Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-08-16
A Word Of Advice for which Nothing is
Charged

Charged
The Democratic party is just now congatula
tirg itself on populr political reaction in its IA
vor, which, with its hand on the public pulse, 1t
pretends to have discovered. The last Burling-
ton Sentinel says
There is no mstakng the great and radical
change IN popular sentiment which has taken
place within the past few weeks,-we may almost
say days Scarcely onger ago than yesterday,
and the Lincoln party were as sure Of bis re-elec-
ton as man can be Of any reasonable certain fu-
ture event. To-day that confidence is gone, and
the more candid ones among them do not hesitate
to own that bis prospects Of success at the No
vember election are slender, and are lessenIng
every day. All eyes are now turned to the com
ing Democratic National Convention at Chicago !;
and no well informed person has serious doubt
but that the nominee Of that Convention if it's
nomination and platform are judciou,ly made
will be elected next President Of the United
States. Such Is the concurrent testimony now
from all parts Of the country
1t may be hardly gracious to rudely break up
this beautiful rose.coored Democratic prospect,
but as these hopes must be sooner or later shat
tered, it may after all be kindness to them to
exhibit to their charmed eyes now before their
antIcpatons have become too greatly excited, the
unreasonableness Of their "great expectations"
The Union party as party, has already made
two mlsIakes,-one in not postponi1g their
national convention u0til the first Of October, and
the other in nominating, as candidate, an incum-
bent OF the. presidential Office The first Of these
mistakes, without at all consolidating for the
time being, the Union strength, gave the Demo-
crate at once candidate to assail the other Of
these mistakes, and graver one than the first.
made every act of President Lincoln mark for
the enVenomed criticisms Of the Democratic press
and party. 1t was impossible that President
Lincoln should not err,-ior be is but a man
but since he is a candidate for re election, his er
ror', which otherwise might not influence any
MIND against the Union party, ,now become, in
some SORT errors for which the party are respon.
sole' and against the recurrence of which, while
'hey support him, they can give no guaranty and
these errors, his own supporters must condemn,
unless 'hey are willing to see them repeated, yet
IN the very act of doing so, they in some mea-
sure weaken the public confidence in the can
didaie whose reelection they advocate.
And while thi. has been the position Of the
Union party since the Baltimore Convention. -
their platform made, their plan of the campaign
marked out, and their leader chosen, a leader
compelled, by the necessities Of his offciA position
TO take great responsibilities and stand forth con.
splcuouS In the imposition Of necessary. We,
srleVou' burdens upon the peopIe,-the Demo
Gratis have been committed to no platform, plan
or leader but have carried on a sort of irrespon.
sole guerrilla warfare upon every weak and as.
Sall'ole point in the conduct of th4 war the man
asemen' OF the finances, or the general policy of the
ADMINISTRATION and the President. That they
bave been, at some points, successful in these at.
lacks, and received encouragement by finding, in
unexpected quarters, sympathy and support, is
not strange, nor thing at which they should
feel elatsd, OF the Union party discouraged W.
nave seen the severest days Of our trial during
this presidential campaign, while the days which
Will try their souls are just ahead. The Chicago
Convention will put them on an equality with us.
hey must there make platform and choose q
leader, and the question will no longer be,-as il
has been for nearly the last three months-Car
the nation iurnish no greater and wiser man thar
Abraham Lincoln Tor ito hour Of most ,hrea,enin,
perllP-but, Will We commit the government 70
the next four years to Lincoln, or to V,llandgham
! or Wood, or Seymour, or Mcclellan Shall th,
Republic maintain its honor and It's life, or shal
Tin base and Illuminating attempt to max,
peace, surrender both its honor and its life
And when that issue is squar,y made as il vii
be afisr the Chicago Convention has completed it
S labors, when MIR. LINCOLN carrying the stars an,
stripes, his platform the Union, the Constitution
a, aud the enforcement Of the Laws" and declaring
1 hn purpose " to fight it out on that line" if
{ 'akei another four years, stsnds confronted witt
+ some Seymour, or Vallandghlm, fresh from a
conference with traitors, carrying the white fla
OF truce and camoring for dsgraceful an
8 shameful peace, it will be time enough for tn
Democrats to reckon up the chances of the battle
and boast OF taeir anticipated easy victory. iii
t then, We affectlonalely advise them not to inves
t money largely in betting on Democratic victor
next November