Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-11-06

holding a series Of stirring and interesting
public meetings during the past few DAYS n
preparation for the Election Gen Bruc,
and Hon. John Cochrane have recently adj.
dressed large audiences there and last Thurs
day evening the people turned out IN mass,
to hear Senator Wilson Of Mass. The
Court House was crowded to over flowing
with ladies and gentlemen at an early hour,
and it was with difficulty that the Speaker
could make his way through the throng, to
the stand. Before his arrival, the time was
occupied with short speeches by Messrs Ne
Master, and Beckwith of Plattsburg, and j
;. Adams Of Burlington. We give very
imperfect abstract Of
NIR. Wilson's SrEEH.
Mr.. Wilson said he appeared in the interest OF
no party With the first gun at Sumter he had
discarded party until the war should be over.
He had since raised a companies of soldiers and
secured commissions for over 200 Massachusetts
officers, and never yet asked man what party he
belonged to. In the Military Committee Of the
L. ;. Senate, OF which he is chairman, tho thou
sands Of nominations had been before them
there had never been party question, since the
war began. lie had nothing 10 say for the Re
publican party-there It stands with the bright
tst record ever made by political party. He
was proud to be Republican, but he would to-
day as soon vote for many lifelong democrat,
such rs Butler and COchrane and Dickinson,
for the Oldest republican, and would not ask
them to JOIN his party either If they are hear
81 D Il. = ~ - %.
But the democratic party has cast out these
meu-and as an organization ii il in the hands
Of the copperheads Shepley Of Maine. who hal
proved his patriotism IN the blaze OF the rebel
cannon Batter vino jumped into the war ar tic
F verv start. and who tsmel the triitOrOus men
aud women Of New Orleans Dickinson of New
York who WAS South of the South, till the
South said War 10 break up the Union
Bancroft the uurest amt cleane>t demo
crat ofhis generation John Cochrane who
even after the war broke out went
90 Richmond TO see If something could not be
done by compromise John Logan Of
ILLINOIS. aho used 10 he called dirty John Lo-
ran because he sad he would DO what Mr..
Clay ,lii WAS too dirty business for a southern
gentlemen. help catch fugitive slaves ; Andy
johnson of Tennessee. whose record all know
tue-e and hundreds OF other honest democrats
solely because they are true 10 the union, are
. uuw cast out hy the party uf which tnCy were
once the leaders. Not democratic paper or
lartiLiu today 50 poor IT'S TO DO them honor.
The peace democrats. when our armies meet
with reverse tell how you not We. "haye
been ieiclJtI'- Their copper, like gold. goes up
with uulou rcyersCs and down with union veto
tar.t> Ou the 9Th of July last at the grea
democratic gathering 1t Concord, while Frank
Pierce was uJteriug his dismal criticisms on the
government and the war, despatch came 10 the
MAYOR announcing the defeat Of Lee at Gettys-
buraa hundreds of the democrats came run
MN. 10 hear the news, and when the despatch
was read 10 them they said il was ad-d repub-
Lcau lie. sent from Washington to break up
their meeting. That was the decisive battle
+ of this struggle ON the afternoon Of that
memorable Friday, with the repulse of the grand
charge ou the left centre at Gettysburgh, the
star Of tine rebellion sank into eternal night, and
the sun of the Union rose 10 ride IN unclouded
glory through the the heavens; but Us issue was
wormwood and gall to these peace democrats
. These are the men who have control of the dem
i ocratic or-tnizau0n-aud who Will rum H. II
must die as sure as God reigns. Our boys are
COMING home. and viii ask who have stood by
them az home, and who have stabbed them in
the back; the copperheads will 60 into ohscurity
as did the tories Of 70, whose descendants are
not careful now TO remind you that their ances-
tors opposel the war Of the Revolution. As did
the Federal Party, which opposed the war OF
F 1873 and the administration Of James Madison,
the Democratic Party must 20 down under the
heel Of American patriotism
We can only touch further on few
scattered points Of the speech Mr.. VIII
son took up the charge that the Republicans
are responsible for the war, and declared that
the father Of lies the great original copperhead,
1r. Ia
Toomhs. lust after the dissolution Of the
/ Charleston Convention, and asked him; - Veil,
I how DO YOU Ike It - BY - | like 1t,
was the reply .' For fifteen years | have not
/ seen a dav that would make the Union, If It
/ were vet unmade, or save 1t if Il was to be saved
/ The breaking Of the democratic party will break
the Union. and like it.
The speaker defended the arbitrary arrests,
concerning which the copperheads make such an
outcry, and only complained that there had not
! been enough of them. There hal been not one
+ In Massachusetts, out Of a million and a quarter
OF people; there have been four in all New Eng
land, and not one hundred and fifty IN all Our
kind and merciful-too merciful-President has
/ not Yet hung traitor, though we are in the
/ thiri wear Of the war He (the speaker) would
have more arrested many more traitors and
] kept them far closer, than the Government had
done.
He defended at length the Conscription law,
h- own handiwork to a great extent, and espe-
sally the $500 clause He remarked IN the
course Of this portion Of his speech that So, 900
men have thus far paid Communication money,
and the Government has got in their places,
35.00D veterans and men, black and white, Of
the border States, relieving US Of the North TO
that extent.
Tie discus sed the raising Of colored troops and
IL. Of nmeh
more extensively the willing and brave and pa
triatc blacks.
lie alluded to our financial prosperity and to
10 the fact thattwelve hundred millions Of money
bad boen piId out through the Treasury depart
meut without a dollar Of defSlcatiOn.
He congratulated his hearers on our prospects,
tn. victories AT Nicksfurg and Port Hudson and
Gctt,sbur.h in Ohio and Pennsylvania and
the coming one in New York, ha,c settled the
question. We shall soon be in a position to say
10 the lpyal men Of the South, " take your
States. reconstruct them, and come back into
Mon
In conclusion, he urged strongly the duties oil
the hour We have sent our best and brayest
Ia the field. have given To them the task of walk
I'M, M 10 the caunon's : month and we Should
cbiie them if they shr,nk from blood or death
in the work II is theirs to sustain the Gov
er1lment with the bullet ours Is the less ardu-
Gus but no less important duty Of sustaining il
with the ballot. Ii It would he right for then
10 turn in the face of the enemy and pour then
frs into the breasts Of their comrades lighting
nader the stars and stripes, it i right for u;
to encourage the rebels by our votes, and not
otherwise. The rebel dem0crats-tor MAI
must he "a democrat before he can be rebel
who have shot down our friends on many
bloody field, if permitted to vote IN TINS election on
wouli vote the democratic ticket to a man. We
can vote a. they would have Us, or we can vote
so as to strengthen the Government and save thu
country.
Mr.. Wilson spoke two hours and a hal
and held his audience intent and interestee
throughout. interrupted only by frequent
and hearty applause.
The issue of the contest in New York, o
which this is an episode, is no longer doubt
full. The question i now only one OF ma