Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-07-15

MR.. BARBER AND Mr.. HALLETT.

As these two gentlemen have taken a
leading pa1 in attempting TO transfer the
Anlimasons of-New England over 10 Van
Buren,, 4 may not be amss to recur to
their forlser opinions, by way of showing
eff their consistency.
In 1889, as Editor of the Middlebury
Free Press, Mr-Barber used this language:
t'D there eysr .susa party ,ohich esche,os
The Pan Buren, system Of politics, IL is The
.fntimasonic party. ITs WHOLE INFLUENCE
AND EFFORTS, ARE CAST INTO THE SCALE,
to dsstray that system I; and for one, zoe are
FRAN& TO SAY that ,ohen ID (antipnsonry)
SHALL HAVE DEGENERATED into The
CORRUPTIONS. OF VAN BUREN,
ISM zoe toiH not only DESERT ii BUT OP-
POSE IL as uNcoMpRoMIs1NGLY AS WE
NOW DO. FREEEMAsoNRY."
In the same year, Mr. Hallett, editor Of
the Boston Advocate, noticed Martin Van
Buren's return from England as follows:
"Hon. Martin Van Buren, has arrived at
New York from Europe. He comes at an
inopportune time for the princeIy reception
which his liege subjects of New York had
prepared for him. The Cholera will be an
overmatch even for the Magician. 1t
seems to have come just in time TO save
the citizens of New York from the degree
dation of having the Freedom Of their city
laid at the feet of the HIGH PRIEST of
POLITICAL INTRIGUE"
The Whig Flag. Our readers will OBJ
serve that in this days Advertiser, we un
fold the Harrison and Granger Banner, and
fix it at the mast head. Even if we were
otherwise disposed, but we are not, we
could not resist the wind that is setting in
the sails OF the great Wing Party every
where else, or even keep our own whig
tare, in and about our own ship, from
stealing the flag out Of the locker, and rum
ming up with il to the sky and the breeze.
Harrison and Granger they have caught
the enthusiasm of, from over the mountains,
and from the Keystone State, and the
storm that is beating down Van Burenism
there, in the place which has been in fact
the Keystone Of this administration, has at
last reached us, and away we 60, with our
banner flying, over as noble a cause as ever
inspired the heart of man.--Port. Adv.
Testimony Of Gen. Lyle Of Cincinnati in
(auor Of Gen Harrison.-At a recent pub.
lie meeting, this gentleman though a warm
Jackson man made the following honorable
statement.
at is true, that that gentleman [Gen.
Harrison] and myself are now, as we have
for some time been, opposed to each
other in some of our views, perhaps ia most
as to the public men and measures of the
day; but were we as W Mely separated as
The poles, | can neither be made to forget
his virtues, nor withhold from him just
commentator for his many eminent ser
vices. Sir, would be traitor 10 INV owr
nature, if | found myself capable of dispar'
aging the claim of pubic servant, so EN-
inent, SO we'll tried and whose life has beer
a history of such usefulness and gallantry
as that Of General Harrison. Rather thar
rob the temples of that time. worn and Just.
ly honored public servant Of single laurel
| would choose, in justice and gratitude, t,
| heap chaplets on his brow. Sir, the mis-
cradle spirit of partisan warfare and detrac
ton, as displayed by most of the journals
on both sides, nay on all sides of the ques
lion for the presidential succession, l de
precate from my heart. The spirit tha
will admit Of M good, out OF the mere part
range, and which dooms to infamy all tina
cannot reach his standard of party purity
spirit which nvades the peace and per
verts the purposes of social harmony ant
union all good men should frown upon
Render unto Caesar the things that ar,
Cmsars' is the injunction Of Divine Wisdom
and in all cases where we depart from thi
principle, the degradation and the evil ar
to be measured only by the extent Of its in
action.