St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-26
Public Opinion.

If Il quickened conscience ever comes
over s. j. Tilden he may also admit
that the greenback is the only currency.
Confess, 5. j., and awaken little
Western enthusiasm.-Cin Cincinnati En-
quirer.
There can be little doubt that Hayes
aims at giving the Democrats the con-
troll of this State, as he has given them
the control of the South.-Utica Repub-
Hcdn.
Why does not England use green
backs instead of Bank of England
notes? Has that greatest nation in the
world to learn finance of the United
States of America Who will say SO
-RichmOnd Dispatch.
The resumption of specie payment,
which is now a foregone conclusion,
will knock the bottom out of the Ma
tional movement, and make a hole in
the old Democratic hulk probably big
enough to sink it.-IRdidRdpOii jour
nal.
The Third party will be short-lived
affair, but while it lasts it may upset
the calculations of the politicians, and
it is among the possibilities that it will
hold the balance of power in the next
Assembly Utica Observer.
1t is not possible to escape from the
evidence that if the Republican party
enters the approaching canvass in its
present condition, it will not only lose
the House but find itself in minority
more hopeless than at present. A di-
vided party cannot hope to succeed in
these times. A party divided with
out need or occasion, does not deserve
to succeed.-Utica IN. " Herald.
The greenbacks that paid the cost of
fighting the battles of the Union, and
were worth at one time only 35 cents
on the dollar, are now as good as gold.
Right at this time the rebel sympa-
thizers who denounced them originally,
and did all they could to depreciate
them, want to send them on their
downward course again. The result
would be what? Gold for the bond
holder, and deprecated paper for the
Northumberland Commercial.
The latest political move has for its
object an independent" state conven-
ton. A day for the gathering has not
been fixed, at least we are not aware
that it has, but a call, or declaration of
grievances, is promulgated. 1t may be
that the promoters await the response
from the press and public before APP
pointing the time for carrying their
purpose into effect, and if so we doubt
if they will meet in a hurry. Some of
their professed objects are well enough,
but others, like the recent affair in
Windham county and all such every
where, present to the public such IN
mistakable democratic ear-marks that
they find no following in Vermont.
They are all concOcted by men no bet
ter than their neighbors and whose
character and record give no assurance
of anything better than we now have.
Woodstock Standard.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, is not in
favor of trying to relieve the distressed
by issuing tons of greenbacks, but he
tells a Graphic reporter he thinks a
system of public Improvements should
be inaugurated by the Government to
give the industrious poor employment.
As for the third term outlook he says
General Grant is a personal as well as
political friend of mine. 1 do not think
he dreams of being renominated. There
| are IL lOt vi CduuludtOS III bHC NcpuDIl-
can party to choose from"
Mr.. w. E. Chandler has written an
article for the Concord Monitor, in which
he explains that the removal of Collec-
tor Arthur and Naval Officer Cornell
from the New York custom house is an
act of ingratitude, because they voted
for President Hayes; that it is viola,
ton of the principles of civil service
reform, because no charges are made
against them and finally, that they are
removed because they are friends OF
Senator Conkling. The charge of in
gratitude is silly every man who voted
for Hayes cannot be collector of the
port of New York, or even naval officer
Mr.. Chambers interest in the civil ser.
vice reform is touching; but nobody
ever proposed to deprive the President
of all control over his appOintees. The
third reason is undoubtedly the true
one. These officers were removed be-
cause they held their appointments un.
der Mr.. Conkling, and acknowledged
no allegiance to their official superiors
Such a condition of things would bt
subversive of discipline in any case
but was especially Objectionable in view