Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-14


Banner OF the SEA in capital style Mr. Z.
A Jcwett sang Ulysses lciis tlc Van. tie
two Glee Clubs Joining in the chorus,ani tae
Platts6ureh Band contributed their share.
TIE crowd being to5 great TO be reached
throughout By the voice Of any single speak
er, "a second meeting wIs organized, soon ai-
ter Mr. Greeley commenced. in front of ,ae
Court Hous-.
io> L. E.. CHiTrEvpzN, followed at the
main stand. IN % stirring and excellent speech
of an hour and q half, in which he sarpled
some OF Mr. Greeley omissions by person
al yindication of President Lincoln, and re-
viewed Gen NcClcllan's career with able
and severe. though just criticism.
HR. tIlTTENDEN $ SPEECH
Aner some preliminary remarks Mr. Ch.tten-
den said that the pre,en, time is one when
thinking men should corsiier whether that faith
in the power Of man 20 govern himself, in which
We have been educated, IS a faith worth work
ing for, or one to be lightly throwu evsy. II
there ever vas tir7c when "a man should exercise
his privilege and perform his duty as a citizen
and a voter. it is now. Mr. Greeley hal just
said he was willing to take %, their word al who
said they were for the Union. lie, (the speak
err was less charitable With the memory Of
the acts and utteruuces Of Seymour and Na.ian-
dighsm Of Cox aud VOORHEES, and Harris Of
Maryland, and other leaders o. the present
de'uocrstie rarty, irerb IN his recollection, he
couid not believe their professions Of devotion TO
the Union. 1t IS between the candidate and the
policy Of these men, and Mr.. Lincoln aud his
policy that we have now to choose.
Mr.. Chittenden proceeded TO yiniicate Nr.
Lincon's administration, snd especially his snti-
slavery measures lie hal not liked all Of Mr
Lincoln's stts, but there hsd been enough he
did like, and that would rem,n erernally to hrs
honor on the pages Of history. he might be slow ,
hut he never failed his friends. or the cause Of
the people ANA the Union. In fact, the ,enaoiiy
with which he sustained any man to whom he
had once given his confidence, was the occasion
Of much Of the fault-fnding with Mr.. Lincoln
His retention Of Gen. Mcclellan after almost eve
! ry one else at Washington had lort confidence in
him, illustrated this trait in the President
Mr Chittenden went on 70 discuss Gen. Nc
Clellan's career. lie spoke Of his first accession
to the chief command; Of the lavish support in
men and money given to him. Of the splendid
composition and outfit Of his army, aud its i'm
/ posing array as It moved over Long Bridge into
Virginia, not the least striking feature of the pa
rade being the f'7eaiy-four four-horse wagons
which carried the baggage of the commander-in-
chief; Of the way in which Mcclellan allowed
/ 10000 rebels at Manassas to hold his army Of
{ 49, 900 at bay for months, and then to get away
in safety; Of the Peninsular Campaign-the fs-
nous seige Of Yorktown, where handful OF rebel
/ troops held him for weeks; Of the battle Of VIII
7 liansburgh, where our losses were 1900 and
the rebel losses 400. but which Mcclellan
claimed as great victory Of the
failure TO take Richmond as he might have
done after Fair Oaks Of the famous retreat
to Harrison landing; of the Second Bull Run
battles, lost through McClellan's neglect and
Fitz John Porter's treschery Of Antietam, and
the way in which Mcclellan fought that battle,
illustrated by an incident We have never seen in
print, which was related to the speaker by a
corps commander. This General had fought
his command for six hours without orders OF
communication from Mcclellan, and had given
up ever hearing from him during the battle,
when an orderly dashed up with an order from
Mcclellan stating that the enemy were threaten
ing in force point named, and that it must b
held at all hazards This point was then an
had been for six hours, ttro miles in the rear o
our whole army except its commander. and ha,
not been and could not be in danger from tn
enemy except by retreat Of our army for thre
miles. Mr.. Chittenden went on to show hoV
Mcclellan followed Lee on his retreat how h
crossed in seven days the river which lie
crossed IN u hours how then he delayed .
move till at last in utter WEAKNESS the Presden
relieved him Of command and sent him home L
New Jersey. He (Mr. Chittenden) had no at
tacks TO make on Gen. McClellan's persona
character He might be as pure as any ma
alive but It was demonstrated that he is not
fit man to b. entrusted with power in tlm
ike this. Think of the figure we should pre-
sent. with Little Mac At the head Of the Govern
ment with vallandigham On one side, seymou
on the other, and little Cox hanging on to HI
coat tail Gen Mcclellan might be thankft
that such trial was one to which Providenc
was not about to subject him.
In closing Mr. Chittenden said that as at tn
opening Of the wsr the main hope Of the rebe
was divided North. so now as we approach i
close that hope is their only stay. We ha'
a-sin to show them that we are united for Ii
Union. We have got to crush the rebellon'
, clear out slavery to restore the Go'ernmen
, and then to settle accounts with France an
England, ami reestsblish the Monroe dOctnn
, This is our task. and he believed We should a.