Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-10-25
FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1873.
For Representative In Congress.
WILLIAM w. CIRCUIT,
OF BARTON.
The Third plstrIct...Mhal's TO Be Done ?

The second election IN TINS Dlslrlcl 'uhes
place week from next Tuesday, and many
voters are asking, What is to be done? 1t
is Main that the next contest is to be sub
stantially on the same lines as the last. Gen.
Grout has been perfectly willing to withdraw
in favor of any Republican on whom the Re-
publcans Of the District could unite with
any better prospect Of success than on HIM
self. Bat no widespread demand for new
candidate has been indicated, and OF the
prominent Republicans to whom the thoughts
of the Republicans of the District would
naturally turn If Gen. Grout were to with
draw, not one has been found willing to en-
courage OF permit any such use OF his name
There is row no time in which to organize
any change of front, il any change were de-
sirable; ard the only thing that is to be
done for the Republican cause and candidate
is to go to the polls and vote for the regular
Republican nominee, Gen. William W.
Grout, Of Barton.
II there is a Republican voter who doubts
what his duty is, in the case, we ask him to
consider two or three things.
In the first place, the Republican party
and organization will be needed in this Dis
tri,t. in wears to come But what will he
lell oil it, ii the precedent is established that
fair, square, Unanimous nomination oil
gallant and worthy candidate is to be OF no
account Such was Tie nomination OF Zen.
Gruut. To reject bin now is to strike
How Mt TIE Republican organization, from
which it will not recover in this generation
A heavy responsibility will attach to the Re-
,uhlican who adds the weight Of his vote to
that blow.
10 the second place, the Democrats are all
guir for Mr. Barlow. A majority of them
voted for him at the hast election, and the
rest were anxious to, and were only kept
ir, hi it in part by leaders who wanted an
OTHER poll at Mr.. BArlow's purse, and in
tart by the Barlow managers who. having
.tcurtd all the Democratic votes they sup
posed they needed, by the various trades and
Ly purchase, preferred that the rest should
vote for Waterman. They did not expect
an election, any way, and we're
afraid it would look bad, to have
the thing too unanimous for Barlow, en- the
part Of the Democrats, upon the first trial.
The Democrats are for Mr.. Barlow for vari-
Gus reasons. His money has been dispensed
quite impartially between Democrats and
Republicans, in many towns round sum
having been sent to a boiling Republican
and an equal sum to Democrat, to shell
ont among yeusl voters of the respective
farties. The Democrats Ike Mr.. Barlow
he is their kind of a man, and there Is not
a Democrat in the District, if Waterman
were to decline and he were to become the
Democratic nominee, strong enough to dc
tach the Democratic vote from Mr.. Barlow.
The Democrats well know, also, that moth
ing would do so much to cripple and break
up the Republican party in this District, as
Mr. Barlow's election. There are few
honest, hard-moDey Democrats who will
never vote for Bradley Barlow but there
are probably not 300 such in the District.
If Mr.. Barlow is elected, large majority Of
his votes will be cast by the Democrats
Do honest Republicans wish to Join hands
with the DemOcrats-and play second fiddle
to them at that?
In the third place. Mr. Barlow must 90 to
Washington, if be goes there to represent
Vermont. with a tainted reputation.
Not a paper in the country, 50 far as we
are aware. outside Of the circle OF
his Vermont ;Lick-and-thin organs, alluded
to Mr.. Barlow during the late canvass IN
terms Of praise or eommendatiOn. A num-
her of influential journals in other States, of
national circulation and high standing in
both parties, before and since the election
have alluded to Mr.. Barlow as a lobbyist and
corrurt.onist, and in other terms of reproach.
These papers belong to no Vermont ring or
clique, and these articles were not inspired
from Vermont, They did not derive their
knowledge of him from Vermont sources,
bat from Washington. They know what his
reputation is there. Deserved or undeseryed,
is ii desirabe that Vermont should for the
first time send man to Congress, to take
his seat with such cloud upon him
There are other and very weighty reasons
Why 10 true and honest Republican should
vote for Mr. Barlow, for which We have no
space, to-day. The truth and force Of these
which we have men;ioned can be denied by
no candid man. VIII square and honest men,
R,Iublican-, shut TIER eyes to consIdera-
tiuns like these Tie Republican nominee is
worthy the sGrport Of true and honest men ;
and to discard him j. surely today up sorrow
for tie future Let each Republican do his
individual duty, and the result will be well.