St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-07

act of revolution an act which the
greaser politicians may rest assured !
would be the signal of civil strlIe anu
the Inauguration of the Mexican sys-
tenn of government by revolution. ne
duced to its simplest element, Mr. foG-
ter's argument in defense OF the greasef
political program is an effort to excuse
and defend a program whose ann is
discrimination, if it is any thing.-Ch'-
cagO Times.
"Suppose, Governor, that the frauds
are found to be so formidable.as clearly
to vitiate Hayes's title, what would be the
result then p ~ think, in that event,
replied the Governor, 'Mr. Hayes
would leave the Presidency voluntarily.
I don't believe he would insist on occu-
pving the position if it were clearly
demonstrated to him and the country
that his majority was obtained by fraud.
I have more belief in his common sense
and, in fact, he would see it would be
impossible for him to live there. "-GOU.
Robinson of Neao York, to an interviewer.
There are such things as abstract
right and abstract wrong, and when
history is written, human actions must
take their place in one or the other
category. We claim that, in the great
civil war, we of the national Union
army were right and our adversarles
wrong; and no special pleading, no ex-
cuses, no personal motives, however
pure and specious, can change this YER
dict of the war.-Gen. Sherman.
We hev got 'em. We shell investi-
gate list as fur ez we want to, and that
will be i'm jist enuff states to elect Til
den. We hev got Mr.. Hayes this time.
We shell teach the Abishnists that when
a pure man like SamyOOel j. Tilden hez
bought and paid for an offs, he is goln
to git it. We hev swOre not to be
swindled out NV wat wuZ ours by pur-
CHS. Tilden is great man. 1t cost
him too much to buy the nominasnen
and the eleckshun, not to hev 'em. we
are goin to be President. am arrangln
it, You will hear from me next week.
The Corners will be electrified ! The
country is safe, and Dimocrisy is on the
high road to success.-Nasby.
do not say that Hon. Rutherford B.
Hayes, the lawful and rightful President
of the United States, was not justified
in stepping to the verge of his consti-
tutional powers to cOnciliate and pacify
the old master class of the South but
| do say that some steps by way OF con-
Citation should come from the other
side. The prodigal son should at least
turn his back upon the field of swine
and his face toward home, before we
make haste to fall upon his neck and
for him kill the fatted calf. He must
Il, 1, II, nGf his
He must not re-enact
at home the excuses he allowed him
self to commit in the barren and desc
late fields of rebellion.-Fred DOugIasS'S
Decoration Day address.
What if Gen. Grant should, after all,
be-that is to say, what if the demOcra-
cy persists in making it necessary for
republicans to elect-in other words,
suppose nobody will answer in 1880 but
Grant dayton (O.) Journal.
The Utica Herald in commencing the
action of the Vermont republican con-
vention, says that the time is coming
when republican conventions generally
will be glad to take to themselves the
credit of the good acts of the admins
tration and share with its strength
among the people.
We stood in superb position. Hav-
ing yielded presidency which three
quarters of the people believed to
belong to us, we were high in conf
dence as patriotic party. Many thou
sands of republicans had made up their
minds to vote with us in 1880, in order
to be rid of the vices of long tenure of
power by one party. The concession
we made in seating Hayes was n sacri-
flee that fully re-established our nation
atty as party. 1t requires no great
Vaunting on our part to keep that sac
rifice conspicuous. The Potter commit
tee is reputation of those modest but
powerful characterization.
POstmaster-Gener Key claims that
he and Mr.. Stephens represent the real
sentiment of the better class of South
eTn people, and that their anxiety is to
prevent their section from being drag
ooned by violent partisan leaders into
movement which can work nothing
but injury to the South. As for the
abuse which is poured upon him, he
cares nothing about that. He NAV be
right about Southern sentiment, but
unfortunately Southern talk and South
ern votes are all against him.
MI. Stephens continues to talk freely
about the folly of the fraud crusade.
He says he isn't trying to start new
party, but to prevent a smash up. He
sees great possibility of harm in the
Potter movement. "a terrier after a
mouse will overturn boxes and do great
damage. He does not intend to. but
still he does, and so with this committee
IN their search for fraud; they NAV do
the country an irreparable injury"
The difference between Mr.. Potter and
the terrier is that he does mean mis-
Chief. He says distinctly that his OBJ
lect Is to unseat the President, if it can