The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-24
The Conservative Politicians Disconsolate

The Conservative Politicians Disconsolate.
The Presidents emancipation message has
completely dumbfounted the conservative poll
ticians, who were just getting their plans nicely
arranged for the fall campaigns. This respect
able collection of hunkeys whose only real polit-
cal capital for years has been the confidence
which their southern brethren have had in their
devotion to the perpetuation of the peculiar in
stitution, were pretty much thrown out OF bust
ness by the sudden and almost unanimous upri-
sing OF the North, after the traitors naugurated
their armed rebellion by attacking Fort Sumter.
For d Jew weeks after that event. slavery had too
few friends among the people of the North to
render any political movement in its favor prom
Using as d speculation Gradually, however, it
became evident that these fast friends of slavery
were not dead, but only quiet, and very soon
they appeared in an entirely new character as
the peculiar champions of the government in
its efforts to suppress the rebellion, and the espe
in these revolutionary times. Thus disguised
as angels of light, these pro-slavery gentlemen
have been doing very large business in mana
ging the war and getting up resolutions at po-
litical conventions for the past year And they
have been 50 exceedingl patriotic, and apparent
ly self denying and unsel6sh in all this work
taking such Offices and positions OF influence,
however, as have been offered them-that they
have in many instances deceived ard drawn al
ter them and their delusive doctrines many of
the people, who have looked upon them as the
most miraculous converts of the war.
A careful scrutiny of the conduct of these
politicians has not failed, however, to discover
their secret and active sympathy with Slavery,
and their determination, by such means as they
have felt it safe to use to defeat every effort to
weaken or destroy its power in the nation.
They have cunningly used, and with much eff
feet the watchword, i" The Union as it was,
and the Constitution as it is,'-jus' as though
the Union, precisely as it was before the rebel
lion, was possible fruit of the war, except by
the most disgracefuI CONFRONT ses, Or that any
loyal man, or any real enemy of rebellion de-
sired 70 forcibly change or override the guar
ranties of the Constitution. By such catch
words, and others DIS cunning and plausible, and
by Stimulating the most unhesitating devotion to
the Government and the vigorous prosecution
OF the war. these wlre-workers had made so
much progress in the newspapers, and they
thCt1rb+ il, +ba IN +bo bo,
they ght safely begin to dictate terms to the
Government TO this end they began openly
to organize party combinations avowedly hos
tile 10 the great, characteristic, anti-slavery
measures adopted by Congress and approved by
the President, announcing as the distinctive
plank in the new platform that the emancpa
ton policy of the " radicals and its authors,
must BE put under the feet of those in power.
The silence OF the government on this subject
since the adjournment of Congress, the discon,
tent of the - radicals . and their apparent grow
ing distrust Of Mr.. Lincoln, the removal OF
Generals who were known 10 be friendly to
emancipation and the elevation of those who
were supposed to be hostile 10 it, al consDircd
to make these pro-savery politicians jublant in
the success of their political schemes 1t is not
too much to say that, last week, these poli,i-
Clans hoped to control the Administration while
conspiring to take out of it's hands all political
power by electing nti-Republlcan, pro-
slavery Congress, and putting the State Gov
ernments into similar hands.
The Presidents Emancipation Proclamation
has proved decidedly wet blanket for these
gentlemen, and will compel them to fall bach
upon new base of operations, and recast thei
political campaign entirely. Their pro.slavery
policy, henceforward, can only be pressed il
direct antagonism to the President and hi
Administration. If they persevere in it, it will
disclose their real sympathy with the relic o
barbarian, which has been the fruitful source O
all our troubles With their real characte
thus discovered, they will be powerless for mis-
chief, except as party organization who's
real objects cannot be longer concealed. At tn
same time this distinct utterance of MIR. Lin
coin will unite and consolidate in support of tn
Administration all those who have advocate