Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-03-27

March Il, IcOo.
THE PRESIDENTS APosTA-Y.
Mr. EDITOR -" We have carried the State
by 5000 Such was the welcome greeting Of
Gov. Smyth of New Hampshire To The Secretary
of War, to which the latter returned cungrat-
ulatory answer. A similar message was tele-
eraphed the President by the same person,
which received no notice, not even the common
est civiiity of congratulate How that dis
patch must have come upon him lie had only
JUS. given himself over to the Democracy, boI-
ing with him to carry great majority OF the
people. He had 10 anxiety for New Hampshire
for had he not such noble asss tants Frank
Pierce without limit there? He had confined
all his efforts to Connecticut In order that she
might add her voice t. that Of New Hampshire
IN supporting his policy, and traltor0us de-
signs. 50 We have carried the State by 5000
struck his ear like death kneil, showing
him how completely he, in his hasty greed ior
the next Presidency, had stulti6ed himself. It
showed him thai the loyal people of New Hamp-
shire were in wise willing 10 compound with
treason, and would never 81 bmit 10 have the
glorious result Of their contos. lost Y ms ~
pardonable detection. 1t showed him that .hey
followed Andrew johnson, the loyal Governor
of Tennessee, who told them - treason must Be
sho,0n to Be curse, and who gave ms only
security tor the future, his actions IN the past
and not Anerew johnson, President Of the Uni
ted States, who forgetting all his promises bassly
betrayed the party placing him in power, afhlI-
ates, encourages and even openly assists The cop
perheads ii all their vile plans of wickedness,
and gives himself up to the cause OF injustice
ignorance and tyranny
The people hardly seem to realize that the
President could prove utterly false to his
every declaration, and while hardly believing
the unweloome truth, tondly hope that he may
ye: prove true. A las for such The mighty
schism SO long feared, and 50 strenuOusly sought
L De avoided. has come upon US with all its dis
aster. The President has irretrievsbly com
mittei himself 10 the wrong, and ratified the
deco by such acts as leave n nope. and no pos
slble place TO- repentance. Many hesitate to
condemn the President, on accounted the course
Of Secretary Seward, who has be. q bis only able
supporter. and : represented as opposing III his
actions. am creGibiy informed however that
sarc not only ID not apr rove his speech, but
told hIm plainly hat II he made another such
speech that the 221 Of February, nc would
rum both the country and himself. l have NJ
fear for the result when the intelligent people
see the true state of the case, and though Dem
ocratic strategy may succeed temporarily by the
aid of the ignorant and degraded i,reign popu-
latIon, Repubhcanism must be triumphant ere
long, and then oe to those who have strIv-n SO
strenuOusly 10 hinder the onward march Of CIV
ilzatlOn The President openly favors the
Democrats il ConnecucQt, although Secretary
" elles disc!aims all idea OF any such thing.
declaring that were lie Ia Connecticut he should
vote tor Gen. HAwley. The results OF the Pres
ldent's policy there are plainly shown ty the &C
ton Of the Hartford Postmaster and other gov
ernmeut officers throughout the State. Should
Connecticut after al 70 for Hawiey, / anticI-
pate similar effect on the President 10 that
produced by the elections in Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania last fall.
The Pennsylvania Democrats had inter
view with the President a few days ago, at
which he ls reported to have said that he liked
their resolutions btst, and would support them
if they would 90 home and change their ticket,
as Clymer was personally obnoxious to him.
The President has commenced the work II
= TyIerising" marked out fot him by Mr.. Blair.
lie has nominated for the best. office in Missouri
Collector at 81. Louis-Gen. Frank p Blair.
and caused many clerks I, be dismissed iron
the Departments on account cf their TOO demon
serauve loyalty. illustrating hi course IN this
respect, send the follow ing incident. There
is IN the Paymaster Generals Office q young
boy BY the. name OF Johnson very suggestive
name by the way-who being from New Hamp-
shire eeeived q circular requss sting ms services
in the election. He il reply thereto wrote an
impudent letter 10 Hon. E. Il. Rollins, VINO
thereupon sent the letter t. the Pay master Gen
era with request that toe matter be inquired
into. He Che P NJ. c. referred the matter
to the President, who returned It with an en-
doFsement recommending johnson Tor early
promotion.
CONGRESSIONAL SEWs
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