Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-03-30

from the various papers Of the day. showing the dr Of pub
opinion all topics Of interest," irrespective Of
creed party wish readers to know what the poo
pie think aud say Of passing events.
We have never seen the rank and file Of
the Democracy more satisfied with a defeat,
than they appear to be with the defeat Of
Tilden.-Barton Monitor.
We have thought from the beginning that
Mr.. Hayes was no better than those who
made him, aud we are now convinced Of it.
Richmond (Va.) Enquirer.
The Siamese twins made mistake in dy-
ing when they did. If they had lived till
now Mr.. Hayes might have secured them
for the post-office department, Chang to take
charge of the northern appointments, and
Eng of the southern ones.-Ne,0 York World.
The country ought never to be reconciled
to the means by which Mr.. Hayes was made
president but il he adopts the democratic
policy of allowing the southern people to
govern themselves without federal Interior
euce, he is giving effect to our own princi-
pies, and should be supported in so doing
W. J. FoDlsr in Rochester Union.
The action of Hayes on the southern ques-
ton has destroyed all prospect Of demo-
cratic alliance with the administration.
There is not such thing as Hayes DEM
ocrat" to be found in the country, except,
perhaps, in the person Of some impCcunious
ofiice-seeker, who is ready to sell his prin-
ciples for salary.-St. LoWis Republican.
The evident tendency of Mr.. Hayes's pol.
-, - Ia lantinpa haraaftnr xvhat thnu
have often failed to be in the past, real in.
di1ation of the popular preferences At the
South he is endeavoring to do away with
bayouet campaigns aud false counting; at
the North he proposes to dispense with the
llbors of post.oficers and gaugers in "organ-
iziug victory "-Ne,0 York Tribune.
Let President Hayes 90 down to the dis
puted states himself. We see no reason why
any improperly should attach to his going.
On the other hand, there appear to us many
reasons why he should go. No more i'm.
portant work presents itself to his admins
tration than the pacifcation OF those states.
No work to be done in Washington within
the next month compares with it in gravity
or in the delicacy of management required
for its proper completion Pongh&eePs'e
Eagle.
During my service as your representative
did not have an opportunity to vote for
southern railway to the Pacific but did
have an opportunity to cast one vote for a
| bill of material consequence. and that was
the bill to levee the Mississippi. In my
Judgment the future of the South rests on
these two measures. If this river ran through
New England, it would have been leveed up
to the moon long ago. 1t would have
brsted with costly custom-houses.
WattersOn to has Constituents.
Senator Blaine, in a conversation the
other day, was asked how he liked the new
cabinet, and Immediately told the following
story "Once upon q time a party OF gen.
tlemen in Maine started out on fishing ex.
petition On the way they elected one Of
their number to the responsible position OF
cook, with the understanding that the first
one who growcd or objected to the cooking
should take the cooks place, and that this
rule should continue throughout the trip,
| On the first morning out, while at breakfast,
one OF the party took up biscuit, and put
it in his mouth, bit out piece, and imme-
diately exclaimed; 'Whew, how salty but
| like it."
There seems to DO quite unnecessary
amount of talk about the administration I
having broken its pledges on the southern
question. That Mr.. Hayes's next friends
should have assured the southern democrats
of their firm belief that his policy if he should
become president would be a liberal ono was
perfectly natural and proper, and they DE-
not seem to have promised anything at all
inconsistent with what the president himself
afterward promised in his inaugural. 1t the
democrats got from what Foster and Mat
thews said that Hampton and Nichols were
to be recognized point blank by the new
president, it seems to have been their owl
fault OF course everybody wants to have
the thing settled as soon as possible, but il
does not seem unreasonable to ask that tn
president should be granted little time
Any fear that he will break his pledges t
help South Carolina and Louisiana to "hon
est an..eihcient self.government' by fastening
Chamberlain and Packard upon them will
the aid Of the United States army is quit
uncalled for .-SpriaGfeH Republican,