News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-08-30
Address Of the Republican State
Committee to the Voters Of
Vermont.

:" Put the VermonterS ahead and
keep the column closed up" was the
order of the gallant Sedgwick a quar-
ter century ago when the Sixth
Corps had a great duty to perform
The struggle then was to save the ma,
ton 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. It touches
the hearth-stone.
National honor and independence
are at stake. Shall America be Amer
lean or English is the question. Shall
the Republic be dependent or indie
pendent? Shall there be home-rule
or foreign rule? Shall the products
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 for
eign 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, manu-
facture our own iron and the products of
iron, quarry our own marble, granite
and slate, or shall we buy of the for
eigner? In a word, shall we utilize
our inexhaustible resources and be de-
pendent American freemen, or shall
we let the foreigner first crush our in
dustries and then extort the prices
which cupidity dictates when the home
supply is destroyed?
These are the questions involved in
the issue which deluded President |
has forced upon the American people. |
Upon such an issue, so vital to ma
tional independence and individual
prosperity, it is not strange that Dem
ocrats, as well as Republicans, should
say as in '61, cit is not party, but
country it is not politics, but patriot
ISM"
No one doubts but that Vermont
stands where she has always stood in
such a contest. But patriotic men
and women are waiting impatiently,
from ocean to ocean, to hear her voice
in the old-time thunder-tones, pro-
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
of the war, and a reform in
stead of a sham in the civil service,
cannot help the cause unless he votes
or Dillingham; next Tuesday. lite
is not one Of 0fctOry, but major
~. If every man who prefers Har- G
ison and Protection to Cleveland and
7ree Trade will go to the polls at our L
tate election, the magnitude of the l
majority will electrify the country and :
make votes for Harrison by the thou ,
and in other States. h
Let no man fail in his duty. Let no !
ne be deferred by personal considera- 1
ons. Let no one neglect from feel :
lg of assured victory, to give one day g
} country. Let no one forget how f
otent is the influence of example L
ct all remember that when the calm
ltelligence of Vermonters gives ex- T
ression of their conviction, it COM A
lands respect throughout the land. S
If all the voters vote, our majority >
i'll be larger than ever before. Maine l
i'll follow our example and keep the
olumn closed up; and on the 9th of
November the grand assault along the
hole line will carry our banners to S
Glory and our country will be re-
aemed.
f. GEORGE W. GRANDEY. fl
CHARLES E. YELLING,
FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS