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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
Condition OF the COlOred People.

Professor Greener," says the Inde-
pendent who is we'll known as one of the
leading colored men of this country, not
having visited the South since 1877, re.
Gently made a tour through Georgia,
Alabama, and several other southern
states, mainly to observe the material, So
cial, moral and political condition of the
colored people in these states. In an in
terview with reporter of the Tribune of
this city he states the general Impressions
made upon his mind as the result of his
observations. We give, as follows, a sim
gle paragraph from this interesting inter-
view: My trip satisfied me of the perma-
hence of the negro. If ever had doubts
of his improvement and progress all are
removed now, and am an optimist on
this subject. As laborer or peasant
class, the negro is to-day better housed,
has better food, wears better clothes, and
has less difficulty in getting hold of the
soil than any like class in Europe. He is
not yet an unhampered citizen; for his
vote is only counted as the dominant party
pleases, and the law is, in many cases,
perverted to discriminate against him.
He is thrown into the penitentiary for the
most trivial offenses, and thus disfran-
chised, and the chain.gangs are filled with
these unfortunates. Yet the negro is
more essential to the prosperity of the
South as free man than he was as a
slave, and southern white people readily
acknowledge the fact. have not been
South since 1877, and hence was pre-
pared to notice the improvement or retro.
gression. observed more pride of race
among our people, more independence of
character, greater neatness of dress, a
desire to enter business, and thirst for
education equal to that just after the war;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
General Logan's Letter Of Acceptance.

In document quite as long as Mr.. Blaine's
General Logan signifies his readiness to accept
the republican nomination to the vice-presi-
dency and discusses, in a line parallel to that
followed by his chief, matters of concern TO the
nation, and which form special objects of solicit
tude to the national republican party. Gen.
eral Logan believes in protection TO Ameri-
can labor" and places this topic at the head of
those which he discusses. Respecting the
economic systems of this nation, he says: :" IL
there be nation on thesface of the earth which
might if ii were a desirable thing, build
wall upon its every boundary line, deny COM
munion to all the world, and proceed TO live
upon its own resources and productions that
nation is the United States. There is hardly a
legitimate necessity OF civilized communities
which cannot be produced from the extraor-
binary resources OF our several states and ter
ritories, with their manufactures, mines
farms, timber lands and water ways. This
circumstance, taken in connection with the
fact that our form of government is entirely
unique among the nations of the world, makes
1t utterly absurd to institute comparisons be-
tween our own economic systems and those of
other governments, and especially to attempt
to borrow systems from them. We stand alone
In our circumstances, our forces, our POSSIBLE
tiles, and our aspirations"
Asa necessary means for the protection of
American labor" he believes in protective
tariff adequate to secure the laborers of this
country against the degrading conditions under
which the European laborer pursues his avo-
cation He eulogizes the financial and none
tary system OF the country OF which, he claims,
the republican party Is the indisputable author.
Regarding Interstate Commerce" he says:
4" In respect to interstate commerce, there Is
much to be desired in the way of equitable
rates and facilities of transportation, that COM
merce may flow freely between the states them
selves, diversity Of industries and employments
be promoted In all sections of our country, and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
Notes and Comments.

A NOTABLE ratification meeting was
held in Boston last week Tuesday even
ing. A very large and enthusiastic audi.
ence listened to eloquent speeches for the
republican nominees, and the applause
was frequent and vigorous.
HARTFORD CoURANT "The party is
indebted to its candidate for the best
campaign document of the year. His
letter cannot be too widely circulated /;
wherever it goes it will dissipate misap-
prehensions, correct errors, remove preju-
dices, confute calumnies and make votes.
1t is paper that does honor not only to
its author, but to the free political institu-
tions of which he is the product, and the
free people who are about to confde to
him their highest Office"
New YORK TRIBUNE THE British
newspapers which were quick to de-
clare that Mr.. Blaine was bad man,
whom they did not wish to see elected
president of the United States, are of
course equally quick to announce that Mr..
Cleveland is just the kind of person they
want chosen. This is natural enough,
and just what was expected. The English
rightly believe that if the democratic can
didate is elected it means the speedy
triumph of the free-trade idea in this
country and the throwing open of our
markets to British manufactures also
that nothing would be done by demo-
cratic administration to hurt British trade
and diplomatic influence in South Amer
lea; and, finally, that if MIR. Cleveland were
in the White House neither the British
government nor any other would have to
worry lest injustice should ever be done
to American citizens abroad. English
approval of Mr.. Cleveland's nomination,
therefore, is not likely to strengthen the
democratic ticket among self-respecting
Americans-especially the workingmen."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
Are We a Nation Of Rascals ?

In the North american Review for
August John F. Hume raises this rather
startling query. He cites the answer of
Daniel Webster, in 1889, to the inquiry of
Barring Brothers, London, concerning the
measure of security which purchasers of
bonds issued by the states of the Ameri.
can Union would have for their invest.
ment. Webster was not positive that the
pecuniary liabilities of states could be
enforced by any process known to the
laws of the land, but he insisted that this
was of no consequence, since he believed
that the citizens of the United States
regard their debts to be of moral as we'll
as legal obligation and if it were possible
that any one state should 30 entirely lose
its self-respect and forget its duty as to
violate its pecuniary engagem ents, it
would meet with less countenance or in
diligence in America than in any other
country on earth. This expression of
confidence in the honor and honesty of the
states of the Union was effusively ap-
proved by the opponents of American
public opinion, and foreigners were led to
make large purchases, at good prices, of
the bonds of the American states. Mr..
Hume reviews the history of the repudi-
alton of their obligations by eleven states
forty years afterwards, to show how sue
ceeding generation suffered from the con-
fidence reposed in the boosted fidelity of
the American states to their pecuniary
engagements. ain the vaults and safes,
and other repositories in which valuables
are stored away throughout the investing
countries of the GLOBE" Mr.. Hume
says, "are to be found dishonored
undertakings, bearing broad seals and
other authoritative insignia of no less
than nine of the twenty-six states that
were in existence when Webster wrote,
and of three more since added to the
national Union and these certificates of
Indebtedness, with accumulated interest,
represent now nearly three hundred mil
lions of dollars. And instead of the
delinquent communities bowling their dis
honored heads in shame, and standing in
an attitude of apology before the civilized
world, they bear themselves in their pecu.
liar position, if not with actual grstifca-
ton, at least with singular effrontery."
Mr.. Hume reviews the subterfuges re-.
sorted to by the repudiating states to get
rid of paying their debts. To the readers
Of current history his facts have become
familiar knowledge. He shows that the
reputation of their debts by cities, towns
and counties greatly exceeds in the aggre-
gate the grand total of certificates of in
debtedness dishonored by the eleven states
in question. He revives some of the
shabby tactics and sharp contrivsnces to
which cities like Memphis and Duluth de-
scended to over-reach their creditors, and
makes out strong case of rascality
against very considerable portion of the
nation. In answer to the query, What
shall be done with these repudisted debts ?
which it is clear the obligated states will
not pay, the writer says; "Let the gov.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23
The Issue.

The publication of the letters of accept
ance by the candidates for president and
vice-president completes the issue on the
republican side of the current presidential
canvass. The ground chosen is, in brief,
the ground covered by the republicans in
the tariff debates of the past year or
two and this is but continuation, or
capitalization, of the republican policy
initiated in 1861, and which has developed
into the system and policy under which
the revenues of the country are now
levied. The development of the vast and
varied resources of the nation, the building
upof multiplied industries the establish,
ing here of great independent selfsus-
tanning nation, founded on enlightened,
self-respecting, self.controlling American
labor-this is the central idea of this sys-
tenn and the policy which inspires it.
This system and policy is republican in
its origin, and republicans have nursed
and defended it against fierce assaults.
Onuor IL nave OCCulIou oho Vdob dccIeJlOnS
which the figures of the statisticians show
have been made to the wealth of the ma.
ton during the past twenty years; the
rapid development of resources, the growth
of cities, the extension of railways have
drawn a direct and legitimate stimulus
from the operation of this policy. The
development and perfection of this sys-
tenn, freeing it from abuse and inequality,
has been the object of republican labors
in congress of late and in the public dis.
cussions. The continuance of this work the
party makes the chief object of its strug-
gle with its old antagonist in the pending
canvass. In its efforts to encourage the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

The caucuses for the choice of dele.
gates to the second district convention are
followed by conclusive proof of the use of
improper means to control their action.
There is undeniable evidence that money
has been freely and corruptly used in
various places, that caucuses have been
managed in the interest of certain candi-
date, and other irregularities committed.
At st. Johnsbury striped ballots were
used by the dominant faction, for what
purpose is matter of easy conjecture.
1t is curious circumstance that at a
time when, in the South and elsewhere,
laws are being enacted forbidding the
use of discriminating marks on ballots,
the practice should be adopted in Yer
mont, and in the town in the state most
reputed for its virtue. This transplant
ing of the corrupt methods of vicious
ward politics and of bulldozing southern
politics into the primaries of Vermont, is
an astounding development of the canvass
in the second district. We commend to
those wayward republicans the remarks
in Mr.. Blaine's letter of acceptance re-
specting the sacredness of the ballot.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

Investment of capital in this country in
railways, in mines, in manufacturers, in
agriculture, by guarding its industries-in-
FAINT or full. grown-from the destructive
competition of foreigners, the republican
party has been obstinately opposed at every
step by the democracy as party. There
is no more instructive exposition of the
real attitude of the opposition towards
the economic system under which the
country has had phenomenal prosperity
than the debates in the last congress upon
the revision of the tariff. The course of
the democracy in the present congress, at
its late session, in attempting to secure
horizontal reduction of tariff rates--a re-
duotion that would have also brought the
great staple industries of the country to
the dead level of utter extinction-fitly
supplements the history the party made
for itself in the preceding congress. The
history of the two great parties on this
one leading and all-importaut issue, the
tariff, in all its complex relations to ma
tional and individual welfare and happi-
ness is plainly written by the parties who
have contributed to make the history.
Whatever platforms, or candidates, or
stump orators may say in the heat and
amid the exigencies of presidential can.
vass, the record the parties have made for
themselves in the peaceful years that in
tervene between each quadrennial erup.
ton of charge and couuter-charge, claim,
promise and declaration, is the only trust
worthy means by which to arrive at their
real purpose, to test their real capacity for
the successful administration of the gov
eminent. Judged by record that needs
nor admits of explanation or exculpation,
the republican party must be acknowl-
edged to have administered the govern
ment wisely, successfully and periodically;
and the democratic policy, as unfolded by
its trusted opponents, had it succeeded,
unquestionably would have brought pa
ralysis upon our industries and idle.
ness and wretchedness upon the la
borer and his family. If the democracy
was insincere in its course, if it has
opposed the republican policy of pro-
lection from bourbonistic policy of op-
posing everything republican, regardless
of its merits or dement's, it can hardly
complain if the country does not now
confde in its promises, or trust in its
ability to conduct the concerns of great
people wisely, on well.grounded and thor
oughly-established principles rather than
on impulses prompted by caprice or party
jealousy. Out of tariff planks the democ-
racy has erected a platform, and from this
vantage ground it hopes to seize the pres.
idency. Its structure of timber is made
to simulate the native rock upon which
the republican party is planted, but the
counterfeit structure will be shivered and
its true character exposed by the merciless
fire which the developing canvass will open
upon it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

This is, on the whole, an encouraging
picture. When all the circumstances are
taken into the account, it must be confessed
that the progress of the colored people in
the southern states, since their emsnci-
patton, has been all that could reasonably
have been expected. They had, as race,
been brutalized by more than two centu-
ries Of slavery; and, after their enamel
patton, they we're confronted with the
most serious disadvantages arising from
the prejudices and antipathies of no incon-
siderable portion of the white race. They
have done we'll for themselves and the
country. We doubt whether an equal
number of white persons would, in like
circumstances, have done better. Their
practical elevation to their just and proper
status as American citizens is simply a
question of time. Give them time enough,
and they seem quite sure to grow into it,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

WHATEVER may be the issue of the con.
vention to-day, the friends and supporters
of w. P. Dillingham; will have nothing to
regret in the canvass that has been made
for him, nor in any act of their candidate.
Nothing has been done in his behalf that
will reflect dishonor upon the politics of
the state, or bring the blush to the
cheeks of those who have watched and
applauded the developments of his pri-
vate life or public career. He is pure,
able and trusted, clean in his methods and
upright in his purposes. His candidacy
is free from stain. He has made no
pledges to win votes, he has made no bar
gains to secure followers. He is candi-
date by virtue of such solid merits as
should win the instant and unwavering
support of every voter who believes in
choosing the best and most promising for
public officials, and who appreciates honor
and integrity and demands the existence
of these qualities in the man who shall
receive his suffrage. A vote to-day for
w. P. Dillingham; is vote for brilliant
talents, rare promise, rich experience,
untarnished honor and unassailable in.
tegrity. His candidacy appeals strongly
to the young men of the state, and invites
the confidence and commands the approval
of the old men. His nomination and
election would be harbinger of unal-
loyed benefits to come to Vermont, and a
sign of hope and encouragement to her
young men.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

REPUBLICAN SUCCESS IN THE APPROACH
ING ELECTION is, AS PROFOUNDLY BELIEVE,
OF SUCH FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE TO THE
WELFARE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY THAT ALL
THE INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES AS TO CAN
DIDATEs. AND ALL PERSONAL ANIMosITIEs
SHOULD BE BURIED."-George F. Edmunds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

Republican State Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SAMUEL e. PINGREE,
OF HARTFORD.
FOR LIEUrENANT-GovERNoR,
EBENEzER j. ORMSBEE,
OF BRANDON.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
CHARLES w. PORTER,
OF MONTPELIER.
FOR TREASURER,
WILLIAM II. DUBOIS.
OF WEST RANDOLPH.
FOR AUDITOR,
E. II. POWELL,
OF RIoHFoRD.
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
10 d. HATCH, of Burlington;
HIRAM HARLOW, OF Windsor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-23

Mr.. Blaine's letter, formally accepting the
republican nomination to the presidency was
made public last Saturday The document is
of extraordinary length To publish it without
abrdgment would require nearly page of our
space. We are able to give only those portions
that relate to the tariff and one or two other
subjects Of popular interest Upon these mat
tiers Mr.. Blaine says:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-28
Organize.

With the Democrats retaining control of the prin
clpal cities IN the State, the Republicans will be
obllgedto enter the National campaign without their
usual advantage in this respect Commercial.
If anyone has been deceived by the usual crv
of the Democrats that politics should not be
conslderedin our municipal elections, the above
paragraph shows what such .'non-partisan"
talk amounts TO. The leaders of the Democracy
are now and have been for weeks at work in
every town and city in this State ready to make
the most of any lack of interest or watchfu-
ness on the part of the Republicans to score a
point towards the success of their party They
mean to hotly contest every election this Spring
and any advantage they may gain in one see
ton Will be used to spur their workers in other
places to renewed and greater effort. All that
Is necessary to defeat this well-planned ar
rangement is for the Republicans to organize in
each town and work together for the common
good of the State. Side issues everywhere
should be sunk out of sight and in Bangor and
in all the surrounding towns the Republicans
should be animated with but one thought, and
that is Democratic success means free trade ::
free trade means disaster to business and labor
and therefore every vote must count against
the party which would bring about such ruin
Gus state of affair.". = Wing and Courier.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-28
One Bachelor of Many.

There's one thing TO the ladies plainly wish to
say:
I'm man of no pretenses; Tin fifty. if day:
I'm neither gay nor amiable, I'm fussy. and I'm
plain:
But, girls. you needn't plot for me-alI plotting
is in vain.
| never see the brightest eyes. and all their
witchcrv
Is wasted ammunition if It's aim is hurting me :;
never see the redde>i lips. I'm proof against
all smiles:
! rather think I'm not the man for any woman'>
wiles.
| can sew on my own buttons, my stockings
can mend,
And wOmenS hands around my room are not
what intend:
want no knitted Melted things, no travelling
bags. no wraps.
No slippers and no comforterS, no painted
plaques, no caps.
| buy the Things that require: So ladies' hear
me say.
All such attentions spent on ne are simply
thrown away:
80 shake your curI> and give your gift, hcWil-
der ali you can,
But Just remember, if YOU please. that am not
the man.
I'VE heard there's twenty-one OH maids con>id-
En- me their fate"
And clever widows five or six that wish with
me to mate:
There's pretty schoolgirls who insist ] must
have had some loss
And say I'm $50 romantic" when I'm ONLY
tired or cross.
But, ladies, all attentions from his date l hope
will cease:
The only favor That ak is TO be left in peace
For consider one Thing sure as anything can
,,.+ II -.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-28
MI. Hale's Bill for Steel Vessels.

Senator Hale has reported favorably from the
committee on naval affairs. with amendments
his bill to authorize the construction of addition
a! steel vessels for the navy. AS amended the
bill provides for the construction of one cruiser
of 1900 tons and one of 1000 tons, one dispatch
vessel of 1900 tons, two heavily armed gum
boats of 100 tons each, one gunboat of 900 tons
and one of 100 tons, TO be built on plans and
specifications to be furnished by the admiral of
the navy, and under his supervision and di-
rection, subject to the approval of the Secretary
of the Navy. 1t also authorizes the President
TO direct the construction of one steel ram, as
recommended by the naval advisory board of
1881; one cruising torpedo boat, whose con
struction was advocated by that board and the
present advisory board, and of two of the har-
Dor torpedo boats recommended by the first ad-
vlsory board and in the report from the bureau
of ordnance in 1888.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-02-28
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