Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

e patriotic, and therefore ''Slalwart" uttcranc,
1t could hardly have been more So, if it la
y been mada hy Senator Blaine who was q
the platform and who had an cXtraordnar
reception from the immense gathcrin.
/ Coming from Secretary Evarts, on whoi
party ties have rested pretty lightly, thes
h vigorous and timely utteranccs have til
: more weight. We should be glad if ou
space permitted us TO give the whole of
r Mr. EvAETs' SPEECH.
lie said that no Republican should forge
= that the call which brings us together is onl
c prelude To the call of next year, whc
every Republican should be settled in hi
, mind what to do and how to do it, Let Il
: discard this new and timid notion of Demo
. cratic politicians that only State issues are a
, stake The people will see to it that suf
, fragc free, secure, equal and universal, vii
he sustained. lie alluded to the late war Il
an occasion when the people maintained tn
f suffrage of the country against all comcrs
And when the strength of the nation ha
, received the submission of the rebellion
this sulrragc-loving, reaceful nation did no
hesitate to use the suffrage thus protectc,
and thus maintained, in comforting upon tn
General Of all its forces the highest honOrs il
civil station known to the Republic lap
plause as they had conferred it upon Wash
ington, who conquered our independence anC
presided in the convention that fra med tn,
Constitution; upon jefferson, the author o
the Declaration of independence and th,
author of the supremest liberties Of the na
ton: upon Madison, the father of the Con
Stitution; upon jackson the prcscrvcr of III,
Union; and upon Lincoln applause, tn,
martyr of our liberties Applause, and tho
cmancipator Of race. Applause. Anc
hereafter, if there should continue to he 4;
permanent and serious threat, on a larg,
scale. in this country, against the integrity
and the freedom Of the suffrage, this pcnpl,
would not hesitate to accord the full ENrcu
tive authority of their Government To that
citizen who best understands and can hest
maintain the power of the people on clcc-
tion day. Great applause.
SELECTING \ rEorER CANDIDATE.
You may very well understand, gentle
men, that Il people having tins attachment to
suffrage, and this intelligence of its vital i'm
portancc don't like very well, when election
day comes. To throw it away. They don't
like very well to see any of their nci"hh0rS
throw il away. They don't like very well 10
see any other of their countrymrn iostlcd
and hustled at the polls, 50 that they cant
exercise the suffrage; and so, when it comes
10 bc practical question, you find the
strong sense of the American people re
uuirinr a very good account from any citi-
zen who thinks it worth his while to stay
away from the polls or To vote so that his
vote won't count. Applause and laughter. !
II is bad enough 10 have to vote under cir
. clmstauCcS where vOur vote won't be count
/ cd laughter hut il is great deal worse to
vote 50 that vour vote can't count at all.
| Applause Well now. gentlemen, We
don't vote in the air. We don't vote for ah-
stract principles. We don't even vote whcth-
cr the Republican party or the Democratic
/ party or the Grccnhack party shall he upper
most in this country. The only way that we
vote is to vote for some candidate that repre-
sentS the party that We want uppcrmost
/ applause and the principles and measures
and politics which We want cngraitcd upon
/ the political action of the Government and
| the only way We can do that is by voting for
some candidate that is produced in the meth
DDS Of our politics for the suliragcs OF his
fellOw-citizcns.
Il is the duty of every convcntion and
should he their highest art as we'll TO impcr-
sonatc the principles Of a party in candidates
purpose of The party being carried out hy
their election. and the best assistance in con
cilialing and attracting votes to enlist in that
object and il may he said, in general. !
suppose that that is the purpose of convcn-
tiOns. and that that in general is their suc-
CcsSful result, leaving always reign ofrcgrct
that some one else is not nominated, and an
internal conviction in many minds that ii
they could have had their own way in the
mat, y would ir;Ivo T. e. infinitely better
for the American people. Applause.
Now when nominations do not wholly com
port with the priya,. Judgment of this or
that citizen rs to what would have been the
best impcrsanation Of the principles and pur
poses of the party, what is the voter to do:
Why. do rs every sensible man does in every
other mixed situation where action one way
or the other is to be .akcn-givc to the lead
ing principle and the leading interest the dc
termination of what he should do. Ap-
plausc. If anybndy does not think that the
maintenance in power of the Republican
party in the councils and authority of the
Nation is not an important thing. he may de
post his vote upnns0me lesser consideration.
Applause, Ii he docs not think i, of any
importance whether Mr. Cornell or
Mr. Robinson or MIR Kelly is chosen
Governor Of The State OF New
York. Why. let him vote for al
three, and his ballot will hcthrown out. No,
gentlemen; if YOU DO not think that it is of
any Importance next year 10 the Republican
panty how the State OF New York goes this
YEAR. why. then. vote in the air, hut never
lose sight of this general duty, which can
never he safely neglected. Ii any Rcpuhli-
can voter thinks he can serve lis party bet
ter now and better in the future 10y vntin"
for Governor Robinson or for Mr.. Kelly. in
Gods name. let him do So If hc thinks that
the best thing he can do with this precious
gift of the suffrage given to him for his
own right and as a trust for all this country
all over tiff he thinks that the best thing
he can do with that precious right is To fold
il away in a napkin let him he sure thai
when disasters come that he has done moth
ing Ia avert his conscience may excuse him
then for Il deserted duty.
THE SEEKERS roE THE G"vErNoEsnIr.
Wei. gentlemen, there are several candi-
dates before the people Of the State of New
York fer their suffrage. In the first place Mr..
Cornell stands before you rs a citizen with
ont rcpOach, rs II man for many years in
the councils of the party and in the political
service of the State: Speaker of your liouS''
the second place in the Government; a
candidate, 10 years aro. for Lieutenant |
Governor and elected Int cuimtrL out he I
stands before Won os the r,rr,srniotiy, of
Republican principles, and as the only can
r,vnr vn,i can .issiet in rI,lin,, ,ho.,. nrinci
nlrs siInrrmr in I'm, St,t,. If Z,v. Work IL. |
I.,rrirs ma LnJv On Lis h,cL II ,u,I,,.r1 |
The power and strength of the Republican |
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