The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-11

| tive, and representative ol the hatio"ai 1e"
ment have stood in the high places or the
land, in senat ties AID in forums, with the greas
and honored of the land-the Cays, the Web:
sters. the Bentons. and the Calhouns-and
feel that stand on higher ground to day, as a
free American citizen indicating the integrity
of our Government against traitors and their
rebellion, than ever before. Tremendous cheer
ing, breaking forth into loud hurrahs. Funky
politicians and bastard Democrats fear am 60
ing to my political funeral. Well. shall have,
from present appearances, pretty handsome
procession, and don't want them for mourners.
Great laughter and cheering, and cries OF
80 Good "
You know perfectly we'll what have been my
political antecedents 1t Is not material lor the
purposes of this question. hold this question
to have nothing to do with political affairs one
way or another. And know of no man-no
Abolitionist so ultra, nor Republican so hostile,
no American so bigoted, nor no Democrat SO
detestably talthless, but will 60 with him to
perform this great work, if he will 60 in good
faith, as | would 60 to perform any other work
involving the existence of my country. lay
aside my politics ; ask you to lay aside yours.
| shall not so to you politically ; do not ask
You to come to me, and any one who will at
tempt to manufacture politics out Of this mat
ter, or drag political parties into it, is no patr-
otis q schemer, and little better than those
who assall the country with arms. AS to the
Administration, 1T was not the Administration
of my choosing. | care nothing for that. Where
it is right, mean to sustain it, where it strong
| mean to aid it where it is not strong, will
help it to be stronger. And it Is the duty of
every good citizen to stay up the hands Of the
Administration in order that 1t nay do its whole
nd it, ,,t rOr
was on fire, your public edihces and your beau
titul dwellings, were on fire or were threatened
with flames, and your fire department should
come out endeavoring to arrest the conAagra-
ton. One says the engineer is not qualified ; he
Is unfit and inefficient, the department incapa-
BILE, and he will let the village burp. Are YOU
mailman Why, for Heavens sake, let US
help them. Hand along the buckets take hold
there and work the engine raise the ladder and
mount to the roof anu try to arrest the destruc.
ton But no we hear that Mr.. Lincoln and
his Administration are not able to conduct the
Government successfully. For Heavens sake,
then, let US take right hold and help it-not
attempt to discourage 1t and put ir down. Ard
1t is my position that every friend of the Admin
istraion should help, and that every opponent
OF the Administration should help them two
fold-all should take hold and perform this
great work, not as Democrats, not as Republi.
cans, not as Americans, not as Abolitionists.
nor anything else, except as American citizens,
having destiny, country, a heritage that
concerns US all
But there is an attempt to engrafr political
parties upon this disturbance shame that it
should be so. Look around and see what Gov
eminent we have see what these upturned faces
display they tell that it is land of refine
ment, Of industry, independence, and of relig
ion. Look upon those happy homes, those cul-
tivated fields, upon those sunny slopes look
upon this silver lake, and these streams that
sweep along the valley like molten silver
" hence came these happy people; whence
came these institutions OF learning, and Of re-
llslon whence these spires which point up to
Heaven, telling OF the sentiments in which thew
were erected Why is it that every one is pro-
teced IN the rewards Of his own Industry? 1t
Is because OF good Government And when
we look out upon it and see it menaced shall we
not exclaim:
" Is this the land our fathers loved,
The freedom which they toiled to win,
IS TINS the soil on which they moved:
Ae these the graves they slumber in?
Are We the sons on whom borne
Inc NANTES which the dead have worn 20
HE PAYS HIS RESPECTS 10 THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE
DEAoCKAIlC STATE CONVENTION.
Let US look at their resout:o ns. The State
Committee few days since Illuminated a kind
OF decree to the faithful; what they call in Rus
STA ukase; what the Pope, suppose, would
call bull. Laughter. And this Committee
is great on prlncip pie, saying that while they
were IN favor of the war, and in favor of the
Onlon and were great big Union men. too. that
you must always carry wherever you 20. and
hold RI hal liz, .
OF peace. You might point bavonet at a reh- |
e. but you must put a proposition of peace on
the end OF 1t. And if you fired cartridge. Won
must AZ least wad your gun with propositon
OF peace, and so ram it down. That was tbo;r
great principle they must stand upon that nr;n-
clple, and they therefore could not meet the Re-
publlcans nor any other interest in general con-
Ventlon, nor lay aside all party, and so on. and
prosecute this war, unless it was at all times ac
cGoinpanled with liberal propositions of peace
W nat should the Convention at SYRACUSE ha
called! call 1t the Mrs Cunningham Conven-
ton Laughter and cheers Its MANAGERS
want to inherit the estate of the Democr.,;o
party; Mrs. Cunningham wanted to inherit tho
estate of DR.. Burdell, and in the time, to enahle
her to inherit, produced bogus baby-and 80
has the Convention. (Uproarious laughter. and
CRIES OF " That was good one.N] Thew went
before the people on that issue of propagation Of
peace-thelr own people, | mean-few and far
between TOR there were some people who were
aoo"s us lar behind the times as the President
u tnat convention, who supposed these men
were re, 50 near honesty that if honesty had the
small- Pox they might possibly be exposed. And
nere 'hey were mistaken. So the little big men
went all around into their county caucuses. shut
themselves up in close rooms, where none could
zee in, showing they were ashamed Of n o,.Osl