Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-06
GEORGE n. EDMUNDS.
what the Press aud People are saying
OfIHim,
tFrom the st. Adams Messenger


vent Mr.. Conklng from nominating Grant
will do well to unite upon some man who will
be at once strong candidate and strong
man. No other man can be thought of who
unites these qualities in the same degree ms
Senator Edmunds lie is admired every
where almost or quite as much as Blaine, and
is trusted more. Mr.. Conkling owes him no
malice and would probably be glad to sup.
port him il Grant were out OF the question.
lie is an earnest friend Of liberty and has new
err been guilty of any appeal to race or class
prejudice that has compromised him with the
highest soued men of the land He is pro
found constitutional lawyer, and with the
conservative tendency that all good lawyers
| have, would command the confidence Of all
that large and growing class who talk about
"the better DAYS of the republic" and who be-
leve that in the era Of ''tho man on horse
back" things have been done that would bet
ter have been left undone, and which at least
strained the ancient guarantees Of freedom.
He is stalwart enough for the most clamorous
Grant man, and yet he is q fayorto with the
mild and law respecting administration Of
President Hayes and is credited with being
| its most influential adviser. There is moth
ing against him but the misfortune of mailing
| from small state. We tried to show in a
| former article that this is not an objection If
| he is 80 much favorito in New York that he
| can carry that state. When our SOL
diers were in the field no one ever spoke of
| Vermont as a small state everybody felt that
| il was mighty in valor. But in politics we
have so long danced attendance upon others
+ that politicians have acquired the habit Of
setting us down simply as n few votes-cer-
| tain and steadfast to be sure, but only few.
Now il seems to US that tho time has come
when we may and should assert. our real
power. We shall be small indeed, aud deserve
to be forever treated rs insignificant if we
fail to show that self-respect, that commend
able state pride, that honor for our own son
whom others have honorcd and will honor
more, that can now be best expressed by the
states offering to the nation q candidate who
is ut least the peer of any other and whose
availability ought to be considered all the
greater from the fact that his local following
though unanimous not be SO large
in case of his success as to cause the country
to be ignored.
from the Burlington Free Press.l
Lieut.. Governor Cotton tells an interviewer
that having Recently Travelled on business to
several cities in New York, he had heard
much conversation on the subject of the
Presidency aud had found a strong sentiment,
which onlyneeds to be given political impulse
TO become "boom, for E1munds Should
Grant be definitely taken from the field. and
Conkling signify that Mr.. EdmundS would be
acceptable to him, Gov. Cotton doubts il
Blaine Washburne or any other man would
be found equally acceptable to all classes of
Republicans in the Empire State.
From the Republican obscrvor.l
The Vermont Republicans couldn't do bet
ter than to take up Mr. Edmunds as their first
choice, and in the event of the national con
vention failing to make a choice among the
multiplicity Of candidates, his friends might
hold the balance of power, and secure his
nomination Not voice from all the Repub.
lican press has been heard against him as 10
his fitness. The only thing that has been or
can be said against him, is that he lives in a
small state but this only affects his chance
for his nomination. 1t would have little or
no influence against his election.
From the Rutland Herald and Globe.l
We know that it is always said that a can
ddate must be taken from a pir0tal State.
We know, and the whole country knows that
Vermont is not rcckoned in this category.
that she will give her electoral vote to the
nominee of the Chicago convention, whoever
he may be. II is therefore a great compli
ment to Senator Edmunds, that his name is
so widely mentioned in connection with the
first Office in the gift Of the people. The pref
erence for him, whether it be greater or less,
a. ioSo NhtAAtiO libul an uOuthl appreciation OF
his great power as a statesman-hs unsulled
purity as man and the strength, firmness
and reliability, Of his character. 1t is be-
heved that his sagacity, his irmness and his
strength Of character, and statesmanship,
saved the country from civil strife during the
electoral count of the last Presidential cleo
ton. The people thereupon very naturally
turn to him as a standard bearer now, and as
a safe counsellor and leader in any like calam-
ity that may threaten us.
tFrom the vergennes vermonter.l
Senator Edmunds needs no boom" to gain
prestige among the people of our State. Yer
mont is for Edmunds first, last, and always,
and no nomination could be made that would |
satisfy the voters rs well. As statesman he
has few peers, and his sagacity and honesty |
are unquestioned. Massachusetts, Connect |
cut, Rhode Island, Ne York, and many 9th. !
er States have expressed a wish to see him |
the nominee, and he would receive the vote |
OF every lover Of justice and freedom.
From No. Adams, Mass, Cor. Of the Springfield
Republican,
Nothing has done me more good than your |
mention of Judge Edmundss name for the |
next president. l believe that in him will be |
found more good qualities for that office
than are possessed by any other man in the
Union. | have said many times in the past
year that il he lived in some largo state he
would be our next president. Push him to
the front.
from the Milwaukee wis., sentinell
1t is strange that a state that can put for
ward statesman like Edmunds should not sup
port him first, last, and all the time. In the
light of the trades, intrigues and personal
pressure of the three prominent candidates
for the presidency it would be "A wise proceed
ing to throw them all overheard and nominate
man like Mr.. Edmunds who has declined
to enter the pit and attempt to FIX" things.
From the Hartford CO.. CourauLl
The Rutland (vt. } Herald discovers a feel.
ing throughout the country in favor of the
nomination OF Senator Edmunds as the cand-
late of the Republican party for president.
This Is good news, if true, for there is no
man better equipped for the high office, and
lone who has done better service for his par.
~
GFrom Washington Letter to the Springfield
Republican,
There is good deal of feeling for Edmunds
II New York As the ablest man in the Re-
publican party, fearless and above reproach.
md keen knower of men, his nomination
would be very gratifying to all the best ele
nents of the party. He laughs al the idea
himself; says he has no ambition and won
iers that Blaine should want to leave the Sen
tie, full of good fellows, for four years in the
presidency and the wearisome privilege of
eeing an average of 100 mercenary and
vrangling strangers day. Mr. Conkling
probably would not object to Edmunds. with
whom he has always been on good terms, al
hough there is a suspicion in the New Eng
and delegation that he did object to Justice
tunts giving way to Vermonter. Once in
no man could poll SO many votes
IS Edmunds.