Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04

THE " FmEsAN" SoLs.-Tho Muutpelier
Freeman has been sold by publishing the
extract from Mcclellan s Grafton at W est Point
as the words OF DOuglss Speaking OF McClel.
lans letter oiscceptance It says, " We commend
o those of hIs admfer, who were once believers
10 Douglas the iollowiu noble words Of the
little Giant, and then goes on to give the
extract from McClcllan's grafton spoken Of in
the article on our first page headed " Mcclellan,
Douglas, and the Iribunc " Will the Fireman
own up2 Will it acknowledge that Mcclellan
has spoken " noble words, worthy Of its com
mendauon, or will it forget To be- honorable,
and attempt to steal from him lhe credit which
is rightlully his? Douglas did not utter the
" noble words the Freeman so highly praises,
but Mcclellan dld.--Argw and Parrot.
We haven't copy Of McClellans West
Point speech at hand, and 50 cannot say with
accuracy whether the quotation in question was
uttered by Mcclellan or Douglas There is
nothing IN the extract to lead to suspicion
that Mcclellan ever spoke it, aud finding it
credited To Douglas, We copied 1t, giving the
same credit.
We, however, tako back no word Of cum.
mendatiOn Of this extract, by whomsoever it
may first have beeU spoken 1t is, in every
line, wholly at variance and irrecouciabe with
the Chicago platform, and with Mcclellan
letter of acceptance, which the Argus admits lie
III accord with the resolutions at Chicago. Az
the ancient urecian appealed from Philip drunk
to Philip sober, We appeal from the shutting,
cowardly Cnionism Of Mcclellan the politician,
standing on the " cessstion-ol- hos,ilites" plat
form adopted a! Chicago, to Mcclellan while yet
the lust for otoe, aud the olsmor Of peace men,
bad not quite driven patriotism cut of bis heart,
and when he dared to write
"Shall such devotion as that Of our dead
comrades bs OF no avail? Sh,l 1t be said in
after ages that zoe Lacked ihe pigor 10 compl,t,
The cork thus begual Tint utter all these lives,
thus nobly gNen, zoe h,sliai,d, aud fmi,d TO Keep
straight on unni our land tods sdredi FORBID
u, drtn, and g'rs as rlssER, rRuER HEARTS
THAN THAT
Mcclellan now, as evidenced oy his letter
and by tho platform Of the Convention whose
nomination ho has accepted, is as widely and
disgracefully variant from Mcclellan at West
POn, last summer, as Mcclellan sounding the
bueles oilhis advance from the Potomac in the
Spring of 1869, and eaiy gong forth to strike
the " death blow Of the rebellion, differs fl om
Mcclellan flying before the rebel army in front
Of Richmond and disgr,oefully hiding in gun.
boat and preparing and ordering re,rea, to
HarrisOn's Ltndipg, while his brave army was
winning a splendid victory at Malvern llIl
Gen Mcclellan was distinguished for grand
strategic changes Of base, which brought
relief to rebels aud disaster to the Union cau,e
and among the hsi VI these may be teekoncd
the leap from bis war platform at West Point
TO his peace platform at Chicago. From the
Chickshominy to the james illustrates his
military strategy end Iiom Yves. Point to
chicago, illustrates his political strategy. In
oue he lpss The chance Of taking Richmond, and
IN the other he has turned hi. back upon III