Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-10-26
FREEMEN OF vERoT Mn:


days from this day., between the hours
Of one O'Clock in the afternoon and the hour
of sun-settinS, you are to cast your votes Tor
five Electors of President and Vice President
Of the United States.
On the same day, in each other State, also,
will be chosen Electors of President and Vice
President, as many as the joint number Of
Representatives and Senators IN Congress
which it is entitled TO.
On the 4th day Of December next, in the
several States, the Electors SO cho-
sen are to meet in their several States,
and cast their ballots for President and for
Vice President. 4 list OF their ballots. signed,
certified and sealed up. will he transmitted to
the seat of Government, AMI the sealed pack
ages will be opened By the President of the
Senate, il the presence Of the Senate and
House of Representatives, and the votes then
and there counted. Whoever shall be found
to have received a majority Of the votes Tor
President. will be President for four years
from the 4th of March next, if alive; and 50
Of the Vice President.
The Republicans Of Vermont have nom
mated for their Electors
WILLIAM HExRY, of Bellows Falls.
II G. Roor, of Bennington.
JOSEPH WARNER, Of Middlehury.
Z. A. CAHooN, Of Lyndon.
d. ". c. CLARKE, Of Burlington.
If elected they are to give their ballots
for ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Of Illinois, for
President, and for HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
of Maine, for Vice President
The Douglas Democrats of Vermont have
nominated five men for Electors, who, If elect
ed. are to cast their votes for Stephen a.
Douglas, OF Illinois, for President, and II.
V. johnson, of Georgia, for Vice President
The Breckenridge Democrats have nomlna-
ted five men for Electors, who if elected, are
to cast their votes for J. c. Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky. for President, and Joseph Lane,
Of Oregon, for Vice President.
There is yet another Electoral ticket pro.
posed by Union men, so called, whose candi-
dates, if elected, are to cast their votes for
John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Ever
cit, Of Massachusetts,.
In two or three States there are efforts to
carry an Electoral Ticket, made up of vari-
GUS proportions of men who are to vote,
some for Douglas and johnson, some for
Breckenridge and Lane, some for Bell and
Everett, with the avowed object to defeat
an election Of LINCOLN for President by
the People, and to throw the election into
the House of Representatiyes.-theTe to la
decided by such agencies Of corruption, in
timidation and other influences as the ad-
herents of the last named parties can bring
70 bear on the members of that body.
We do not ask the Freemen Of Vermont
which of these tickets a majority of them
are going to vote for. All know that the
REPUBLICAN ELEC1oRA Al ticket will have not
only an overwhelming majority, but far
greater majority, in proportion TO the total
vote Of the State, than will no cast for the
corresponding ticket in any State in the
Union. But We do ask you, Rsno large shall
that majority be
There are two reasons why 1t ought 70 be
larger-muoh larger-than any majority ever
given for any candidates Of any party il this
State since Monroe day First, the question at
issue between the Republicans and their op-
ponents is the most momentous one everyotod
on in our country. 1t reaches to the deepest
foundation stones of the National Govern
uent, concerning not only this gen
Grafton, but all the generations to come.
The heart of nc true Vermonter can be in
different on this issue. If true to the spirit
Of the institutions OF his State,-if he honors
the memory of hi, fathers, if he believes in
the natural rights of man, if he abhors that
despotism which can not endure the light Of
free discussion, which Gorbids him even to
travel within its borders, except at peri. of
bi. lie if he does not openly avow himself
it's supporter If bis soul repels the demand
of. despotic oligarcby that it shall be al
lowed to control every department of the
Government, to fill every Office from the
highest to the lowest, to use it's army and
navy, and to manage all its financial. opera
tons IN a way to enlarge the powers of this
oligarchy and to rivet its yoke OF iron more
firmly on the necks of the people,-his heart
must warm to the cause of the Republicans,
and his hand must give its vote for the true
hearted men whom they have put in nomin-
alton for their chief leaders.
But there is another reason why every Re-
publican voter in Vermont should be brought
to the polls. The Shareholders oligarchy
boldly threatens that LINCOLN, even if
elected. shall never be inaugurated, that they
will prevent it by open violence if not other.
wise. On that point We say that if a revo-
luton is to be tried because Republican
President is elected in the constitutional
mode, we care not how soon it may begin
the sooner the better. We have no fears
on that head, however. Nevertheless howl
as Kept up that even if Lincoln gets ma
Jority OF the Electoral votes, he will not have
a majority of the popular vote, and there
fore rebellion will be justifable to proven,
his Inauguration. 1t has often happened
that majority of the votes Of the Electors
has not been accompanied with a majority o