Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-07
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Vhcrr.ult at the NdtiuuJ. c.c, iOuhaNluG
been in doubt for cjQLtpcu hours, seems to
have turned rs we write To- tine 8npu licm
side. The campaign has been the hardest
fought and most peculiar in many Of its
features. ON record and though the party
which, as Mr. Curtis says represents the
best instincts and impulses of the Amer
lean people has trumphcd, it has been
after Il struggle so severe, and 10y amargln
80 small in the pivotal States, Us to con
duce to serious reflection among thought
full Republicans and to largely rcprcsS eX-
ultation. They can draw long breath with
II sense of relief and emotions of thanktul-
ness, vet with much of the feeling of the
soldier who realizes that ne and his com
rades have barely escaped disastrous defeat
and that through the mistakes Of their
opponents as much as by the Eeneralship
and efforts of their side.
Rejoicing and cOngratulatiny all honest
men and patriots, that the country has
not been turned overito the spoils demOcra-
CIV for many years to come, we cannot re
press feeling of sincere regret THAT the
Republican ticket has been carried with
out the votes of many honest and good
men who have hitherto acted and voted
steadily with the Republican party, but at
this election have felt con PEELED to with
hold from it their support This remark
does not apply to the few malignant and
dishonest rule-or-run independents, who,
having failed of sufficient recognition ORE
ward from the Republican party, deliber-
ately set themselves to destroy it. These,
who have attackedsthe Republican party
as having become corrupt, who have adVO-
Gated change for the sake of change, who
have condoned and overlooked and apol-
ogized for all the cOrruptiOnS, mistakes and
sins of the Democratic party who, hating
the Republican party because it is not II
free trade party, have Cluaked their ha-
tired under zeal for the moral issue, -
while at the same time proclaiming that
chastity is Il SupertluOus virtue, and that
sexual impurity is an almost essential ele-
ment in a statesman and retOrmer :;
who have rivalled and out done the De
mocracy in falsehood and slander-these
can be spared from the Republican ranks,
and the party will be stronger and better
without them. But besides these, there
are thousands of excellent men-not many
| in Vermont, but in other States, who have
party with sincere reluctance and from
| ain honest, though as it seems to us misgud-
| ed, sense of duty. These really, though
| they do not realize it, are the ones most to
| be congratulated on the result, for if their
effort to rcbuke the Republican party had
resulted in Its destruction, and it had gone
down, carrying with it all hope of civil
service reform-as the era of corruption
and the rule of the worst elements among
our people developed their blightng re
suits and theyca to realize that this was
largely their work, theirreptntance would
have been bitter, indeed
| We have high hope that the adminstra-
| ton of Mr.. Blaine will be so honest, con
| servative and wise, as to lead this class of
Republicans to see that they were unduly
preiudiced against the man, and that the
evil consequences they feared from his
election were mainly imaginary. If so,
| they will all be back in the ranks before
another election, and will of course be
| welcome and we trust that it will be a
long day before we see another campaign
in which so many worthy men, agreeing
in political and in patriotic purpose, will
be divided in action.