St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-08-15
Public Opinion.

The Boston Traveller thinks that as
Mr.. Murray has had a good laugh al
'sThe Deacons," the aforesaid deacons
may now have the laugh on their side
The more the administration betrays
fear of Grant as presidential candl-
date, the more popular he will become,
and it would be an act of political sa-
gacity as well as an act universally
recognized as credible to the president,
to telegraph Grant asking him to accept
the first mission in the gift of the gov
Observation-Disclosures Times.
Gen. Grant, E. B. Washburne, John
Sherman, Roscoe Conkling, James G..
Blaine, or William A Wheeler, if nomi-
mated by the national republican con-
ventiOn, would defeat the very best
ticket it is possible for the democrats to
place in the field.-NeiU York CONNER
ciaI AdUertiSer.
We are mistaken in men, or Mr.. Muir
ray will come from the storm I'M
scratched, and, grown wiser by the
Christening, win a position in Boston,
the tOpmost pinnacle of which shall lead
from the angle of his present poverty
Boston Pilot.
The work has begun well in the sum-
mary removal of "Baldy" Smith from
his Office in the police commission.
Now let the work of decapitation pro-
coed. And when the remaining heads
are in the basket, let us have a board
of police which shall perform it's duties
credibly and with honesty. The time
has come for good government In the
city of New YOrk.-N. z. Graphic.
Somebody once wrote the lamented
Prof. Agassiz, offering him very large
sum for his services as mining geolO
gist. He replied, 81 have no time to
make money" That is, he felt, with
his exceptional power as an investiga-
tor and teacher, he could not, for the
sake of his highest calling here afford
to stop and make money. We suspect
Rev. DR.. Hill or Phillips Brooks or
Bishop Huntington would have no time
to stop and breed fast horses and Oscil
lating buckboards, even if they were
sure that there was money in both these
ventures.-Rutldnd Herald.
The Springfield Republican says the
republicans will probably carry Maine.
That probability is fast becoming a
certainty Press.
If the South is not to be for ever the
slave of the lowest elements, the DixOns
and the Davises must be ready to pay
with their persons for the privilege of
independent opinion and political ac-
ton. The martyr stuff is what is need
ed, not withdrawing and disbanding
under cOmpulsion. What northern con-
stituency ever submitted to such "bull-
DOING" or appealed, as did the indie
pendents of Yaazo county, to a Judge
for his advice in their distress Ma
ton.
A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN IN MAINE
More potent, however, than speakers
or newspapers, is the steady, persever-
ing, enthusiastic, voluntary work being
put into the campaign by individual
voters. Everybody is at work. There
are no drones this year. The impor-
lance of the contest is appreciated in
every corner of the state. Last year
and for many years the state, county
and town committees were expected to
do the most of the campaigning, but
this year things have changed very de-
cidedly. Every republican is a recruit,
ing officer, and ready to do regular
committee work like veteran. Never
were meetings better attended, never
was the republican party more earnest
and alive all through than at the pres
the rectitude of its principles. But
what we have seen of the campaign
thus far is but the commencement
The political atmosphere is warm, but
il will he red-hOt before election The
fright which has already shaken the
truck and-dicker party will by-and-by
be panic.-KeRnebec Journal (Rep.)