Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-28
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Political lettings.
THAT man who denies democrat good,
substantial growl is less than human Gin
cinnad Enquirer.


THAT man who denies democrat good
substantial growl is less than human.-C Gin
cinnai Enquirer.
PRESIDENT GRANT forbade the South Car
olna militia to parade on Washington's
birthday, and the militia and Hampton are
indignant.
A FRIEND of Governor Hayes, in private
letter to Washington, says that the Governor
has not thus far spoken of his Cabinet, even
to his most intimate friends
THE meanest thing about the Gobble dis
patch has just come out. It was sent "col
lect," and Mr.. Tilden was thus called upon
to pay for his own death warrant
IT was Hoadley's opinion that started the
scheme that produced the nose that erected
the college that needed the funds that raised
the row that upset the frauds that Sam built
HEREAFTER when democrat subscribes
to the Christian religion it will be with the
stipulation that If he should happen to be
damned, the whole business should have no
validity whatever.
CRoNIN appears to be the only fortunate
fellow in the democratic conspiracy in Ore
gon. He was paid three thousand dollars,
achieved national reputation in week
and got the best advertised nose in America.
"SToP foolingl" is the emphatic message
of the business men of Cincinnati 10 that
city's Representatives in Congress, who were
supposed TO be favorable to filibustering so
as to defeat the choice of President. They
speak for pretty much the whole country
WE trust that Senator Edmunds has
realizing sense of his degraded condition,
now that the Courier,jowndi declares of him
that he emphatically represents the perfidi-
Gus principles of his Pilgrim forefathers,
rock-rooted in hypocrisy, bigotry and fraud"
THERE is story current at the capitol
that several dissatisfied democrats purchased
box containing number of panes of blue
glass, and had it sent to David Dudley Field
with an anonymous request that he give the
alleged new cure for mental disorders full
and fair trial.
PREPARATIONS are being made by the
citizens of Columbus, regardless of party to
give Governor Hayes farewell reception
prior to his departure to Washington. 1t is
expected that his resignation as Governor
will be presented to the legislature during
the coming week.
DoNN PIATT, the Washington editor who
advised the assassination of Hayes, has been
arrested by United States marshal and
taken before Judge Nc Arthur, who required
| bail in fifty thousand dollars, which was
promptly furnished, Messrs. Henry Polking-
horn and A. F. Whiting becoming suretes.
THERE is another fact which ought to
make Speaker Randall honored among our
religious people He is as rigid in his tenn
perance habits as Henry Wilson himself.
He will not touch drop of wine or spirits,
nor give them at the Speakers receptions
and has forbidden the sale of them in the
restaurant under his end of the capitol
Rev. DR.. Henry NJ Field.
South CAROLINA undoubtedly has trouble
enough to make her feel gloomy but not
even the national prohibition of local
militia parade was any excuse for insulting
the memory of Washington by displaying
flags at half-mast and draping them with
Grape, as was done at Charleston, last week.
The country has right to suspect any com
munity in which political grief is allowed to
overshadow patriotic sentiment.
THE speech of Charles Foster Jr., of Ohio,
in the House, Tuesday, derives especial sig
nifcance from the fact that ne is Governor
Hayes immediate representative. What Mr..
Fosters views relative to Louisiana politics
are, we know full well from his report of two
years ago, and so when he says that Governor
Hayes highest ambition will be to so ad.
minister the government that there will be
no necessity or excuse for party color lines, y
and that its result will be that we shall hear
no more, forever, of "solid South " or an
"united North" it has significance that
the whole country, reckless partisans aside,
will appreciate
WHEN the one hundred extra policemen
appointed to serve at the capitol during the
count were drawn up in the rotunda to be
sworn in, the fifty appointed by Sergeant
alarms French stood by themselves and
those of Sergeant-atarms Thompson, of the
House, by themselves. Upon calling on all
| in Mr. Eranab'a l,na ,,,b,, to1r thn
clad oath to hold up their right hands, all
except three did so, and two of these, having
left their right hands at Gettysburg in the
service of the Union, held up their left. The
whole fifty took the iron-clad oath. When
| Mr.. Thompsons line was called on only three
hands went up; the remaining forty-seven
were obliged to ask for the modified oath.
The London Echo predicts that the de.
cision of the Electoral Commission in Wash
ington will be accepted as final by both
parties. 1t says the Americans carry their
love of the laws to a point of obedience
which Englishmen do not understand ;
There is a strength in the moderation of
the American character which we only read
of when it is at its highest tension under
military pressure or great political excite
ment, as ina Presidential crisis. The peo-
pie who in victory could so easily forget all
they had suffered in the civil war, are peo-
pie to be credited with strength in their
moderation it is only a strong people that
does not attaint impeach, nor imprison for