Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-15
The County Convention

" All who are 10 favor Of sustaining the Con-
sttuton and the Union, and heartily supporting
the National Administration in its efforts to
subdue rebellion, to put down and punish treas.
on, and to maintain the Constitution and Laws
in he present crisis OF the country, are respect
fully invited TO attend.
The above call is substantially the same as
that Of the State Convention assembled here On
9th and we trust the Convention will adopt he
wise and patriotic platform 50 heartily and en-
Enthusiastically adopted by that body We know
the Democrats, AT least all Of them who stand
with MIR Dillingham;, heartily agree with
those resolutions, and with all Of them The
squeamlohness on tho subject Of Slavery is now
nearly all confined. we are sorry to say, 70 those
who have once been Republicans but who now
find It convenient to forget, or turn Iheir backs
upon, their old principles and refuse warm and
hearty support to the present National Admins
tration The truth Is, this class OF Republicans
are now more really hostile to the general policy
voted against Abraham Lincoln and the very t.
nacity with which they insist that the great lead
Ing characteristic mcasur,sof tile Administration
must be ignored III conventions and kept out Of
sigh, in platforms, IS an open rebuke Of Pres-
dent Lincoln for having inaugurated these very
measures. 1t If President Lincoln who has 10
time OF war, thrust these measures upon The
country, and the man who scolds at any person
Tor endorsing them as evidence OF just what Tie
purpose Of the Administration II ought, to be
consistent, to denounce President Ancoln for
proposing them Iagre are, no doubt, some
honest men, who really think it a. better % say
nothing about Slavery now. and wuo sea hold
to tAc opinion tuatl Is "a great anu gr.'0us
poitlcaI, mora, and social wrong and IuuIer,
but the great majority y. Intelligent men know
what they are Abyu. when they try q suIpres,
the homes. utegauc5 81 lermout assembly "a
tins question Iuey 4tg simply ly.ug % make
a rrty-tlat and nothing more We ha'eHot
watched the plutic4l iuaueugrnng 90 tai- State
for the last ten years without l@uuirs some
thug OF die mo.lyes winch govern certain men
IN their political acton, aud-without going
ANY iurtner-we frankly -ly the attempt to Dc.
feat tho open, manly utterauce Of die recent
State Convention came frou politicians who
have no monopoly Of either political honesty or
patriotic love oil country
We ask. in all caudor tie Democrats and Re
pubicans. to watch well the conduct Of these
politicians for we think some OF them are in
Washington county They will tell you, IN
questionably, that this is no time Tor party
but look close and see If these very men are not
trying TO run the no-party machine See if
they abandon one ot Of their own preten-ous
or stop one moment 10 their attempts u manage
the politics OF the State, or County. SEE # they
do not have as decided opinions about who shall
be candidates rs they ever did and are not as de-
termtued Is ever that every one who di.agty.s
with them IN this new party issue snail b. rut
down and kept down. And above all. see It
they are not more mtoleran' even OF the honest,
outspokcu utterance of sympathy with Pee. lent
Lincoln Anu-Slayery policy shan ever, 10 Old
party times were the mos. intolerAntJl Brreken.
.,l.. D,,o.,r,,
y.,.r....,,l,,.e.an;,l..,,,.........i,.
~ 49,. n.m,.-,,,. ,,r,y .roy6..,. ,o....,.
n...oli, ,,.,.,,.,...... ~. ,...,...,.,,,...
W., ,...l,.v. ,ro, ~. .,n,,,,,..n, ..,l.,
.,,
.,.,,,....,.., - ,a..,l.;..,.rsI,..-. 49,,
.,.,..,.i ,...v..... ,l....,.
,.-.....
....,...,, .,.,,:,, i. ,,...,.'., D.. ,..,....l.
y.,n..a,.,. =. .3o,, ,ba R.nn,i,.,.. ,,,
are manly reslonSible. We confess We have
hysimted IN believing this hitherto. but the rev