Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-23

rom the various papers OF e day. showing the dft OF pun
c opinion all topics Of current interest, irrespective Of
creed or party wish readers what the peo
pie think and shy Of passing events.
The departure Of Simon Cameron and the
entry of Stanley Matthews is about as clearly
significant of the new day in politics as any
thing could be--Boston Advertiser.
Carl Schurz certainly anchored 10 very
muddy harbor when he como to rest in the
interior department, where Columbus Delano
aud Zach Chandler had been before him.
NJ Y. SUI.
Did you ever hear cry, such as Blaine
raised, subside 80 quick 1t was like con-
spirator raising only once the shout, "Down
with the king - and then sinking back in
the crowd guishable.-"Gath."
The policy Of President Hayes, carried
out as he has begun, will lay forever the
ghost i"the rebellion, "and make the "bloody
shirt" as inocuous as a Guy Fawkes process
STANDARDIZATION Is. C.) Ne'os and Courier.
The Greeley victory was only postponed.
The temporary president of the convention
that nominated him has Just been elected SEN
ator from Ohio, aud the permanent president
is now secretary Of the interior.-Springfed
Republican.
There is no decency in urging on the
southern question settlement, and the off,
cious editors who are at il may as we'll un-
derstand that the president is going to take
his time. Possess your souls in patience,
good gentlemen ; the world was not made 10
day.-N Y. Mail.
1t would do Mr.. Blaine much good if he
knew enough to know that he never had any
chance to be nominated by the Cincinnati
convention, and that he could not have been
elected il he had been nominated. HE serves
his party best who serves his country best. ,
Cincinnati Commercial
A well-known confederate general from
Tennessee called upon the president few
days ago, and, referring to Keys appoint
ment, said "Mr. President, have always
been a democrat. fought four years in the
southern army. earnestly supported Mr.
Tilden; but am Hayes man now"
The sensibilities of some phianthropists
are lacerated because the administration
threatens to ''abandon" the negro 10 Louisi-
ana aud South Carolina. But then, every
other American citizen was long ago "aban
doncd" to utter seli.government, and they
all manage to thrive on it.-Neo YOrl
Tribune.
If the republican party is the thing Conk
ling, Cameron aud Blaine assume it to be
the end is at hand. The policy of Hayes
radically opposed to their policy. If we haC
not believed he would disagree with them
as he has disagreed, we would not have sup
ported him as a candidate for the presidency
Cincinnati Commercial.
1t is we'll to note this significant fact tina
Hayes is not opposed because he abandon
the pledges he made, but because he is dc
termned to fulfill them; not because he
hostile to REFORM but because he demonstrate
his devotion to it not because he will no
desert the people at the dictation OF the po
iticians.-AdamS Transcript.
The contest with which the new admins
tration opens is a contest provoked and lie
by the men whose leadership has brought tn
party to which they profess peculiar devotio
into imminent peril. 1t is leadership whic
s would foster sectional hate as political car
I ital, and which depends upon the bribery {
civil service as the basis Of party organizt
tion.-Harper'S Weekly.
The New York Times reports special ii
|, formation to effect that the formal Withdraw
al of the troops from the southern states vii
take place next week. 1t editorially e.
, presses the hope that wiser counsels will pre-
> vail, adding that, if the president persist
, be aud the Times must part company--whic
would be luck for the paper founded by Hol
n ace Greeley.-Sprin Qfeld Republican.
: The Blaines and Spencers may howl O
I the one side, and the Eatons and Thurman
t protest on the other; but the EdmundsC
o and Booths, the George Hears and StanlC
Matthewses, the Ben Hills and Lamars, Il
Gordons and Morgans, are the controlir
forces in the new senate,-and they will civ
10 President Hayes wise and liberal policy Q
easy ajority.-Sprinafeld Republican.
# Since the presidential settlement and e
pecally since the declaration Of the Hay
" policy gives assurance Of peace, harmony at
% prosperity, there is very much better sta
5, of feeling in trade appearing The clor
!. of uncertainty is removed; business mi
know how 10 calculate for the future; al
there is every reason to expect gener
i quickeniug of business activity.--PortIa'
r Press.
Everything is not to be expected all
once from President Hayes, although he Sc
out SO well. Evidently he means to do rigt
" aod he has begun by reverting to his tex
e which is embodied in the letter of acceptan
Is which the republican managers 50 eontemE
:. uously ignored during the campaign OF la
year. They took it as a mere guy, where
he has set his heart on it as serious matte
J. Boston Post.
u 1t would not have been possible for Go
rn Tiden to have found better men for his cal
Of net than Carl Schurz, William M. Evar
n. Charles Devens aud David NJ. Key. Tn
are the kind of men we believe in. We do
care whether they label themselves den
ii Gratis, republicans or Independents The
ic is no more difference between the polit
id they represent aud those of Samuel j. 1
" den, Charles Francis Adams Richard
III Hubbard and Allen G. Thurman, than the
n. is in as many beans taken from the sa
st farmers half-bushel.- Brattle6Oro Refor
OF err.