Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-08-02

special reference to the Endorsement,
by that convention, of Gen. Grant
and his administration. Hon. Mr..
Palmer here seemed to "strike ile,"
and becoming more encouraged pro-
ceeded with added enthusiasm and re-
pewed vigor: Fellow Citizens Il say
I think / merely assert what is in
your inmost heart He seems to have
acknowledged here, what we have
claimed for some time past, ! ie,-that
the latter day republicans are double
hearted as we'll as double faced, there
by being expressly adopted to the
double dealing processes of republi.
can campaign. But twas their in
most-or hidden heart - heart Of
which the fluent orator spoke in par
ticular. 81 think that l merely assert
what is in your inrnost heart when I
say that our delegates at Cincinnati,
came almost to a conclusion, directed
by Providential wisdom! Well,
indeed, it manitestly would have been
a delightfully."- fortunate stroke Of
providential wisdom, but they quite
come to the conclusion. After max
ing reference to the "demands" of
the "moral sense" of the country, the
Hon. chairman proceeded to speak in
the most glowing terms in eulogy Of
Cincinnati nominees. "No organ of
the democratic party, however search
ing and subtle" declared the orator,
"has found an ink,blot upon Hayes
character, or dark stain upon his
moral record" This announcement
was greeted with great applause. Mr..
Palmer ought, we respectfully suggest,
to have gone a little further on this
point, and have offered, as a possible
explanation, that the gentleman's (Mr.
Hayes record is of such character
as toi size, as successfully to put to
defiance all efforts to discover his
record through the aid of any optical
instrument yet invented. Speaking
of the platform the orator said. "From
beginning to end it is the very gospel
and the ten commandments OF all the
moral teaching of the republican party
fiom 1860 to the present day." Alas !
has not the country-have not the low
ers of honest and pure and economi-
cal administration had quite enough
Of republican gospel and command
ments and teachings in the past dec
ade, at least! But we regret we have
not space in which to consider many
of the salient points of Mr.. Palmer's
speech. We must not omit to refer
to one of the powerful points Of his
peoration, however, "The mission Of
the republican party" he declares,
"will perhaps be ended when there
appears in Congress a colored Demo
crat to mingle with the colored re-
publicans. Indeed! Such, then, if
we may credit the startling announce
ment of the gentleman who had the
honor to preside over the ratification
meeting at Boston Highlands, is to be
the grand crowning act, the glorious
eliminating point of that ''great and
mighty organization" which has Ia
bored so persistently and disinterest-
edly tor all these years, to produce so
happy commingling of the pure,
rich and wholesome African blood in
congress! Such is to be the proud,
majestic capstons of the mighty work
of ''progress and reform" wrought out
in all these years of self-sacritice, toll
and devotion, by the republican party.
Such is to be the worthy end of its
worthy mission But seriously now,
if the country have to wait for that
event, we despair of ever seeing the
end of the republican mission. We
have heard OF ''Black republicans"
but colored democrat! that is some
thing we have but faint hopes of ever
witnessing. And if we have to wait
then for the consummation of the re-
publican - but away with the alb
surdity for how-will the Hon.
chairman of the republican ratifca-
ton meeting please inform us-can
the republicans sustain life so long!
For, unquestionably long before the
meerschaum fate of the democrat
shall attain the high color of the col
ored gentleman, the republican party,
"cementsd with the general tide and
current of ratification with all it's
"divisions and schisms' removed, and
"couverted into solid unit" for
campaign service, will have de-
voured--if we may judge from its