The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-07-21
Political Paragraphs.


Cyrus W. Field announces himself
as a Garfield man.
Gen. Hancock SAYS that he hasn't
written a line Of his letter Of accep-
lance vet and that il won't be ready
Tor a fortnight.
George William Curtis thinks Gar
field can carry New York against Ham
cock. And New York is the battle
ground Of the campaign.
The Washington County Republican
convention will be held at Montpelier,
August 9Th. Senator Edmunds and
ex-Gov. Stewart willdeliycr addresses.
It isn't n superb man that the peo-
ole are wanting for President. 1t Is
a superior man. Gen. Garfield adj
.mirably fills that bill.-Elmird (N.
~ IdreriiSer.
Again and again We congratulate
the Republican party on having for a
leader so able, sincere, conscientious
and practiced a statesman as Gen.
Garfield. Press.
1t is announced that Mr.. Tilden has
sent his check for $780, 900 to Barnum
of Connecticut for the Hancock cam
paign. Mr.. Barnum is a heavy buyer
of mules about these days.-Ifoy
Times.
Good political judges who have
come close to Hancock say it is no
use to try and make him out a great
man. His friends insist that he IS
honest and has proved equal to his
opportunity, but even they will not
claim for him anything like Gariield's
mental capacity for public service.
Gen. Garfelds treatment of his sol
diers during the war is said to have
been uniformly kind and considerate.
His old servant says ofhim =" lleused
to 90 out among the boys, and if he
found any that needed blankets he'd
order me to take those provided fol
himself and give them to the boys who
were without. 1t was just the same
in other things, too. If 4 beef was
killed the boys had to get their share
first. lie was the best hearted man
you ever saw.
Is the country sick gifts prosperity
Does it long to 90 back to the rule OF
that party under which the public
credit sank to zero, and secession and
civil war crowned a long career Of
sectional misrule, greed and aggres.
sion? Would it not be well to look
about and to look back, to see what
the condition of the country is, anC
what it was when Democracy ceased
to govern it, before deciding upor
such 4 change ?-TriJuRe.
TIE Woodstock Standard says =
cit is true that the Democracy are tC
NIKE a great effort to reduce the Re
publican majority in this state at the
SeJ.ember election, but we doubt j
they succeed in the attempt. The
Republican masses are too thoroughly
aroused and propose to attend to the
matter. We do not remember an oc'
casiOn when there has been so deer
and earnest a feeling among the Re
publicans OF Vermont. AS to the
prohibitory issue, that has been The
Democratic war cry for years and they
are welcome to all they can make on
of it this year. The Republican party
in Vermont believe in prohibiting boil
rum and Democracy"
The recent Democratic gathering il
New York was at least remarkable il
the amount Of political tatTy that was
used in amounting the sold man 0
cipher alley" His self-denying pat
riotism in laying aside all claims tC
the Presidency in 1876, when he was
not elected, and could neither steal Of
buy the Office even with the bail tap
ped at both ends, was referred to, The
entire audience rising and standing
with uncovered heads. His undyins
devotion to the Democratic party
which led him to decline to he can
didate at Cincinnati, when he knew h,
could not be nominated, was alluded
to by one of the faithful in words 81
tender and pathetic, that eyes unused
to weeping were sutlused with tears.
Gen. Garfeld's letter of acceptanc,
meets with favor everywhere. Their
are no evasions, no shrinking from
manly discussion of, and a frank wres
ting with the questions involved il
the administration Of the government
American citizenship, education, tn
interests of trade, commerce and man
ufactures, the unsolved problems o
the late war, which still disturbs tn
relations between the two sections o
the country, aforetime enemies, an,
that should now be friends, are all dis
cussed in a statesman-like manner
leaving no chance for misapprehensiol
as to his attitude upon each of thes
great questions which must inevitabl
be considered by the citizens of thi
great country, during the canvass
There is no time now to be lost, an
the party with all its forces marshalle
must step boldly to the front and ne1
er cease till victory perches on OF
banners in November.