Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-29
Editorial Items,

obliged before a great while to make some
decision in respect to the status Of the south
ern states. The Mississippi habeas corpus
case is set down for hearing in March
similar case has just been brought before
Judge Underwood in Virginia, which will
soon get before the court and a civil suit is
now pending against the state of Texas,
which the defendant asks to have dismissed
on the ground that there is no such state in
the Union. The = law of the case : is likely,
therefore, to be expounded in judicial fashion
in due time.
The legislature of Maine have chosen dele
gates at large from that state to the Chicago
National Republican Convention, and adopted
the following resolution
Resolred, That following the lead of the
Union Republicans of Maine, we adopt the
logic of events in indicating our choice for
the next President of the United States him
who is first in the hearts of the American
people, Gen. Ulysses 5. Grant; that we
recognize in him not only the gallant soldier
who led our army to victory and maintained
the Union in all its integrity, but also the
wise statesman whose aim is 10 reduce the
public expenditures and TO promote the ma
teral prosperity of the country, while he
stands pledged by his recorded sentiments
and historic deeds to secure and maintain the
Republic on the basis of impartial civil and
political rights.
1t is said that Gen. Mcclellan does not
come back to this country because he is
waiting transportation. Another paper says
he has mt yet made up his mind what line Of
steamers to take.
The following toast was given at corpo-
ration dinner att Georgetown, D. c., the
other day;
Here's toihe man that pulled the trigger
That killed the man that freed the niger
The rebel who offered the toast is neaner
criminal than Booth, for be has become an ac-
esssory to the assassination of President Lin
coin without endangering his neck.
The - Freedmen 5 Monument to Abraham
Lincoln to be erected in the Capitol
grounds, Washington, is spoken of by tho
London Art Journal, as. - with the excep-
% ton of the great monument to Frederick
90 the Great, by Rauch, the grandest recogni-
g ton of the art of sculpture that has been
90 offered to this age
The Ohio Legislature has-as far as it
can-rescinded the ratification by that state
of the l4th Constitutional amendment. The
vote was strictly party one.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman has recently been
presented with a silver watch, the property
of Roger Sherman a hundred years ago
Pleasant speeches were made on the occa-
sion.
! REPEAL or THE CoTToN TA1.-The inter
nal tax on cotton is repealed, also the tariff
on imported cotton, which is to be taken off
next July. We were never able to see why
cotton should be taxed any more than corn
or wheat; and if the cotton growers want
the duty taken off, the country will not prob
ably suffer by that course.
The Supreme Court have decided to adj
vance the McArdle habeas corpus case from
Mississippi on the calendar, and will hear ii
in March or April. The constitutionality
of the reconstruction law is called IN question
in the case.
There is to be mass meeting tomorrow
at Cooper Institute, New York, to sustain
the President against Congress- How does
it propose to sustain him,-as an executive
who obcys the laws, or as a usurper who ig.
nores or defes the laws?
Alaska is becoming Americanized 1t was
transferred to the United States on last 4tl
of July, and is not yet even paid for, ye
Sitka now boasts three stores, two whiske,
saloons, two nine-pin alleys, cigar store,
restaurant, a billiard saloon, several pawn
brokers' shops, and various other American
institutions. There have also been a number
E of burglaries, and several brutal fights. W,
do not know as the Black Crook and the
modern theatre have yet given the mora
drama to that beautiful land and perhan
the climate is unfavorable to such undres
exhibitions of the modern stage-but tina
: Will come IN due time 1t needs only tn,
agreeable controversies of sharply conteste,
, election to make Alaska like the rest of us.
\ Grant club has been organized at Bur
lington. The objects Of the association ar,
; thus set forth
L. The promotion, advancement and su
premacy OF those principles which shall Sc
care and perpetuate liberty and order, eoua
rights and equal privileges. equal burden
: and equal advantages under the guarantee
7 of the Constitution, and the protection of tn
common laws to every citizen of our country
2 ,. As the most effectual means of attainin
these results, the election of Ulysses s. Gran
to the Presidency Of the United States.