The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-11

appointments made to office, Mr.. Town. |
send said that "some miserable republican
=" fools are slandering these men; !" and that |
George William Curtis was "in such a
" hurry to reform these men that he can't
" stop to part his hair in the middle This
is but specimen brick of the many be
threw at George William Curtis and others
of the republican party, who did not, and
do not, believe that a continuance of
Granti mode of civil service "reform"
would be the choicest blessing that heaven
could shower upon the country. Does not
this, of itself, justify our comment?
But Mr.. Townsend says that he "did
" not mention or allude to Mr.. Bristow 10
"sVermont, in any way whatever, in any
" of those speeches." We are willing to
give him the benefit of the denial, to adj
NIT that be did not allude to Mr.. Bristow
" in any way whatever, in any of those
speeches he endeavorcd to create
the same impression, he attempted to do
Mr.. Bristow the same injury as though he
had actually at acked him in any and all
of "those speeches." as it was reported to
ia, at the time, that he did. In private and
in public, he was unsparing and exceeding
ly bitter in his denunciations of Mr.. Bris-
tow, he constantly endeavored to bespatter
him with mud and applied to him epitbets
which the people of Vermont are chary
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In doing this be was not at all particular
relative to who his hearers might be. So
expressing himself publicly and privately,
and before promiscuous assemblages, even
if he "did not mention or allude to Mr..
" Bristow in Vermont, in any way what
" ever in any of those speeches. was not
the effect naturally to discourage, rather
than encourage, republicansp Were not
our comments justified2
1t would seem that we were not alone of
the republican press of Vermont that took
exception to his " line OF argument" as be
calls it. Thus in sp' aking of his perfor-
nance at Enos burgh, the St. Altans Mes
se0ge,-one OF the ablest and most candid
of the republican journals of the state
said "Such s, ntmen's az those uttered
I" by MIR. Townsend are not suited to the
" latitude Of Vermont and injure the
" cause he is trying to serve
AS tending to show the probability that
Mr.. Townsend's remarks at Castl, ton were
not unsupported, and, further, as showing
the justice of our comments, we may say
that he addressed republican mass meet
ing, at Worcester, Massachusetts, on the
evening of the day Of our state election.
where he is reported as referring 10 Chand-
Ter, Cameron, Morton, Conkling and Lo-
gan as THAT galaxy of noble mtn who sur
round the PRESIDENT" Which refert nee,
as well as his general cline of argument"
provoked the Boston Transcript, a well
known and leading republican newspaper
" say
"Ltt them advance the custom-house or
fceTs to the front during the pending cam
pagn; ignore the resumption and civil re-
form issues; sneer at the reforming ele-
ment in the republican party bring the
| Buffers, Camerons, and men of that stamp
| into the van of the conflict; open fire on
Carl Schurz, ex.Secretary Bristow, George
| w. Curtis, and the class OF republicans
who act with them-let the republican
leaders do these things, and S. j. Tilden
will distance General Hayes"
But enough of this. 1t is sufficient to
say that, Notwithstanding Mr.. Townsend'f
letter, we have nothing to alter in our orig.
inal comment. A word more and we are
through. Mr.. Townsend says, exultingly,
that Castleton has increased her republican
majority seventeen. So it has, but there
is another view to take of this vote. The
democracy increased their vote from thirty.
two to two hundred and eigkteen-an in.
crease Of nearly sir hundred per cent How
long could the republican party stand this
kind of increase, and still retain their con.
troll of the state? We do not say that this
| is the result of Mr.. Townsend's spec CHI, but
it Is q, fair to assume that it is, as t is tc
claim the increased majority OF seventeen.
But it may be said that the republicans,
also, increased their vote in Cas,eton.
| True. But let us examine the figures.
| The republican vote was increased from
one hundred and torty-two to three hun.
dred and forty-five, or one hundred aud
forty-three per cent. over 1874, and less
than twenty-three per cent. over 1872
How long could the republicans stand these
kind of proportonate gains 1t is enough
to say that had the same proportion, both
republican and democratic, prevailed
throughout the state, William H. II. Bng-
ham would have been elected governor,
and the house and senate have been hope
lessly democratic.
But says Mr.. Townsend, the republican
"joy' was evinced by invitations" from
Rutland and other towns ''to return and
" address them on Monday evening"" We
understand that he was invited to come to
Rutland the evening before election-w6
were in favor OF such an invitation being
extended-but, if we are correctly inform
ed, su h invit ,tion was given previous to
the Cat on speech. But even if he had
bee invited subsequently, thereto, it would
pr We nothing. We know that certain
men invite d everyone, right and left, that
they could h Ear of and that there are re-
publcsns who believe in the saving effec,
of slch &c Tying performance as Mr..
TownseDds speeches is shown by the fact
that he delivers them. We believe, as we
sal | before, that he discouraged, rather
than encouraged republicans, and that there
was feeling of relief when his engage.
ments in the sta g were completed.
Bennington's Naturalization Imbro.
Clio.
BENNINGTON, Sept. s, 1876.
Editor Rutland Globe The simple non.