Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-10-03

seIs presided over your temporary Organl-
| zation; and therefore, soldiers, he whom
we had thought and had wished to bring
| his offering to your feet to-day we postponed
| 10 other claims, and only that he should reap
other honors. (Applause.) Your Committee
| looked toward the West-the rising West,
| the commanding West, the predominasing
| West, the West that is the Union of this
Govefnment-and We asked where is that hero
OF whom the country has heard under whose
| shadow armies have been marshaled, and by
whose process political enemies will be op-
pressed-John A. Logan. Tremendous cheer
| Ing, which was continued several minutes.
| But We were answered that wh,ie the armies
of the Union were mastering at the center
Gen. John A. Logan was encOuntering the
enemies in the West. Great applause. Sol
dlers: he Is not here, SO your Committee fai
with grateful eye upon another heTo-tor he
roes were not wanting in this war for freedom
Applausel and away IN the distant fields o.
the tar Ono, Cincin atus like, We found al
his plow, Gen. Jacob d. Cox. Prolonged
cheers. We have brought him from th,
| burrows. so rich with the bodies of tic enemies
of bis country-to preside here over the
councils OF Its living friends Applause.
| | am acted. therefore, by the Committe,
| On Permanent Organization, Mr.. President, te
nominate 10 the Convention, and this is ouI
report For the President-MajO jOr-Gen. j. D.
Cox OF Ohio. [Great Applause.
Col. Proctor 2nd Gen. Ripley were the
Vice Presidents fer Vermont. 1t. G. NJ
Blss, and IL. Chas. Fields, Secretaries, and
Colonel Proctor and Lieut. Bliss Committee
On resolutions. Daring the evening of the
frs. day there was an immense torchligh,
procession, which is thus described:
| The illumination and torchligh. procession
| tonight IL one OF those pageants OF which il
Is almost Impossible 10 convey an idea with
out tie spting 10 give descrI ption in detail.
| Nearly every building more or less orna-
nented and decorated, and the appearance ol
the principal streets was truly magnificent
| so elabOrately were the houses or stores decked
with devices IN blazing gas, Chinese lanterns
transparenccs Ind haSs, while the WINDOWS
were crowded with ladies waving their hand
kerchI els III acknowledg gment OF he applause
with which they were greeted. Between
these highways ot fire snd hight and beauty
came the procession IN martial array (for the
g boys in blue " know how 20 march with
serrled ranks). | do not know how long the
varied mass was, but 1t was upward Of an
hour IN passing the spot where | saw it
varied az kaleidoscope and imposing as =. an
army with D8nne s. The numerous mar
shais, with their assistants and aids, ell wore
| their uhl!OTIns, and the twelve divisions Of
g boys IN blue only needed arms and equip
ments III place oi their torches TO constitute
al army corps ready Tor the field.
Distngulsned guests rode in carriages, and
| there were several large cAydlcades, including <
one OF butchers In their white irocks. The
tremen, with their steamers and trucks aud
hoss Carriages, were out 10 iOrce. Boat CLUB
had their boats wheels. The bel. founders
raT n m All nn AL htat! N.
and In one iIn nense Car ere thIrty-six young
ladies dressed In white. vi brass bands,
drum corps, transparencles and banners there
was an alMOsl endless variety while fireworks
were protuseiy dispiaytd from the procession
| Ind along the line oi march.
After going through the principal streets
| of Pitssburg, the procession crossed the river
into Allegheny Cay, and the effect as 1t
orc ssed the river on the suspension bridge re-
called the sketches OF the Chinese feast OF
| lanterns.
| " hat invested this demonstration with ad-
ditional interes. the tact that it was the
soldiers display of patriotic devotion u the
country for which they have fought, and
| which ,heY now intend 20 care for at the bal
lot box. 1t eclipsed the recent national
! den onstration IN Philadelphia and Gen.
| Geary, who witnessed tbs display from the
balcony of hotel. must have teit that the
| Penns yivania = boys 10 blue will " vote as
they shot, and that his election Is
| After the procession was dismissed, some
two or three thousand OF the " boys la blue y
FASTENED to the MonoDgahel. House, where
they insisted on hearing the leading members
ot the Convention. Tney succeeded ID Oh.
tanning brief speeches from Geary, Schenck
Sigel Farnsworth and Straight Gen. But
| ier briefly excused himself from speaking IL
the open air, es he hoped to address the Con
ventiOn tomorrow.
The second days proc eedings were har
monious md enthusiastic. w bile waiting
for the committee on resolutions to report
various gentemen were compelled To max,
short speeches, and the following by Jane
Z. Murdock, the trageiian. is worthy of beln,
copied entire:
| SPEECH OF JAMES Z. MURDOCH.
FELLOW CITIZENS | have few words t
say on this, TO US, important occasion.
have not, fellow citizens, yet learned 10 ar
range my thoughts and select my word Will
speaking. The habit acquired ln my probes
sion, render strictly extemperanious effort
more difficult anu bewildering to me than t.
others. Imust, therefore, claim the privileg
of reading the result of my thinking. poo
and rambling they may be. L claim TO
mysel! only the merit of being in earnest
My presence here IS prompted oy deep con
vIctIon Of the necessity tor vigorous action
the part Of every loyal man in the country il
this gr,a. crisiS which has come upon Us
FIVE years ago on arriving IN this city o
PIttsourg to fulfill az engagement IN th
theatre 1 found awaiting letter iron
my SOD, Thomas Forrest Murcock, whom
had lett mere lad hi.ing he place OF clerl
in Cincinnati only 4 few weeks before.
The call Of the President Tor three months
men he had Joined the regiment OF Cincinnati
Zouaves, and the letter informed me that b
would pass through Pittsburg on his way t
w ashing .on, and wanted my consent an
blessing. We missed each other. When
arrived nay boy had gone toreward to the sea
oi war. This city ebbsd and howed IN Inlgt
ty tide Of enthusiasm. Tfoops were comm,
and departing. Men, women, aud chldre
gled with the mar tlai muslc which hileu th
air What could do Z The boy OF ~ wa
marching to confront the Rebel toe /; the tat
or acting the mimic here on the stage, and l
d city where The women passed the day
{ cheering brave men on their way to battl
. the night in tears over thei: desolate home
and IN prayer Tor the preservation of the
dear ones and their dearer country. d
not choose | found myself IN the ranE
[Cheers At Lancaster l met my boy at
ms companions standing under arms. vi
an adopted citizen OF their State. Th'
wanted speech, and found myself teiiin
I them how the place where they stood was tt
old camping ground OF men who fought az
starved with W ashington, where the sno
had been marked by blood drawn fro "a the
shoeless feet. L told them that there the IL!
: of their country had trailed IN the dust OF s
very ground they stood on nos as IN Charlie
ton, scorned and lnsuited, but because SIC