Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-08-23
Politics in Vermont.

| Mr. Smalley, staff correspondent of the New
| York Tribune, who was with President lIayes's
party on his visit TO Vermont, speaks of the politi
tics of that State in a letter dated the lSth, as fol-
lows:
| "Republcans must think, be prepared to
new in future canvasses the arguments made last
winter in Congress and before the Electoral tribu-
| ual. The democratic leaders will not turn away
| from them to issues, because they can dlscov
er new issue that affords lighting ground where
| they rally their forces. Hearing so much
talk about the fraudulent count'-they appear to
make up in bitterness for their pauclty in numbers
| i asked Senator Edmunds at Bennington if he
thought there any republicans IN the State who
doubt that President Hayes is the rightful occu-
pant of the White House, Not one,' he replied;
"the republicans OF this State believe that
ried the Presidential election fairly, and that the
Electoral count was honestly made upon consttu-
tIonal principles that essential to the perpetul
ty of the federal government. The cry of fraud
on the part Of the democrats has no effect upon
party unless 1t be TO incline them to stand to-
gether more sohdly in support OF Hayes.
While, according to tins weighty testimony and
much more that have heard colroboratng it, the
Vermont republicans are a unit to the Plesi-
dents just title to his 1tlce, they are very much
divided in their opinion on his policy. ma ori-
ty oppose the Southern policy, and if convention
were to be held now, the opposition to his course
| towards South Carolina and Louisiana would be
nearly strong as il was in Maine last week.
Last spring there were probably four fths opposed
| to it. The republicans here have always been
extremists their views on the Southern question.
They dIstrust the South and fear the consequence
| of its return to power. Their sympathes with the
| negroes are still active, and their memories
do not fade out as rapidly as those of the people
along the borders between the ouce-hostilc Sec
tons. For the most part they are ardent admirers
of Mr.. Blaine, and the position he has taken has
great influence in shaping their views. Every
week of continued tranquility IN the South and OF
| added reflection the part of these dissatisfied
| republicans wears away their numbers, but all my
| information leads to the opinion that they still
in majority The party in this State may be
classified into three elements-those who denounce
the southern policy as surrender to the rebels !;
| those who do not approve 1t, but who are waiting
TO see how il will work out before taking any de-
cided stand; and those who endorse il as a neces-
ty OF the situation, or wise thing per Sc or both.
All three classes are, however, DESTROYS OF keeping
the party intact and Of sustaining the President
as its head against the assaults of the democrats.
Senator Edmunds says that the feeling against
the Southern policy is not nearly as injurious to
the republican organization as that about the Or
der to office holders to abstain from active poll
tics. That order does not commend itself to the
judgment of the average Vermont republican. lie
knows nothing by experience about rings of fed
eral officials interfering III State politics. There
has been no Custom House manipulation of con-
Ventlons here. II is rural community, where
there are few United States offices that pay for
the labor they involve. 1t seems natural to him
hat the men who do the lard work of politics
should have the Offices, and should keep on doing
the hard work aftefthey get them. lie sees no
propriety in turning a good man out of a
Two OF three hundred dollar postoice because he
is chairman of the town committee A ru lie,
the postmasters have been members of the local
republican committees, because they live at cen.
trail points and usually men of influence
among their nelghbors Every of them who
has had to resign his Office or his political posit on
has argued the question with good deal of vigOr
among hi. acquaintanccs, and as either the Pres.
ljent nor Secretary Schurz could be on hand ia
take the other side of the argument the postmas
ter has usually convinced his listeners that the
order is unwise and unjust.
Postmaster-General Key Is in the centre Of
about as animated a hornets nest as has been
stirred up lately His quiet allusion to the "err.
ing Southern brethren" in his speech at BenhIng.
ton the other day, has made the South madden
than anything since Bliinc's answer to Hill. Mr.
Key is called all sorts OF names, from traitor
and coward to jackass and the President s adj
yised to kick him out Of the Cabinet and look fol
some other person if he desires a representative
Southern man for an adviser. The next time
Mr.. Key goes South he is liable 10 be treated like
an old-fashoned carpet bagger- Tribune.
A vial Of oil of pennyroyal placed on the stand
at the head Of your bed will drive either you OF
the mosquitoes out of the room. A dab of the
oil on your forehead will keep the mosquitoes
away, and everybody else. too.