The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-15
Vermont nlancs the Way.


The Republican majority in Yer.
mont is larger than it was in 1872
and in 1872 the Rep u.licans swept
every Northern State These tNo
facts tell the gread significance oi
/ the splendid victory which has iust
been achieved. Eight wears age
thc Democrats started out with Is
high hopes rs IL the present canvass
They supposed the selection of Mr.
Greeley would misieal and begIlc
the country. Just as, two months
ago. they imagined the nomination
of Hancock would. In each ease il
was a mask, and in each the device
proved source Of weakness. In 1872
the magnificent majority in Vermont
led the way of a solid North. And
in 1880 the still heavier majority
marks and measures the uprising OF
a still mightier tide, and means that
now, as then, we shall carry every
Northern State.
This brilliant result in the Green
Mountain State exceeds the most
sanguine expectations. The majori-
ty is nearly four thousand better than
in 1876, and is almost upto the great
figures of twelve years ago III the
very flush and height of the unabat-
ed war feeling. The Republicans Of
Vermont themselves did not look for
any such commanding victory. They
would have been well satisfied with
22,000 or 23,000. As il is, the sur
prising proportions Of the success
viii inspire Republicans everywhere
with new confidence and courage,
presage and a sweeping triumph in
November. Where are the Republi-
cans that were said to have accepted
Hancock? Where are the boys in
blue that were said 10 have followed
his shouider-straps? Where are thc
gains that were said to have been
made in the Democratic ranks? No
sign of them in Vermont!
On the contrary, the great victory
which blazes The pathway for The
patriotic North scatters ali these IL
iusions. i shows that the Republi-
cans stand in unbrcken column. 1t
shows that no man has dropped by
the wavside or been decoved into
the enemy's camp More than that,
it shows that the Republicans and
the patriotic people OF the North,
Of whatever party name, are stirred
by an earnest and profound feeling.
II is not mere ordinary party fidelity.
but a deep sense Of a grave public
emergency which appeals to every
lover Of his country. The voters OF.
Vermont see that Democratic sue
cess, resting upon a solid south, with I.
its old spirit unchanged, would, in
effect be a Confederate triumph. .
They see that It would darkcn with +
clouds of uncertainty and doubt the .
prosperity which now brightens the /
land. And they have risen in their +
might against the recent party which. .
WITH one hand, would strike ut our
war legislation and safeguards. and .
with the other would strike at our
industrial and business progress.
The same feeling prevails through
he North. Vermont IS only the sign
indstandard Of all thercst The tide
yill swell as the time goes on. 1t Is
till two months bcforethc prcsiden-
ial Election. Ifthe current Of popu-
ar opinion reaches such n sweep at
his early stage, what viii it be at
he food? There Is no mistakine
he palpabie truth that the Repub-
lean cause is steadily gaining at
very point Of the North. and there
$ good reason for the growing con-
-iction that twill carry every North
I'm State.-Prcs4.