Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-06-10

officers of the General ,vernment in this
State are flso to the administration who
made the same charge not long since, at
Washington, and, with his associates in de-
traction, was, by the nugatory result OF the
assault. voted a mischief maker and liar
fellow who IN all the public counc Is Of
the party, is heard decrying tho error and
ohstinacy of the great majority in venturing
to disagree with himself; n fellow whose
editorial and personal discourse. touching
party matters, is a mixed. or alternating
strain Of whining, scolding. carping and ly-
ing !"
The Bradford Telegraph, edited by the
whilom assistant editor of the Sentinel, has
shown Enthusiastically its affiliation with the
Argus, though it has kept up a grooming in
n sort ofpumpkin-vine-trum tone on the
importance of peace and harmony to the
salvation and efficiency of the party. and cs-
pccially on the duty of good democrats to
support Mr.. Buchanan's administration in
every particular. he being the greatest states
man and sound cst patriot of the age, and
what is more. the official head ofthe Democ-
racy. 1t is, however, greatly moved by the
the spirit displayed by the Patriot in its last
issue, which it considers "if possible more
vcnomous than ever" and says "if the Pat
riot is to be considered as the organ OF any
considerable portion of tho democracy, it
certainly indicates anything but harmony
and union in the convention" 1t feels sure
however that "the democracy when assem-
blcd in Convention, will demand that this
personal warfare shall cease, and that the
party shall present an undivided front to the
enemy, in the coming contest"
The last remark leads very naturally to
the inquiry what tho looming contest" in
the Convention is to be about. Why"
some will say, lit will be about who shall
be nominated for Governor, who for Lieut..
Governor, and who for Treasurer. Not a
bit Of 1t. The Democracy in this State"
that is those who have any real voice in di-
recting its dongs, do not care straw who
Is to be nominated for either of those Offices
Whoever are nominated, they well know
will not come so near being elected AS
The Equator is to tho North Pole. The
troops of Office holders and Office seekers in
the Convention next week will have no such
shadowy game in view for themselves or their
reliable friends as nominations to the State
Offices.
A remark Of the Telegraph itself tells the
story;
"By far the most difficult business before the
Convention, will be the selection of delegates to
the Charleston Convention in 1860"
Spoken like an oracle, Mr.. Telegraph.
You have hit the nail on the head exactly.
Nothing can come of the Democratic State
nominations but defeat. 1t is possible, though
not probable that the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention, by means of like appliances
as availed to elect MIR. Buchanan, may be
elected to the Presidency and if he should
be, whoever shall have had chance to vote
for him in the Charleston Convention will
be in line to secure the dispensation of the
federal Offices in this State to themselves and
their associates, As for any hearty essen
tial difference of principle between the two
contendng parties, we do not believe there
is any. There is show of Douglas and
anti-Douglas proclivitcs in their talk, just
now but John Randolph 's"seren prnopies,
fire loaues and teo fishes" which he said
politicians believed in, we suppose to b. the
only ones really adhered to, on both sides. They
may differ in opinion as to which man, if
nominated, will be most likely to carry the
vote Of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana,
but grant his success, and little do they care
who the man may be, provided only that
their names may be found in the list of those
who nominated him. An Electoral vote for
him is no more to be looked for from Yer
mont than that the Moon shall fall.