Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-20
The Chicago Convention.

The delegates to the Republican National
Convention to be held tomorrow (Wednes-
day. are already in Chicago. Of course there
is no question as to who will be the candi-
date for the Presidential Office. The unani-
nous nomination of Gen. GRANT for that
high position has been fixed fact for many
weeks. The people have decreed bis sell
ection the standard bearer of the Repub
lican party long before this, and the dele
gates in attendance at Chicago now, are
there only to carry out this decree, and to
make formal declaration of the peoples
preference for him whom every loyal Repub-
lican throughout this land delights thus to
honor. 1t is therefore safe to say that Gen
L. ). GRANT will tomorrow be nominated
as the Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency with an enthusiasm and unanimity
unparalleled in the history of the party, or
indeed of any political party Not only will
he he unanimously nominated but he will in
November be elected with almost equal una
nimity. The PEOPLE have taken this matter
in their own hands, and politicians and dem
agogues will see the necessity of taking back
seats till the viii of the people is carried out.
With GRANT as standard bearer, the loyal
people of this country propose, as did this
ilIustrious hero at Donelson, to move upon
the enemy's works at once, and wage battle
increasingly, until johnson il driven from
the White House to the retiremcnts Of Ten
nessee, and GRANT il placed in the Chair IF
State to administer this government in the
interests of freedom and of the loyal masses
who have so lavishly given their blood
and their treasure to preserve it. This II
10 be done. not by the aid of shakv Scna-
tors. called to vote on articles of impeach-
ment, but by the OmnipOtent ballots of free
men. The people have already impeached
Andrew johnson, at the bar of their con-
sciences, and their votes in November will
seal up the verdict, and from that decision
there can be no appeal In their hands at
least impeachment is safe. Whisky rings
and Presidential patronage dispensers have
not money sufficient to secure the acquttal of
johnson at the bar of the people, nor can
they next November prevent the election of
GRANT to the Presidential chair
While there is this unusual unanimitv in
respect to GRANT as candidate for the first
place on the ticket, it Is equally true that
there is great diversity of opinion in respect
to the nominee for the second place thereon.
The candidates for the Vice Presidency are
numerous, and many of them have strong
claims upon the party for the place. They are
backed by influential friends, and weighty
reasons for their nomination could be given
for all Of them. How the matter will finally
result no one now knows. Which one Of
the many good names proposed for the place
shall be inscribed upon our banner under
meath that of Grant is yet uncertain.
Whether it shall be that of Colfax, Wade
Wilson, Fenton, Governor Fletcher of Mis-
souri,, Sickles, Hamlin, or neither of them
tomorrow only can tell. With either OF
those named, the country Will feel safe; and
doubtless no man will be thought of for the
Vice Presidency whose former record Is not
such az 20 guarantee the safety Of the nation
if accident 70, or the death of his superior
should throw the reins Of government int
his hands The lessons we have learned il
this direction have been too costly and bit
ter not to be remembered. They Will need
no repetition at this late hour in our political
history A good and true man Will be nomi
mated for the Vice Presidency. and with such
man the country will be satisfied, and will
GRANT to head the ticket, the party will
unitedly move forward to battle and to vie
tory
We have all sorts Of rumors and specula
tions in our telegraphic dispatches, relative
to this and that ones chances for the nom
nation, but as they are merely guesses, il
which only he who is more shrewd or more 0
Yankee, has any advantage over our readers
refrain from giving these rumOrs- Tn
canvassing thus far, does not seem to improv
Wade's or Wilson's prospects of nomina
ton Yet only n vote can decide who Is L
he the g coming man y with Grant. As thu
country has entire confidence in all the mer
named or likely to be named for the place
we can well afford to wait day or two 70
the formal announcement of the name