Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-01-05


Ring in the valiant man, aud free,
The larger heart, the kindier band,
Ring out the darkness Of the laud,
Ring in the Christ that is to DO.
We might turn over one leaf on Monday.
We might say that henceforth the public
thief should not be a hero; we might pass
even sweeney or Tweed IN the street with.
out taking off our hat But will we p
~ Y. Mail.
There are enough Republican Senators to
break down the scheme which Chandler and
Morton had devised and to substitute for
il the true constitutional method. The DOM
ocrats will be only to glad to act with such
Senators for the common purpose Of preserv.
ing republican government.-Bost0n Post.
If the devil ever gives himself up to laugh
ter, it must be when the democratic party
is talking about itself as the body OF reform.
alton, public purity, fair play, and diffusion
OF the light and sweetness OF healing consti-
tutional doctrine.-CinriRnati Commercial
A slight, but extremely unfortunate mis-.
understanding among the democratic mem.
b,rs as to the time when they should act,
was all that prevented the election Of Charles
Francis Adams to the chair which Dawes is
now endeavorng to occupy Worcester
Press.
The party which frst says TO the other in
that committee, "let us agree to agree il we
can, aud, if we cannot, to address our issues
on legal and constitutional questions to the
supreme court for advice, that party puts
on the other the responsibility oil anarchy.
Springfield Republican
AS it looks now, neither Hayes or Tilden
can be declared elected without great popu.
lar dissatisfaction. If Tllden succeed, the
republicans will feel that he won his victory
by force and fraud 10 the Southern States
II Hayes succeed, the democrats will believe
that he was counted 10" by unprincipled
returning boards.-AdamS Transcript.
1t is time for choirs to do their part in
uubarring the church doors and making pco-
pie love to come TO church. Let them but
shake off this lethargy aud show they can do
for the people and the uplifting OF humanity
and we shall never again hear of churches
discussing the advisablity of dispe lsng with
the choir Eugene 7h0yer.
We have never doubted that as the result
of the discussions aud investigations which
characterize this generation, God will be
better interpreted, more truly understood,
and therefore more truly loved. For in the
nature Of things whatever is organic, what
ever is fundamental in religion, never
changes.-Golden Rule.
There is not the remotest doubt that a
thousand persons can be had in New Or.
leans alone, who will make affidavit that
no fair election has been held in Louisiana
since the one that carried the state into re-
bellion, aud that 40 honest count has been
had since Louisiana was counted out" Of
the Unon-N Y. Times.
Ii the republican party should now sue
ceed against every hindrance, in declaring
1 Mr.. Hayes elected President, it would gain
nothing but an enormous accumulation Of
present embarrassments. with the certainty
of being utterly wiped out Of existence as
soon as the people could get chance to vote
on the questiou-N Y. Sun
Is there not an election of the President,
recurring every four years Can we not af'
ford to tic ourselves down for safety to the
letter of the law and the Constitution, even
if the letter kills the hopes aud wishes, it
may be the religious faith we may have or
think we have, in our country for the time
being boston Traveller.
The conduct of the striking engineers on
the Grand Trunk railroad furnishes another
illustrat on of the tendency Of trades unions
10 consequence Of their pernlclous doctrines
six hundred men ordinarily respectable and
intelligent have suddenly developed into the
worst kind of rdffians, simply because n rail-
road corporation claimed the right to mau-
age its own afflirs Portland Press.
1t is our belief that Hampton is the legal
Governor of South Carolina, and that il
fortunate for the state that he is so. He
has shown himself to be man OF great
sagacity aud moderation, and he promises
protection to all citizens in all their rights.
He has the support Of the taxpayers and
the people Of character aud intelligence, aud
will beyond doubt give them IL government
far stronger, more economical aud more hon.
est than they have seen for many year
boston Globe.
Iu our country, now and then, man
as in England, sunlers the ties OF party
aud becomes at once traitor, 50 called
because he prefers to do what he thinks
his duty to his country, rather than to
keep his place in his party. But he never
commands respect for his conscience. 1t
is taken for granted that some selfish, per-
sonal consideration governed him, and
conscience had soothing to do with tn
Y. Observer.
The main point, after ALL is that intimi.
dation is not a good ground for throw
ing out votes 1t is tho duty Of the state
government to provide means Tor full, free
aud peaceable election, aud if any persons
interlGres with such result, he should be
punished. But the idea that the votes Of
innocent men can be thrown out by thou
sands, when it appears that full vote was
throwO, because of the Ohenses Of few, is a
violation Of the fundamental principles OF
representative government-BOStOn Herald
Who killed these people? The Lake
Shore Railroad Company. This company
had assumed tho duties and responsibilities
Of common carriers Of passengers, and where
their road passed over bridges they were
legally bound to sec to it that the bridges
were not only strongly built originally, but
that they were kept and preserved in sound
aud safe condition. This duty they neg.
lected, aud hence it is that to a vast number
Of families the holidays have been suddenly
converted into days OF mouruing.-N Y
Sun.
Death Is the great leveler. Whatever
may be mans distinctions or titles,
whateve, his dignity AMI rank, death does
away with all differences and dscloses only
the common humanity. The very approach
of death, aad the necessity of making pre-.
paratons for it, reduce men ut once to the
same level aud show that all are beset by
the same weaknesses aud subject TO the same
fate. Before the solemnity attending the