Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-06-14
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BRATTtEBoRo, VIZ.
SATURDAY, JUNE IA. 1885.
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

that territory which comprises five Of the
most 1ourishing Siatesin this Union. com
pact was then consumnated which, Fortunate
ly, was carried into final execution long before
the present dominant politcians--we cannot
say statesmen-cnme into power. The main
tenance of the Ordinance Of 1857 intact, has
been the chief instrument in the maicrial
progress of the States on the north bank of
the Ohio. The Convention now about TO as
semble desire to extend the same blessings to
other Territories which will soon come for
ward aud claim admission into the Union.
Tho Republican Convention will be com
posed of three delegates for every member Of
either branch of Congress, from such States
us choose to be represented. No constituent
cy in the thirty States need be then I'M
represented except 10y their own voluntary
choice. But, ms there will probably be no
delegates from the Southern portion of the
Union, the convention will not, in point of
numbers, exceed that recently held at Cincin-
natl. The character of those composing these
two conventions differ widely from each other.
IN that about to assemble there will be an alb
sence of ofiice-holdcrs, and an absence of men
who are looking to the personal elevation of
some mere partizan favorte, for the selfish
purpose of thereby promoting their own adj
yancement. 10 il we shall look and not in
vain, for an abnegation of all selfish consider
atoms, iustcr appreciation of the principles
which undorlic the fabric of a free govern
ment, and truer and more comprehensive
patriotism, than has been frequently manifest
ed in similar bodies. Principles are at stake;
an all that Is wanted Of men is simply TO
cary those principles into practical effect
The personal aud political character of those
selected TO participate in its councils will not
suffer in comparison with that of any body of
OF freedom, and how those claims can best he
met.
The convention will assemble il no section
al spirit. 1t will entertain no proposition af-
fecting uniavorahly the constitutional rights
of any section of the country. But, bcliev-
ing, as its members do, that the organic act
which binds together the members Of this con.
federacy was established to promote "Union
aud Liberty" rather than Union and Slavery,
il will take such action as IN their judgment
shall seem best adopted to further this car
dinal aud beneficeni design Of the fathers of
our republic. II will eudeavor to select such
u standard bearer as shall seem best calculat-
ed to lead The friends of freedom aud free in
situations against the phalanx Of slavery, rs
represented by the present wicked and corrup,
pro-slayery administration, and by the Gin
cinnati nominees.
sold things have passed away, and all
things have become new" is as true of the
present condition of national politics and pres
ideniial issues, as il was Of the subject matter
to which it was at first applied. A political
revolution is upon Us; its results are rapidly
eliminating, and a new order Of things is
about TO arise. Old political combinations
are dead, and new ones are rapidly forming
Landmarks which, heretofore, have served
to mark the boundaries of parties have been
swept away as with a tornado, and other
metes and bounds have been instituted. Cues
tons of currency, finance, and other consider
atoms relating TO mere material wealth, have
given place TO issues between principle and
selfishness, between Freedom aud Slavery
These issues canno; be lightly passed over or
set aside. They are vital in their nature, and
eternal in their consequences. Upon lheirso-
luton hangs the perpetuity of our government,
and the hopes of the friends of free inslitu-
tons everywhere.
In this important crisis we want no candi-
date so trammeled by the old and effete poll
tics Of the past as to be encountered in the APP
preaching contest. We want new man,
one fresh from the people, and obnoxious to
none of the elements from which the great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. party of the North is
formed. We want a man who believes that
this government was established to promote
freedom and justice, and who believes that
Freedom should be national and Slavery Sec
tional. We want man who rcveres solemn
compacts and regards vested rights; in short
man who, If elected, will administer the
government in the spirit in which it was
founded, doing equal and exact justice to ev-
cry section of this great coniederacy. At the
same time we want man thoroughly imbued
with the progressive spirit of the age and the
present necessities Of our people, so far as to
give practical direction and efficiency to those
forces which contribute to the development of
our national wealth, growth, and unity.
Such man, we believe, is JOHN C. FRE-
MONT. Born in the humble walks Of life, and
reared in the school of self-relance, be has
carved a reputation which has conferred last
ing honor on his country, aud made his name
honored in both hemispheres. Unobjection-
able to those who have acted hitherto with
either the Wing, Democratic, or American
parties, on the score Of old political afiiuities,
he has vindicated his claim to the regard of
anti-slavery extension men by bis unfaltering
devotion to the freedom of California, and his
present sympathy with the Free State men of
Kansas. His life, rich as il is in romantic adj