The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-02
Orange County Democracy.

Orange County Democracy.
We happen to know that there are Democrats
/ in Orange County who nave Ito sympathy with
rebellion, but on the Other handare earnestly and
actively loyal. This class Of Democrats partic-
ipated in the Republican and Union Convention
which put in nomination the excellent ticket
! for County officers which appears under our
editorial head and adopted the resolutions
passed with So great unanimity by the State
Convention at Montpelier on the 9Th y: July.
But il seem there is another class OF Democrats
in that County who are more nearly allied to
the BellOws-Eals-C Convention style OF poltI-
cans. This latter class have recently held d
convention alter their own mind, at which At
kInS of the Bellows Falls argus touuu eOngeniai
company and active sympathy. This last Con-
Vention made platform, which we print else
where in this paper, and which We hope every
Orange County voter will read that the spirit
which animated the convention may he thor
oughly understood. In these tines we Judge
men and conventions by their fruits, and judged
in that way, this Democratic Convention must
have cared infinitely more for the South. and
for Slavery, than for the Government and the
successful PROSECUTE OF the war,-ln fact, it's
noticeable that the resolutions, IN no place, even
express desire that rebellion may be crushed.
But the resolutions do not need to be de-
nounced, as no truly loyal man can have any
other opinion than one of disgust and anger to
believe that anybody in Vernon, can be found
10 endorse such stuff and We have printed them
mainly for The purpose of showing upon what
platform C. W. CLARKE, Esq, the Democratic
candidate for States Attorney 10 that County,
stands. John RowELL, Esq, is the candidate
Tor State : Attorney OF the Union men OF that
County, pur in nomination by Democrats and
Repu bllcans acting together IN convention, and
standing upon ticket which has the names Of
Two Democrats one candidate Tor Senator,
and the other for Judge. Mr.. Clarke sees tit
to otter himself as an opposing candidate, and
that it may be known what his opinions are,
through the Committee on resolution OF which
he was member, he has put forth these Demo
cratic resolutions. He stands upon that plat
form, and will be elected If at all, because he
holds such opinions. We do u { know what his
chances for success may be, but We suppose them
to be very small, and We hope to make them,
by this statement OF his position, still smaller.
Orange County owes it to her reputation, as d
County which supports the War as heartily and
enthusiastically DIS any County i'll the State, to
put an eXtnsuisher upon the politicians who
are thus striving to keep alive the dishonest,
pro-slayery, semtreasonable, argus style OF
" played-out " Democracy.
Mr. Clarke, it has been SAID, has denounced
the Bellows Falls Convention but having seen
no such statement over his signature, and fuding
such an enunciation of his principles AS these
resolutions contain, we think those VINO have
published him as repudiatng the Atkins Con-
ventlon have done him altogether TOO much hon
or. He is evidently pro-slavery politician,
and that, In these times, tells the whole story
The number of votes tor him "a, the Septem Der
election Will show just how many men in Orange
County approve his platform.