The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-09-14

over Which the president travelled, vii
the exception OF any halt at Auburn.
Another resolution calls for the enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine, and express
ed hope that Maximilian would 500.
take French leave
Gov. Brownlow has offered resolu
ton culogistic of that southern champion
of freedom, Henry Winter Davis, wllicl
was adopted by acclamation-
Each resolution presented is read audi
bly, l., Mr.. Clayton, one OF the readin;
clerks of the United states house Of repre-
sentativeS, AMI then referred.
This is very different from the actor
of the Dixie Doodle convention in wllicl
resolutions presented were pocketei b,
Judge Doolittlc and then handed over I,
Gov. Raymond. What those resolution:
were Is not known TO the public, but er,
cry expression Of individual opinion herr
il ut once made known.
II 80. L. II On the resolution in Ia.
vOr Of equal suffrage, the mover. Mr..
Morse OF Missouri, spoke at some length,
uigin@, ;ls the only security Tor the future
Inc organization OF that power AT the
south, which alone can preserve at the
ballot box the liberties OF the white man
Is well a. the black man.
While he WAS speaking Gen. Butler
entered and was received with loud
cheers
Here. said Mr.. Morse, is an example
of the popular sentiment in favor Of free
dom AMI LOYALTY. tur We DO NOT thus hon
or L. T. Butler aS a man, but IL a cham
piom ot liberty and OF freedom, who nei-
tier tIliers nor hangs back, Let us ask
bodily what We want and the northern
loy;,ii>i> viii stand by u \ continuance
OF 4 temporizing policy will ene,itably
produce :, war OF races, for a few more
such ni;l>-acres as that which recently
di>.rlcc,i New Orleans Will exilsperaic
the nurih Ia seek revenge
Gcmilemcn say that a temporizing poll
cy vii! secure the success of the republi-
cans al The ballot box this fall. This i
net tr;Ic. The loyal men Q: the north.
with the loyal men of the south, should
speak cut boldly ifwe DO not we :re
w!G,t Andy ,!onn>on's organ calls u>-a
sc. of mean shakes. Our border state
friends say that they are for negro SUI
irige. but don't want 10 say 80 until after
election. Let H. have no more of This de-
ccp;ion, but speak ont boldly without fear
or favor. in behalf Of justice. right and
liberty,
GA motion, the thanks of the conyen-
ton wcre voted IL the loyllists of Yer
mont tor the rebukc given 10y them ye>-
tcr,iay at the polls 10 Andrew
never remember 10 have seen 20 much
in ,iNiduility Of action in convention,
Every delegate i evidently in earnest.
Generally IL convention, honors and ofli-
cc> are ali thai there Is at stake. but these
southcrner> iccl that their lives and their
fortunes depend upon the result. The
Dixie Doodle delegates were easily muz-
lied and led. for half of them hungcred
after promised bread and butter; bui
these men, vino have passed through the
fiery furnaces of the barlari>ln OF slavery
are bound 10 say what they think and aci
rs the questions which are 10 them of such
vital Importance.
President ,Iohnson's organ has spoken
ui these southern loyaliSts ;s ,'mean
whites" In the eycs OF the southern
clivalry, ana OF the northern douglliaceS.
there may be men in the convention who
belong To an inferior class. but the state
mcntS publicly made about them show
that they are honorable men. For exam
pie We arr told that the venerable Rev.
Hope Balm. q delegate from North Caro-
lima, who served IN The United States ar-
my when Il young man, has been - im-
poverishcd hv the rebellion that his equal
IL poor nci4hborS contributed 10 send him
here The old man sold his watch Il
help him on his WAY. OF course it Wa
impossible for him 10 he many hours IL
Philadelphia before he WAS abmdanIly
provided tor; but there have been icw
more touching incidents than that wit
messed III the League house. when the ol,
minister sat down and burst into iears a
the unexpected generosity which he Ina,
met with anon" strangers An honora-
blc poverty Ike that OF Rev. Hope iaiI
Is no ji>grace, AM when ii l. coupled
with Il LOYALTY which neither age nor in
TRINITY nor privation can dim or destroy,
( 1t becomes Il crown of glory.
TIE DEMONSTRATION TONIGHT.
Loval Philadelphia has Tonight made
4 demonstration ot welcome TO the unite,
northern and southern delegation, such a
/ Is rarely witnessed. Such an outpourin.
Of people. such brilliant displays of deco
ration and OF illumination, such impo>in.
professions, such music, ami above al
such patriotic elcquence, could but hay,
made each delegate thus honored at one,
proud and delighted 1t was equal {;
tie grand demonstrations Of 1860. and i
proved that the man made president by
Wilkes Booth has ..iired the northern
heart" although not as he hoped to ilaH'
done If.
The evening was clear, and, as thero
was no moon. we'll adapted to the exhi'
bition of fireworks, illuminations anJ
lranSparencies, soon after dark the peo
pie thronged the streets leading 10 th'
/ Union League club house and the displa,
OF signal rockets at s o'clock was the $40
nal for organized bodies to march thither
The National Invincibles" were out il
G,lI strenuth with their torches cans IN,