Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-27
Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, D. @. May .. 1865.

WAsuISGToN, d. c., May %, 1865
Nh EDITOR There is great satisfaction
expressed here at the result of the Chicago
Convention, and the ticket there formed is
conceded to be the ablest that could haze
been made. OF course the friends of Colfax
are particularly happy, and overwhelm him
with congratulations.
The conservatives and Chase men hoped
that Wade would be nominated, thereby
weakening the ticket and leaving more room
for their favorite. Colfax's immense popu-
larity and his acknowledged superiority to
any other candidate, both in ability and
fitness for the position, leave them little
chance to hope to beat down his part Of the
ticket l was rejoiced TO see Vermont boldly
standing for him at the very first though he
was then greatly in the minority. 1t is only
another instance Of the fact have always OBJ
served that Vermont never fails to choose the
best, that all prejudices and sectional pre-
ferences are thrown aside and true merit
generally wins.
During the week, nearly all business has
been suspended here, and attention fixed on
have little important news to tell you.
Notwithstanding the general absence of
the members Of both Houses, the Managers
have remained and been busily engaged in
hunting up the foundation of the corruption
stories. The investigation promises to be
fruitful one, though nothing more is known
in regard to it, by outsiders, than that there
is foundation for the reports, and that many
will be involved who were little suspected of
being capable of such things. 1t will be
great blessing to the country that impeach-
ment was ever commenced, even if the only
result is to cleanse and purify our politics
little and teach the people that bribery, with
money patronage, cannot be tolerated
There certainly is a feeling among good men
that many of our public men are not above
reproach in the matter of honesty and it viii
be great satisfaction to them to have it
demonstrated that dishonesty is the excep-
ton and not the rule, and that when corrup-
ton is found it is severely punished. We
know, of course, that there is terrible dis
honesty among ofice-holders, but it can be
safely said that Congressman are remarkably
free from venality. That they are some
times a little eXtravagant or grasping, cannot
be denied, but on the other hand, no one can
truthfully assert that they will willingly
sacrifice any great principle for the sake of
either pelf or power. That dirty and sour
rilous copperhead paper, the National Intel
hqencer, seeks to prove corruption against
some of the radical Senators, but thus far has
only succeeded in eliciting denial of all its
assertions 1t is astonishing that such pa
pers ever do receive crcdence and are patron
lied by decent people. Yet we find the IN
feliqencer, the La Crosse Democrat, and like
papers. the favorites of even the most intelli-
gent Democrats This very love of abuse and
scurrility is sign of the deseneracy of the
time not TO be overlooked.
What a TRADE they arc now commencing
against Grant and Colfax, One not know
ing their integrity and devotion to the
of freedom, would think that they were both
monsters, and waited only till they acquired
a little power to ruin the liberties of the peo
pie. To be sure, we could expect little else
from paper which, like the IateiHgencer,
lost no opportunity to assert the great supe- |