Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1861-07-05

liar fitness for the Gubernatorial chair But
tain democrats took part in the convention,
the editor Of the Courier is terribly afraid
that some Of his happy family "have go, into
bed with the Republicans and thereupon
volunteers the significant advice to the Re-
publcans that they better "look ont for rats
hungry rais--in their corn crib I" But Of
the Convention itself VIC let the Courier man
flourish his own "Cab,," merely promising
that he is evidently very sorry that democrat
was not fut upon the ticket,
From the l,ui.nud Courier
The Republican State Committee called a State Com
vcntou TO hc holden Montpelier ON the 2Gh OF June
us and invited "all The world and the rest Of man
kind to participate To- is deliberations and nominations
We orcshadowed 10 the Democracy that the invitation
similar 10 Tint extended by the spider Nv the y and
we can now announce that We were not .rbc
Convention assembled at the tine and place dcsignatcd
when aud where some few OF the Democracy we lind,
responded Zoo e initiation, and like the poor innocent
rs. Wttu eaten zap 10y the vpfacnus spiders who invited
them THE proceedings OF the Convention and the eau
cuscs Of the preceding evening were marked D, every
thing but harmnuy Democrats were assigned place
ON the nominating committee uu in number $50 few aud
far between as 90 be insulting aud humiiatiug. The
state uokct as we expected composed ourol, Of Re-
pulcihs ana 90 order io conciNe the Democracy by
sugar cunted pill the Chicago platform NOV useless
e.neern) was rcgudi'ied and thrown overheard
The Chicago Platform was just The thing 70 elect Re.
publican President, bpt since three Territories have been
organized on the douglas Platform by a Republican
Congress, Congressional prohibition or Slavery 10 the
Territory j. nuiiy, aud the Republicans wen adrd
Go lci ihr Chicigo Platform slide, provided they
cufo tr 'D1res and fshes by standing national
and Conservative one some of ne Democracy, we APP
prrhcnd, sud out. and The Chirago Platform has
rarcd u However Democrats have got 90 Do che fst-
hf WhIc iht Republicans bold ihc Offices There Is
good time coming. boys SOB hold to ihc Union aud
hr Con-ulnuon until ihc war IS over aud The Democrat
ship comes in irnn her voyage nap Salt River where
Buck, Brock. and Lincoln commissioned her one wear
ago.
The Bellows Falls A,gm is even less salts
fed if possible, than either the Patriot or
Courier, and seeing nothing to be gained po-
liIically to the democracy by supporting the
ticket, Of course issues his mqndatc to all
Democrats to refrain from joining the re-
publican party He evidently does not sec
through the same glasses as the editor of tho
Courier for one thinks the Republicans still
adhere to the Chicago platform, while the
other thinks it thrown overheard We can
assure them both that the Republican party
of lhs State still stands squarcly on that
platform, and that they win not aba,e a single
| plank rom it, so long as treason and rebel
. lion seek the overthrow of the government.
ostensably for the reason that the principles
of that platform have been sanctioned by the
people of the Union in the election of Abra-
ham Lincoln as the chief executive of the ma
ton, nor until the right Of the people to elect
President in a constitutional way. and on
any platform they may see ft 70 adopt, shall