Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-03-26
THE PRESIDENCY.


subject of the next Presidency, is
only equalled by the distrust of
individual Americans in their own
abilities to perform the duties of
public Offices, ana that madcsty |
which makes it so difficult to find
men who are willing to trust them
selves in the performances of the
duties of such offices. The manner
in which everyone is waiting for
"pyery other one to speak on this
subject is truly embarrassing. Why 4
don't the press speak out: And too,
uawillingness Of men SO well fitted I
for the place, to assume the position
OF candidate is truly embarrassing to
their friends. Bat to be serious.
Vermont never was in such a con-
l.e:,.s--yf -urUnruluUS anxiety as now. !
She possesses what she never pos
sosscd before. True, in the past, she
possessed men like Collamer and
Foot who stood crowned with ma
tional regulations among the fore
most in the land. She always had
delegation Of which she might well
be proud and by whom she never
was disg:aced. But into the situa-
ton Of absolute leader, none Of her
distinguished sons ever grew through
honesty and toll before. None of
them ever before moulded the legiS-
Iation Of the whole country. But
Mow \ ermOnt has son who care
fally guided the ship of state through
which without wise legislation and
ready craftsmanship would surely
have been the most perilous times
into which the Republic ever fell
lie stands to-day the representative
Of a comparatively small state which
is not knit into the various complica-
tions which reticulatc through the
whole system of making Presidents.
And he himself stands alone, out
side OF all intrigucs or entangling
personal or political alliances, the
fttest OF them all.
"Nc'er yet did base dishonor blur his name"
That he possesses the essential
qualities of head and heart for the
Office, none deny. That the times
require just that kind of man, none
question. That the next administers
ton VIII have to deal mostly with
Legislative and judicial questions,
none doubt. But it is said this man
won't be President. Why not :?
Because Vermont is all right any
way, and we must secure some
doubtful state with the nomination.
u. Is this to be the reward of loyalty =?
Is the Presidency the exchequer
from which are to be paid premiums
On ul>SCIISlOnH anu NV ISlOilS iAlltl
Jealous antagonists Must state,
or the party i'll state get to quar-
rcling and have this thrown. to them
AZ sop before they can possess it :?
They ought to be entitled to possess
it otherwise. This political jockey
ing ought to be laid aside, and look
ing only to the good OF the whole
country, go to work to establish that
man in whose ability and integrity
I'll have confidence. Besides there
is another important consideration.
If the time ever was when to secure
one state there was danger Of losing
the whole country, that time is now
We are aware that riyarics aud
jealousies and strifes Conducted
lonorably Of course) existed among
the old school Of men in the days of
Jefferson and Madison, and in the
later times Of Webster and CLAY
but it seems to us that the leading
candidates for the Presidency now
have each a following even more
separate and distinct and in deeper
grooves and even with sharper an
tagonisms than they Of more older
times. Now the country wants q
man outside of these, aud yet il
wants a positive, capable man, ont
who can do decisive acts, being firm
and sagacious without being rash
and one who is thoroughly schooleC
in all the theories and present de
tails and working of the whole
machinery of our government. \
man who can take such a promincn
part in the legislation of this whole
country as has Senator Edmunds, 1--WE
had no need to utter his nancy and
do such vigorous acts in respect t.
it without creating antagonisms and
bitter complications, can administer
the government with like results
With these and like results, Vermont
will stand looking with intense anxi
city, scarcely daring to hope until tho