Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-10-27
General Grant.

The newspapers show conclu5ively why
General Grant could not spend time to come
on holiday visit to Vermont. On Thurs
day he presided at Republican meeting in
Stamford, Connecticut. In the evening he
was present at three separate meetings in
Jersey City, at each one of which he aston
ished his audience and himself, as he said,
by making five-minute speeches. We give
below, in full, the third speech he made in
Jersey City. He was received with the
widest enthusiasm wherever he appeared.
This is the third political meeting that have
been at IN Jersey City this evening, and they
were all Of them crow ded houses and all the
streets that | have been ia have found full
OF people, from which | conclude that all OF
New Jersey is in Jersey City this evening, il
being Republican occ tson, an occasion of Re-
publican speaking and Republican rejoicing |
suppose that they are all rejoicing with as in
the successes OF the party In the states that have
spoken, and anticipate successes in those that are
to poll and, II all that have seen tonight of
men who are voters cast their votes for the Re-
publican candidate, | do not believe that there
will be any Democratic votes cast in this state
! know that heretofore when you have been
deficient in Jersey City and Hudson county, of
Democratic votes, you were able to get "A few
after shutdown by keeping your polls open, a.
You do, until six or seven o'clock In the evening
This gives an opportunity for some Democratic
votes; but II you can keep those ont have no
doubt that we will all rejoice together after the
second OF November, and that we will perpetuate
this government and this Union for the benefit of
all the people in IL, black and white male and fe-
male, north aud south, and will make it so,
politically that carpet-bagger can really live
prosper, do business and be respected in the
southern states as well as In the western states
and help build up the south and make 1t as pros
porous as the carpet-bagger has made the western
states. Out there we are all carpet baggers;
nothing else. 1t is only quite recent thing that
my own state, the state that am a carpet-bag-
ger in-that live In now, that | carpet bagged
to some years ago-it is only a recent thing that
they had governor in that state who was a ma
tive OF it. The present governor is the first ma
tive OF the state OF Illinois that ever was governor
OF Illinois, and vet we respected some OF those
governors, Notwithstanding they were Garrett |
baggers, and they have helped TO build up and
make state of 1t that we are all proud Of IL Is
a little that way with Indiana and all the north
west That gift dedicated by Virginia to free |
dom, carpet-baggers have built up several states
mere ana there Is one county in Ohio HamiI- |
ton, and one county in Illinois, Cook built up |
by act OF Providence and the energy Of these |
ctrpet-baggers. Either one of these counties |
could now buy up the whole state that gave it, |
That has been the effect of carpet-ba govern |
ments In the northwest, and after this election |
let us hope that carpet-baggers can go freely into
the south anywhere, build up their waste places,
make them happy and rich, and introduce free |
schools, which play havoc with the Democracy |
wherever they go. Free sch ,ols knock Denoc- |
racy higher than kite But let them introduce |
their free schools, their energy, their business |
talents, and We Will have prosperous, happy |
and Republican south.