Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-10

fayor.l But lost the Office, which was sign
of the favor.
know the scheme of those who contrived the |
deed, and the hard work they had in bringing |
some of its subsequent champions to the stick
inc point. 1t was plot for political power,
hatched by politicians unknown to the people,
and intended to make Presidents, by Welding
the slave states into unit upon the Slavery
question, governing the nomination by the two
thirds rule, and procuring from the free states,
by dint of federal patronage, the twenty-nine
votes which were necessary to carry the cleo
ton. This was the plot, and hard was the
work to get it along The bill was reported
without the repeating section the fault OF the
omission was laid upon copying clerk, altho
the report which accompanied the bill declared
the omission, and stated the reason Tor lt--and
although one of the party declares he forced
the author to put it in. Then hard work to
pass it--menacing the aspiring, coaxng the
weak, seducing the venal,
Indemnity in public Offices was openly prom
ised to those who would betray their constitu-
ents--a promise which has been faithfully kept;
and tho only one of all it made, which has been
kept by the Administration Witness the vio-
lated pledges about the Pacific Railroad, the
reduction of duties and long list Of Others
Finally the deed was done-thc deed from which
Mr.. Calhoun recoiled but the harvest has not
been Teaped. The President and his fle-leader
took the field for the reward; they both enter.
ed the lists of tho Cincinnati Convention, and
were both miserably defeatcd--repudiated by
their own party-the first instance of Presi-
dent so repudiated in the history Of our coun-
try.
CINCINNATI CONVENTION AND ITS CoHoRT OF Po-
LlTlCAL EUNUCKS.
/ went to Cincinnati to be near that convcn-
tion-the first one ever approached. [ went
to see how things were done, and to assist lit
tie at a safe nomination. | found garrison OF
oifice-holders inside, of the convention, and a
boseging army of the same gentry on the out
side of it, Packed delegates were there, sent
to betray the people Straw delegates were,
there, coming from the states which could give
10 democratic vote. Members of Congress
were there, although forbid by their duties
from being ut such place. A cohort Of Office
holders were there, political eunuchs in the fed
eral system, incapable of voting fer the small
est federal Office, yet sent there by the admins
tration to impose President upon the PEG.
pie.
1t was u scandalous collection, excluded by
the Constitution from being even electors of
the President, and yet sent hore to vote for add
mlnistration-and to vote upon the principle of
the OK that knoweth his masters crib--upon the
principle Of the ass that knoweth the hand that
ieedcth him. Bullies were there from the
Custom House and the five Points in New York
all with the appreciation of the administra-
tlon Tor the Office holders wouldn't be there Tab
sent from their duties, and drawing their pay,)
without the consent of their employers 1t
was scandalous collection. The members of
congress were in the double breach of their du-
ties They were neglected their legislative du-
ties' and doing what they had been interdicted
from doing.
thirty years ago, the nomination Of presi-
pential candidates was taken from Congress on
account of the corruption which it engonder
ed, and given to delegates, intended to be fresh
from the people and to obey their will and the
nomination removed from Washington to Bal
timore to get out Of reach of president-nnkng
members, But these members followed to
Baltimore, getting proxies from some delegate
when they could get no appointment from the
people; and to get rid Of them, to got entirely
beyond their reach-tho Convention itself was
removed from Baltimore to Cincinnati
vain effort to escape them. They followed
on to Cincinnati. They broke up Congress- to
get to this forbidden place. Surely the now
President will be very hard hearted if he does
tribution of Office. From Washington city
came a new corps, never before put upon such
service the ofhceholders in the tity--clerhs in
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of burcaus-inon who
have no vote in any federal election--political
hybrlds unable to act a mans part in any cleo
ton, but sent to Cincinnati as IL life guard to
support the administration
Such was the composition Of nearly one-half
OF the whole convention custom house officers,
postmasters, salaricd clerks, packed delegates,
straw delegates, political Gun lchs. members OF
congress, district attorney federal mar6.als.
The place in which they met, in which had
been provided by packed administration com
mittee, was worthy OF the meeting 1t was a
sort of den approached by long narrow pas
sage, FABRICATED by three doors, each door guar.
ded by armed DULLES, with orders to knock
down any person that approached without Il
ticket from tho committeeman special ord
to be prepared with arms to repulse the Mis-
souri, delegation which came to vote for Buchan
an-a rcpulse which they attempted, and go
themselves knocked down aud lramplcd UNI
der foot.
THE DEN IN WHICH 1T WAS HELD.
This den had no windows by which pcopl,
could look in, or see, or the light Of the sur
enter-onlya row of glass like II steamboat SKY
light, thrty-fve feet above the floor 1t wa
the nearest representation Of the " black hoe >
III Calcutta, and like that hole had well nigt
become notorious for a similar catastrophe Th
little panes of glass above were hung on piyots
and turned fiat to- let in air rain came on
drove into the den and to cxcladoit, the panc
were Snrned up. Smothering! smothering
was the cry in the den ; and the glass had 10 b.
turned up again. over this place was Il small
I'm fhn l.,,,, ..ra
proach FABRICATED and entrance only obtaine,
upon tickets from the sImo packed COMMITTEES
and to whom they gave tickets Was seen wheI
the trst votes were given for Buchanan AM
when each state that voted for him was hisset
,-even Virginia; and the Kissing only stoppe,
by threat to clear the galleries. Such is tn
pass to which the nomination of President i
now brought.
HOW BUCHANAN WAS NOMINATED.
But this is view Of only one side of the con
vcntion-the administration side of it, Their
was another side-n ma jority on the contein
piauon OF which it was pleasant to dwell sun
stantial men, real delegates fresh from tn
people, and anxious to do their will, and til
best for the country. They were the majority
but paralysed by the two-thrds rule. and cheat
cd and out-manieuyled in the preliminary step
on which the result may often be made to de
pend, by the intriguers who had cverythin
cut and dry for the occasion-comn,ittee
packed, officers fixed, rules prepared, platform
drawn up. 1t was not until it came to til
dead vote that they stood for anything the
they gave their votes for Buchanan but tn
minority held a vote upon that nomination il
the Modification two thirds rule, which wa
invented to enable the minority to govern tn
majority and that game, so successful
played before, was intended to be played again.
From the first, Buchanan had the maiorit
on each ballot fonrtcen tisscs suoeose;,oI,,' A,