Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-01
Address of the Republican state Com
mittee.
To the Koters of Vermont.

CltlIcnSnlp-tnc Cnolce VI OnctfS 10 make
aud administer the laws The concurrence
Of tho national and the state election makes
the privilege greater aud the duty more far.
reaching. This year, also, marking the onJ
hundredth anniversary Of the Declaration OF
American Independence-the declaration
announcing the principle Of government by |
the people"-should bring to every stizon a
sharper sense Of the truth which alone makes
that principle valuable to states.
The rule of an unintelligont mob may be |
government by the people, bat it can never
be benefcent government, 1t is only honest
and intelligent voting that secures honest |
and intelligent administration Of public at.
fairs.
Free government docs not work automat-
ically.. The good results which it secures
come through the ability Of the voter to sce
10 what good government consists, aud the
courage to vote for IT, If the voter is want
ing in these qualifications the success Of
demagogues is made possible, and elections
become only the scrambiug contests OF self
seekers while the people are protected in
neither person nor estate, but are given over
to spoliaton, to be robbed alike Of liberty
and property.
That Vermont has hitherto escaped these
evils is to be credited to the educated intel
ligencc and the instructed moral sense Of her
people, and to her citizens We once more
confidently appeal
1t is impossible to separate the existing
state and national issues, or to localize the
interest of our September election; and there
| is nothing ia the local canvass that requires
it. The Republican state nominations are
unexceptonablc, and should command the
! support of every Republican. But the state
election will have au influence as wide as
the field Of national politics. A Republican
majority Of THIRTY THOUSAND in Yer.
mont in September, would be an inspiration
aud an omen of victory to Republicans from
Maine to California They look for it;
they ask for it; and full vote will satisfy
their demand.
We cannot afford to allow our majority
to be one vote less than its highest limit
The Importance of the Presidential election
leaves no excuse for the slightest Indifference
or the smallest neglect Of duty.
We need make no criticisms OF the candi-
dates Of the democratic party. 1t is enough
that they are the candidates of that party ;
party having nothing in its history or re-
cent record to commend it to the affections
or confidence of the people, a party that
never hesitated at an usurpation OF power,
or an invasion Of the constitution, when a
party exigency might demand the outrage ;
a party that has never illustrated its own de.
mand for "Reform," when in undsputed con.
troll of state or national legl station party
that is held together to-day more by the
sympathy Of a common hunger for office,
than by the belief in any common principle
Of legislation or government; party that
has recently given abundant evidence Of in.
capacity and inexcusabe partisan spirit
with the very slightest proofs of statesman
ship.
Whatever evils of administration the
country may have suffered, the hope of any
reform through the democratic party is bat
a most visionary and delusive mirage.
The Republican party presents candidates
of the highest personal character, and candi-
dates and platform alike promise pure ad-
ministration, aud craftsmanship in govern
ment. Its nominations were the triumph OF
the best elements in the Republican party,
and this action has won back to its ranks
men who recognize no party ties but seek
the best men for office, that through them
may be secured the best possible government
E Our party offers better hope to the citizen
seeking higher type Of government admin
: istration than ever before.
Honest money; thorough and radical
civil service reform equality of rights con.
ferred by the Constitution, guaranteed to
each aud every American citizen; together
with simplicity aud economy in administra
! ton, are not only promised, but will be Sc
! cured, if the people will see to it that per
sons in full sympathy with the high princi
pies Of the national candidates are chosel
) for subordinate offices.
This is the work Of the voter His duty
is not yet done-s never wholly done. Il
will be most faithfully performed for thi,
year by supporting the only nominations
o which in personal fitness and in party ALI
c ance, give a rational hope of reform tina
}, shall not be revolution, Of progress which
$ shall not be destructive Of the all.inclusv
d freedom and broad humanity which is nov
n the browning glory Of the National Constr
t tuition.
) This is no time for reactionary measures
n The people of the United States cannot af
i ford to even risk the revival Of sectiona
!, feelings in politics. Yet nothing can b.
y more certain than that such result vii
T follow if the democratic party shall be sue
P cessful at the impending national election
G Democratic success means reaction; offcia
mismanagement administrative corruption
r, revival OF sectional strife; indefinite post
It ponement Of specie payments Gf nothin!
r worse) and violation Of those articles o
Q our Constitution, which it has ever denoun
[ ced.
: Republican success means progress; cor
n rection of abuses thorough civil service re
c form return to hard money and specie pay
g ments, with the death and burial OF thos
!, sectional issues that brought the nation t
}. the verge of ruin. Let the voters Of Vel
l, mont have their full share IN achieving thi
g grand result.
{. County and Tol0R Committees shoul
n give special attention to the work OF securing
5 the attendance of every Republican voter a
0 the polls in September. If you perform
this work thoroughly, the thirty thousan
majority asked Of US in Vermont can b
easily given. Aud see to it that every per
son votes the STATE TICKET. In some coun
tries, in past years, the vote for town repre-
: sentatives has been from ten to fifteen pc
Is cent. larger than the vote for Governor
This happens through nattentlon, as not on,
/. person in a hundred, If tickets were handle,
!. to him, would neglect to vote for state off
GERS.
See that egery UOter is al the polls, an,
y that he UOteS the full state ticket,
= . Thus the Republicans of Vermont vii
answer the confident expectations of thei
friends, and disappOnt the timld hopes o
9 their opponents.
i REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE.