Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-30
MORN IN q
TIE DISTRICT CANVASS.

A YOUNG DEMOCRATS OPINION.

YOUNG DEMOCRATS OPINION
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times
The number oil strange phenomena tina. the
FREE PRESS discovers just before election is some
thing relDarkabie. Just now has II struck a Demo
crat WHO Is going to vote the fall Democrat C
ticket, state and county, but is going to cast his
ballot for Congressman for circuit. lie has, Of
O. uise. been given prominent position on the
FREE PRESS editorial staff That democrat
ought to be stuffed, labeled, put in glass and
careluliy preserved Tor the next Ccntennial.-M.
ItGGns ddteTfiseT, Hug. %.
To begin with, the advertiser has failed
either to measure every phase of political
sentiment in franklin county, or else. it pur-
posely c1nccalS the truth If the advertiser
proposes to "bottlc up and preserve" every
Grout Democrat, it may as well build a
bottlIng house Mt once; for Democrats of
that class are by no means scarce, to-day,
and they are growing more and more
numerous as the canvass progresses.
As a Democrat, my reasons for support
ing Gen. Grout are as follows: II we It be
Democrats) vote for Waterman. the election
may fail of a result In that case the can
vass would be prolonged and another election
would DO necessary to decide the contest.
The canvass has already been fully developed,
has been long and bitter. and the people are
anxious to reach a decision.
As il is as certain as anything in the fu-
ture can be that either Grout or Barlow will
be elected, it is the moral duty of every
voter to cast his ballot for the man he be-
lieves to he the more honest and capable. |
have weighed the qualities Of both candi-
dates carefully, and early came to the con-
clusion that Gen. GrOut would receive my
vote. His views on all important ques-
tons are in accord with progressive states
manship. His principles are liberal and
steady, not changing to harmonic with
every new project OF theorists. lie was
endorsed at Hydepark without dissenting
voice, and is not trying to force himself
upon the Republican party against the de
cision of their Convention.
"Is this popular Government, or not Tit ia,
the people have right to vote tor the man of their
choice" AdrtTfiSsT, same date.
That is my view of the question and 50
|, a Democrat, intend to vote for General
Grout. The policy Of the Advertiser may
be summed up thus II Democrat votes
for Barlow, he is working for the good of
his country. If he votes for Gen. Grout, he is
a strange phenomenon and ought to be "pre-
erved for the next Centennial" Consistency
is jewel but it is evidently not to be found
in the Advertiser. But turning TO the geo
eral aspect OF the campaign it is fact that
the dlminsions Of the bolt in Franklin county
are diminishing day by day. A repetition,
on small scale, of the Greeley disaster in
1872 seems almost certain. | know Of sew
eral Republicans and Democrats in this
vicinity, who have recently decided to
change base and vote for Gen. Grout. The
Greenback movement il alternating from
Barlow a large portion of the best element of
the party. There lisa Greenback club in this
place, and the other evening a young man
rose in the meeting and asked some plain
questions about their system of finance.
The next day he was abruptly approached
by n W. Isham, ferocious Barlow Demo-
crat, bitterly assailcd and warned to hold his
peace hereafter. Such actions would lead
to charges of gross intimidation il the South;
but of course it is all right here. In regard
to the Greenback movement, how the hard
est of hard money men can be converted
into active Greenback workers in a single
day, is mystery will leave for others to
explain.
Young DENocRAT.
East Fairfield, Aug. %