Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-09-14

side of the river. We reached here on
our return at P. NJ.
The boys are in glorious spirits of late.
The news of the capture of Fort Morgan
was met with hearty cheers
Much interest is beginning to be evinc-
ed in the coming election and also as
to who may be the nominee of the Chi
cago' convention, though Mcclellan is
said to be nominated, Mcclellan may be
favOrite with many in the army, but if
he accepts the nomination of that conven-
tion on such Platform as they are sup
posed to be likely to CONSTRUCT" Peace
and compromise. with the Rcbels'-he is
not worth the paper that will be used to
print and announce that platform on !!
Let him once openly declare his adhesion
to the party whose aim is compromise
with the rebels, and nearly every soldier
will abandon him, agd his name will
cease to be among tie favorite ones of the
army vocabulary. TIE army cant sec"
the compromise" with the rebels yet
and dont consider it a common-sense policy
to frame platform inaugurating course
of conciIlatory advances towards the trail
tors noao. They believe, here, we have no
compromise to offer, and have no business
to offer any to the rebels if there be any
What compromise can be proposed Per-
haps some copperheads at the Chicago
convention are anxious enough to com
promise to permit them to fire on the old
fag occasionally, lombard our forts, cap
ture and destroy our unarmed vessels,
and even butcher our garrlsons, providing
they did not resort to such actions too
often When they fired OIL Fort Sumptcr
they thought they would ascertain how
far they might with impunity proceed in
their insulting course towards the North,
and | presume they even then expected
to see US raise our hands and in suppli-
eating accents ry-"compromise, 0 chiv-
alrc South !" But in this they were
mistaken. They found us made of bet
ter aud sterner stuff. Shall we, now, just
when our armies have begun to gain slow
ly but steadily against the rebel horde,
and the old stars are beginning to appear
on the granddaughter flag, abandon
our cause, blot forever from our glorious
flags folds the now family glinmering
stars, reclaimed from the utter darkness
of three years ago, and acknowledge our
selves vanquished by exclaiming in pite-
Gus tones to that traitorous crew who arc
now really straining their last nerve ::
compromise with us?" The spirits of
our fathers, who transmitted to US for
safe keeping this great and good govern
ment, and the memory Of our noble broth
ers who have fallen while gloriously
fighting to maintain their sacred trust
forbid it We know no terms which the
rebels will accept which will not bring
eternal disgrace on the North if they
agree to them. Let the traitors propose
terms Of compromise first! They at
tempted to destroy the Government before
the Government ever wronged or oppressed
them 49,
Considerable interest is being felt in
regard to the coming election for member
of Congress of the 9th inst. - The regu-
lar nominees of the union conventions in
the three districts will obtain nearly all
of the votes Of this regiment. The COM
panies belonging to, and voting in the Sd
district are particularly unanimous for
the nominee of that district, as far as
! have heard any expressions of opinion.
Our noble Representative from the Sd
district, Hon. Portus Baxter, will end
the soldiers will not forget the services he
has so often rendered them, IN the day
of need, when the. ballot box is placed
before them do not think there will
be one here belonging to that district,
aud entitled to vote therein, but will cast
his vote for MIR. Baxter, no matter what
his politics are or may have been. |
hope the voters in Vermont will not for
get to give the union nominees, Morrill,,
Baxter and Woodbridge, telling majori-
ty in the coming election; one that will
ring in the ears of all copperherheads