Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-09-17
Vernon: Election.

who patronlzed 1t as q side show paying
| revenue and bringing profit to their own big
tent have given it up as hopeless specula-
| ton, and the Republicans betrayed into it
have seen their error and have come back to
the party with which all their interests and
sympathics lie. The Republican party in
| Vermont is stronger than it was before the
| Greenback organization came to birth.
| Like Vermont, like Maine. The result
there is most cheering to us here. Here as
there Republicans who have camped in the
| Greenback tents confess that their night of
frolic is over, wake up ashamed of their dis
| reputable boon companions, and will hence
forth cast their lot with the old party into
which they were born, the party that is the
| refuge and hope of every lahoring man
and liberty-loving American.
From the New York Evening Post.l
There was no local controversy in Yer
mont which could call out an extraordinary
vote, and the returns of yesterday, there
fore, must be explained by the influences of
the pending Presidential canvass. They
show that the people of Vermont are by no
means eager for change; that if they are
not perfectly satisfied with Republican ad-
ministration at least they are convinced that
Democratic administration would be no i'm
provement, but rather the REVERSE that the
to detach the Republicans from their party,
and that the nomination of Gen. Garfield has
strengthened them in their allegiance to it
because the selection of such candidate is
proof of the prevalence of the better and
more enlightened forces of the party.
From the Worcester spy.I
If Vermont had given Republican ma
iority of twenty three thousand on Tuesday,
Republicans watching for the first lndica-
tions of public opinion as expressed by the
fair and free vote of a State where men vote
Just as they please, and have their votes
counted just as they were cast, would have
been reasonably content.
From the New York Tribunel
This State of Vermont was one in which
the Democrats confidently expected great re-
suits from their campaign of SANDER and
mud-slinging. Vermont, they pretended,
had retired Mr.. Poland from public life be-
cause he had dealt too mildly with those who
were implicated in the Credit Mobilier busi-
ness; therefore Vermont, they confidently
predicted, would show its disapproval of
Gen. Garfield by a reduced Republican vote.
He who appeals to a jury must abide by its
findings The Vermont jury has answered
all the cloud of Democratic lies by larger
Republican vote than has ever leen cast be-
fore. The Democrats may now mediate
upon the remark of Alexander Stephens, one
of their most sagacious leaders, who knew
General Garfield, his character and his rec
ord thoroughly, and who said of his own
partisans: "If they assail Garficld's char
acter they will surely elect him.
From the New York Heraldl
1t is not quite correct to say of the recent
| election that ''the Dutch have taken Hol-
land" The fact that the Republicans have
| fully held their own in Vermont proves that
Hancock has nothing to rely on but the
proper strength of the Democratic party, and
that his chances of capturing Republican
voters are no better than were Greeleys IN
1872 Had they gained one or two per cent
in Vermont even that small ratio would have
given them a well-founded expectation of
carving the three or four doubtful States
which will decide the Presidential contest.
But as the great merits OF General Hancock
do not shake the party allegiance of Yer
mont Republicans, there is no reason for
| supposlng that he will draw off many Repub-
| itc1it vUtrro oicv W ii,-rv. fiic y1usSs
| tend TO produce the same effect in all locali-
| ties, and there Is no State in the Union
where the resplendent military record CT
General Hancock is better known than in
| Vermont The result on Tuesday shows
contest between the two great parties, and
that the personal popularity of the candidates
will be mere dust in the balance.
From the Providence Journal
The Government of these United States
shall not fall into the hands Of the men who
in long years of cruel war, have illustrated
| their steadfast determination to destroy it.
That is the verdict of Vermont. 80 say we
oil nF ,rill I,.t nf he
ern States, as they come TO the pollsto record
the resolute and patriotic judgment of their
people And so once more will these North
ern States save the Union.
From the Albany Journal
The Republicans of Vermont achieved a
magnificent victory yesterday.
The Star that Never Sets still shines
with undimmed lustre. The majority is
larger than in any contest in seven years.
The Democracy believed that the nomina-
| ton of Hancock would draw off Il large per-
centage of ''the soldier vote from the Re-
publican party. Such result was CONT
IDENTIFY expected in Vermont, where there
are many thousands of veterans who served
under him during the war. But the trick
was too shallow. When they followed him
in the field he was fighting for the Union
against the Solid South" Now that he is i'll
league with his old enemies they refuse to
| initiate his bad example and so continue to
vote as they fought.
Assuming that the majority in Vermont
| will reach % 900, Il like increase in the pop
uar vote would ensure TO the Republicans
every doubtful State in the North by even
larger majorities than they gave in 1876.
And there is no reason to doubt that Il like
increase will be realized.
Ill a.; lao bar
binger of an equally significant victory IN
Maine next Monday, in Indiana three weeks
hence and in the Union in November.
From the Troy Times-l
The gallant Green Mountain State spoke
ont yesterday with an emphasis that must be
rather startling 10 those sanguine Democrats
who had imagined that the trick OF nominal
ipr n major general of the unted States army
for President would blind the eyes OF loyal
men to the Infamous schemes OF the Southern
Confederates.
That shrewd observer of political currents,
the New York Herald, with n decided lean
ing toward Democracy, said yesterday that
if ''lhe returns of tu-days election shall
show that Gen. Hancock has made no inn
preston, or next to none, on the Republicans
of the Green Mountain Stale, il will he evil
dent that he has nothing to rely on but the
proper voting strength "f The unrecrulted
Democratic party" The Herald will now
probably be prepared TO use even stronger
language Not only has Gen Hancock made
| no impression on the Republicans of Yer
mont, but they have gained against him.
And the same condition of affairs will ap-
near elsewhere. Gen Hancock cannot rely
even upon ''thc proper voting strength OF
| the unrecruited Democratic party lie VIII
| 90 into the contest with an ''unrecrulted
| Democratic party" and also with depicted
| one lie is losing votes every day. One
gratifying result which We cannot refrnln
| from mentioning is the election OF W. W.
Grout, Republican, rs representative in Con
gress from the third district, IN place oi Bar
| low, who has acted with the Greenbackers
on financial questions during his term oi
service thus far. Vermont will be troubled
with no more itinerant Confederate brga
dicrs this year.
| From the Boston Travrlerl
| In the Green Mountain State, if nowhere
| else. ..history repeats itself" Ncrmont,a gen
Grafton ago, was called The star that never
SETS" and 10 that name she IS still entitled
During the late war the soldiers OF that state
greatly distinguished themselves whenever
| leading an advance, and in political contests
its Republicans have never failed TO lead oil
in the openng election of our Presidential
contests with n majority that inspired their
brethren all over the Union. In the last five
State elections the Republican majorities
have averaged 81 ,654, and the result of the
| remarkably active canvass that closed yes
terday. was majority much larger than
that. Ii is a forward movement by the pion-
ers of the advance, and where the Vermont
ers have sci their guidons the Republicans
of other States will now seek To come into
line.
| From the Boston Journal
II the Democrats were given 10 protiing
by experience it is probable that they would
know better than to make another assault
upon the State of Vermont, on if they
make the assault that they would he
wiser than to make such boastful
predictions of the result The noisy
claims which they have made OF being