Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-22
TI,c Philadelphia Combination
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l. i cIelr that Thurlow Weed and his asso-
cities, the managers OF the Philadelphia
yention, ought at once to take out patent for
ther convention They have just performed
tn, slightly difficult operation of holding a
convention consisting of FIVE hundred or six
hundred deegates,-.hose not democrats hav-
ing no constituency-in Philadelphia, and yet
not one OF their delegates has been allowed to
say anything or DO anything, except what was
set down for him to say and do in the order Of
exercises furnished from time TO time by Thur
low. company Of managers. Sir Humphrey
Days safety lamp is small triumph Of inyen
tive genius in preventing explosions, compared
with Weeds great achievement. Herr Dries
bacl, the celebrated lion tanner, was Of no ac-
Count in managing refractory and ferocious
Wild beasts, compared TO Thurlow, the rebel
and c)pperhead tanner Of the great mensgerie
AID combination rebel and copperhead show
at the Quaker City. There were two or three
Of the beasts, really belonging to the show,
which Thurlow doubted his ability to manage
if they should become excited in the presence
Of the nlu ltitude, and Wood and Valandig-
ham therefore did not appear under the same
tent and IN the same cage with their former as
sociates. The show proceeded with the great
est possible success in the performance of the
programme. Every animal stood up, and laid
down, and danced, and howled, and sung, and
roared, and selected partners, and went through
the appointed pantomime, with the greatest ac-
curacy and promptitude, in obedience to the
waving Of the wand of the managers The
performing elephant, the learned pig, the in-
teILigent bull, the dancing bears, never went
through their PAGES and capers more entirely
according to the bills, than did the multitude
at the convention. What they did they did
by the book. If any one attempted any devi-
elton from the text he was not noticed, or ifno-
ticed was at o-ee called 10 order, and summa-
rily and psremPtorily put down. A crack of the
managerial "hIp sent every animal to bis cor
ner. After three days exhibition of the
show, open but an hour or two each day, the
animals left for their feeding grounds at Wash
inston-
This, though slightly fguratiye, is not an
unfair characterization Of this rebeI-copperhead
convention. Ii is a fact that in this convention,
OF three days duration, but two speeches were
made, and they were made by Dix the tempo
rary, and Doolittle the permanent president of
the body and they INDUCED in the merest
platitudes. Every other attempt at an express
sion of opinion was at once ruled out OF order.
Not word was allowed to be said on the res
olutions or the address. A member attempted
TO say something on the resolutions, but Doc
little would not hear him. 1t was per-
fsctiy understood by the mansgers, that, if the
least discussion was allowed, the conven-
tioa would 60 to pieces at once. Thurlow and
his company could Mt have handled the conven-
ton more carefully, if they had known it had
all he explosive qualities Of nitro-gly cerine il
fact, they knew it was dangerous that haz
srdous compound. They understood the CEN
trIfugal forces in tie convention, and they re-
pressed them with the most assiduous care
They would not allow the wigwam to be shaker
by the least wind of debate. By this denial O
free speech, tbs compulsory silence. this COM
plete gsg, the body got through its work, made
oil the responses expected of it, and broke VI
without row. These ACHIEVEMENTS, thus
brought about, are heralded by the managers al
sgreat success, and they are attempting te
chea, the people into belief that this convsn
ton YVES body of patriots, when in fact it wa.
only device OF the northern copperheads anc
the southern rebels, aided by few conspicuou:
aposts,es and political traitors, to defeat tn.
D., -
and Their northern allies once more TO power
Ii viii cheat no one who doesn't wish to bs
cheated and those who do wish to be cheated
wcu.d have found some excuse in any result
which the convention might have reached.
= Fne convention did Tires things i, wit
messed the touching spectacle of M.ssachusett:
and South Carolina, by their delegates, walking
ann IN arm into the convention-Gen. Couch
and Gov. Orr, neither Of them in any consider
able degree representing their States, leading
the procession it adopted platform whict
aiiiTms nothing in the interest of freedom ao
already secure. but which proposes to leave til,
Union mea OF the south to the care Of the
rebels, while it admits rebels at once to Con.
srsss and it agreed to Mr.. Raymond's ad
dress, which is not new either in its misrepre
sentatIon or arguments, and is only Jesuit
cal apolosy for at once surrendering the gov
eminent into the hands of traitors. Hsvin,
accomplished this, and eaten and drunk to
gether, and embraced each other in the maud
In enthusiasm of a partial reconciliation
the men who were pretending to be reconciet
having, with scarcely an exception, never beef
enemies-the delegates adjourned. and march
ed in a body to Washington, and commenced
heir raid upon the Federal officers.