The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-15

} his election will enable them to recove
claims now barred. All that is needed I
cause the refunding Of the cotton ta1
amounting 10 s6S,OOOOOO, is an appropris
ton. Most Of the members of the South
through their constituents, are interested il
these claims.
but again, If the principles of the Dem
ocratic party twenty years ago, and the me-
who fought for them, are Restored tc
power, you will find the same slavish.acqui
escence of the Democratic fragments of the
North to the Democrats ofthe South as be
fore the war. The election laws, of which
l have spoken, will be the first to be repeal
ed, and thus will be legalized all the afro
cious crimes and frauds of the South, anC
even the great fraud of New York will b,
condoned forever. Amnesty and forgive
ness will be proclaimed for the meanest
crimes that have ever been committed
against free government. What protection
will there then be for the freedmen OF the
South? What guard will there be against
ballot box suffers and like criminals in
the Eorth2
"The Republican party may sometime
have failed to meet your expectations in all
things, may sometimes have neglected to do
that which ought to have been done, but
on the whole, it has rendered such service
to this country that it may fairly claim to
be intrusted with the administration of the
government until at least some party ap-
pears with better principles and better
record. The Republican party conducted
the war with success. 1t has emancipated
whole race. 1t has done its utmost to
secure civil and religious liberty to all citi-
zens. 1t has developed the homestead poll
cy, 1t has united and nationalized all
parts of our common country into one grand
whole, without invading in the least the
rights and duties of the several States,
which during this time have securely man.
aged their local affairs without let or him
drance from he national government. 1t
proposes further to develop this policy. 1t
proposes to maintain the resumption of
specie payments, so that we may continue
to have good money of gold and silver aud
paper, all equal to each other, and all of
universal credit wherever water runs and
our flag floats. 1t proposes to complete the
plan OF refunding the debt by the substitu-
tion of bonds bearing from three to four
per centum interest for those still outstand-
ing bearing a higher rate. 1t proposes
protecting American industry, to reduce
as rapidly as possible the burden OF taxa
ton, and at no distant time to confne all
national taxes to moderate duties on i'm
ported goods and tax on liquors, tobacco
and beer. Regarding education as the
strongest foundation for republican govern
ment, it proposes to foster schools and CO.
leges and academies of learning, and to
make the way open in the South as well as
in the North to every child, black or white,
to receive the rudiments of education. 1t
has given you as an evidence of its purposes,
an honest, faithful and successful admins
tration of the national government under
the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes, one
that will be pointed to as an honored exam
pie long after we are gathered to our faith.
ers. He has not had the support OF Con-
gress during his term, and has been crippled
greatly in the development Of his policy
but he has prevented great evils from being
accomplished by the Democratic party.
More than all, he has wisely executed
republican laws upon the statute book, and
has by his veto prevented the repeal of
other laws equally important. He has done
this country no evil, but has. done it great
good"
During the speech man arose in one of
the galleries and asked if he might ques-
ton the speaker on one point, saying that
if the answer was satisfactory he would vote
the Republican ticket. He wanted to know
how Mr.. Sherman could support for Vice.
President the man whom he had removed
from Office for cause. Mr.. Sherman replied
promptly that Mr.. Arthur did not meet the
views of the administration in his manner
of conducting certain branches of the GUS
tom house business, and it was thought
best that change should be made; but
there never was question raised as to Mr..
Arthur's personal character for honesty and
worth, and he would thousand times
rather vote for him than for the man whom
the Democrats had put up for his opponent