VERMONT. 



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nrer. The electors at large chosen were Har- 

 mon Canfield, of Arlington, and Elisha P. 

 Jewett, of Montpelier. The following resolu- 

 tions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the mission of the Republican party 

 is not ended, that its continued existence is alike 

 demanded by love of country, love of humanity, and 

 the safety ot the noblest form of government upon 

 the earth. 



Resolved, That the enemies of constitutional lib- 

 erty, in their efforts to restore to power the Bourbon 

 elements of despotism and oppression so signally 

 routed and overthrown under the effortte of our brave 

 soldiers, led on by generals unsurpassed in bravery 

 and gallantry in the world, only show their desire to 

 reinstate a policy at war with the true interests of 

 the nation, and subversive of the rights of man. 



Resolved, That we heartily indorse the platform 

 adopted by the National Republican Convention at 

 its late session in Philadelphia, and we believe that 

 the principles there announced, and to be carried 

 out by a Republican Administration, will advance 

 the moral and material interests of our whole coun- 

 try, during the next four years, more than those in- 

 terests have been advanced during any four years 

 of its history. 



Resolved, That with enthusiasm we indorse the 

 nominees of the Philadelphia Coavention, riz., 

 Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson. We believe 

 in their honesty, firmness, and success. We rely 

 upon the qualities that gave us Vicksburg, that 

 drove Lee into Richmond, that drove Lee out of 

 Richmond, and that shone in magnanimity at Appo- 

 mattox Court-House. We believe, too, in the con- 

 sistent friend of the freedman, and the laboring-man 

 everywhere, Henry Wilson, whose head and heart 

 have remained undisturbed by long continuance in 

 office. With these tried leaders in the front, we 

 guarantee to the Republican party of the country 

 that Vermont still continues tne " Star that never 

 sets," and that in November next we will show such 

 a vote for the Republican nominees as will silence 

 the guns of the opposition for four years to come. 



Resolved, That we believe in a State policy that 

 shall educate ev*ery child within its borders, train 

 the able-bodied for the defence of the State in time 

 of need, suppress crime, and punish every breach 

 of law, restrain vice, pay the State debt with the 

 least possible burden to the people, encourage min- 

 ing and manufactures, while we do not neglect the 

 interests of agriculture, and so manage the entire 

 interests of the Commonwealth as to keep our young 

 men within the borders of Vermont. 



Resolved, That the illegal traffic in intoxicating 

 drinks ia a prolific source of temptation, poverty, 

 taxation, and crime, causing needless ana heavy 

 burdens to fall on many innocent citizens. It is 

 therefore the duty of the State, in accordance with 

 its highest interests and its present settled policy, 

 to protect the people from the evil and the results 

 that follow such illegal sale. 



Resolved, That we fully and heartily indorse the 

 nominees of this convention, and we pledge our- 

 selves and those we represent to renewed labor in 

 the cause of Republican principles, that their elec- 

 tion may not only be assuredjbut that it may be a 

 foretaste of the utter defeat, in November next, of 

 Greeley principles and Cincinnati platforms, and 

 Democracy, present, past, or future, whether repre- 

 sented by men or platforms. 



This convention was followed by the con- 

 ventions of the Democratic and the Liberal 

 Republican parties, both of which were held 

 in Burlington on the 1st of August. The for- 

 mer was a delegate and the latter a mass 

 convention. The Democratic Convention was 

 composed of about three hundred delegates, 



including many of the leading Democrats of 

 the State. Prior to the assembling of the 

 convention, the Liberal Republicans had is- 

 sued an address denouncing the Administra- 

 tion of General Grant, and indorsing the nom- 

 ination of Greeley and Brown by the Cin- 

 cinnati Convention, and the platform there 

 adopted. The Democrats and the Liberal 

 Republicans having respectively assembled in 

 convention, a union was effected between the 

 two parties,. who united upon the following 

 ticket: For Governor, A. B. Gardiner, of 

 Bennington ; Lieutenant-Governor, W. II. II. 

 Bingbam, of Stowe ; Treasurer, Ilenry Chase, 

 of Lyndon ; Presidential electors, W. T. Hor- 

 robin, of Bennington; Jasper Rand, of St. 

 Albans ; Thomas E. Powers, of Woodstock ; 

 Samuel Bishop, of Bolton ; Jedediah P. Ladd, 

 of Alburg. Of the eight persons constituting 

 this ticket, three were Republicans and five 

 Democrats. 



The election for State officers was held on 

 the 3d of September, and resulted in the suc- 

 cess of the Republican ticket. The total vote 

 for Governor was 58,559, of which Julius Con- 

 verse received 41,946, and Mr. Gardiner 16,- 

 613; majority for Mr. Converse, 25,333. At 

 the election in November, 52,408 votes were 

 cast for President, of which 41,481 were for 

 Grant, 10,927 for Greeley, and 553 for Charles 

 O'Conor. 



The State Legislature was composed as fol- 

 lows : 



The present State government of Vermont 

 is composed wholly of Republicans, as fol- 

 lows: Governor, Julius Converse ; Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Russell S. Taft ; Secretary of State, 

 George Nichols; Treasurer, John A. Page; 

 Auditor, Whitman G. Ferrin; Railroad Com- 

 missioner, Myron C. Bailey; Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives, Franklin Fairbanks ; 

 Judges of the Supreme Court, J. Pierrepont, 

 J. Barret, A. Peck, H. H. Wheeler, H. E. 

 Boyce, T. P. Redfield, and J. Ross. 



The Legislature, which meets biennially, 

 convened on the 2d of October, and after a 

 session of fifty-seven days, the longest session 

 by one day that has ever been held in the 

 State, adjourned on the 27th of November. 

 Many public and private acts were passed, but 

 the legislation was not of sufficient general in- 

 terest to require extended notice. 



According to the report of the State Treas- 

 urer, the total amount of the funded debt out- 

 standing August 1, 1872, after deducting the 

 loan of $135,500 due June 1, 1890, which is 

 held by the State, was $380,000. This amount 

 matures as follows : December 1, 1874, $109,- 

 000; December 1.1876, $186,500; December 

 1, 1878, $84,000. Balance in tho Treasury 



