The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-30
Address OF the Republican state Conn
mittee 20 the Voters OF Vermont.


keep the column closed up" was the
order of the gallant Sedgwick quar-
ter century ago when the Sixth Corps
had great duty to perform. The
struggle then was to save the nation
in order to protect the home and the
individual.
Vermont again stands at the head
of the column and leads the van in
another struggle to protect the home
and the industries that make the home
in order to save the nation. In form
it is a political controversy. In sub
stance it is more. 1t involves the
prosperity and the life of industries
and the rewards of labor. 1t touches
the hearth-stone.
National honor and independence
are at stake. Shall America be A
merican or English is the question.
Shall the Republic be dependent or
independent? Shall there be home
rule or foreign rule? Shall the prod
ucts of labor, whether from the farm
or the factory, have market that
will pay the laborer according to the
American standard under protection,
or the foreign standard under free
trade? Shall we listen to the hum of
industry or the moan of want? Shall
we produce our own wool, cut our own
lumber, manufacture our own iron
and the products of iron, quarry our
own marble, granite and slate, or
shall we buy of the foreigner? In a
word, shall we utilize our inexhausti-
BILE resources and be dependent Amer
lean freemen, or shall we let the for
eigner first crush our industries and
then extort the prices which cupidity
dictates when the home supply is
destroyed?
These are the questions involved
in the issue which deluded Presi-
dent has forced upon the American
people. Upon such an issue, so vital
to national independence and individ-
ual prosperity, it is not strange that
Democrats, as well as Republicans,
should say as in 81, ''Itis not party,
but country; it is not politics, but
patriotism"
No one doubts but that Vermont
stands where she has always stood in
such contest. But patriotic men
and women are waiting impatiently,
from ocean to ocean, to hear her voice
in the old-time thunder-tones, pro-
nouncing for country and flag by the
protection of American industries and
labor.
The time for Vermont to speak is
the first Tuesday of September. The
voter here who favors HARRISON AND
PROTECTION, and fair treatment of the
veterans of the war, and reform in
stead of a sham in the civil service,
cannot help the cause unless he votes
for Dillingham; next Tuesday. The
question is not one Of victory, but mo-
yjority. If every man who prefers
Harrison and Protection to Cleveland
and Free Trade will go to the polls
at our State election, the magnitude
of the majority will electrify the
country and make votes for Harrison
by the thousand in other States.
Let no man fail in his duty. Let
no one be deferred by personal con-
siderations. Let no one neglect from
a feeling of assured victory, to give
ond day to country. Let no one for
get how potent is the influence of ex-
ample. Let all remember that when
the calm intelligence of Vermonters
gives expression of their conviction,
it commands respect throughout the
land.
If all the voters vote, our majority
will be larger than ever before.
Maine will follow our example and
keep the column closed up; and on
the 9Th of November the grand assault
along the whole line will carry our
banners to victory and our country
will be redeemed. Signed by State