Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-11-19

ia ~ 9~~A EA"NAA -
an administration that shall secure
the benefcent results of the present
one. Peace and prosperity will sure
w be continued to us, and OF this,
good men of every party are wen
assured. Every one feels easier,
good nature prevails, and the execn-
tive and legislative branches OF the
government wall now turn and with
anxious solictude continue to study
and work cut the great problems OF
se!f-goxernment. For the Rcpubli-
cans we rejoice, for the sake of the
Democrats we are equally glad. In
the interest of the South we congrat-
ulate the country for its growth
and prosperity is as dependent upon
these results as any other part of the
country. For the freedom of the
ballot, for the protection of individ-
ual liberty in every part of the coun-
try, we may rejoice with great JOY.
In all this the friends of free Repub-
lican governments in all parts OF the
world will join Us with the most ar
dent enthusiasm. They will gain
from it one more assurance that the
experiment of self government is not
a failure. This will place the perpe-
tliity Of this form of government up
on a more enduring foundation than
has ever been placed under it by any
event that has ever occurred since
its formation. BY military proves
and the valor of a citizen soldiery,
the country has been saved from de-
struction, and now, by the firm sta
bility of a reliable citizenship the re-
suits of the war have been woven as
so many strands into our system of
government. So we see at glance
that all the predictions Of the mon
archs Of the old world are growing
less and less reliable as we meet and
overcome each obstacle which so Sc
vercly tests a Republican form Of
government. The stability and pat
riotism of the American people will
soon prove to the whole world that
they are fully equal to any emer-
gency that may come to the country.
The vast interests of the country in
its rapid progress are held with a
firm and steady hand. The rise and
progress of new and complicated
machinery, are SO arranged and
managed, rs never to disturb its
harmony or to affect anyone, except
to arouse childish fears in the mind
of the timid, who are always too va
cillating and weak to arrest the vast
and almost unbounded progress of
\ the American people.
But now that we have reflected
upon what has been, and is, another
consideration occurs. The issues of
| the great contest Just passed, it
would seem have been so definitely
settled as that they ought to be put
at rest for ever. From this, it does
not necessarily follow that the mis-
sion of the Republican party has
been accomplished. Its ability in
the past must commend it to favor.
able consideration in the future
Whatever new problems may arise
in the department of politics, politi
cal economy will be a subject OF
much concern in the coming admin.
istrations of the country. This
party III respect to the finances Of
the country has shown wonderful
skill. Success in this department
has attended every movement it ha.
made, so that it has richly earned
the full confidence Of the people il
respect to what perhaps may be the
most vital interest to be cared for If
the future. Who can tell It's posi-.
i bilities? Who will dare to measure
1 its duration, or predict the end Of
its labors? The people will never
! leave it until other times and cir
cumstances shall bring about de
cline in its present vigor, capacity
:. and correctness in bringing the coun
try from disloyalty, confusion an(
unreasonable unrest, on to basis o
peace, prosperity, and happiness
i The issues that it may have to dea
with, like the modification of the tar
\ if, the controversy between corpora
tons, monopolies and the people
and other important matters witt
f which it will have to deal, we reserv
i for future discussion.
,
d JUDGE BARRETT,
s. Weregret to learn OF the omissl0