Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-12-02
What ia the Verdict 3?

AlI 10 IHuhIG.
It is claimed BY the Democratic press, or at
least that portion Of it who have shown them
selves sufficiently pro.slayery and trucking to
stand ready to compromise with the South on
anv terms. however degrading, that the result
Of tho elections make up verdict Of unquall.
fed Condemnation Of the administration for va
rious maleasances. such az ts arbitrary arrests,
and more especially It's emancipation treasures.
Before admittlrr this claim, however, or ad-
hitting that result to be a triumph, Of which
these self styled democratic lenders can have any
reason to boast, /! may be well to enqalrc how
this Wanted verdict was obtained.
The result Of tie elections in euch States Is
Wisconsin and Iowa, where provision was made
to take the vote Of tdor soldiers absent in tie
army, and the party analysis Of Che vote when
so taken, very c'a'Y shoWS how the r.eut was
obtained. IL SHOWS mat among The absent sol
diors there were neifiy Three puO leans T.
one Democrat, who voted, and wh9 u 10 home,
would daye voted lieirf feaa's party tickets,
Nor IS THIS aJatomel. probably s.run@ enough.
4 great proportion OF tae former democrats
among th' soldiers uayo' y - wei knoHn'
changed their views ana instead % fehaloihg
pro-sla'ery, lave become leciJod emane lat'ol-
Is 8, Tor the reason toat during Their experience
~ the SCUM, they have Deen brought 70 SEE
that slavery has been the black, 4ccursed ioun-
tain from which all our present national iroub-
les have ho"ed; and ho" would have most 81
these have been likely 70 vote? But allowing
tia none but the former Republicans among
the ldlers would have voted tue Republican
ticket at the recent elections, how, even on ,hat
calculation, would the case have stood? How
would it have stood in New York, which We
will take Tor sample? t has been estimated
that New York had at hor recent election
about one hundred Thousand voters in he army
Thres-fourths of these, admitting, when would
not have been the case that not single Democrat
had voted with them. would have not 1nly
SWEEP away SeymcurS majority, but have given
his Republican opponent, Wadsworth, full fifty
thousand majority and the calculation here
made will DOUBTLESS hold good OF every State
that has held elections tins fail Thus 1t would
cen iact entirely demonstrable, that bu. for
the absence OF The K, publican voters in the
army, not one State would have been carried BY
the Democrats Now what sort Of u triumph
is thisl How the emUcratic PRESS can nut on
Il lace 10 DO ,st Of it is pore than w can con
ceiye. For besdes sweep away al the boosted
msjorisl,s at blow, II discIoses u fac. anything
bd! credlJa0le to the Democratic party. il
brings out the hitherto disputed TACT, that three
louTths ct all our armies are Republicans, while
but one-iourth ara democrats, or, In other
words while three Republicans have been found
ready to step forward to delend our In'ulted
uis, but ono Democrat Is found with PRIDE aud
patriotism enough to respond to The call OF hl'
country at It's greatest need II the Democrats
WISH to boast OF tins let them 90 so. Iaey are
welcome to all the glory they can gain BY 1t.
But il will be sand, that could all the soldiers
m the army have voted. The elections s,ili show
a loss IN all or nearly all the States that hav,
voted This probably is TIE truth Thousard'
Of the Republicans, no doubt, have deserted tn,
administration and voted the Democratic tick
cts. But it las been to no percepthle extent
from the causes alleged hy the Democrat,
presses. 1t has nos been ON account oil tn,
emanclp ton measures Of the administration
nOr Ids 1t be9u, x ,ept in tew ISOLATED cases
N account Of arrest-, u. unwarranted and tool
Ish az some OF these arrests have been. No, i
has been none o these No. for the Democrats
well know by this time, thai the President
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