Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-06
Grant and Wilson.

hundred people turned cut, aud the meetings
both afternoon and evening were croTded, ard
the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Had there
been fair weather, Burlington would have seen
the largest political gathering for years. As 1t
was, all the towns in Chittenden county we're
represented with delegations respectable il mum
bera Several came from Cambridge, twenty
miles distant.
At bs.f pact one, the steamer A. Wilkins az
rived FROM Pl.;tsbureh with the Grant and VII
son club of that village. 400 strong, having with
them Msyo's Band Among them, we noticed
Judge Mc8Issters, Gen. Mofiit, s. P. Bowen
va Fuller, j. W. Lansing, W. J. Nc
CsGrey, sad other leading Clinton County
Republicans Capt Peabody and quite 9
number Of hee5evills Republicans came BY the
same boat The trains from the North cane
in bringing the Grant and Wilson clubs Of Nil
ton, E,sex and Colchester, with the shernsn
Cornet Band. Milton was veil represented with
delegation Of over 4 hundred. These clubs
were escorted from the Central wharf AL Depot
to the City Hall By the " Tanners" vho we're
out in good numbers, healed by the Queen City
Band. TIE procession, which numbered about
eight hundred, WAS under the charge Of Gen. W.
W. Henry, s, chief marshal, and INSIDE az coed
az appearance .a could lie expected in ram
storm.
At2 O'Clock the meeting WIS called 10 order
in the City Hall (which was crowded to it's ut
most capacity, many falling to gain admittancs)
BIZ Warren Gibbs, PRECEDENT Of the City Cam
psign club. Who nominated the following list of
officers, who were elected
Presi4cnf.-Hoy LEVI UNDERWOOD, Buriing-
Ton.
Vice Perturbation / B Erglesby, Bur-
lingtou; Hon L J Morse, Bolton; Hon Amos
Hobart, Esse1; Hon Smith Wright, Willltton I;
hon Jed 2 Clark, Milton; Hon E II Lsne,
Jericho; Alney Stone, Wes;fo.d; L A Bishop,
Wulis,on; Robert White, Shelburn; 4 .
Humphrey, UrderhiM; A Jones, Richmond;
LIS Drew, South Burlington; Samuel Hunting
ton, Burlington; Rufus Patrick, Hinesburgh;
Geo Woods. Colchester; Joseph Barton,
Charlotte; A II Chessmore. Huntington.
S,cretqries.-B F VanVleet, Shelburn, A c
Ballard, Winootki; Z Ryer, Taft, "
Cole, Burlington.
Governor Underwood On taking the chair vas
greeted with applause lie poke briefly. slud-
irg to the importance Of the Issues at stake; to
Mr.. G-eeley'e views on Secession; AID bis
pledge to abstaia, il he should be elected, frcm
from sll executive interference with the lesisis-
ton Of Congress on the Tariff. lie thought if
Nj G -esley wss to be Presileai lie should be glad
tohave him carry cut as fuly as possible prem
Ire to abstain from executive Interference with
Az pay: Of the government. But Sby,he asked,
should We place in the executive chair man
Who proposes 10 relieve himself from the dis
charge Of the important duty placed en- him by
the Constitution. Why should We elect Pre-
riieat who viii not give US tie protection Of bic
veto upon unvise legislation in reference to the
raising Of the revenue
Grant We arc told, IL oae breath, has
nc capacity, sad in the next, tast he hiss
such strength Of character that he stamps eve =
thing with Grsnt.sm. But the people hsye tn
dorsed him. They have given him ;he greatest
gift in their power, that Of the chief msgistgIcy
O.. this republic, and they are about to repeat it
by still larger popular majority than before
Npplaute)
The Burlington slec club tAeu sang "Graat's
tie Man, - with fine eIe,..
Hon. Thoms, Settle. G: North Csrolins, the
preI.isn; Of the National Republican Convex
ton, wax the next speaker. lie received sn en-
thusissti; greeting.
JUDGE SETTLE sPEEcH.
lie said: 4 reconstructed rebel mas Travelled
many niles to meet ard shake hands with the
loyal men Of the Green Mountain STATE have
came 70 tell you something Of VIA; re have been
doing in North Carolina, and 70 learn
what you are doing up here, for the
good cSuse We both have al heart
/ North Carolina fought sud won the first battle
I Of the campaign. You looked With strong inte-
rest Tor lis result, snd are looking with equal
( interest to you. For cur opponents tell Us that
/ they Will secure a considerable increase in the
| former democrats vote in your State. They
I COUNTED On tuch an increase N North Carolina
/ They we're - sure Of It that they said, as goes
! North Carolina, 80 goes the Union. They tp6nt
money like water. They caavsssei the state, not
/ by t0Tns and villages alone, but hy cross roads
Our triumph under such ciccumst Euc6s Tss a
I greater one than you rasy suppose. Two years
/ ago the democrats hal majority Of e. in the
/ Legislature, on Joint ballot, now they have s ma
] jlrity Of bat % We had but tso republican
/ CongreSmeu before, now We have three. Two
/ yesrs ago, they elected the Attorney General by
nearly 5000 msjoTity, now we carry cur State
ticket by 300 majority gSin Of over Zoo,
anl 3 demonstration that the democracy DO
/ better without sIr. Greeley than With him. ZAP
plarss)
( Now al cyes are tlTusl % Vermont are
/ you going to maintain Your old majority? Il
/ not It will be claimed IS Greeley increase sad
the proof Of the greS; Greedy ground swell, Of
which they have told US 60 much Ger cut then,
republicans Of Vermont, your full vote. Scratch
no iicke,s; give your opponents no partial vie
;ories; stEui squsrely by your c5'ors, Sni you
will achieve victory which vii gladden. the
heALts OF patriotic men, the country over.
judges proceeded to describe how squarely the
loyal men Of North CaTolius hal stood by their
psrty. lie said he knew Of net single MAJ in
thst State Who had voted iqusrey with the re-
publicAns for four years past, who voted
now with tie democrats. Tae men who
claimed to be the liberals " Of North
Carolina, have been zen who we're liberal
efoTe With their help to The democracy. And
oH thofe liberals snd the democrats sre guar
re.liug. Judge settle, here quoted fiom the one
liberal republican paper in his tts:e, COM
plant ina; tie democrats hsl ;nsullcd the
liberals. that they gave them 10 place on their
ticket, but told them fquareiy they must be con-
tent with tie privilege Of vyting the democrats
ticket, ss If they had no spirit or self respect.
II reply the Leading democratic paper lells the lib
-. 81,
if they wished more confederation; that it wes
not clear az yet but what they had dsmsgci
Merriman the democrats candidate FOR Cover
aor, more than they had helped him. In fact
said the speaker liberal republication hiss
no strength Al the S0Gth. Horace Greeley
can carry no Southern State thai Hancock
Hendricks, o. any coed democrat could not carry
Mr.. Greeley vas S bitter pill to msny Southern
men. Gov Vance tod them in one Of his
speeches that they must take Greeley AZ they did
mean whi.key-carse il AMI swsll1H it. Sc,
ny liberal friend5, said Judge Settle, you ace
what you have come to; you are TO he swallowed,
along with mean Wiiskey. Nov, at the
South, every Ei-u who loves the lost cause more
than bis country is for Greeley. At the North
the idea thSt the Government can ever be called
on to pay for the slsves emancipstel By the
WA, is pronounced nCntensiosl, by Mr.. Greeley's
organs. but Judge settle sAld ne knew mes 81 the
South who hsd kept careful lists of their slaves,
with their other loItes By the war, and who
we're looking for the day when they
would be paid for them. All these
men sre now standing with arm, out
stretched to Mr. Greeley The other day the
flag of our country was inEulted in North Caro-
lima, aud every msn who threw eggs at it. is now
throwing up his hand for Greeley Every Ku-
Klux Democrat stands ready to give bis bloody
hand to Mr.. Greeley end every man who |
thinks that in oursing Yankees be is doing God |
service, is for NJ. Greeley. Such are the sup
por;ers of Horace Greeley. There lie no need to |
review bis record. Il is enough 10 remember |
that when Alexander H. Stephens had almost |
succeeded in persusding the State of Georgia to |
remain in the Union, the snswer of Toombs wa.
to read the articles of the New York Tribune, |
justifying secession, and it prevailed. But |
whatever Mr.. Greeley's record may be,-ifitis |