Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-10-06

| SieS'- Ills competitor IOr the nomination
was j. B. Segar, an old Whig, well-known
as persistent Union man during the can
vass. Goode is reported as having assailed
Mr.. Segar, on account of his Unionism, and
as having addressed this question to his
Democratic auditors Can you cast your
vote for the man who sat in Congress and
voted men and money to aid Abraham Lin
coin in his war against the Confederacy ~
Mr.. Goode has 81 two voices one for home
use, and the other for use when lie goes
abroad with mask on.
The following manly retractiOn appears
in the Cincinnati Enquirer ''Some three
weeks ago We received from Cleveland, Ohio.
letter signed John Somerton, in which
some charges were made against Governor
Hayes in connection with the bounty money
of lot of deserters from his brigade The
writer claimed to have been a member Of
Hayes's regiment. We published the letter
in good faith. Since that time the Cleve-
land papers have called upon John SOmer-
ton to come forward and substantiate his
charges. They say that no such man lives
in Cleveland. As John has failed to make
himself known we conclude that we were
imposed on. We have no desire to unjustly
assail any candidate, and in making state
ments endeavor to guard ourselves. In this
instance We feel that we owe Gov. Hayes an
apology. John Somerton has been loudly
called for and has failed to respond
Senator Christiancy who cannot be count
ed among extreme partisans, has been tell
ing the people of Michigan why he supports
Hayes and Wheeler lie took his seat in the
Senate, he declares. disposed to credit the
whole population of the South with good
intentions, and to repress and discourage il
feeling between the sections. Even nov he
credits some of the Southern Senators and
representatives, and many of the Southern
people, With willingness to accept the sit
uation in good faith. These, however, arc,
in his opinion, exceptions. Regarding a.
incOntestible the record of violence and in
timidation which has been supplied by Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, South Carolina and other
parts of the Southland considering, too,
the tone Of the Southern press. as a whole,
when treating of political atfairs-he soe>
no escape from the conclusion that the great
body Of the Southern people are intent upon
sitting discussion, driving out white Re
pnblicans, and 30 ntimdating the negroes
as to compel them to keep away from the
polls OF to vote the Democratic ticket The
evident purpose Of the South, as be inter
prets it, is practically to dSiranchise the
freedmen, and TO deprive them of benefits
conferred under the reconstruction acts and
by the constitutional amendments.
Senator Elmunds, a man who speaks with
great care for accuracy, said in Connecticut
speech, yesterday. that be Lad no doubt the
effect Of Mr.. Merrimon's : bill, if il should be-
come law. would be to take out of the
United States treasury one thousand mil
lions Of dollars. Merrimon- bill proposes |
the repeal of section 3Si0 Of the revised sta
tutes, which forbits the payment Of claims
Tor damages done during the war to persons |
W ho were engaged in the rebellion. We |
have been attempting to attract public atten- |
tion to the tremendous magnitude and men
acing attitude of these Southern war claims,
and we think Senator Edmund- has spoken 1
soberly. discreetly and with0ut exaggerati0n. |
- nanHah Commercial
The South knew it, man, says the New 1
York Tunes, when it nominated Mr.. I'll
den at St Louis and Mr.. Bayard knows Of /
what stuff the New York Democracy i.
made when he expound- for its benef. the
doctrine Of Jefferson and Calhoun.
The New York World publishes a lit Of
''olI Republicans who are going 10 vote for
Iilden, and among the ma mes given Is that
Of Prof. \. L. Perry. of W illians College
Professor Perry has always been, As he j.
now, an old line Democrat.
Nlagone, Jr. has been nominated f1r
Congress in the Franklin and ST. Lawrence
District. Magone i one of the fellows
whom the Sun sneeringly characterized as a /
'nincompOop." The old constituents Of /
William \. Wheeler will take care that no
''nincompoop" is chosen a. his successor.
The Hon John Wentworth. generally |
designated Long John who has been an
telling speech for HAYES and Wheeler. In |
an address to an immense audience Of his |
friends in Chicago. the other evening. he /
made scathing arraignment Of the rebel I
Democracy.
At the recent election in Maine, one Re |
publican walked twenty-five miles to vote, |
and BY so doing he broke the tie on town
and sent a Repl blican to the
Legislature.
John NJ Smith, the Democratic member |
Of the Board of Equalization. in Gov. Hayes's |
district has made an sfti davit that the expla-
nation Of toy. Ilayes's lis,ment Of personal |
property Is entirely correct and satisfactory. |
The assessor. who bad charge of the matter.
has declared under cath that the horses |
which GOV. HAYES retu rned at $500. he did |
not consider worth over SIS. And the |
whole statement Is backed up by so many |
afiiiayits of well known citizens Of the high |
est repu.e that the Democratic orators and |
the Democratic press Of Ohio. anG the de- |
cent Democratic papers everywhere. have |
generally abandoned the charges.
Il i fact that among the losses Of tue |
MesSrs. Iilden was a cargo of medicines cap |
tured while attempting to run the blockade |
into Southern port. during the war, and /
conf,catod nv the United States Govern |
meut The TIlden- afterwards sued General /
Ben Butler personally for the capture and |
confi-eatipn, and Governor ). j. 1ilden was
attorney against Butler and the Government |
to recover pay for the lost medicines of his |
brothers - Bennington Banner.
1t Is enough to say that Gen. Grant Is
not candidate at this time; that if the |
Republican party wanted to continue Gen. |
Grant and his line OF official conduct it |
would have nominated him at Cincinnati ;
that. instead of so doing, the Republican
party nominated another. style of candidate.
and On n platform As widely distinct from
Grantism a. possible. Gen. Hayes, in his
letter, and in the platform which he accept
ed, shows that he is in favor of a radical
reform Of the whole administrative service of
the government. To state that his admins
tration will be a continuation of Grantism
Is a libel on tie honesty and good mans of
Cor. Hayes-C Chicago Tribune.