Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-08

The President said he hoped there was
no man present who would deny the
right of free speech; certainly no Demo
crat will. AT the same time he hoped
no delegate would feel called upon to
pursue course of remarks so offensive
as to interfere with the harmony of the
Convention.
Mr.. Harris read McClellan's order of
arrest against the Maryland Legislature,
and proceeded to comment upon the
same; but the confusion was so great
that the speaker could not be heard, ex-
cept to say that all the charges of usurp-
alton and tyranny that can be brought
against Lincoln and Butler, he can make
and substantiate againt Mcclellan
(Hisses and cheers, and cries of "Vote
for JEFF Davis.")
The president again called the Con-
vention to order.
Mr.. Harris proceeded to say that Nc
Clellan was an assassin of State rights
a usurper of our liberties, and if nomi-
mated he would be beaten everywhere as
he was at Antietam. He added that he
could not go home and ask a member of
, that Legislature to vote for such man.
He would not vote for him.
Mr.. Harris was here squelched on a
| point of order that having said he would
not vote for Mcclellan if nominated, he
had no right to take part in the Conven-
| ton. Mcclellan was then defended on
the ground that he acted on credible
evidence that the Maryland Legislature
Were about to commit treason, a ground
which would excuse every arbitrary
arrest" made by the administration,
Mr.. Jones of Maryland, proceeded to
defend, not Mcclellan, but the Maryland
Legislature, and Mr.. Holman of New
Jersey, moved that the debate on candi-
dates be closed and called for the pre-
vious question.
Mr.. Mcneil of Illinois, on behalf of
portion of the Illinois delegation, and as
he believed, of majority of the dele
| gates of the great Northwest, nominated
Horatio Seymour. prolonged cheers.)
The President-'The motion is out Of
| order"
Motions were made to adjourn, but
were declared out of order.
Mr.. Long Of Ohio took the stand in
opposition to Mcclellan. He said Lin
coin had been guilty of interfering with
the freedom of speech, freedom of cleo
tions, and arbitrary arrests. In your
resolutions, he said, you have arraigned
him before the people of the country for
these tyrannies and usurpations, and
yet you propose to nominate man who
has gone even farther than Lincoln in
the preparation of similar tyrannical
measures upon the sacred privileges and
rights of the people. Mcclellan is gull
ty of the arrest of the Legislature Of a
sovereign state. He suspended the writ
| of habeas corpus and helped enforce the
odious emancipation proclamation of
Lincoln, the willing instrument of a
corrupt and tyrannical administration,
aiding while possessing military power
all its efforts to strip American freedom
of it's dearest liberties. Will you so far
stultify yourselves as to make him the
standard bearer of the democracy? With
| all his heart he hoped not. He had never
done otherwise, and as between Lincoln
and Fremont and any man calling him
self half democrat, he would have no
choice, and would be found voting with
his friends but he begged the conven-
ton not to nominate Mcclellan. Almost
any other man who claimed to be dem
ocrat would satisfy him, and would sat-
| isfy the Northwest. Weak as is your
platform in many respects, we will stand
up and do all in our power to maintain
| it; but in Gods name don't add to its
weakness by placing such man in
nomination.
After some further discussion the mo-
ton to adjourn which had been frequent
ly made, prevailed
On the preceding evening there were
numerous meetings in the streets. A
J diSY,at oh Gays:
The tone of the speeches was 1ncendi-
airy and revolutionary, Astounding in the
most violent abuse of Mr.. Lincoln and
the administration. New England and
Massachusetts were special marks for
the abuse of the speakers, and it was
heaped upon them without MEASURE
Indeed, this is one of the prominent fea-
lures in the talk of these copperheads
both in public and private. 1t makes a
New England mans blood boil to hear
them.
The peace men pitched into Mcclellan
beautifully. Henry Clay Dean was asked
In the course of his speech If he would
support Mcclellan. He replied, "Before
God, citizens, we have one idiot in the
| presidential chair-do not let us put
another into it A delegate from Ohio,
in reply to the same question, asked the
crowd he was haranguing if they would
support Lincoln. They yelled, "Nop'
mo !" Then" said he, "if you will not
support Lincoln, you do not expect me
to support this dog, who, at his masters
bidding, killed thousands of as good
democrats as the land ever made"
" The Richmond Sentinel, supposed
to be the special representative of JEFF.
Davis and his cabinet, congratulates