Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-09-06
The Chicago Nominees.

lhe candidates pat FORTH by The Chicago con-
vention are George b. Mcclellan Of New York
for president, and Ger. H. Pendleton o. Ohio
for vice president, VIVA huIe var there /. in
the peace Democracy is rerre.enel By Mcclellan,
while Pendeton !, acknowledged % be in TOLL
ympray ami complete com nuli1a with the
Harris, Long, Wood ValIandgham pelcc-oa-sny.
ierms.4nd'A' any sacrifice portion Of tue party
| OF Pendeon We need not speak, is d, giy,s 10
strength to the ticke among any voters whom We
care to address, or 'hou hope " if renee. But
cCIean should receive somewhat dferen,
treatment, as whatever Of strength the ticket has
rendering il all dangerous to the Union cause lies
10 his name and his personal Strength and popu.
Arity
The readers Of the FREEMAN are no; DO ig-
noanc- Of our opinion Of George b. Mcclellan
We have no, believed ia him ,iare the winter o.
1862 aud nave never from tia, mlusa, ne,
tatsd to declare our 4l,,ru.t Of ll, dIe.., - the
cause OF the g0yemmsn- .gd 1af vel #3lJled
opinion that he was t)tlIy unit b, education, by
habit, bj political opinions, by assoc li,us, and
by atimdty, caution, and unreadjne,s which have
lost Us the be't opportunities of the w.r, To lead
the urion troops against the great rebellion We
shall therefore now have no opinions to change,
no euioges Of the hero of the Chick ahominy
swamps to take back, no "gfand change Of base +,
to mako in the present politc, clmpaig Ia our
limited field of labor We did what we could two
years ago to expose the per-, to the Union cause
IN keeping Mcclellan at the head Of our armies,
aud 10 TIE weeks Intervening between this and
November We shall work as we have opportunity
to prevent lht contamination of disaster to our
cause which McCieIlan's long leadership Of our
armies so nearly wrought out for, and which his
election IN November would bring, with its accom-.
PAVING shame dshonor and ruin, upon, the re
public,
We have believed, and We now believe that
Gen. Mcclellan was the evil genius If the Union
ciuSe. FROM Jue moment he was pp 10 command
after the first Bull Run, until the hour which
terminated President Lincolns patience with his
dlatorness aud differentiation, he was dead
weight upon the arms of the nation. He kent
100000 troops 10 camp on the Potomac from
October 1861 till March 1862, through ftar of
wooden guns and 10000 rebels at Crntrevlle and
Manassas. lie sat down six weeks before York
town which was held by garrison Of only TO-
non tVhap kp bava - 4 q.
week lie refused to avail himself of the Oh.
portunites which rebel weakness gave him of |
taking Richmond once and again and again. He |
claims each one Of the seven days battles asa
victory for the Union army and yet he retreated
after each one OF them and when the valor of !
our troops had terribly repulsed and defeated
the rebels at Malvern Hill, he Immediately fell
back hfte'n miles TO llarrison's Landing. His
own refusal to obey orders at Alexandra, and
the behavior OF FIz John Porter aud Gen.
Franklin, ms trusted subordnale,, left Pope and
bis gallant army to struggle alone against the whole
rebel force, at the second battle OF Bull run, and
made what might have been decisive and gori-
BUS union victory dscouragng and dangerous
luion defeat Ills campaign in Maryland was slow
md hesilaIng, and he refused with an unaccoun,-
IDLE delay 10 take advantage of the victories
which the valor of hs troops wen at South Noun.
ain end Ant!otam. Aud at last, wh,n the ma.
Hence OF the people and the faith of the army in
aim was gone, and Presden, Lincons good ma.
ure could no longer shield him, he was compelled
0 retire from a command which he had never
doIned, end give over to other commander, an
rmy which his evil genius had fer two years held
'ack from Its possible achievements, until the
ountry had almos' lost confidence in the army Of
he Potomac. Since then Gen. McCle,hn ba,
zen conten, to draw his pay as Major g, neral,
nd furnish the military nucleus around which
he peace and war Democrats, each with equal
i''h IN his devotion to their principles, might g