Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-10
For Presidential Electors.


The Democrats of course, dislike 10 recog
nize the meaning of a result like that of
Tuesday, election. 1t was simply the Dutch
taking Holland, they say, in one breath /;
and in another they attribute it to the activity
of the Republican canvass. the ability of
their speakers, the bulldozing of voters by
employers, arl bribery and corruption. They
know better, They fully expected to cut
down the Republican majority below twenty
thousand: gnd we have on our table Demo-
cratic predic; rs that al most it would not
exceed fftet. thousand. Had it gone below
twenty Thousand, the result would have been
proclaimed from Maine TO Texas as proof
positive that the people are swinging away
from the cd lines; are tired of Republican
supremacy in the Government. and eager
for Il clnn-c The result is what it is, SIM
ply because the people Of Vermont do not
lose sight Of. and 40 TO, wish the Republi-
cans of the land 10 lose sight Of, the great
issues OF National unity, support of the Ma
i:anal honor and credit, and establishment of
il,. results of the war. The canvass was
.,:i,c because the people were aroused and
alarmed by the danger of return of the con-
iral oi The government of the South; and
they were everywhere calling for speakers
l'.fore the speakers called them 10 the fay.
The interest of the masses in IT, pehoins
i.-i.cs, Which las called op'so large vote
IL. Sec;ir. 4 - .rlenlti majority, could not
i,n. been n.s-.t,acturcd by managers how
,ver so,i.r. OF orators however eloquent, and
.-rrea'!eIs do moi need 10 lie told that there
has Leen no intimidation or bribery of voters
~ the Republican side The canvass has
ifrn an exceedingly active one, on the Dem
.,..atir side Atkins. Smalley. Bingham,
,.a.lntr. Davenport aud the rest are old and
experienced POLITICAL managers. They had
plenty Of help, both in speakers and sinews
Of war, from other States; and that they
have not held their own is due to no lack of
a,lroit aud plausible argument-or what
passes Ton argument, or other means of per-
suasion on their side. The movement of
population, the emigration of enterprising
and active Nermontcrs Gives ixths of them
Repubicans) from the State, and the in
crease of our forcign-born population, great
ly favor the Democracy and make neces-
ssry constant inroGds in the ranks of our op-
ponents, in order 10 maintain the Republican
maiorities at anything like the cid figures
Under all these circumstances, Republican
majority of twenty-five thousand in Vermont
has a very. distinct meaning. 1t means that
themen who twenty years ago set out to secure
4 Government free in fact as well as name,
and country in which equal rights, free
speech and free political action should pre-
vail throughout its length and breadth, do
not mean TO be baked of their purpose. 1t
means that the young voters who are CON-
ing of age recognize in the Republican party
the party of true progress and of the highest
promise. 1t means that the French Rcpub-
Leans stand squarely by their colors. 1t
means that the more intelligent lrishmen are
beginning to break away from the party
which claims TO own them all, body and
soul, and are asserting the right TO act and
think and vote for themselves. 1t means
that business men dare not trust the finan-
cial and material interests of the party in
Democratic hands. It means that the in
dependent voters have the most confidence
in the Republican party as the party of true
reform. 1t means that the Greenback lunacy,
which never got any very extensive foot
hold in cur State, is waning. 1t means that
the Vermonters have tried to do their duty
At the present junciure.
Placed in the front. by the carly date of
our election, our Green Mountain State has
given TO the other States a good lead. Let
them now keep the column closed up