St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-23
Public Opinion.

Public Opinion.
WILL BE HEARD FROM IN THE FUTURE.
The candidacy of st. John and Dan
iel as the representatives of pTOhi-
bitiOn is an event, marking the presi-
DENTAL year 1880, because this is the
first time the vote of this "cause" has
created apprehension in the old par
ties Moreover, this is pre-
eminently, like the abolition of slav-
cry, a moral cause, visible to every
man, woman and child in the commu-
nifty, with elements to enlist the most
enlightened self-interest, the deepest
sympathies and utter devotion and
patriotism. Undoubtedly many
will vote for st. John and Daniel this
year, as an escape from the support of
other candidates. But if in cOnse-
quence of that action, the prohibitOry
candidates receive million votes,
with the vital power of n moral cause
behind them, no sober party can doubt
that that party will he heard from in
the future, and we may again be
obliged to witness successive canvasses
fought between moral cause upon
one side and n vital principle of our
national constitution on the other
springfield Republican, Ind.
HIS POWER A DANGER To THE
COUNTRY.
We believe that James @. Blaine be-
longs to the class of INSCRIPTIONS pro-
fessiOnal politicians, in whose hands
civil service reform is a sham, and
from whose power we apprehend the
greatest danger to our country. We
believe that the charges against his
personal integrity, which prevented
his nomination in 1876 and in 1880,
were true then, that they are true
now, and that he has never shown any
sign of reform or repentance. On the
contrary, he defends, with brazen eff
frontery, a course of conduct which we
believe to be infamous. The Ameri-
can people cannot afford, as the fore
most republic of the world, to exalt a
trader in his official action for base
private gain, suppressor of incul-
pating testimony, which the people,
through their congress, were entitled
to have laid bare, an abuser of the
self-invited confidence of his country
men, an attempted suborner of testi-
mony To deceive the delegates of the
republican party shortly in convention
to assemble, and, finally, "A self-con
victcd liar, by placing him, through
their voluntary sutf'rages, in the presi
DENTAL chair Providence Repnbli-
cans.
GOES STRAIGHT TO THE MARK.
Mr.. st. Johns letter of acceptance
as the prohibition candidate for presi
dent goes straight to the mark in more
ways than one. He seems to have had
Mr.. Blaine's dodge in mind in several
parts of the letter. for, in one, he de
clares that, since prohibition involves
the protection of every home i'll the
land it lis not a mere local issue, but
IL national as well us II practical ques-
ton upon which n large and respecta-
bic body of citizens-against whose
convictions party discipline is power
less-have decided to vote > and,
toward the close of the letter, he says,
again This is no time for lodging.
Moral cowardice will never win, and
surely never deserves a victory Signs
multiply that the vote for st. John
Will be ii great surprise. In the west
it will be especially large, and in New
York it is likely to be much greater
than is generally supposed. A cor
respondent, writing from one of the
New England states, says that all
through that section thousands of re-
publicans will vote for st. John, and
suggests that we advise the prOhibi-
ton managers to be well supplied with
tickets on election day New York
Post, Ind.
MORALS IN A PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-
DATE.
| have no desire to publish my opin-
ions to the world, nor do | care 10 hold
them back. | have never been in ia
vOr of Blaine, whom | recognize as a
traf1icker in official influence, and am
very much panied to see so many of
my New England friends yielding up
the high standard of morals so requi-
site to the presidential candidate in
the past. Nothing has been SAID, in
this miserable attempt, which can
bring him into the society of the pure
statesmen of the past. 1t would indeed
be deplorable if the young men of this
nation should be informed by this cleo
ton that the people of the United
States cOndone the offenses proved
against james G. Blaine. The moral
effect would be very depressing should
they be told by his election that they
can lie, defraud, become demagogues,
bride givers and takers, and still not
forfeit public confidence. 1t is a hui
initiating spectacle to see so many
men like HOar, Dawes, and others,
twisting his dishOnOred record i'll such
a .aS tn. hAnnt.n. - oil IN af
tempt to make his conduct reputable.
TO me the action of those who sneer
ut the attempt to purify the political
is cOntemptible.-[B Bishop