Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31
The SecessIonists Again in the Field.

The New York Times calls attention in an eff
fectiye article to the way in which, since the
nomination Of seymour, the old-time Secession
it, are coming forward, not only to resume
their former places as leaders Of affairs, but to
.lorfy the rebel cau-e to yinlicate its claims, to
re-a--ert it. preteu>ions to advocate its success,
and TO proclaim their hopes Of its triumph The
Times says:
During the last two or three weeks We have
seen men bearing such ill-Omened names As
Wise, Toombs, Vance, Yerger, Semmes and
Hampton, pruclaiming to that remnant Of the
Southern people which did not fall bloody VIC
tins to their accursel rebellion. that in the tri-
umph Of the Democracy, there is yet life for the
'-lost cause and in the election Of Seymour,
there is hope for the detestable principles which,
but three brief years ago, We supposed hsd been
shot into political perlition by a million Of
American rifles.
We have seen the hre-eater Wise proclaiming
publicly that secession is not dead, but is wait
ing for the opportunity Of its reassertion through
the revolutionary party which has just taken the
held. We have heard the fire-eater TO0mbs pro
claiming the doctrine Of nullihcation in the old
fashion. uttering the same denunciations Of
old with all the former bitterness, pouring his
maledictions on the brave men who have saved
the Union, and threatening to - resist To the
death 80 the laws which establish political equal
itv and freedom Of suffrage throughout the
South. We have seen the implacahle secessionist
Vance proclaiming that g what the Confeleracy
fought for would be won through the election
Of Seymour" We have seen " thermometer -
Scmme~ Of the Alabama, proclaming at Mobile
last Monday, az a Democratic ratification meet
ing, that he '' had been a Democrat all his life
before the war, during the war, and since the
war-1nd fought the irdr on the principles Of
Democracy. believing that the grand Old consti-
tuition which emhodied these principles WAS
about 10 be destroyed" And then, after this
declaration that he had carried out his constitu-
tional ideas on the pirate decks Of the ship which
the gallant Winslow sent to the bottom of the
sea, hnd him announcing on the same occa-
sion .' And now, fellow-citi1ens, | have come
here to declare that have given in my ale
glance, heart and soul, to the old flag, proridei
We can restore the old flag again to be the repre-
sentative of the principles Of the constitution,
which We will be able to effect by the election Of
Seymour and Blair
And still again, at the same meeting, he as
serted that Democratic success will again IT.
duce the negro 10 II subordinate position the
inferior race, and restore the white man to the
Government which belongs to him" We have
seen Wade Hampton, the Carolns rebel leader,
going ronnd among the young men Of the Nir-
giuia colleges glorifyins the rebel cause and re-
asserting it. principles we fpd him coming
North here a. a Democratic delegate To threaten
renewed resistance and another rebellion if his
unjustifiahle claims are denied by the Govern
ment:-we ind him in Baltimore, on Thursday
last, reminding the Democratic Association OF
the time when | WAS a soldier in the glorious
army Of Northern Virginia, and the sons Of
Maryland swept across the borders and again
stood side by side with South Carolina in a great
contest for liberty; and we find him in the
same speech, and almost in the same sentence,
mingling the praises Of the rebel Generals with
the eulogies Of Horatio Seymour, and the psst
triumphs Of the Confeleracy with the expected
victories Of the Democracy.
What has encouraged all the old secession
leaders Of the South to come out and rush around
in this way at the present time,
Il Is well that they have spoken, As to warn
the loyal people in time. 1t is evident that the
loyal people Of the country must rally at the
polls 10 teach the Democratic Party, and these
secession leaders who look for it to carry out
their schemes, a lesson even more severe than il
got four wears ago.