VERMONT. 



VERNET, EMILE J. H. 



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lections friends of Jackson, Webster, Clay, and Grit- 

 tenden, who desire to preserve the Union and the Con- 

 stitution unimpaired who are willing to take their 

 stand upon the Kentucky platform, opposed alike to se- 

 cession and abolition fanaticism who believe that the 

 war should be carried on till those in armed revolt are 

 compelled to obey the Constitution add the laws of 

 Congress, and who hold that the State Governments 

 suspended by the revolt should be restored under their 

 State Constitutions respectively. 



At this meeting the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That this convention of consultation 

 adopts and reaffirms the Kentucky platform of 1863 

 (see page- 563), and suggests to the conservative Union 

 national committee the name of George B. McClellan 

 for the next presidency, and recommends to the said 

 committee to take such action in regard to the nomina- 

 tion of candidates for President and Vice-President 

 as they may deem expedient. 



A more considerable meeting of this com- 

 mittee was held in Philadelphia, on December 

 24th, at which the following, among other res- 

 olutions, were adopted : 



Resolved,, That this committee recommend to the 

 people of the United States, General George B. McClel- 

 lan as a candidate for the presidency, and Governor 

 William B. Campbell, of Tennessee, as a candidate for 

 the vice-presidency. 



Resolved, That as a basis of Union this committee 

 recommends the Kentucky platform, embodying the 

 twofold idea of the support of the Government in its 

 contest with the rebellion, and of opposition to all 

 efforts to substitute the dogmas of radicalism for the 

 principles of the Constitution. 



Late in the year a convention of Germans 

 was held at Cleveland, Ohio. An address and 

 resolutions were adopted in which the mem- 

 bers of the convention declared themselves to 

 be independent of parties. They said : 



We have not convened for the purpose of president- 

 making, nor are we to arrogate to ourselves to fore- 

 stall in this question our fellow-citizens. Nevertheless, 

 we deem it proper to take advantage of our meeting, 

 for the expression of our sympathies and antipathies. 

 Therefore, we declare, that the confidence and sym- 

 pathy of the German radicals will be ensured only by 

 a decided and well-tried representation of a progress- 

 ive and, as early as possible, a radical policy, and that 

 we should consider it as incompatible with our princi- 

 ples, to support any representative of that so-called con- 

 servative policy whicn exposes the republic to disre- 

 pute and jeopardy at home and abroad. 



The substance of the resolutions adopted b 

 expressed as follows : 



Integrity of the Union, and subordination of the 

 several States under the sovereignty of the people of 

 the United States. 



Unconditional suppression of the rebellion. 



Abolition of slavery in the entire territory of the 

 United States in the shortest way. 



Revision of the Constitution in the spirit of the 

 Declaration of Independence. 



Treatment of the reconquered rebel States as ter- 

 ritories for the purpose of reconstruction. 



Cession of the confiscated lands in the spirit of the 

 homestead bill, as well as donation of portions of the 

 land to the defenders of the country, of whatever 

 color, and to the liberated slaves. 



Realization of the Monroe doctrine. 



Alliance with European revolution against foreign 

 intervention. 



Protection of the freedom of the press and speech 

 against military usurpation. 



Establishment of a national military system similar 

 to the Swiss system universal obligation for military 

 service. 



Support of such candidates for public offices as stand 

 nearest to the principles laid down in this platform. 



(See FINANCES of the UNITED STATES, ARMY, 

 NAVY, CONGEESS, U. S., PKISONEBS, COMMEBCK, 

 &c., &c.) 



V 



VERMONT. The number of troops sent 

 into the army from this State up to Jan. 1864, 

 was 18,224. The Vermont regiments have 

 suffered greatly during the war, having been 

 in active service in various portions of the 

 South, and, at the above date, 7,884 were all 

 that remained in the service, of whom only 

 6,150 were on duty. The quota assigned to 

 Vermont under the conscription act of 1863, 

 was 4,715, of which number only 948 had en- 

 tered the service or furnished substitutes, and 

 1,833 paid the commutation. 



The annual State election caused some ex- 

 citement. The Democratic State Convention 

 met at Montpelier on the 26th of June, and 

 nominated for governor Hon. T. P. Redfield ; 

 lieut.-governor, E. A. Chapin; treasurer, R. Mc- 

 K. Ormsby. They adopted resolutions declar- 

 ing that the liberties of the people are en- 

 dangered by the Administration in establishing 

 martial law in States where the Government 

 is unobstructed, and committing tyrannical acts 

 on loyal and unoffending citizens. The " plat- 

 form" was similar to the one adopted by the 

 Democratic State Convention of Ohio. An ad- 

 ditional resolution thanked Gov. Seymour of 



New York, for his letter to the Vallandigham 

 meeting at Albany. The Union State Conven- 

 tion met at Burlington on the 8th of July, and 

 nominated for governor, John G. Smith; lieut.- 

 governor, Paul Dillingham ; treasurer, John 

 R. Page. Resolutions were adopted pledging 

 the men and means of Vermont to aid in putting 

 down the rebellion ; approving of the lawful 

 and necessary use of the martial and civil pow- 

 ers of the Government for that object, and de- 

 claring that Northern traitors deserve greater 

 reproach than Southern rebels. The Union 

 ticket was elected by a large majority. The 

 vote for governor stood as follows : Smith, 

 29,613; Redfield, 11,962; majority for Smith, 

 17,651. The agricultural interests of the Stato 

 prospered during the year. 



VERNET, EMILE JEAN HORACE, commonlj 

 known as Horace Vernet, a French painter, 

 born in Paris, June 30th, 1789, died Jan. 17th, 

 1863. He was a member of a family wrll 

 known in the history of French art, and at an 

 early age manifested an unusual taste and facil- 

 ity for painting. While yet a boy he was com- 

 pelled to use his pencil for his own support, 

 and when about 17 years of age competed un- 



