl with Tweed and sweeney. But
he dc not know anything about It y
the thief joins IN the cry OF stop thief. the
Democrats shout reform TO hide their
own crimes
With a word of earnest exhortatiOn. not
TO let the children Of darkness be wiser than
the children Of i.ht ant not to let the Dem
ocrats cut down the Republican MAORI y.
Judge Poland closed amid loud and long
applause. lie spoke briefly, being obliged
u leave, to fulfil an engagement to speak
at ST. Adams, last evening, but with great
effect.
Hon. Levi Underwood va, the next
speaker.
GOV vNDERwOoD's SPEECH.
lie said that If the only significance OF
the coming election was the putting out Of
one set of men and the putting in Of an0th-
er. he should not be here. But the cleo
ton involved great public consIiera-
tions, affecting the interests OF every cIti-
zen. and he called the candid attention Of
all, Democrats as well as Republicans, 10
some of the points at issue.
There arc two great underlying ideas,
now embodied in the two great aTtIes, and
expressed in their platforms. One ! that
this Is a nation. and our government a ma
tlonal government the other, that this Is a
confederation of States, and that State SOW
ereignty Is supreme. At fur periods OF
our history, the country has been agltated
under the settlement of the question be-
tween these opposing ideas. At the time
OF the org ina. adoption and ratification OF
the constitution, 1t was claimed BY leading
southern men that the Union was only
confederation that the citizen owed ms
trst allegiance to his State that the State
could in effect veto the acts of the general
government and that notification was 4 re-
served right of each State. In 1882. N
iurtherance Of this doctrine, South Carroll
ma undertook to nuliiiy the tariff Nulli-
iication was then put down, 10 break Out
again in 1850. AT the demand of the s1-
yoca.es OF State rights the Missouri com
promise wa repealed, and the Supreme
Court decided that slaves could be carried
into the territories. So the contest went
on, till in 1861 the South exercised its de-
clared right of secession. The col Sttu-
tionsl election of a Republican President
was made the occasion. The S0utherners
first demanded that Mr.. Lincoln should re-
sign. As this demand was not granted shey
next declared that he should never be III
augurated. and wbe1 AZ was Inaugurated
they wI;harew from the Union, organized
The rebellion, and assalled the National
Capitol. The opposing views of the Union
which made the war, remain still opposed,
and ind expression In the two platforms to-
day. The Republican platform declares
that ours is National goyefnpent The
Democratic platform calls 1t Federal
Union. Ii s2ys, TO 5e sure. that the Union
should be maintained; but that vas always
said. While declaring most stoutly that
the right TO secedo was a reserved night 9.
the STATE, the Southerners always main-
tanned that the Union ought to Re presery-
ed. But it was to DO preserved only by
giving them the control OF the government.
That Is in effect the attitude of the Demo-
cratic party to-day. 1t still holds that the
war was unconstitutional because the gov
ernment has no rlss: 10 cOeree sovereign
State. IL follows, of Course. as a logical |
that if the war was unconsti-
tutional. the debt incurred in prosecution |
OF the war is also unconstitutional, and,
N my opinion. If the peopls X retgrniHg ne |
Democratic party 10 yOirer, should declare an |
taror Of the -soetrLae that this IS Onya Coz
Of STATES, the dea ,0iH be sepudi- !
1te9. II that can be done only through civil |
war, war will again 10 inaugurated. 1t the
democratic party was ready to bathe the
country In blood, in support of this doc
lrine. which 1t has hot relinquished, why
cot again9
vi this doctrine of Federal union of 4