Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-01
Der l. 1876.
The Rutland Rally or saturday.


MBER L. 1876.
The Rutland Rally OF Satsrdsy.
Mr.. BRisrow's LAST SPEECH IN VERMONT
scATHING ovERHAULING OF Mr.. rILDEN BY
DORIAN b. KAToN-rELLlNC SPEECH b.
JUDGE BENHAM.
The open-air meeting in Rutland. on sat
urday afternoon, was held on one Of tn
Main street parks. and was among the larg
est meetings Rutland has ever seen. Larg
numbers were present from different part
of the State and also from New York AM
New Hampshire. Thirty-fye car loads o
people came in on the extra trains and thu
rural districts shout Rutland were well rep
resented. Had the profano Democrat frou
Winooski been present he would agar
have had occasion for his remark at the
Burlington rally. drawn forth bya delega'
tion from Jericho, - EN- they're com
ing down off from the mountains Ac
cording to different estimates between ioul
and five thousand people were present. The
speaking continued from haif-past one til
five o'clock
Upon the stage were Hon. Dudley c. Den.
ison and his son Joseph Denison, OF Royal
ton Hon. George Nichols. of Mortified
and Major Rounds, of Chester. Captain
Anterior. of Nashua, N. H.. Hon. A. L.
Miner and Loveland Munson, of Manches-
ter, Mr. Wellington, of New York, Hugh
Henry, Esq, and Hon. Luther Adams. oil
Chester, Hon. b. ID. Harris. of Brattleboro
ex-Gov. Underwood, of Burlington, Hon.
A. g. Clark. of Factory Point. Hoa. Z. P.
Walton, of Montpelier, Hon Burnham Mar
tin and Lieut.. Gov. Hinckley, of Chelsea,
Hon. George Ii. Bigelow, of Burlington
President Hubert. of Middlebury College,
J. s. Patterson, Of Philadelphia. and other
prominent Republicans of the State and Rut-
land, besides members of the press.
Gov. Page presided, and introduced as
the first speaker. Dorman B. Eaton, Esq,
of New York. We extract from the excel
lent report of the Rutland Giobe the fol-
lowing passages
Mr.. .ATON's SPEECH.
live in New York. and have the good
luck to know Samuel j. Tilden. Cries of
Give it to him " | will first say word
of Hendricks. The Democratic candidate for
the Vice-Presidency is and always has been
a notorious sympathizer with the South.
recreant in his duty TO the North, the friend
81 aF ba Col1or
Circle. During our great struggle no
word could be extorted from those unpatri
otic lips in sympathy with the ideas Of ma
tionality and liberty of the North.
The other man. Samuel j. Tilden, is no
more patriotic than Thomas A. Hendricks.
| speak now, measuring my words for
live near his door. and my words may con-
front me when | return. But | would
speak it TO bis face for do it deliberately
and at the behests of truth These two
men, recreant in American citizenship,
acting and believing with Jefferson Davis.
Tombs. Vance, Isham &. Harris, Nallan-
digham, and the whole crew of them from
the bowling soldier to the blatant general
in the rebel army. are their leading spirits.
Is Tilden to be rrus:ed2 lie has a history
Innning over sixty five wears. He has new
er been married. The holy influence Of wo-
man has never been brought to bear to
soften that hard, selfish heart. II he should
60 into the White House. he'ought to come
here to Vermont and get wife to accom-
psny him and Cries of No, No. Gov.
Page requested the speaker to take that
back
Ladies Of Rutland-I am commanded to
withdraw the remark. absolutely refuse |
There is no sacrifice which the women Of |
Vermont are not able and willing to make |
tor the good Of the country. The Vermont |
mothers who could surrender their sons to |
their country and like the old Roman mat |
r0ns follow them TO the grave. could furnish |
woman who would regenerste even so
barren and heartless u man as Samuel j.
Tilden. Cheers
We have had but one bachelor President.
james Buchanan who rendered presidents of |
that stamp at once infamous and immortal.
Mr.. 1ilden an unexceptionable gentleman,
man Of culture, well yersed in political
literature. admirably posted in party tao
tics. the manipulating Of men into making
them do what they don't want to DO, and
what on the whole they ought not to do. In
the arts OF the petty demagogue be IS with
ont rival. As Il lawyer. In his expert
ence with shipwreeked railroad companies
as attorney, general agent, sort Of mon
grel trustee, and as purchasing committee,
ne has been as successful as any know Of
1t Is said that he Is great lawyer that he
understands the Interpretation of the con-
s,Itutlon; that he Is a great reas0ner in the
courts, and holds high place in advocacy.
The truth Is that for eighteen years, the
proudest IN his life, he did not appear more
than three times IN the higher courts Of the
State of New York. and he has never ap-
peared even for single time upon con-
stltutional question before the highest tri-
5unal IN the country. In March. lsio. he |
was admitted TO practice in the United
states Supreme Court, and since that date
has not argued case before that tribunal.
50 much for him as great lawyer"
How stands Mr.. Tllden a. patriot?
iou remember in 1860 when the country
vas shaken 10 and fro with the agitation
which brought Abraham Lincoln TO the
Presidency. The great question under test !
vas what the constitution and the govern
nent was. There never was time when
he significance of the discussion was 30
,reat. All the good men embraced in the :
Democratic party went over. and nothing !.
vas left Of 1t but the rump. Where do YOU
ind Samuel !. Iilden in those days? Did
lie worship the political gods of the North.
r the Southern baal? have in nv pocket
lw partner at that time. by Samuel j. !
ilden, IN October, 1850. defining his view
I the constitution. The theory advanced in
hat letter Is IN accord with the South and
he rebel leaders and with them he has been 2
yer since. In that precious document he "
ays that the States are held together By
lDgie, slender, conventional tie That was :
be doctrine of Jefferson Davis and all the :
outh. Mr.. IIlden, speaking OF the trainers =
I the constitution. calling them 1.-THE !,
athers, says that they did not recognize d,
right of secession, but they =
III revolution organized, until the public =
plnlOn of IA State should demand its exer-
sc. He further claimed that there was no :
over OF coercion to apply TO State wish :,
lg to dissolve the MON. Jerry Black for =
ulated the same doctrine for Buchanan's =,
ibinet. lie never accepted the doctrine of -
10 exclusion of slavery from the new .,
tates. ne held with the white men of the ~
,uth that slavery was divine institution. !,
was secesslOnlst IN moral and legal -
cory and philosophy. ~
On the 18th of April, 1861. Slmpter was n
ed on. Virginia had gone out of the
MON. jefferson Davis was issuing letters :.
maFque and reprisal. and priyateers to -
ey upon our merchant shipping were be -
g lifted out all along our Southern coast. !"
lie country bristled with bayonets. fior.
r and anxiety filled the whole North. The al
triotic separated from the disloyal as the IN
eep from the goats in the final Judgment.
w York was then ~ now the great COM IL
'rclal center of America. Fernando Wood. lo
Mayor. threatened that the city wsuld
,eds from the Union and Join the South w,
oonfederacy. great meeting was de-
mined upon TO strengthen the weak "a
ees. There were no weak knees here. of
t there were elsewhere remember IN,
len ten thousand Irish Democrats
New York tried to murder five On
ndred negroes that two Vermont Go
'lments camped on Madison square and he
ighl the New York Democrats good be e
SioT. When | walked down Fifth Az Til