Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-11

particularly interest the readers Of the FEFE-
Man, you may hear from me again.
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PROTEST OF TIE SIMON PURE DEN ocRACY.-
The Baltimore Convention was not exactly
lovely" to certain bright and shining
lights in the Democratic constellation. There
were men. though their name was not legion,
who couldn't swallow Greeley. or roll him
under the tongue like sweet m)rsel They
resolved to bolt .. ola White Hat" without
even essaying the process Of deglutition Of
Uncle Horace, and his heretofore bitter de-
nunciation of Democratic men and measures.
These men seeded from Baltimore proper,
and have issued the following address to the
faithful
n view of the action which has this day
been taken by the Democratic National Con
vention, setting 10 this city at the Opera
House, i'm the adoption Of a platform, in its
main features distinctly Republican, and
the nomination as a candidate for the Pres
idency of Ii man who for years has been the
most bitter and implacable enemy of the
Demo ratio party, this conference OF Dem
Ocrats from different States Of the | MON has
been convened TO take such action as the
honor and safety Of the Democratic cause
and the interest Of the country demand and
as preliminary 20 and in justification OF our
proposed action, we hereby declare that the
Aforesaid proceedings OF the said NatI0nr
Convention arc virtual dissolution OF the
hitherto existing organization of the Dem
ocratic party that they are an unconditional
abandonment Of the principles OF the Dem
Ocratie party, and the acceptance of such as
are nfjctJng and irreconcilable with them
that by this action the said Convention, As
claiming q represent the Democratic party,
has been false % It's Obligations of duty to
principle. % regard for consistence. and TO
every sentiment of political honor, and
il can represent the Democratic party only
by adherence t. its principles, and can
make nominations. which the Democrats are
bound 10 support, only by naming candidates
who are known and recognized Democrats.
therefore the action which lt has taken. SO
far from beu NJ binding a. the action of the
Democratic party should be. is spurncd by
all true Democrats and resisted with unyield-
ing teuacitv and To the utmost extremity
that the Democracy is dead, or that II can
ever die while the principles OF our fathers
are cherished by even u few devoted hearts,
we seize and again ding 10 the breezs for all
true Democrats to rally around the banner
SO talthle-sly lowered, and pledge our I'M
dying devotion to the principles which It
represents dceming those principles to in
vOlvc living and enduring issues, that the
system OF government established by our
fathers was "a federal union of States; that
wc hold To the doctrines of State rights. and
Of a strict construction OF the Federal Con-
stitution as defined by Thomas jefferson, be
licyIng their effective recognition to be IN
dIspensable to the maintenance of Tree
political Institutions ami tue perpetuatlon
of popular liberty IN this country, and To
those essential principles Of government
enumerated by him in his FIRST inaugural
address. -Pecially applicable t. our time
and condition, consisting of the following
admirable and ever important propositions
-'' Equal and exact Justice to all men OF
whatever State OF persuasion, religion or
politics. - Peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations, enta7sling al
liances with none A well disciplined
militia, our best IN peace and for the first
moments of war till the reg ulars may relieve
them - .. The supremacy of the evil over
the military authority e Freedom Of re-
igion' Freedom OF the Press - Free
dom Of the person under the protection Of
the habeas corpus" - Trial by juries i'm
partially selected " 70 which should be
added what Mr. Jefferson defined as the
sum OF 2DDu government. y wise anu
frugal government which shall restrain men
from iuluring one another, which shall leave
them otherwise free to regulate their own
pursuits of industry and improvement, and
shall not take from the mouth OF labor the
bread il has earned We recommend chat
our Democratic fellow citizens in the several
States do form Democratic State organiza-
Uions and do all in their power TO check the
growing detection from true Democratic
principles; and we further suggest and
recommend that convention be held at
Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, the Sd
of September, 1872, to take such steps as
may be deemed prudent and essential.
SENATOR SHERMAN ON THE Pol IrIcAL SIT
UArIoN.-Senator Sherman's views are brief
ly set forth in the following letter which he
sent from Mansfield, o., under date of June
d, to tie chairman of the Committee of
Arrangements at the recent Grant and Will
son ratification at Washington
l should be happy to JOIN in the proposed
meeting If II was convenient for me to be
in Washington at that time. Ii is quite
easy to ind fauls with an Administrative
but very difficult to conduct one. Our dem
ocratic friends viii prepare to do with Gree
ley, whose highest merit and wisdom lies in
the unwavering opposition to everything the
demc cratic party has performed for more
than thirty years It will be an odd kind of
contest but [ feel entirely confident that
the solid good sense of our intelligent peo-
pie will, by an Overw helming majority. pre-
fer the prosperity and substantial reforms Sc
cured by Gen. Grants administration to the
wild, harum-scsrum, irresponsible, crotohety
and reactionary policy, which alone could
be the result of an administration by Horace t
Greeley. While | would like, for the fun |
of the thing, to see Greeley nominated as /
the democratic candidate, yet, without re-
gard to whom may be nominated by our ad-
versaries, feel that we can enter upon the
canvass with Grant and Wilson, as honored
representatives of the republican party, as
our candidates, and without other platform
than the history of our party-its early
struggles, It's military triumphs, and, more
honOred than all else, the permanent re-
and reform measures that have
been adopted since the close of the war.
This remarkable record Of successful admin
trations will answer all the petty crit
cism of disappointed men. As L can not
De with you, | express the hope that your
Meeting may, by its spirit and magnitude,
1--WE evidence OF the hearty good feeling that
know exists among all classes of the peo-
lie of Washington for General Grant and
Ienry Wilson.