The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-27
| and yet. the speaker was cheered somewhat

anu YET. Cne speaker was cheered ,-someWnat
family it is true-by the Conventioa, The
speech, however, had one good result, 1t made
the Convention so dlstastcful to some honest
Democrats that they left it IN disgust.
Brooks speech in the afternoon, Though much
less Objectionable, and, in sone respects, fair
enough, was yet, as a whole, meant to'~be mis-
chiev0us. His theme was The despotisrn of the
Administration, the taxes Imposed by the I'D
miniolration, and horrors of the cOnscripSion
law, and, for more than two hours, be ruug the
changes upon these topics, going tito transports
of passion in the violence of his denunclatous
of tyranny, taxes, and conscriptnn But he
was particularly careful not to Offer any scheme
for carrying on war or suppresing treason
without taxes or soldiers, without siszing and
Furnishing traitors, without searching their homes
or damaging their estates, contenting himself
with hawking at the work Of those who
alone have the Constitutional right to execute
the laws of the Republic, and holding them up
to Democratic execration and contempt. lie
said not one word against treason, uttered NO
wish that it might be confounded and over
thrown, never suggested to his auditors that it
was their duty to help save the Republic and
stand between it and the armies of treason that
arc now swarming on the soil of the free States,
never breathed the aspiration that the fag
which aoated above him might again wave over
the whole United Sta ties, but from first to last,
appealed to the base greed of money the cow
ardly fear OF CONSUMPTION, and tho miserable
preJudices Of party, shouting at the top of his
voice, with frantic and tragic gestures " repealI
REPEAL REPEAL ! - as the highest and
only watchwords which he had to offer to a
Vermont audience,--as though jeff Davis Gov
ernment, Lees army and Stuart cavalry could
be 50 repealed " into submission to the old flag,
the Constitution made by our fathers, and the
laws OF the land. And yet many of the audi
ence cheered this 9 repeal p orator, and seemed
delighted to drink the political milk fur
nshed them by this pro-sIavery Wing and
Know Nothing, who declared that he had never
changed his political faith. The Democracy
that is compelled is desert the Van Burens, the
Stantons, the Buffers, the Bradys the billing
hams, the Thomases, and thousands aud thou
sands Of those who, in the days when to be a
Democrat meant patriotism and love Of freedom
were leaders in that party, and came down to
such political teachers as James Brooks, whom
a few years ago it would have spewed out of It's
mouth, If it has any shame lett ought to shrink
from the face Of day and hide its disgrace
among the caves and dens of the mountains
AS WHOLE we believe, that although the
Convention was attended by from 600 to 1000
people, and exhibited considerable enthusiasm
it was in no sense o formidable or successful
demonstration, and will do more to permanent
ly ALLEVIATE the better elements of the old DEM
ocratic party in this State from any sympathy
with the organization, calling itself Demo
cratic, than any event since the attack on Fort
Sumter by the consplring traitors of South Car
DINA.
We shall speak of the nominations of the
Convention hereafter, and shall also pay our
respects to the resolution when their almost in
terminablo length shall be printed IN the Demo
cratic organs.