The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-23

need for the consummation of all their
wishes. We call upon the people to
bear in mind that if they elect the cam
didates of the Chicago Convention,
they arrest the Government in the ex-
ecution of it's plans and purposes, on
the very eve Of their fulhllment, and
one third of year before any new
Administration call take its place. The
interval will be one of hope and conf
dence for the rebels, and exultation for
their allies in the loyal States. In the
Western States armed preparations
have already been made by the disci-
pies and advocates of secession, TO fol-
low the example Of the South and sew
er the West from the Federal Union.
The success of the Chicago programme
in November will be the signal for car
rying these designs into execution, and
the 4th of March will dawn upon a
new Western Confederacy, aiming at
independence, operating with the slave
power of the Southern States in blot
ting from existence the free Republic
of the Western world.
We call upon the people to crush
these schemes and to brand their au-
thors and allies with their lasting rep
rotation. We call upon them to sup
port the Government, to quen the re-
bellion. 60 defend and preserve the I'm
ion. We call upon them to stand 10y
the President, who, under circumstan-
ces of unparalleled difficulty, has WELD
ed the power Of the nation with I'M
faltering courage and fidelity, with in
tegrity which even calumny has not
dared to inpeach, and with wisdom
and prudence, upon which success is
even now stamping the surest and the
final seal His election will proclaim
to the world the unaltered and unal-
terable determination of the American
people to quell the rebellion and save
the Union. 1t will strike down forever
the false hopes and expectations of the
rebel Government, and proclaim to the
people of the rebel States that their
only hope of peace lies in abandoning
their hostility to the Government and
resuming their allegiance to the Con
stitution and the laws Of the United
States.
We call upon the Union committees
and the Union leagues, and upon all
loyal associations in every state, coun-
ty and town, to perfect their orSaniza-
tons; to infuse fresh vigor and activi-
ty into their operations ; to canvas
carefully aud promptly their respective
districts; to circulate documents and
newspapers containing just and forci-
BILE cxpositions of the merits of our
cause; to combat by assemblages of
the people, in public meetings, by pub
lie speeches, by conversation, by letters
and personal appeals, and in all just
and proper modes, the deceptive and
and perilous sophistries of the agents
and political allies of the rebellion.
i Let them be on their guard against
tho arts of corruption and of intrigue
which Will be brought, with unscrupu
lous desperation, to bear upon them.
The rebel government, and those of
foreign powers most deeply interested
in our destruction, could well afford to
expend millions IN oyerthrowing this
administration and placing III power
the nominee ana representatives Of the
Chicago convention.
The skies are bright and full of
promise. The hon hearted citizen
soldiers of the republic are marching
with steady step and unfaltering pur-
pose to Il speedy and glorious victory.
The heart of the people beats true to
the Union. Every triumph of the I'm
ion arms over the rebel troops arouses
afresh the courage and confidence Of
Union men, and chills the hearts and
decimates the ranks of the submission
secessionists represented at Chicago.
A Union victory in November will end
the long and laborious strife. 1t will
paralyze the arm of the rebellion. 1t
will dispense its armies, destroy the
hopes by which the despotism at Rich
mond now holds its subjects in bond
age, release the people of the South
ern States from their enforced disloy
atty, and give them again the bless
ings of self-goyernment within the I'm
ion and under the protection Of the
Constitution and flag of the United
| Ot1teS. III VIII tiiuDit our OWL RON =
eminent to exchange the weapons of
war for the councils of peace, to relax
the stern control over public action
and public speech which a state of war
renders unavoidable, to restore our f.
nancial system, to dissolve military
courts, and hand over again to the civ
il tribunals of justice the punishment
of crime and the preservation of pub
lie order, and to restore to their fire.
sides and their homes, clothed with
honors and to be held in everlasting
remembrance, that great army of our
citizen soldiers who have barred their
breasts against armed rebellion, and
won the imperishable renown of saw
ing the glorious Union for which their
fathers and brothers died.
(Signed)
Henry j. RAYMOND, Chairman, N.York.
SAMUEL f. HERsY, Maine.
JOHN b. CLARKE New Hampshire,
ABRAHAM Is, GARDNER, Vermont.
WILLIAM CLAFl-IS, Massachusetts.
THOMAS G. TURNER, Rhode Island.
) n, d. SPERRY, Connecticut.
, MARCUS l.. WARD New Jersy.
$. A. PURVIANCh, Pennsylvania
NATHL b, SMlTHERs, Delaware.
II. w HoFFMAN, Maryland
s. ii. BoYD. Missouri.
o. IS SENrLR, Ohio