Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-17

a perfect liberty 70 vote he thinks proper Cheers
nom the crowd fyour poor holders who, Of course,
supposed You meant thcm-not dreaming that you
coga have SO r forgotten yourself as to inform the
creisn citUens that eB were still At liberty "vote
mey 'Roughi proper Having broken up the Conyen-
ueh-to prevent the nomination Of Douglas and the
adoption q the Cincinnati patorm-you then nom the
window of e White House, take survey Of the Balti
more aud Rchmnnd candidates and platforms and cool
y tell the Democracy thatit Is "immateria" which way
they go.
The "sust,ining pillar" the "two.thirds rule" was
you say "bukcn o. pieces at baltimore hy the Convcn
ton which nominated Mr. Douglas " No it was en-
ngrcduy the unsccmly dication and trcacherous com
mnauous Of the "old public mnctonary." who obtained
position in that Convention four years before by The
loyal maguanmiiy NJ that Mr Douglas. You take care,
I" sfi nothing u the part YOU played In that
uanHacuum Canning is the last faculty that leaves the
dsoincfc mind. The minority that you marshalled did
not 1chNc that they could defeat the nomination Of Me-
Douglas 10y remaining in the Convention or they certain
" would nave stayed IL was we'll known To the mnori
" chiefs that Douglas would have received the yu-thrds
oi thc ehure convention a Charleston, had there been
no secession. But the non-nterycnon party unwilling
20 take nomination except hy thirds vote Of all
the states, adjourned the Convention to Balumore--
railing in your plot 10 make nomination upon compu
SION AZ Nnarcston' you redouned your efforts at Bald
moro to ccct it destroy the party. Your efforts may
result in Che election Of Lincoln, but IN any you
VIII receive the condemnation Of the democracy Of the
civilized world for all time. Influenced by Your leading
dea OF The subserviency of the Peoples Convention TO
Congressional and executive dtctatiou YOU unwitungiy
state that your plans had been successful nomiua
Ton cuuld have been possible against the will OF whom
the pcopei Not at all-against the will Of "Con-
Did regeiful silence and modest now indicate
100 you some sense of The of your administrative
coursc-a feeling for past relations, and that consd-
Grafton for old which is its due, in innocence help
essncss, would have claimed thought from But your
insane ntcuneddng and arrogant dictation from the
position you occupy, with the PATRONAGE you WELD, make
incumbent upon every patriot who knows you, 20
pose your inhmities that your deceptive words may
have uo undue weight falling from the lips OF the Prc-i
dent of the United States. Auut repeated declaration
in London that You old for the Presidency,
but too true Had / then known your real age and
some ui VI character revealed by the tombstone OF
p1"ct should have avoided my share in the of
your elevation. Your present shattered condition Of
mind has however, uuduuhuy been prccipiatcd 10y the
accession OF responsibility which your sicw involved
only the exercise Of villu and douuecrng authority.
Ipughmess VI heart would have saved you even amid
tnc shadows Of declining intellect; but your moral
ohhquy deprived YOU NJ every stay which the yruous
mind possesses against mental weakness In old age the
vices and dosyucracies Of youth It is said often resume
their sway, over ng years of interested repression.
Your prophetic quotation against yourself SIX years
has been realized but too sadly FOR your cuuntrymcn
would its flllimeut had found YOU in the oblivion of
Wheatlauds instead Of in the chair Of Jefferson
"iu lifcs last stage, what prodHes arise
Fears of the brave and filics " the wise
Down Mahboros checks the tears NJ dotag flow,
And Swift expires, drivelcr and show"
GEORGE \. SANDERS