Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-09

Mr.. Ihayer described hiB getting into the
Liberal Convention this morning, and staying
till Mr.. Smalley told him the Democrats were
meeting in the Court House; ''never mind" he
answered him, al Ike the air ami tone here
And when he did get into the other convention
there war not much difference He did ut him
self care fthe smes. The strength OF this move
ment Was the principle that every State hiss the
RICH. 10 manage its owa Affairs. The republi-
can party he thought had accomplished It's mis-
sion, slavery is abolished and now we all ought
TO 90 back to the principles o. the democratic
party.
Horace Greeley's letter he considered one Of
the most splendid things written since the days
of Jefferson; he had it by heart and wanted all
his hearers to learn it and tesch it to their
children. He contended that in accepting the
Cincinnati platform, the Democratic party had
not changed. He quoted and commented on the
10Th section of the Philsdelphis platform, and
urged all who wanted to uphold the ha6eas
corpus, preserve the civil law supreme and ena-
bic every state 10 make ,uch laws as should best
promote its own welfare, 10 vote for Horace
Greedy. He thought next November they would
gather a harvest inst would fill their barns with
plenty.
The speaker declared that the preservation Of
the tree Of liberty WAS more important Issue of
the day, than civil service reform; but be had
to alude to the army Of ofhce-hol1ers. He had
known Horscs Greeley for 30 years; he was
thoroughly honest, and no man would pretend
that Grsa; wss politically honest. Greeley's
policy Of " universal amnesty snd impartial
sutI.sge' the speaker pronounced the moft
liberal sad .tatesmsnlike ever advanced by any
one on either side He believed the vote of Yer
mont this fall would save the government; sail
it was very important his hearers should vote
right; declared thst the voice Of dead patriots
could they speak from their graves, would he
for peace and reconciliation, and svowed him
self one who wished to clasp hands across the
bloody chssm.
Mr.. Thsyer spoke essiy and Gaently, with
anecdotes sad points which lis hearers sppre-
cisted, aud was loudly .pplSaiei at the clo'e.
The CLairmsn then announced thst Gen. Xii
patrick could not spesk il the open air, but
would deliver his speech in City Hall a half ps,t
seven-sn announcement that displeased the
Sulieuce. mlny Of whom expected to % home
before d.Ik He then introduced Z o. Perrin
Of Albany, Clerk Of the Court Of Appeah.
Nj Perrin said he was going to speak to-
night ef,cr Gen. fitzpatrick and wouldn t MAKE
much Il SC argument now; defined himsglf ~
originally al Old lie wing; declared the itsue
OF the dag 90 be the right o. self government
hoped % see North CGrOiins stand Up for that
right with ten thousand majority thought
every honest man ought to prefer party to couc-
try and compared the Republican party 10 &
hog carrying an ear Of corn after whom 81 biz
companions run squeAling-snd thought when
the Republican hog laid down the Treasury
nubbin 10 take Z bite the Democracy would F.
hist him, next November Speaking OF
the faithful Democracy Of Vermont, he
re e1.5erci asking one Of them in 1856,
chow DO you manage to Keep together when
everybody is for Fremont" The Snswer vas,
I'VE tell our opponents that slavery is an inniitu-
ton established by God. sud by Cd well F
stand by the insttutioa-ani the argument i5
over 10 He declared the talk thst the Demo .
Gratis would Ieaiore slavery, pay the rebel Deb. .
etc g, IL they got into power, WAS all clAQ-trsp; .
Eut vas Snxi1us 10 hear how much Cf II hGi .
been swallowed By even the North Carolina ne .
croes. He spusei the Administration. and Mr.. .
Boutwell, particularly, for claiming the glory Of .
reducing the public debt, Th-n The funis Tor i- .
we're raised by taxation and inveichel bitterly .
S-Sins, the Internal Revenue Bureau a. an
eiecti0neer.nE machine. IA ilr the prospect 10 .
Vermont, nobody expected victory for the
Democrats, but be thought this year, Ike the .
boy who mot al the turkey, they would make .
that bird roCs; good deal lower lie srrtgu-
ei the Administration for attempting to control .
the vote Of New FORK city Two yel-s $50 ty .
armed men ani g4nbla,s. and euiogzei Gov.
Hoffman for his protest. Ia altWer 20 50 IN
quiry how New i0rk would 20 this is.l, he de-
ciared unheststingIy che would give 100000 .
majority fr Horace Greeley AMI civil liberty.
He would carry back to New York the rews tis.
today We in Vermont had shaken haais sc-oss
the bloody cAssm, and repeated his joke stout
the turkey. Again announcing that he
prop0Fei O. fpesk in the evening e
Gen Fitzpatrick Jeff time .or bin. be urged
his hearers 20 rouse from their lcthsrgy su9ug
the nils, strike for their country, not party,
AMI secure '' union othas5t', Sc l;.'
The Chairman announced that Gen. R1ps,-
rick was now on the platform AMI would ssy
f. w1-ls, chears greeting the General a, De
,taprsi forward but be only s'ii TIA, be lii
not speak 0u; doors anywhere, snI ia tAc even
ing would give them .it;le plz:u talk from the .
STANDPOINT Of : Republican .al soldier
The meeting then dIsrersel There were
ltout 300 present At first, tie number rising
perhaps to 200, with heavy fringe Of Republic
cans, rb7 expected to hear Gen K.lfatriek.
some IN the crowd we're rather excited, Gnl fire.
4uenty interrupted the speAsers, with remark,
,ni questions. hu; applause ani laughter we're
frequent, and the speakers were Listened TO with
pretty good attention. The band pIsyel ratri-
3tc airs between The speeches The 'haky plat
orm accommodated three or four gentlemen be-
'iles the speakers, tNo of whom kindly gave Up
heir chairs for the use Of reporters, for VI %
-o provision bsi been male