Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-06

arm Ol Il uelnOCfaUlC administration his |
every right should be sacredly protected. |
But what have our eyes beheld ? The col |
ored republican of the "solid South with |
greater dlspair than that in which Adam
turned from the tree of life, turning away
from the caucus and the ballot box, low
ing his life more than his right to vote
even with the republican party, until he
has almost forgotten that there ever was
proclamation of emancipation or constitu.
tlOnal amendments, that at once made him
a cltlzen aud voter. Are we not justified
IN our talth that every genuine civil ser
vice or temperance retOrmer, every lover
of personal liberty in its noblest significa-
ton, every defender OF a free ballot for
the most detepceless citizen of the repub.
lie, silently, but most heartily sympathiZes
with us todaY as with more than priestlv
unctlon wepray, "iOOd Lord, deliver lis. -"
and as with angelic fervor we sing:
Believing we rel ,ice,
To see the curse rem we'd"
But our forced retirement by the acci
dental loss OF few hundred votes in the
Empire State,' while it has been the
nations loss, has been our gain. In the
cool and quiet OF our retirement we have
reviewed the principles and achievement
of the old party, we have listened to its
promises and its prophecies, until with a
zeal, a courage ana certainty of nope we
come forth once again as strong
man to run a race with becoming mod
eSty we are to remember that numerically
trmOut Is small III territory, in pOpula-
ton, IN voting power in the national con
ventlon and the electoral college, hut in
moving the heart aud stirring the con
science OF this great nation no republican
state has been mightier Ont of her re
puplcan homes, her schools, her c lleges.
her churches, have gone a race of noble
sons and daughters carrying the seeds OF
ne" republican states aud Territories
Never, TIL they forget the graves of their
fathers, can they cease TO remember the
State of their birth, or to revere her insti-
tutionS, her advanced repubhcaui,m ana
her devotion 20 pelS iull liberty, immJy-
able rs her own Green mountains. 70.
day they are silently listening to catch the
llr"t ana ruling sentiment of our couvru-
ton, lis htrb!n-rr ol certain victory "He-
ho.d nov. good dud how pleasant il i, for
'pOIticat brethren to dwell together in
uuiiN. IN the spirit of this perfect hHr-
/ M ny Jet IL. MI on" delegation with meu
uuple''ged for or a-jju-t any candidate
"nom the p1'rioi'sm and wisdom of the
national convention may name. and who.
Siief their work with like harmony aad
. Ipl"EtY to the republican party has been
. We! done, VIII return tOUs tu,i o. iigltaud
/ lalih ana victory. IWenty-eigut yea1s ago
our fathers assembled in such Il co-von-
tol as TINS. Many OF Us were tacn n,rr
strlpllnGH IN the tents of the purity Ihen
our fathers hoped and believed that
the republic a cautain Of the Iost nf fr.a
roii tba hnI uitSn! af ne IounIi' roush heWn by
l,l,. lue "dn,' Oh ftoViiehce, covered with the
aorrest T 'ori ant lne smoke ot NE
ttai, irtr Nv Mou.' ~ lHeLl %
tLelr ilrSt national victory ihen As now
their faith IN the virtue, The patriotism,
ana the conscience of the common DeoDis
was surpassed only by their faith in the
| God OF the rpDuu il 1unred man VIZ.
Thar ,ro,,',hI rt@I IA execution
6mr S,,,, w,oi' je,ter tndn they kneW
! oUC own ueleStllOu was among the first to
| pldnl tue banner OF Y NCrmJnt republicans
at the feet OF that great commOner of inc
American p.ople-A braham Iiucoln-whn
pave his Iist rara ana i't jli IL ~
s,,oVarnnnnt ~ ,'iiu i"SI "ioo't thaU lie
aT7 fIr t VI tne peoPle, ny lhe people
gnu aa.l'tl loT the peopiV' might not perish
Ll lioIn we tnG tdrth. a. uid our fathers so We
thP N.Y. %uG nu nnn WieNe nn1 tPaI somewhere among
the ne oo'o1oooo OF our free people
onete may De FOUND second
U"p'9am rrnIi vi the cohor's or re
pupucah'' aIreauY anolnteu by the
Salile s; uhttrihS hhhd, TO lead us second
thnotI ti,'e ~ s su'e dut CerldIh victory against
" ~ ot't iVe' "Salh py accident IN the citadel
VI oaJ tne natlou-a second Abraham Lincoln
l,'Si, hoten VIII! gtalelul people VIII again
that republic which % years ago we res
cUed from democracy slavery and rp.
beillOu.
ORGANIZATION COMPLETED
The organization was completed as fol
lows:
Secrctarv-Col n : ror,o,,,s. ,u,
Assistant Secrnt,T,. II II W- W ,''i -il""bs.
! r. uisnn Of county '
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