The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-11

belit0n, tempered only By the most exquisite
specimens OF personal sn0bblshne-s OF arlsSocra-
CIV, not on SO respactable4 commodity as goldfish,
but on Atlantic, York, BIddefJrd, Pacific Amos
keae sbeetlng and shifting htel'ec!? Why,
leaving out Mr.. Everett, ! venture 10 say there
10 not one ol these t0aay Gates and bInkieS Z,
half loyalists who have betn entertaining Me-
Clellan who could carrya notion for Sidewalk
or new eDgine-hOuSe Ia q hampden County
COwn-meetlDg, or who could JQsth@bly be
placed by the Speaker Of the House OF Repre-
sent1tives or the Pres dent of the Senate at the
head OF the committee on roads and bridges, or
the tail Of the committee on the Judiciary. Tney
represent the tOrysm Of Boston. This is the
generic and l,c0mprehoDsya6 word tor them
and for Their principles
don't know but oug ht to modify the re-
mark about tho number oi intellectual men
who are 10 McClellan's train, as | see by to-
day $ paper that Geo S. Hlll4rd is one Of the
subscribers to the sword. What does Mac want
on some rock by the roadside to make it appear
sword il the one which was intcnded for Fttz
John Porter, but this cannot be. The TACT that
Porter has been convicted Of the crime of allow
l.
dismissed from the service, is certainly no rea-
son for Withholding the sword from him and CIV
ing it to Mcclellan lndeed am % little sur
prSeG that Porter is not invited here TO receive,
jointly with his friend, the homage OF Boston
toryism. But that is always the way, as Greely
meurnfully says in the Tribune OF Yesterday,
when speaking OF Graz Brown. Asln the day
Of political success, the early and fast friend is
Gn tn yo fop
Porter, who dared actually to commit treason,
is neglected, anu his more cautious superior re-
ceives the swords and kisses And this uts me
IN mind of the very latest developments of the
prevailing folly. You see in tho paper Of to-
day that The babies have held meeting and
presented the General with pitcher. | hear
that none bat Beacon street and Mount Vernon
street babies were allowed to contribute. One
little fellow Ia Park street is said to have broken
his heart almost, at the stringency Of this rule,
and to console him somewhat he was seEt down
TO the fremont House to DC kissed by the Gen
eral last evening. As soon as This story got
atloat you may be sure there was commoGion
among the est End babies generally. Some
thing like four hundred babies had been
kissed this forenoon, and the cry is still they
come. For tull particulars see the Journal OF |
this afternoon. | have heard something about
the sword presentation, however, which does
not appear in the journal. You know the
sword bears an inscription " Pro rf1e S0eDe |
pro patriG senper.' Lunt, who made the ure |
sentatlOn speech, undertook to translate this !
. Tor the benefit of the country members -
Waving his hand solemnly and swelling his |
voice to a parenthetic chord said be, :" For the |
administration when it behaves itself for the
country always" The general, who is sup
posed to understand Latin, and who is not such |
Ii fool as to De- ignorant of the animus of the |
whole proceeding ON his own part as well AS on
the part OF the aunkies and tories, the general
| understand, rather resented this mputation
upon his classical knowledge and his common
sense, and intim ted in his eply that be knew
as welt as Lun5 what the words meant in
this case. have these particulars from your
correspondent, Mr. Frye, who was present, but
was too greatly overcome with his emotions to
send you full account to-day.
How Frye happened to get into the parlor is
more than can tell, but he informs mo that
two gentlemen from Hampden County were
with him, aud, as nearly as can ascertAin, these
three are the only persons known or suspected
of beiig IN any way connected with the Re-
publcans, who have been allowed to see the
general.
Frye informs me that one of his companions
casually remarked to one Of the chief hunkies
that he . had bad very good opportunity to
sec Gen. Mcclellan" and A1nky replied, " Yes.
but there Amt many abolltionists that have ha
a chance - Right, oh lunky right! And |
rejoice to say that there amt many ''abollti n
1878" who have wanted a chance But enouah
of this thing which will soon be over. Sheet.
lngs and shlrtings will soon again absorb the at
teDtlon and energies of Beacon and Mount Yer
non streets. Only twenty-fOur hours more re
main Tor baby kissing and pitcher presenting,
unless the sit ia nrutrActed to allow Nnrth am