Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-22
Ghe Duty Of the Hour.
GOV. DksNIsoN's wELCokE HOME AND SPEECH ON
OCCASION.

GOV. DESNIsoN's wELCokE HOME AND SPEECH ON
THE OCCASION.
GOV. d, nnisOn, on arriving at Columbus,
OAIo, on tue lU.n. Was greeted by large
crowd u TRENDS. In the evening he Was ser
cn4ded, delivered speech, giving the
reasous why ne lett the CaDlne>. We give
the ooucludins pJrtIOAs oi the address
whAT HONOR DEHAHDs.
For myself, and 1 speak only tor myself, In
rl.Iu, a puDIIc trust because ~ NY mem
.egeaIp pontIcal parry, L Tecognlze 1t a
q. lnOIai duly 10 no longer mold IL " hen dUIng
VIII troo.oly Inhicl injury upon It, anu
more, when IL mIsn threateu tho eXistence vi
tuo party. IL was because oi IhIs, IN part,
,uat ieIt IL my duty 10 wIthdraw trom the
CaUluut ui Rresl0on, j Uhnson, ae L nai Tcaeou
OeAeye ,hat my longer eOnslnuance Nigh /.
Ue oI INJURY tue nIOn party In misleading
TO tue dlspouLlon and purposes OF the
\ din nIs,ration III regard 10 1t.
tbs PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
In my letter OF resignation 1 mentioned nv
npuosltIun 10 the movement Tor the Couven-
ton t. be heio In PnIladel PIMA on the IA b,
as one ot my reasons ior Withdrawing from
The Cabinet. di1 this unuer the convlcuo
streng Inened oy events that nave since tram
splred, that the object OF the Convention was
the overthrow ot Tue Union RepuDllcan party,
and To place IN power, and III the control OF
tne Feueral Government, the oppOsItlon OF
which the Denocra.Ic parry oi the North and
their rebel allies oI The South Will be the con-
trolling parties. In other words the Conven-
ton was called To restore the Democratic par
" oi the country To power, uuuer some name,
without requiring It's purging Itself OF Its dis
ioyaI anLeCedenLo, anu its commlttais and
pledges 10 the south tor Its retention of ali
he incidents OF slavery possible under the
emanclpauun OF the ireedmen. | am not mis-
| led by The terms vi Ghe call, however interpret
| ed tor The poDlic eye, nor by the axiomatic
| truths 1t contains, found In almost every elab-
crate political platform wnere, az least, a
seeming respect tor the loyal sentiment OF the
country Is required. Nor am L deceived De-
cause OF It's nuG opposing, IN words, the Con-
ssisutIonai Amendment, the names of it's sign
| ers Senators DooAt.ie and Cowan, who voted
| against the amendment giving NE all the In
| formation L need ON that subject. We know
| lhat II 1t was intended 10 be IN the interest O
the Union party, the Convention would have
| been called, not by Senators who lett that
party months ago, but by The regularly organ
lzeu National Committee appointed by The
Baltimore ConVentIon, thai Nominated Mr.
Lincoln ana Mr.. johnson, whose call woulC
|
members OF Congress to commend 1t to rhs
| ioyaiists OF the country. No, my friends
there is no necessity Tor our being deceived a.
| to the oblects OF the Convention, nor by W ha
| 1t may do 1t Is called IN the interest ot IN,
| DemJcratic party, which, In the darkest hOul
| ut the war, pronounced 1t a failure, and thu
| declared readiness 10 surrender to the de
mands of the rebellion, and which, because o
| that anu opposition 20 the government
when struggling against treason tor Its exist
ence, has become 81 dlscredIted In the Judg
ment OF the loyal people OF the country as u
feel the necessity of meeting In convention
under no party name, or the assumed and un
meaning one OF conservatives. There ls, how
ever, this source OF qualification IN this move
menI Oh the Democratic party. ls assures
| of It's conscious weakness and de mOrallzAtlOD
| anu Its conviction resulting from It's EXCLUSION
from power wnIle the country was IN peril
anu loyalty. needed q champion, that It's oni
nope OF restoration " power Is under som
| other flag than Its own, which Is inscrlbe
ponlIcal sentiments not absoiutei, necessar
70 tne loyalty ot the country.
IMPORTANCE OF THB CAMPAIGN.
| return to you, my fellOw-citizens an
nelghbors, at the opening OF your Canvass 10
one oi the most important elections ever mel
in this State. | am not clear that the defes
} of the Union party as the approaching eie'
ton will noe be followed BY greater disast'
J t. the country than would have attended
> defeat at any time dorIns the war. We coul
} have relied on the Administration under M
Z | I hau ha "a tar