The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-01
Notes and Notions.

Notes and Notions.
LEWISTON JOURNAL: eff Cleve-
land should do all sorts of ridiculous
things, from the republican standpoint,
these would not diminish the heartiness
of the republican Endorsement of his
silver policy or the pleasure they have
taken in seeing Mr.. Hendricks chafe or
the Tennessee repudiationists foam.
Our idea is that if the wrong side does
right thing, it ought to be particu-
larry commended"
WASHINGTON Posi- (democratic)
"When Grant declined to take the
sword of Lee and told his vanquished
warriors to go home and take their
horses with them-the better to raise
their crops-he touched chord of rec
oncilation which, through all the years
of partisan strife that followed in the
work of reconstruction, never ceased to
vibrate between the soldiers of the two
armies. The spirit that prompted the
Richmond resolutions of coincidence
was born of the surrender at Apo
mattox."
NEW ORLEANS TIMEs-DEMoCRAT
"The mild terms which General Grant
extended to the decimated army of Gen
eral Lee, the care he took to make the
occasion of the surrender as little pain
full to the defeated as might be, and
finally, his grand and determined atti-
tude when prospect appeared that the
prosecuting sentiment of portion of
his people might result in the denial of
those kindly terms-all these things
will be treasured to his honor and glory
as long as the memory of the dark hours
that witnessed the closing scenes of our
struggle shall last. If fierce
adversary in fight, he was manly and
kindly victor. Twice hundred thou
sand southern veterans will be grieved
on the day the news shall come that the
twice hero of Appomattox has handed
his trusty saber to the universal victor. "
MOBILE REGISTER: "There is much
sympathy for General Grant in the
South. We have before this stated the
reasons for that sympathy. 1t does not
exist because he was president of the
United States for eight years. On the
contrary it exists in spite of the fact, for
General Grants course as president
was open to grave censure. But it is
proper to forget all this now, and
to think of the military renown of
the sufferer, and of his kindness and
courtesy to Lee and his veterans at APP
pomattox. We regret that any number
of southern representatives felt impelled
by sense of duty to vote against the
bill placing General Grant on the retired
list. We know that republican journals
claim that these representatives were
influenced by prejudice in voting thus.
Some few may have been, but we can
not believe that this was the case with
the great body of them"
CHRISTIAN UNION: "The progress
which public sentiment has made
toward the long-denied truisms that
government exists for the benefit OF
the governed, and that public business
should be conducted on business prin.
c;nIaS 10 ;pd;oatad by Tho raal1y nv
traordinary movement which Secretary
Manning has made for large reduc'
ton in the clerical force of the treasury
department, and the still more extra
ordinary measures which he has in
augurated for that purpose. He has
appointed commission-one democrat
and two republicans-to examine into
its affairs and report to him wha
changes can be made in the interest O
economy, retrenchment and efficiency
and the Washington correspondents re
port that if the commissioners do tn,
work which their character promise,
and the present condition of the publ,
service requires, we may anticipate I
reduction of twenty-five per cent in tn,
force of the department. The TIVE
republicans have long been in it anc
know its needs well; one of them, W,
learn, has the reputation of having urge'
upon republican officials a retrench
: ment; the democrat is the new assist
ant secretary, Mr.. Fairchild, who's
J public reputation gives warrant for tn
belief that he, too, means business,
That is thing which ii is refreshing t,
! see meant in public office"