Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-30
Address of the Republican State Com
mittep.

mont that highest privilege and duty OF
citzen>hip-the choice of officers to make
and administer tile laws. The concur
renee of the national and the stat" election
makes the privilege greater and the duty
more far-rcaching. This year, also, mark
NO the one hundredth anniversary OF the
Declaration Of American lndrp"ndence-
declaration announcing the prlncIple OF
government by the people ->hoHid
bring to every citizen a sharper sense OF
| the truth which alone makes that prlncl-
pie valuable to states.
The rule of AN unintclligent mob may
be government by the people. but 1t can
never be brniticcnt government. 1t Is
only honest and intelligent voting that Sc
cures honest AMI intelligent admlnistra-
| ton of public affairs.
Free government does not work auto
| malicaly. The good results which II St
lures come through the ability OF the vo-
Ter to see in what good government con
| -i-t~. md the cour.t-e to vote Tor 1t. II
the voter is wanting in these quaillca
| ions the success of dcmago"ues Is made
| possible. and elections become oniX TIT"
,crAmbing contests of selt-scckrr,; while
| he people are protected in neither person
| ror estate, but are given over /" >poEi-
lOn to be robbed alike of liberty and
| property.
! That Vermont has hitherto escaped these
| wills is to be credited to the educated intel
| gencc and the instructed moral SENSE OF
cr people, and to her citizens we o,cc
more confidently appeal.
| Ii is impossible to separate the existing
tate and national issues. OF to lucaliZc the
| rtere,t of our September clcction; and
| here is nothing in the local canvass that
| cqurrs it. The Republican state nonna-
| IONS are ncNcrptlonablr. and should
command the support of every Rrpubil-
AN. But the state election Will hive an
| utlurnce as wide as the field of national
pplilic-. \ Republican majority Of
! thirty THOU SAND III Vermont III
September. would be an inspiration and
IN om"n of victory to Republicans from
Maine to California, They look for ii:
| hey ask for it and It fH(l cote will satisfy
| heir demand.
| We cannot af1orl to allow our mi nriIv
| . be one vote less than its HIGHEST ilnn
| The Importance of the Presidential cleo
| ION leaves no excuse for thr slightest in
| If, renee or the smallest nee lcct of duty
| We need make no criticisms of the can
| lidat,-> of the democratic party 1t l.
nOugh that they are candidates OF that
rlrtV: Il party having nothing in lis h~to-
V or recent record TO commend II to the
| If ction- or confidence Of the people;
ItrtV that never lt>ltatcd ut an uSulpa-
ION of power. OF an invasion of the con
,titution. when party cNlgrncy might
i'mand the outrage; a party that has n'N
+ illustrated it own demtnd for . Re
prm, when in und>pu'ed control Of
tate or national legislation; a party thai
held together To-day more 10y the sym
r,lhv Of u common hunger for Off e. than
" the belief i'll any common principle "i
rTi>llllun OF government: 4 party thai
us recently given album liant evidence OF
ucapacijv and inrXcu>s,b.e partisan spirit.
Win The very li-htr>t proof, OF States
manshp.
Whatever evil, OF administration til,
.oun'rv may have suffered. the hop" Of
ny reform through The democratic party
but Il most visionary and dclu>iNr mir
g..
The Republican party presented c9ndj-
latr~ of the highest personal character.
,nd cAnlliduc> and platform alike promise,
,urc administration, and craftsmanship H.
government. It, nominations Mere tl.
,umpl of the best clements in The lie
uhlican party. and his action has Won
IIck To- il ranks men who lc, ogniZr no
,rtv les but seek the best men for Office.
hat through llrm may ne secured he hc>
'p->lbIr government. Oar party offers Ii
higher type of government adlu.ui> II
;on than ever before.
Honest money; :, thorough and radical
'lvll service reform cqu tlty OF rights con
erred by the Constitution. guaranteed t"
,.,,.b II,
With simplicity and economy in ;ulninj~-
secured. if the people will see To it thai
per>ons in fail sympathy with the ligiI
principles of the n;ttlonHi candidates are
.hosrn tor subordinate Offices.
Ihl> is the work of the voter Ills duty
i not yet donc-is never wholly done.
1t viii be most faithfully reformed lor
his year by supporting the only nomina-
ions which in PERSONAL fitness and in par
alIjtnce. give a rational hope of reform
that shall not be revolution, OF proyte~>
Which >ntII not be destructive of the ali
inclusive freedom and broad lllnan.tl
which are now the crowning glory OF til.
>Na,iontl Constitution.
Th- is no time for r,.,.tionnrv m"a--
urc>. Tie people of the United >y,t,--
cannot afford To even risk tho revival If
sectional feelings in politics. Yet no.h
INC can be more certain than thai >jch a
result will follow if the Democratic party
shall be successful Il, ;he impcndin. ma
tional election. Democratic success
means reaction; official m>m lnrgelncnt
administrative corruption; revival of Sec
uonal strife; lndrtinlte Vo>tponrmrut OF
specie payments (f nothing wor~r); and
,o alton OF those article, of our Cou-titu-
ton. which it has ever denounced
Republican success means progress
correction of abuses: thorough civil ser
wee reform; return to hard money an
specie payments, with the death and bur
I'll OF those sectional i>>ut- th.lt brou rnt
the nation to the verge of ruin. Let the
vo.er> of Vermont have their tu!l sh ire in
achieving this grand result.
fOuHtY ttHd 1pirn tOHutiY.e> sllonId
give special attention to the work of So
rurin" The attendance Il every Republican
voter at the polls in September. II vou
perform this work thoroughly. The thirty
thousand M jortv asked of Us in Vermont
can be easily given. And see to it that
every pei son votes the STATE rICkEr In
some counties, in past Years, The vote for
town representatives, has been from ten To
fifteen per cent larger thin the vote for
Governor. This happens through mat
t'ntion, Il, not one person in Il bundled. il
tickets Were handed to him, wouu neglect
TO voc for state officers
Sce TINT erery rottr isM the pois. a24d
hut he rot':S he tuH Anc Ii 'k,t
Thus the Republicans Of Vermont will
answer the confident expectations of their
friends, and dlslppoinl the timid hopes of
their opponents.
GEORGE w. GElNDEY,
GEORGE NICHOLS,
EBtN j ORM,EEE,
SrErIIEN THOMAS Rtpublican
FRANKLIN FAIHB>NKs S'tfe
WILLIAM ROUNDS, Cotttuifi.f.
john l.. BARSiow.
GEORGE y. DALE,
CARROL :. PAGE
Lets >ce-yes-it is the same Marble
Mant"n by name, whose paper Gen. Dix
hti to suppress for Il time because uf il,
trt't>"nable utterances, that now come,
forward to certify to Tildcn loyalty bus
tom J,uJJ~cri,,y