Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-08-05
THE REPUBLICANS RALLY
The First Important Demonstration in
Southern Vermont.
a strong Presentation OF Republican
Principles by Gen. WOOdfOrd.

A strong Presentation of Republican
Principles by Gen. WOOdfOrd.
The second grand Republican rally in
the state, and the first in southern Yer
mont was held at the town hall Wednesday
night. This rally was one in a series to be
held all over the state during this month,
to encourage the people to give %, 900 ma
jority for Fuller and Stranahan the first
week in September, and to set the pace for
the country at large in the November cleo
tions. Several hundred people were pres
ent to listen to the address by Gen. Stewart
L. Woodford of New York. This address
was a strong, clean presentation of Repub-
lican principles, without detraction of any
man.
Patriotic music was furnished by the
First Regiment band. Hon. j. L. Martin,
the newly-chosen president of the Republic
can club introduced A. j. Markham AS a
Campaign singer equal to any in the coun-
try" and who Sin previous years had made
many Republican hearts glad The refer
ences in Mr.. Maxham's song to "Protec-
ton, sound money and right" and the
refrain,
IF you favor free trade,
Think what Salisbury said,
It's noble, but not business like,
touched the popular chord, and in re-
Spouse to the applause Mr.. Markham sang
campaign song eXhorting support for
Fuller and Stranahan, and saying of Yer
mont
Her motto is freedom for all.
Her policy grand and sublime"
In prefacing his introduction of the
speaker of the evening Mr.. Martin said
that we entered upon the state campaign
under especially favorable circumstances,
having one of our most esteemed citizens
for the nominee for governor, and that we
should be guilty of want of local pride if
we failed in the least in our endeavors.
We had here in BrattlebOro a community
that would yield to none in culture, in in
telligence, and good morals. We had di-
versity of manufacturing interests made
possible by protection. Gen. WOodford
was then introduced, and was warmly
greeted.
His speech was comprised in three essen
tial parts, discussing honest elections,
sound money and the tariff. The speaker
opened with an eloquent allusion. to the
fact that that day marked the 400th ami
versary of the great day in the worlds
history when Columbus sailed from PalOs
on that voyage of discovery whose visible
result was the unwilling of these western
continents, but whose moral results upon
ha -hainr Of ha will ct lnDn
as time shall continue. Next October will
see the anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus celebrated in New
York harbor with all the pomp of naval
display. Next year, in the imperial city
of Chicago, the peoples of all the civilized
world will gather to commemorate what
Columbus did, and to see for themselves
what tremendous results have been at
tanned on this continent. But in all the
display of art, invention and material re-
sources, there will be no monument or
event that will equal the scene, when, next
November, 100000 negro freemen shall
come to the ballot boxes to cast their votes.
The spirit of freedom and democracy is
broad in the world as never before, and
this is the direct result of America S intiu-
ence upon the nations of the earth. We
bring to the discharge of our political du-
ties and obligations tremendous response
bility.
Where ballot-boxes are stuffed and pill
LACED, and votes are falsely counted, there
is no popular government; it is a govern
ment of fraud and deception. | am moi
going to Mississippi, or to South Carolina
or to the far Gulf to find the moral which
shall illustrate my tale let today Soutf
Carolina take care of herself, but here a
the North, right by our DOORS the Demo
cratic party is miscounting the votes anC
is substituting fraud for the will of thu
people, and l ask you men of Vermont t
help us men of New York to crush thi
government by fraud, by force and by vic
lence. | am not pleading for Mississippi
but come to you to plead for New York
your neighbor, right over the border.
ask, if there israny conscientious and God
fearing Democrat, and l know there ar
many such in every community, ask yo
to think with me tonight over the assault
that your party has made within the las
two years upon the principles of homes
elections.
You say that New Jersey is Democratic
they have had a Democratic governor an
a Democratic legislature in New Jerse
for the last four year. There are nearl
40 men being put into prison for stuftin
ballot-boXes in Hudson county, New Jel
sey, and increasing the natural Democrat
majority in that county to such an exteI
that New Jersey is Democratic today sin
ply and alone because of the frauds tina
Democrats have committed on the ballo
boxes in Hudson county. This is 81
Ought you not today to forget your part!
at least for one election, and unite with l
for crushing out such fraud and sue
wrong?
In Michigan, in the autumn of 1890, III
der the misconception with regard to Il
Mckinley bill, Republican Michigan wei
Democratic. You know, my constellation
Democratic brother, what use your legsli
ture made of that victory, and you kno
Also and for this l suppose you are graf
full, in conscience and in fact, that the s.
preme court of that state within the la
fortnight has disapprOvedOf the act whiC
your political associates did, and all Il
fraud has virtually gone for naught.
Wisconsin, at the same time and und
like conditions, the Democracy obtain'
the control of the Senate.
You see, my Democratic brother, a
not introducing the negro scarecrow t
night; | am talking of nothing south
Mason and DiXon's line; l am talking
the states which you and l know. Nc
York can only elect Democratic senat
+b;s ,,,intar as tho rasult Of the DpmOcrai