Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-09-20
Democratic Bragg ing.

The Mcclellan papers are making a desperate
effort to keep up appearances, and are accord
ingly manufacturing great amount of enihusi
asm 10 the canvass. To read their papers ne
would suppose the country was all ablaze with The
ier,or Of McClean's admirers, and that " Lulu
Mac" as they are pleased to call him, was per
fectly sure Of the election. Such an affair as The
election in Vermont the other day, is turned OF
with paragraph in small type, while the dscar
alton Of some nameless person great admiration
for the Great Unready, is paraded in staring CAPT
tails We did, to be sure, notice that the Bur
lington Sentinel devoted some little space to com
ments on our election, endeavoring TO make out
that il was ot much of shower after all, though
after great ingenuity in figures, it arrived at tbt
obviously oonsolatory conclusion that the Unior
majority in the State was between one and two
thousand mere than last year. But then, it argues
this was because McClellan's war (P) letter had
not then been received and besides Gov, Smith
was very popular. Well, how is it about Maine
Mac 3 letter was in season for that, and Cony I
(R-pubican) majority there is large enough ior
all practical purposes. And how happens II that
Sweat, the only copperhead member o Congress
from Maine in the present House, is defeated by
twenty-five hundred majority, thus making the
Maine Congressional delegation unanimously
Union Do MT these election returns give the
lie to all this Dragging about popular enthusiasm
for the Chicago nominee ?
1t 10 known that the soldiers, whatever may
have been their former admiration for Mcclellan,
will not vote for him in November, yet, in the
face Of this, these Democratic journals boast Of
his great popularity in the army and, for the pur-
pose of proving it, state that some soldiers in
hospital in Memphis, or some other distant loca
ty, have given him unanimous vote. This is Mt
true, and is purposely located so far away that the
contradiction cannot overtake the original false
hood until il has done some mischief. A better
test il the soldiers vote where we know what it
is, and We accordingly challenge these Mcclellan
journals to try their fayorite's popularity in either
Of the hospitals in Vermont, or in the old Yer
mont Brigade. Let them publish the army vote
in this State for Member Of Congress, ard en-.
deavor TO extract copperhead comfort from it
and they will fnd it more difficult task than to
get suubeams out OF cuoumbers.
And why not if they want evidence how th'
army will vote, consult Grant and Sherman and
Butler and Logan, and hundreds more in thu
army who we're once Democrats, and learn o.
them how soldier feels ABOUT making peace
with rebels in armsP Such testimony would
amount to something; but We shall look in vain
for it, The game OF brag will be kept up unit
election day. After that, however, there will be
an awful collapse, and what then will the readers
of these Mcclellan journals think of the sagacity
or truthfuness Of their hewspapersP Why not
be frank and honest and manly about these
thing', tell the truth wherever it hits leave of
Dragging, and rest the success of Mcclellan on
his meriisP Or has Mt he any merits,--and i.
this falsehood and Drag all the stock in trade hi,
followers haveP